We have a special holiday episode for you this week! Rumor has it that Charles Dickens used to do public readings of A Christmas Carol every year. Now, we’re going to do our own Christmas Carol for you -- A Sandman Slim Christmas Carol. Join us in taking a sip from the Aqua Regia flask, lighting up a Malediction, and seeing what fresh mess Stark gets himself into this holiday season.

If you're -- like us -- hanging around with some time to kill this holiday season, you've probably noticed that holiday horror new releases are slim pickings this year. We feel your pain! Here are some of our holiday horror streaming reccomendations to help find something to watch that might make the outside world look not quite so bad for a minute:

Netflix: Blood Red Sky, You're Next, The Ritual, There's Something In The Barn, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 4 (The Outside)

Peacock: Krampus, Inside Look: Nosferatu, Black Christmas, Better Watch Out

Prime: The Legend of Hell House (takes place just before Christmas Eve), Violent Night, Christmas Bloody Christmas

Shudder: It's A Wonderful Knife, all the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Sacrifice Game, Rare Exports

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