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The Christmas story isn't compelling because of its political subtext, but its bold claims that push rationality to its limits

This year marked the 50th anniversary of Fortean Times, a journal of paranormal phenomena loved by believers and sceptics alike. In the latest edition, Simon Young, the resident fairy expert, notes that in past centuries Christmas was regarded as a “thin time” when the “line between this and the other world faded away, almost into nothing”.