History Colorado Offers Ghost Stories on Christmas Eve
The tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve dates back to Victorian times and beyond, the greatest example being the ultimate: Charles Dickens’s novella A Christmas Carol, with its ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, and old Marley rattling his chains. But there’s a Pagan note to it all, as well — a whispering in the wintery darkness that makes us crow with delight, even as we are terrified to death. Ghost stories are also convivial storytelling at its best, when told around the fire after gorging on a holiday feast. History Colorado’s virtual event, Telling Wi...
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