There'll be parties for hosting marshmallows for toasting and caroling out in the snow.

There'll be scary ghost on...

Oh!

Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, over the hills we go, screaming in terror all the way, because Crampus is chasing us.

Welcome to another episode of Spooky Santa. That's me. I'm Santa. Some people call me Father Christmas, but in this episode I'll tell

you a spooky story about Father Frost. He's known in Russia as Barrowsco. Father Frost,

he rewards those who are kind and polite, and he punishes those who are not. That sounds

a lot like what I do, doesn't it? Oh,

but Father Frost, he's not nearly as nice about it as I am. I also received an email

from a mother in New Mexico, and she tells us what her three-year-old son told her once that

creeped her out. And if you want to write a scary story of your own, you can email it to me at Letters

at Spooky Santa.com.

But first, I have a story about a young girl who receives an evil doll for Christmas.

It's called Purple Fingernails.

Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, pour a mug of hot cocoa,

and come with Spooky Santa for another holiday chiller.

Oh, hohohohohohohohohohoho. There was once a little girl who had a large collection of dolls.

One Christmas, she saw a doll in the window of a department store that she absolutely had to have.

It had long, flowing blonde hair and a lovely blue dress. But the thing that impressed

her the most about the doll was that it had lovely, bold, purple fingernails. When

Christmas morning came, she was delighted to find the doll with the purple fingernails lying

under the Christmas tree. She played with it all day, and

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