Hey, it's Brian, back with another Burr Month's bonus episode for those of us getting an early start on the Christmas season.

But actually, now that it's almost the end of October, it's not so early anymore.

The countdown to Christmas is in full swing, and tomorrow is Halloween.

So I thought what better way to close out the month than with a spine-tingling ghost story

that also happens to be, sort of, a Christmas story?

You don't see too many Christmas ghost stories nowadays, but back in the Victorian times,

they were as popular as Christmas romance stories are now.

And today I'm bringing you the 1931 story, Smee, by A.M. Burrage, which is about a creepy, creepy game of hide-and-seek

that takes place on Christmas Eve. Before we jump into it, let me encourage you, as I've been doing

over the last month, to submit a Christmas memory to appear in an episode later on in the season. All you have to do is record your voice

into your phone's voice memo app, and then send it over to Christmas Past podcast at gmail.com.

Keep it reasonably short, clean and family-friendly, and be sure to say your name and where you're

from. Also, just this morning, I sent out a Christmas

card containing an official Christmas past sticker. I would love it if the next Christmas

card and sticker I sent was to you. There's only one way to get a Christmas past sticker,

and that is to take a minute to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, and it really does

only take a minute. But it helps the show a lot more than you might

imagine because it helps more people discover it. So in a way, it's kind of like spreading Christmas

cheer. Leave a review and then get in touch with me for details. And finally, if you're looking

for some new Christmas podcasts to liven up your playlist, come on by Christmaspass.media and

check out the definitive directory of Christmas

podcasts. It's a listing of over 160 Christmas podcasts grouped into 12 categories. It is the most

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