{"id":23228,"date":"2015-10-05T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=23228"},"modified":"2015-10-04T23:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T05:20:38","slug":"great-debates-is-nightmare-before-christmas-a-christmas-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/great-debates-is-nightmare-before-christmas-a-christmas-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Debates: Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is one of those <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> debates that just did not exist a generation ago: is the 1993 stop motion animated classic <em>Nightmare Before <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie&#8230;or a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> movie?<\/p>\n<p>The clever movie does little to settle the question by itself. <\/p>\n<p>The movie tells the story of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> Town. In that role, Jack organizes <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> year after year to the great delight of the residents who just <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> the holiday of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a>. But one year Jack tires of the routine and while on a walk in the woods he slips into a portal that takes him to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Town &#8212; and Jack can&#8217;t help but liking what he sees:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPblZa10_Pk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jack can&#8217;t wait to take his amazing discovery of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> town but when he does what he describes fails to spark much interest to the citizens of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> Town. <\/p>\n<p>Frantically he tries to explain how wonderful it all is but in the end decides the only way to get everyone to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> the way he does is to just take it over. <\/p>\n<p>What ensues is a clever if bizarre mash-up of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> elements that makes a mess of both holidays. <\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> fan this movie is absolutely vital &#8212; as must see as <em>White <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> and <em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/em> to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> fans. <\/p>\n<p>Of all <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> themed movies, this is the top of all top lists. <\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s the problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> isn&#8217;t exactly mainstream movie watching. <em>Nightmare Before <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> and <em>Young Frankenstein<\/em> are the only two movies routinely associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>There are several horror flicks that many enjoy every <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> season but those aren&#8217;t the kind of movies you watch with the kids. Simply put, movies to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> are not what movies are to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>So <em>Nightmare before <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> is thus a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie, right? It has <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> trees, and snow &#8212; that makes it <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n<p>Movie fans can&#8217;t seem to decide. <\/p>\n<p>Do a quick Google search of top <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movies and <em>Nightmare Before <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> frequently ends up in the Top 25. <\/p>\n<p>By all rights there is precedent in declaring this <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> tinged musical a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie. After all, <em>Die Hard<\/em>, a male action movie featuring guns, violence and swearing terrorists frequently makes the Top 25 of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movies, too. If Bruce Willis can be <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>, why not Jack Skellington?<\/p>\n<p>Nobody will ever deny that <em>Nightmare Before <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em> is great <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> movie watching. But can it rightfully be watched after October 31st?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is one of those Christmas debates that just did not exist a generation ago: is the 1993 stop motion animated classic Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie&#8230;or a Halloween movie? The clever movie does little to settle the question by itself. 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