"Whenever five or six English-speaking people meet round a fire on Christmas Eve, they start telling each other ghost stories." --Jerome K. Jerome With the unforgettable opening words "Marley was dead, to begin with..." Charles Dickens kindled not just the modern celebration of the Yuletide but also rekindled the tradition of gathering 'round the fire on Christmas Eve to tell ghost stories. Here are a few of my favorites--some light, some...