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Is the Nightmare Before Christmas and Christmas movie or a Halloween movie
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It is set primarily after Halloween and the plot is all about Christmas.
It's a Christmas movie, but an early-season one.
It's a Christmas movie, but an early-season one.
I'm going to say Christmas, but I could be persuaded otherwise.
Edit: Well now you added the Both option and ruined the poll. Obviously it's both.
Edit: Well now you added the Both option and ruined the poll. Obviously it's both.
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It's ABOUT Christmas but the major aesthetic is of Halloween and the majority of characters are Halloween themed.
lol, I agree its both.
This disturbs me with Home Alone....its forever shown during Thanksgiving... its clearly a Christmas movie.
It doesnt help that every year Christmas decorations and music on the radio starts earlier n earlier...last year literally the day after Thanksgiving. For decorations....this might start in Oct now.
Yes.
Honestly either holiday works. Aesthetically it definitely leans more towards Halloween, but you could argue the message and themes of the film lean more towards Christmas. Personally I prefer to watch it around Halloween, but Christmas is still an acceptable answer.
The movie was literally inspired by that almost "instant switchover" malls and adverts do when they're all about Halloween til OCT 31, then immediately flip to reds and greens by the very next day.
...So it's exactly that. A movie that gets added royalties for airing around BOTH holidays seasons. 👑
Even as an adult, I'd have LOVED to see the other doors in the woods
...Thanksgiving sounds weird and horrifying though.
...So it's exactly that. A movie that gets added royalties for airing around BOTH holidays seasons. 👑
Even as an adult, I'd have LOVED to see the other doors in the woods
...Thanksgiving sounds weird and horrifying though.
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The real answer is this is part of the movie's marketing brilliance, it's appropriate for both seasons. Personally, I think the amount of time spent in Halloween town, the lead character, the amount of truly macabre stuff in there and the main villain all pretty clearly make it a predominantly halloween movie, and that's when I tend to watch it. The Christmas town stuff is amazing, but it's very brief and then otherwise he's terrorizing people on Christmas lol
My wife’s favorite Halloween movie is Hocus Pocus, mine is Nightmare Before Christmas. She said that doesn’t count... what say you Era?
An argument can be made that it’s both a Christmas and a Halloween movie, but I don’t see how I’m “wrong”. I mean, look at the setting of the movie.... Discuss
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The real answer is this is part of the movie's marketing brilliance, it's appropriate for both seasons. Personally, I think the amount of time spent in Halloween town, the lead character, the amount of truly macabre stuff in there and the main villain all pretty clearly make it a predominantly halloween movie, and that's when I tend to watch it. The Christmas town stuff is amazing, but it's very brief and then otherwise he's terrorizing people on Christmas lol
Thanksgiving Town is just a poultry processing facility.The movie was literally inspired by that almost "instant switchover" malls and ads do when they're all about Halloween til OCT 31, then immediately flip to reds and greens the next day.
So it's exactly that. A movie that gets added royalties for airing around BOTH holidays seasons. :P
Even as an adult, I'd have LOVED to see the other doors in the woods
...Thanksgiving sounds weird and horrifying though.
It is a Tim Burton movie figuratively and literally. He dresses like it's Halloween everyday but he acts like it's Christmas everyday.
It's about a Halloween man who faces a mid-life crisis, decides to try a new job, and discovers the magic and true spirit of Halloween.
It's obviously both. Pretty clever for marketing.
I really wish Disneyland didn't keep the Haunted Mansion NBC themed for 5 months a year though. It's supposed to be special, but it's there for nearly half the year. Even worse, it's in prime vacation time, I have a sister who has NEVER seen the regular Haunted Mansion.
I really wish Disneyland didn't keep the Haunted Mansion NBC themed for 5 months a year though. It's supposed to be special, but it's there for nearly half the year. Even worse, it's in prime vacation time, I have a sister who has NEVER seen the regular Haunted Mansion.
I consider it to be both but we mainly watch it in December, I might put it on Halloween weekend if I remember though.
