Charles Dickens story from middle age looking back at what the Christmas tree had meant to him as a boy, plus the forboddings of the holiday season relating to ghost and thriller stories, ancient myths, and other such things that seem to impact people most in the Christmas season. A moderately Christian emphasis that will be warm for most moderately religious people, but perhaps viewed an inappropriate to those of devout leanings. A unique looking backward story about Christmas and worthy companion to A Christmas Carol.