Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy. But the ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the garden of her historic Tradd Street home has been a huge millstone, both financially and aesthetically. Local students are thrilled by the possibility of unearthing more artifacts, but Melanie is concerned by the ghosts connected to it that have suddenly invaded her life and her house, and at least one of them is definitely not filled with holiday cheer.