In the last few decades, perhaps one of the most interesting Victorian Christmas traditions has been almost completely lost from memory: The telling of frightening ghost stories in the cold and dark air on Christmas Eve..
Christmas time is a modern occasion of joy.. Slurping eggnog spiked with rum and eating until you’re unable to move? That’s the American pasttime around the holiday season–and then the New Years guilt and resolutions to lose your new found weight is an annual tradition. But, as the article linked here describes, another tradition that … Read moreGhost stories on Christmas: A tradition I’d like to bring back again