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Dec 2024
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A Christmas Ghost Story by Anonymous (18...

Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
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Merry Christmas, Lanterns! Here's a traditional Victorian ghost story for you to enjoy today in front of a fire with the family in the grand 19th century holiday tradition. Written anonymously, it was first published in the Lincolnshire Echo on December 19th, 1895.


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