Still Waters Posted December 24, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Christmas Eve was traditionally the time to tell scary stories round the hearth. And 19th-century writers were fearsomely adept at exploiting a world of creaking floorboards, creepy servants...and gas lamps that caused hallucinations. http://www.theguardi...s-spookily-good 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted December 25, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Now we have computer games and TV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted December 25, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I watch A Christmas Carol every year. Just watched it tonight in fact. It's one of my favorite Christmas movies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted December 25, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 25, 2013 They didn't have television in those days and during the winter, it was a setting for ghost stories. Like today when people tell ghost stories around a campfire at night. Victorians started off with regular books and magazines getting published, and the imagination was fueled by just life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erowin Posted December 26, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Same thing happening now, only this time it's an alien craze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted December 26, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) People were just as gullible and superstitious then as they are today. It's nothing all that extraordinary really. Of course rampant ignorance helps too. Edited December 26, 2013 by Ryu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyre Cayce Posted December 27, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 27, 2013 because t.v wasn't invented yet, duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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