Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

All because hubby thought he saw a twinkle in Santa’s eye

Beneath the brightly wrapped gifts lay a grim and heartbreaking discovery

Tara stared blankly at the Christmas tree. The fir was a last-minute purchase from the garden centre. She hadn’t decided whether to decorate it. In the armchair opposite hers, where Hugh would normall

When Jovina’s fella scarpered from family Christmas dinner, she smelt a love rat…

I’d promised my boy the best Christmas ever but came home to an inferno