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Radio 4,26 Dec 2025,14 mins

Available for 11 days

Sam lives alone and has long lost sight of why Christmas is worth bothering with. So he’s surprised to return home to his New York apartment one day to find a Christmas tree set up in the living room. Russell Tovey reads a short story by Jeanette Winterson, from her collection 'Christmas Days'. Abridged by Miranda Emmerson Produced by Emma Harding, Fay Lomas and Mair Bosworth Mixed by Ilse Lademann A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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