An earlier adaptation of this short story, "Back for Christmas" by John Collier, was produced as the Dec-23, 1943 show of the radio drama series "Suspense" with Peter Lorre in the starring role. In that version, Hermione was a bit more overbearing, and Herbert (Hubert) was also having an affair with a younger woman.
Francis M. Cockrell (teleplay) and John Collier (story) were nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for a WGA(TV) Award for Best Anthology Drama, Thirty Minutes in Length in 1957.
John Williams, Isobel Elsom and Molly Glessing played husband, wife, and maid respectively in The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater (1957).
In his passport, Herbert's occupation is listed as a metallurgist, and Hermione is a housewife.
"Back for Christmas" was also featured on the "Escape" radio program broadcast on Dec 24, 1947 with Paul Frees as Herbert and Eleanor Audley as Hermione. Eleanor Audley voiced Disney's villains Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty.