Christmas Horror Stories | 10 Terrifying True Winter Stories That Ruin the Holidays

Christmas is supposed to be warm. These stories are not. Christmas Horror 13 is a collection of 10 long, immersive winter horror stories, set across small towns, empty roads, forgotten buildings, and quiet homes in the U.S. Each story unfolds slowly, grounded in realism, before something goes deeply wrong. Best experienced with headphones. Do not listen while falling asleep. ⏱️ TIME CODES 00:00:25 — Story 1: I Was the Only One Scheduled to Work Christmas Night at the Storage Facility 00:10:45 — Story 2: The Town That Cancelled Christmas After the Blizzard 00:20:20 — Story 3: My Family Leaves One Place Setting Empty Every Christmas, and This Year It Was Finally Used 00:29:30 — Story 4: We Were Told to Keep the Mall Santa Company After Closing on Christmas Eve 00:38:50 — Story 5: Every Year, the Same Stranger Sleeps in the Snow Outside Our House on Christmas Night 01:19:38 — Story 6: The “Snowman” on the School Security Camera Was Moving Between Frames 02:00:06 — Story 7: I Was Assigned to Plow the Same Rural Road Every Christmas Night, and This Year I Finally Drove Past the End 02:17:49 — Story 8: I Took a “Christmas Lights” Gig on an App, and the House Never Let Me Finish the Job 02:47:40 — Story 9: I Worked the Midnight Shift at a Christmas Tree Lot, and Something Kept Replacing the Trees I Sold 03:07:32 — Story 10: The Christmas Parade Float That Never Turned Off Its Music Followed Me Home