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Sam’s secret Santa is Diane from logistics. He barely knows her so buys some hand-cream. He pays more than £10 and feels a failure.

The priest reminds them, “Advent is the season of waiting.”

With no appointment for his hip replacement, Joe is only too familiar with waiting.

Two families panicking about baby formula. Becca, in Watford, because it’s unaffordable; Muhanad, in Gaza, because he can’t fine any for his motherless baby.

Maya, 22, opens December 1^st on her Advent calendar. It’s childish, but her mum always sends one. The first chocolate, the start of Christmas.