BROADCASTS.com

b'The custom of telling winter\\u2019s tales is not known to most of us today, but it was a custom that stretches back hundreds of years. And more often then not, these winter tales turned to horror.\\xa0
\\n
\\n\\nThe popularity of these winter ghost tales peaked to an all time high during the Victorian era and became a celebrated Christmas tradition. And this entanglement of ghosts and Christmas, ultimately led to a ghost story becoming the most enduring Christmas tale of all, Charles Dickens, \\u2018A Christmas Carol\\u2019, a story in which the ghosts of past, present, and future, change a man\\u2019s life for the better.\\xa0
\\n
\\n\\nJoin The Strange and Unusual Podcast, as we explore the tradition of winter ghost stories and the reasons they meant to so much to our ancestors, and maybe ought to be kept alive today.
\\n
\\n\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'