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Ghost Lore
According to English lore, no ghost can appear on Christmas Eve. (Dickens changed that one.)
A person born on Christmas Eve can't see spirits.
Dragging chains is not the custom of English ghosts, they are chiefly accoutrements of foreign spectres. Dead or alive, English spirits are free.
A candle flame burns blue when a spirit is near.
A ghost cannot speak until it is spoken to.