Ghosts of Christmas Past
Footnoting History
12/17/16
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(Lucy) The Victorians gave the English-speaking world a lot of Christmas traditions: trees, the exchange of cards... and, less famously, ghost stories. This week’s episode looks at the historical origins of Victorian England’s Christmas hauntings, and how they expressed the beliefs and anxieties of the age, and even, sometimes, its sense of humor as well.
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