The Victorian age had a morbid fascination with death and the dead which carried into their Christmas traditions! Between ghost stories, dangerous parlor games, and creepy Christmas cards there was nothing holly jolly about a Victorian Christmas!

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/culture/scary-christmas-stories-a-history-of-the-holidays-ghostly-tradition/%3famp

https://crimereads.com/on-the-lost-christmastime-tradition-of-telling-ghost-stories/

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/christmas-stories/


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/633693/gifts-your-wife-will-love?utm_content=infinitescroll1


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