An illustration from Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley (1887).  The caption reads: "With my mind's eye I see 'em, and I follered 'em down the narrow, steep stair-case."

An illustration from an 1878 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.

It's raining cats, if not dogs.  The caption reads: "I saw many myriads of spectral kitten forms and unsubstantial egg-shapes."  From an 1895 issue of Punch.

An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The reflections were now frightfully distorted."

An illustration from an 1876 issue of Arthur's Home magazine.  (It also appeared in Beadles Monthly, 1866.)  The caption reads: "Faces in the Fire."

An illustration from an 1892 issue of The Idler magazine.  The caption reads: "You shall see me call the dead."

"Cats' Ghosts":  an illustration from an 1895 issue of The Idler magazine.

An illustration from a 1920 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "The house haunters' union decides to strike for a four-hour night."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Life magazine.

"The Fog Folk":  an illustration from a 1907 issue of The Windsor magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "Christmas Night.  Ancestral Greetings."

Santa is haunted by children of the poor in this illustration from Life, 1918.

We guess he might be dreaming of something like this:

"No more laps, just some weightless floating." —Bronwyn Jameson, Beyond Control (2004)

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The wise man's home changed."

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Everybody's magazine.