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The Ghosts of Christmas Past: How Ghost Stories Became a Part of Holiday Lore

The Ghosts of Christmas Past: How Ghost Stories Became a Part of Holiday Lore

by Maledicta | Dec 5, 2017 | Books, Macabre Amusements

  The notion that cold, snowy days are the best for stories designed to frighten and appall us goes back at least to the early 17th century. In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, written in 1611, Mamillius says: “A sad tale’s best for...

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