Check Out Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: The Nightmare Before Christmas follows a very common trope called Home Sweet Home, but it does so in an unusual manner by making Jack initially bored with success, rather than having them be unsuccessful or an outcast. Stories like these follow a general progression: The character longs for something else; The character goes out to find that When we think of gifts on Christmas, we typically think of the little elves in Santa's workshop working diligently to make the best gifts we could ever imagine. But that isn't the case in The Nightmare Before Christmas. In this version, we have the creepy and scary residents of Halloween Town working to help Jack make Christmas happen. 1) “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. This poem is better known by its opening line, “’Twas the night before Christmas…” and is the obvious inspiration for the title of Tim Burton’s movie. The poem was first published anonymously in 1823 and is still often recited around Christmas time. 2) How the Grinch Stole The Nightmare Before Christmas is also an annual staple of Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween programming. The movie will be shown seven times over the course of October. Here's when to watch on The Nightmare Before Christmas is a timeless film, and so are the lessons it provides. Side Note: There has been a lot of discussion about whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie. Henry Selick, the director, put this argument to an end in 2015, stating in a Q&A session that “it’s a Halloween movie.” Christian Bone Oct 24, 2021 2:34 pm. For The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton aimed to give Halloween its very own Santa Claus figure and the result was Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Recently viewed. The Nightmare Before Christmas: Directed by Henry Selick. With Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey. Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. Q2nWxna.