Why Do People Tell Ghost Stories on Christmas? - Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/Ebenezer Scrooge wasn't the first fictional character to see ghosts around Christmas time. The tradition of holiday ghost stories goes much, much farther back—farther, perhaps, than Christmas itself. When the night grows long and the year is growing ...
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