THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
5 out of 5 stars

“jack?! JACK?! i’m only an elected official! i can’t make decisions by myself!!!” – the mayor

i don’t think there’s anyone who would hate on this stop-motion classic made by tim burton! at a short 70-some minutes, i only wish this movie was longer... all the songs are great and of course, the animation is really well-produced. the characters are gothic yet cute, and the story is quite an original one. ;) (read futher if you’ve never seen this yet)

skeleton jack the pumpkin king is tired of the same halloween year after year after year, and as he walks throughout the night, he and his ghost dog find themselves at the door of different holidays. he opens the door to the one with a christmas tree, and falls into a world filled with elves, lights, snow, and of course, santa claus! jack comes back to halloweentown with new ideas to revamp halloween, but in the process of revamping, he decides to take over christmas entirely. probably not the best idea, but jack goes ahead and gets the townsfolk to participate in all endeavors i.e. getting the trick-or-treaters to kidnap poor santa, getting sally to make his santa outfit, getting the professor to create his sleigh and “reindeer”, and all others to make “christmas gifts”. but taking over another’s holiday is obviously NOT the greatest idea esp. when christmas and halloween are as night and day... it’s a really cute story with tons of songs and great animation. E.G.:

“in this town, we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song!”

:)