Nightmare Before Christmas

Skellington's holiday confusion

A 1993 Tim Burton stop-motion animated film depicting Halloween Town's pumpkin king discovering Christmas Town and attempting to take over the holiday.

The film has become a cult classic, spawning debate over whether it's a Halloween or Christmas movie.

We watch Nightmare Before Christmas every year—twice, once in October and once in December.

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Jack Skellington · gothic · spooky · Santa · claymation · Danny Elfman · musical number · ghost dog · ragdoll · moonlight · graveyard · creepy · whimsical · macabre · stitches · spider · bat · coffin

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tonal approach to holidays

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Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG