Format : E-book Pages : 100 Genre : Short stories / Christmas Tales
The Chimes : A Goblin Story
“It has a ghostly sound too , lingering within the altar ; where it seems to chaunt , in it’s wild way , of Wrong and Murder done , and false Gods worshipped , in defiance of the Tables of the Law , which look so fair and smooth , but are so flawed and broken .”
Summary : A short story dealing with Toby Veck and his relationship with talking church bells .
The Cricket on the Hearth : A fairy tale of Home
“It appeared as if there were a sort of match , or trial of skill , you must understand , between the kettle and the Cricket .”
Summary : A singing competition between a cricket and a kettle .
The Batle of Life : A Love Story
“Heaven keep us from a knowledge of the secrets whispered afterwards upon the tainted wind that blew across the scene of that day’s work and that night’s death and suffering !”
Summary : A story of a family living on an old battlefield .
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain
“Who might not , by a very easy flight of fancy , have believed that everything about him took this haunted tone , and that he lived on haunted ground ?”
Summary : Damn these Swidgers talk a lot . Oh and there’s ghosts .
Review : A collection of Christmas themed short stories by Charles Dickens himself , pretty cool ! The man has a way of describing the most mundane things in the world in a hauntingly poetic way making everything seem more important . He plays with your expectations in a creative fashion though I do think some of the dialogue goes on too long in some of the stories . Overall , I’d recommend it for your collections .
Recommendations : Books
- Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
- King of Christmas Town by Hercules West
- Carnaki , the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
- Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz
- Curse by Leigh Kenny
- Wagner , The Wehr-Wolf by George W.M. Reynold
- Halloween Party by R.L. Stine
- Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty
- Dark Water by Koji Suzuki
- Violin by Anne Rice
Songs
- Ghostas – Michael Jackson
- Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby
- Monkey – George Michael
- Broken Dreams – Shaman’s Harvest
- Halls of Illusions – Insane Clown Posse
- Steven – Alice Cooper
- Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and the Wings
- You Gave Me a Mountain – Elvis Presley
- My Immortal – Evanescence
- Monster Mash – Bobby Pickett
Movies
- Carved : The Slit-Mouthed woman (2007)
- A Christmas Carol (1984)
- Krampus (2015)
- Gremlins (1984)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Black Christmas (2006)
- Jack Frost (1997)
- Santa Claus is Comin to Town (1970)
- Frosty the Snowman (1969)
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Lesson : Be grateful for what you have .
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