Think Christmas is all sugarplums and sleigh bells? Think again!

In the spirit of Spooky Season, we’re unwrapping the eerie, the mysterious, and the downright chilling tales that haunt holiday traditions around the world. From the ghostly visitations in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, to the terrifying Krampus who punishes naughty children in Austria, to the broomstick-flying Christmas witch La Befana of Italy—these stories prove that the holidays have a haunting history of their own.