A Christmas Story by a M Burridge

A christmas house party and game of hide and seek in a rambling country house with the lights turned off is the setting for a classic old fashioned ghost story, sme. Equally one who remembers their own very early childhood will remember being frightened by a toy, probably given by a well intentioned uncle. In a christmas tree, he describes that infernal snuff box out of which there sprang a demoniacal counsulor  who was not to be endured on any terms. An early tale of haunted toys, 18 59, is the wondersmith by fitz james o'broun, in which an army of tiny wooden dolls are animated by evil