Posted on December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
We'll have plenty of literary material that captures the classic and cozy Christmas feeling tomorrow, but for Christmas Eve, we'll highlight the creepier content out there.
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Ghost stories to read on Christmas Eve (Book Riot)
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Let's not forget Charles Dickens's other Christmas ghost stories (Literary Hub)
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No sugar plums here: The dark, romantic roots of The Nutcracker (NPR)
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Reading A Christmas Carol aloud, and leaning into its dark side (The New York Times)
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"Perfect for winter nights": The best crime novels to read at Christmas (The Guardian)
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Why we used to tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve (Book Riot)
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Christmas quotes — silly and snarky (The Fussy Librarian)
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