Haunted Christmas

Haunted Christmas
Author: Mary Beth Crain
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2009-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0762758325

In plenty of time for the holidays, here is a gathering of thirty tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas, or that are otherwise related to this holiday. By a long-time believer in the paranormal who in the introduction tells the story of her own Christmas ghost, Haunted Christmas includes stories such as: HAUNTED BETHLEHEM—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is famous for haunted locales such as the Hotel Bethlehem, the first house built in the town, in 1741. There, guests have come to expect visits from several spirits. Predictably, things heat up at Christmas—after all, this is Bethlehem. THE DEATH COACH OF CHRISTMAS—One Christmas Eve in Ireland many years ago, young Nora Mahoney was returning from the bogs when an invisible something suddenly rushed past her with the sound of grinding wheels and thundering horses’ hooves. Had Nora encountered the “death coach” of Irish legend?

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Author: Tim Burton
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423192249

Celebrate 20 years of nightmares with this picturebook version of the classic film, written and drawn by Tim Burton and now featuring word-for-word narration by Christopher Lee! In this beloved picture book that could only come from the visionary mind of author and illustrator TIM BURTON, we meet Jack Skellington-- a well-intentioned inhabitant of Halloweenland. Jack is bored of ''''the scaring, the terror, the fright....tired of being something that goes bump in the night''''. And so, in an effort to bring to joy to his town, Jack kidnaps Santa and takes his place as the jolly old elf. But instead of bringing joy to the world Jack, who is a little more than a grinning skeleton, brings fear by delivering creepy toys and riding a sleigh carried by skeletal reindeer. Only through a number of things going horribly wrong does Jack learn the true meaning of Christmas.

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Ghosts of Christmas Past
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: John Murray
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781473663466

A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slips across the floor by firelight. A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams. Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christmas cheer to a world of ghosts and horrors, mixing terrifying modern fiction with classic stories by masters of the macabre. From Neil Gaiman and M. R. James to Muriel Spark and E. Nesbit, there are stories here to make the hardiest soul quail - so find a comfy chair, lock the door, ignore the cold breath on your neck and get ready to welcome in the real spirits of Christmas.

A Haunted Christmas

A Haunted Christmas
Author: Roxanna Cross
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1487409249

A magical mistletoe, mystical dream walks and a angel's helping hand, perfect recipe to put a heart back together?

Alec Kerley and the Haunted Christmas

Alec Kerley and the Haunted Christmas
Author: Douglas Tanner
Publisher: Alaban Press
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2016-12-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

It’s Christmastime and Alec and his friends are off to the country for a spooky visit! When relatives of Alec’s best friend Ken Gonzalez begin experiencing ghostly happenings and things that go bump in the night, they call asking for help. After Alec and his friends arrive with Ken’s mom and Mrs. Edgar, they find supernatural intruders who were not invited to the party. Or were they? Settle in with a cozy blanket and some hot cocoa for this haunted short story.

Have a Holly, Haunted Christmas

Have a Holly, Haunted Christmas
Author: Lynn Cahoon
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496730488

Mia Malone is planning a holiday party to promote her catering and cooking school business—but she’s got a Christmas spirit to deal with first, in this new Kitchen Witch Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon . . . For all its merriment, Christmas can also bring melancholy—and in Magic Springs, Idaho, Mia finds that the season has brought her an unhappy ghost who’s pulling poltergeist-style pranks to get her attention. When she demands an explanation, the ghost just sends a message: Ask Mary Alice—that is, Mia’s beloved Grans, who’s been training her to develop her witchy talents. If anyone can figure this out, it’s Grans . . . even if she still hasn’t managed to free Mia’s cat from a previous spell that she cast. The restless spirit turns out to be Magic Spring’s most well-known ghost, Dorothy, who supposedly died peacefully in her sleep. Now Dorothy claims she was murdered, and she wants her killer brought to justice. And she doesn’t have much patience about it, so the pressure is on Mia—with some help from her boyfriend, Trent, and a strangely secretive Grans. There aren’t many dicing-and-chopping days till Christmas—but this year, the most important gift Mia can give is to cheer up this troubled spirit . . . Includes Recipes! Praise for Lynn Cahoon “A cozy lover’s dream come true.” —Susan McBride, author of The Debutante Dropout Mysteries on The Tourist Trap Mysteries “One Poison Pie deliciously blends charm and magic with a dash of mystery and a sprinkle of romance.” —Agatha Award winning author Daryl Wood Gerber “A well-plotted mystery with a romance that rings true to life.” —Kirkus Reviews on A Field Guide to Homicide "[Cahoon’s] beloved for her whimsical whodunits . . . a delightful mystery." —Woman's World on Sconed to Death

The Christmas Ghost

The Christmas Ghost
Author: Jamie Suzanne
Publisher: Sweet Valley
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1989
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780553157673

Sweet Valley Twins.

Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk

Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk
Author: Frank Cowper
Publisher: Biblioasis
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1771962607

Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. When he finds an abandoned duck punt on Christmas Eve, a hunter rows out into the marsh and comes across a shipwreck. He climbs aboard to explore—and finds himself trapped when a surge snaps the mooring line and his punt floats away. Sleep eludes him, and soon he discovers that he's not the only one trapped on the derelict ship.

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781943910564

The first-ever collection of Victorian Christmas ghost stories, culled from rare 19th-century periodicals During the Victorian era, it became traditional for publishers of newspapers and magazines to print ghost stories during the Christmas season for chilling winter reading by the fireside or candlelight. Now for the first time thirteen of these tales are collected here, including a wide range of stories from a diverse group of authors, some well-known, others anonymous or forgotten. Readers whose only previous experience with Victorian Christmas ghost stories has been Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" will be surprised and delighted at the astonishing variety of ghostly tales in this volume. "In the sickly light I saw it lying on the bed, with its grim head on the pillow. A man? Or a corpse arisen from its unhallowed grave, and awaiting the demon that animated it?" - John Berwick Harwood, "Horror: A True Tale" "Suddenly I aroused with a start and as ghostly a thrill of horror as ever I remember to have felt in my life. Something--what, I knew not--seemed near, something nameless, but unutterably awful." - Ada Buisson, "The Ghost's Summons" "There was no longer any question what she was, or any thought of her being a living being. Upon a face which wore the fixed features of a corpse were imprinted the traces of the vilest and most hideous passions which had animated her while she lived." - Walter Scott, "The Tapestried Chamber"

How the Movies Saved Christmas

How the Movies Saved Christmas
Author: William D. Crump
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2017-03-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476627703

Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy or elf error--but were saved by helpful animals, magic snowmen, selfless children or compassionate understanding. Reviews and references are included.