tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2284487074603967399..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Bringing Back the Ghosts: The Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories at Christmas – by Anna Mazzola Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56961236453869332132018-12-03T12:28:53.609+00:002018-12-03T12:28:53.609+00:00I'm all for "The Haunting of Hill House&q...I'm all for "The Haunting of Hill House" ... just don't ever leave out "It's a Wonderful Life"!!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66566527824002796492018-12-03T10:15:47.053+00:002018-12-03T10:15:47.053+00:00Thanks, Susan. That sounds brilliant! And how inte...Thanks, Susan. That sounds brilliant! And how interesting about that theory. I'm off to investigate...<br />Anna Mazzolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015259897493322056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2436638421044644922018-12-03T09:41:46.653+00:002018-12-03T09:41:46.653+00:00Oh yes, I love a ghost story at Christmas! We ofte...Oh yes, I love a ghost story at Christmas! We often set out the mince pies and booze, turn out the lights and watch a recording of one of the BBC's superb adaptations of M R James' stories, or Dickens' The Signalman -- or the old black and white film, The Queen of Hearts.<br />There is a folklorist theory that Christmas Eve was, originally,the night when we remembered and honoured 'our returning dead.' It's not Santa those pies and brandy are left out for -- it's your ancestors.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com