A Gothic Christmas – Ghost Story Advent Calendar Card

Name: A Gothic Christmas – Ghost Story Advent Calendar Card
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A Gothic Christmas – Ghost Story Advent Calendar

A hand-illustrated advent calendar for lovers of gothic tales: find 24 hidden doors in a candlelit Victorian parlour and guess the ghost story behind each.

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Long before Christmas meant tinsel, the Victorians had a different tradition: telling ghost stories by the fire on Christmas Eve.

On a stormy Christmas Eve, in a candlelit parlour full of old portraits, a raven on a marble bust and a little ghost drifting near the ceiling, Father Christmas is reading from a big old book of ghost stories to three wide-eyed listeners. Hidden all around them are 24 little doors. Behind each one is a character or scene from a classic gothic tale. Every morning in December, find the door, open it and guess the story.

A creature alone on the Arctic ice. A raven above a chamber door. A headless rider on a bridge. A monkey's paw on the mantelpiece… Some you'll know in a heartbeat. Others are delicious rarities for true fans of the genre.

How it works

Find the door. Search the parlour for today's number, hidden on a bookshelf, the window, the piano or the Christmas tree.
Open it. A moody hand-drawn scene from a gothic classic is waiting inside.
Guess the story. Name the character or the tale, then the author.
Check the answers on Christmas Eve. All 24 stories, with their authors and dates, are listed on an illustrated answer sheet, sealed in its own envelope.

Why gothic readers love it

A Christmas tradition revived: ghost stories were once as much a part of Christmas as carols.
The great gothic tales: Frankenstein, Dracula, Poe, The Turn of the Screw, The Monkey's Paw, The Canterville Ghost, The Woman in White, M. R. James and more.
A Christmas finale: door 24 brings the most chilling Christmas ghost of all.
Atmospheric but not gory: spine-tingling scenes in a warm ink-and-watercolour style, never bloody.
Screen-free and sugar-free: a December ritual for the reader who prefers candles, storms and a good fright.

Perfect for

Fans of gothic novels and ghost stories, Poe and Shelley devotees, dark-academia readers, book clubs, English literature students and teachers, and anyone who finds Halloween ends far too soon.

What's included

1 illustrated advent calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
1 illustrated answer sheet listing all 24 stories with their authors and publication years
1 illustrated "The Answers" envelope to keep the solutions secret until Christmas Eve

Good to know

The calendar contains no food or treats. The surprise behind each door is a story to guess.
The answers are in English.
Recommended for ages 13+. Atmospheric, but nothing gory.

24 doors, 24 ghostly tales, and a deliciously spine-tingling December. 🕯️🦇🎄

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USA: 7-15 business days
Rest of world: 14-20 business days

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The fire crackles. Rain taps the window. Something is waiting behind every little door…

A Gothic Christmas

Twenty-four classic chills for the darkest nights of the year.

On a stormy Christmas Eve, Santa reads by the fire to three children wrapped in blankets — and 24 tiny doors hide around the old library. Behind each: a figure from a famous classic tale of the strange and supernatural. Guess the story, the author, even the year. The answers stay sealed until Christmas Eve.

A4 landscape · 21 × 29.7 cm
24 perforated doors
For readers 10+
Answers: title, author, year
Sealed answer envelope
Ready to give

By candlelight

Told around real firesides

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Dark-academia approved — A Gothic Christmas advent calendar card at home — **Dark-academia approved**Her favourite five minutes before homework.

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The spook-o-meter

Who’s it for?

CozyShiverySpine-chilling

For parents & grandparents

Spooky — but the good kind

📚Real literature, not horror filmsEvery door is a classic from the bookshelf — the kind of stories English teachers love.
🖋️Gentle, storybook illustrationsAtmospheric ink-and-watercolour pictures. Moody, never gory.
🔎A puzzle as much as a scareGuess the tale, then the author and year — great for curious minds and trivia fans.
🕯️A ritual to shareFive candle-lit minutes a day, best enjoyed together under a blanket.

Gather round the fire

A calendar for every brave reader

Siblings, cousins, the whole book club — everyone gets their own doors to open, and every extra calendar costs a little less. Same 24 tales, so you can compare guesses every evening.