Readers Respond: Have you had a haunted Christmas or seen Santa?

Responses: 24

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it was 2004 and i was 5 years old i was waking up on cristmas eve feeling jolly and happy me and my mom went to go do some last minute shopping.I felt a little wierd but i shrugged it off and forgot it after like 4 hours we got everything we needed and had lunch wegot home at like 5 o clock my whole family was waiting for me to open my presents i couldnt i was waiting for the strange man in the corner in the room to leave i asked my mom who was that man but my mom said noone was there so i got up to go push the man out the door i went right through him! i ranin my room and told everyone the story noone believed me to this day i see ghosts you may not believe me...its a true story
—Guest cookiekitty

I was at the resturaunt that my family owns with some of my family. While we were there, we kept hearing knocking and seeing figures running around. These things happen all the time.
—Guest tonyarceus777

ALL THESE STORIES ARE WONDERFUL,I BELIEVE THEY CAPTURE THE MAGIC AND WONDER OF CHRISTMAS:)
—Guest MAE

lI am conpleatly fastenated in the afterlife the stories beond our comprehention
—Guest SUMMER AND DAD

I vividly recall one Christmas, just a few days before Christmas day, me and my dad were sat in the living room and the metal bells we have on the Christmas tree (which date from the 1920's) both started to ring. There were only the two of us in the house and no doors were open to cause a breeze.
—Guest Barry1966

It was Christmas 1990. I was 7 years old. Christmas eve, before i went to bed, I glanced out my window and to my astonishment, an enormous THING was flying straight at me! To me, it looked like a giant airplane with a million different colored lights all over it. I jumped away from the window and the entire house shook as the "thing" hit on impact. My family and i ran outside in the snow with flashlights but could find no trace of anything hitting the house and the snow was perfectly settled by my window. We never found out what it was...but i remember telling the kids at school that Santa's sleigh collided with my house on Christmas Eve.
—under0ath

In June of 2002 my brother died. We were EXTREMELY close. He lived in the Midwest...I live on the West Coast. EVERY Christmas eve ..after his family opened gifts they would call to wish me a Merry Christmas. Christmas Eve of 2002 I returned home from shopping and noticed that there was a message on the answering machine. When I listened......there was much static. Within the static however...you could hear my brother's voice saying..Merry Christmas (and then inserted my nickname that no one else knew). Without saying a word...I had the rest of the family listen to the message.....everyone one of them said "It sounds like Uncle Pat wishing you Merry Christmas"...There is NO doubt in my mind that it WAS him....however that could have happened. Have not heard anything since but...it was THE BEST GIFT ever!
—kipbos

We lived on 20 acres and had a large yard. Christmas morning when we got up we saw what looked like sleigh tracks leading from the house towards the road. There were no footprints or anything else. My kids were little at the time and firmly believed they were from Santa's sleigh. we never did figure out how they were made.
—bgg03

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