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Spooky Season continues with our new blog post!
12/15/2025
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Berdeen's Ghosts from the December 24, 1886 edition of The Boston Daily Globe

Our Processing Archivist keeps Spooky Season going with this week’s blog post, exploring a favorite, obscure tradition from holidays long, long, ago - telling ghost stories at Christmastime. Check out the blog post, and spooky Yuletide greetings to you and yours!

Illustrated Christmas greeting from Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, volume 1, 1851
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