Ballade of Christmas Ghosts
"Ballade of Christmas Ghosts" by Andrew Lang conjures the quiet hauntings of Christmas — not supernatural terrors, but the bittersweet ghosts of memory that return unbidden each winter. A speaker reflects on growing older, on childhood voices in village choirs, on flickering hearths and silent barn-stalls on Christmas Eve. The poem moves between melancholy and warmth, urging readers to carry their spirits forward rather than be weighed down by the past, ending with a tender farewell to friends and the seasons of life.
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