magic

After ending their embarrassing Test losing streak at 18 in Japan last summer, 12 is the magic number for Wales when they host the Brave Blossoms in Cardiff.

Touched by Joe’s story of sibling alienation — “Our Christmas plans are to get the hell away from each other” — Santa works his wonders to keep them together until they get their brotherly magic back.

We’re in even worse shape now, so why not do magic about it?

Misdirection, Fisher adds, is the basis for magic and illusion, and that is why so much of it is used in the show.

The most novel discovery may be a 14th- to 15th-century Japanese bronze “magic mirror,” one of only a few known examples.