Christmas is one of the most ironic holidays. Although it has been embraced by Christians around the world as the celebration of the birth of Christ, its antecedents are murky and deeply embedded in pagan tradition. Christmas isn't the day Christ was actually born. In fact, most scholars believe he was born in the spring. Christmas was chosen by the early Christians as a day to celebrate Christ's birth because the celebration could be easily hidden beneath the more common pagan holidays of the time, like the Roman Saturnalia which was celebrated on the 25th. Early Christians were being hunted by the Romans and it was safer for them to celebrate their holidays when they could be hidden. There were many pagan holidays around Christmas because they were solstice celebrations. Over the centuries, Christianity has taken many pagan traditions and integrated them into their celebration of the birth of Christ, so that Christmas as we know it today is a kind of conglomerate of many different early solstice traditions. Despite this, Christmas is a celebration of Christ and his birth, but it is not surprising that some of the most terrifying ghosts and horror stories also seem to spring from Christmas.
One of the earliest and most famous of these Christmas ghosts comes from literary master Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens a Christmas carol is possibly the most famous work of Christmas literature ever written. It has been redone so many times that people hardly remember what the original ghosts that haunted Dickens story actually looked like. Few know that the ghost of Christmas past was actually a creature in white with a flame on his head. Dickens most famous ghost is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
The Ghost of Christmas Future was and is one of the most terrifying ghosts ever imagined. Time has eroded the edges of the famous haunt, but in his original form, the ghost was akin to death. All of Dickens ghosts have been imagined and re imagined in many different forms. They've become fairies and cab drivers and cartoon characters, but the ghost of Christmas Future has remained completely untouched. He is always the same. No matter how silly the depiction of a Christmas Carol he resides in, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is always a grim specter dressed in black. He is speechless and shows the horrors of what lies ahead. He is my favorite spirit because he represents all our worst fears. He represents the unknowable and uncontrollable. No matter how much money we save, the future is always unpredictable. Now for me to go watch my favorite adaptation of Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. I am going to watch "Scrooged."
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