The great Charles Dickens was the man who initiated the now famous tradition of writing and publishing ghost stories for Christmas. The magic of his seasonal tales remains undiminished through the years and at last they are now brought together in the first collection to include all the ghost stories he wrote for Christmas issues of his magazines. Here lies the opportunity to delve into the grim novella of a story which began to form in his mind while visiting a home for destitute children in Manchester.