# "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384 "2015-11-02T02:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/1 "2015-11-02T02:10:24Z")
Do you consider Tim Burton’s “A Nightmare Before Christmas” a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie (or something else)? ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/2 "2015-11-02T02:12:40Z")
Both, that’s why I like it so much. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/3 "2015-11-02T02:13:24Z")
Both! Or maybe an always movie- I love it and will happily watch it whenever. But if I had to pick - maybe a little more Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/4 "2015-11-02T02:17:29Z")
I voted Halloween movie, but really I consider it both. We usually watch it Halloween night or the next day. Then, off and on until Christmas is past. It’s one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/5 "2015-11-02T03:45:00Z")
It’s a Halloween movie to me, but it’s berry able to be watched at Christmas…which is why it’s so great! ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/6 "2015-11-02T03:46:15Z")
Our culture is reaching a point where Halloween is just the gateway to the Great Season of Mass Consumption, really… but I think of it as a Halloween movie. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/7 "2015-11-02T03:48:58Z")
Something else. Never seen it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/8 "2015-11-02T03:53:54Z")
I and movie watching friends prefer actual scary movies around Halloween Month. Plus, really try to avoid anything remotely Christmasy until after Thanksgiving, so this is a day after Thanksgiving movie, plus any time in December of course. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/9 "2015-11-02T03:56:26Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Something else. Never seen it. It’s worth checking out at some point; IMO it’s among Burton’s best works. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/10 "2015-11-02T04:08:24Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It’s worth checking out at some point; IMO it’s among Burton’s best works. It’s worth pointing out that while it was Burton’s story and he was a producer for the film, it was in fact directed by Henry Selick. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/11 "2015-11-02T05:53:24Z")
Whenever! No set time, just if I feel like watching it. Jolly fine movie. (In the “What’s this?” sequence, is some of the music borrowed from Verdi?) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/12 "2015-11-02T06:08:26Z")
It’s both (which should’ve been a category). ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-before-christmas-a-halloween-movie-or-a-christmas-movie-for-you/736384/13 "2015-11-02T06:35:33Z")
I voted Christmas movie. It’s more focus on Christmas than Halloween, and I’ve always associated it with Christmas.