The Long Field

Dec 28, 2025

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A Christmas Ghost Story

Alone, for Christmas. Apparently, it wasn’t what I was supposed to do.

“You can’t spend Christmas alone.” My friend Anna’s voice on the other end of the phone was quite certain about this. “Come to us.”

But, as I went on to explain, I didn’t want to.

It wasn’t that Anna’s family wer…