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jmowreader

(50,559 posts) Sat Dec 31, 2022, 03:36 AM Dec 2022

Are there other Christmas ghost stories besides the Dickens one?

The Andy Williams song “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” talks about scary ghost stories. Are there more than A Christmas Carol?

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Are there other Christmas ghost stories besides the Dickens one? (Original Post) jmowreader Dec 2022 OP

Tons of them. RockRaven Dec 2022 #1

I don't believe in ghosts yet I love ghost stories Skittles Dec 2022 #2

Yes. There are whole books full of them. werdna Dec 2022 #3

The "Original" Christmas story has ghosts, going by the name of angels. Chainfire Dec 2022 #4

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)

1. Tons of them.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2022, 03:41 AM

Dec 2022

Very popular in the Victorian era. Just google "Victorian Christmas ghost stories" or similar. I'm not well versed in them sufficient to recommend specific ones, but I have heard of their existence as a phenomenon before.