7 Reasons Why ‘The Night Before Christmas’ Isn’t a Halloween Movie 4 Reasons Why It Is
Every year, it seems that Halloween breaks earlier than ever, and with it, the Pumpkin King, Jack Syellington.
Take a haunted mansion vacation at Disneyland; It is a haunted haunted house that, as soon as HalloWeentime arrives at the Disneyland restaurant at the end of the summer, is occupied by Jack and the people of HalleWeentuntown. However, they are not present on Halloween; They are there to make Christmas. There’s a rub, because the colt has been quick and now the holiday wonder limited to the mind of Tim Burton and Director Henry Selick is about one holiday that takes more.
So with Halloween almost making way for Christmas time later this week, io9 looks at both sides of the great debate. There are arguments both ways, but let’s settle this just once. IS The night before Christmas A Halloween movie? Or should you file it under Christmas instead?
It starts at the end of Halloween Night
The film’s intro is, of course, a rousing song from the film’s creator, Danny Elfman, about Halloween and the town that makes it happen every year. We are introduced to jack as a scary simpleton and the protector of the holiday as the people of HalleWeenton actually throw a party in the background. Halloween may be more than a year, but what is the power of the people of this universe. (Decision: One point in favour A scary dream Being a Halloween movie.)
Jack is literally made for Halloween
So it is done that you go out of the ground itself into the forest where there are other holiday doors. Are you tired of being known for one thing and want to reinvent yourself? That’s where Jack is here. (Decision: One point in favour A scary dream Being a Christmas movie.)
Christmas becomes a hyperfixation
“What’s this?” Is a song for anyone who discovers something new and decides to make it their own personality and everyone’s problem. Jack gets a taste of something very different from his culture and tries hard to do it! (Version: Christmas.)
HelloWeentown has one mission
In this town they call home, they have one job and that is to make Halloween. (Verdict: Halloween.)
They let Jack work on this Christmas thing
Jack decides he’s bringing Christmas with him to Halloweentown for everyone to try, as a group project where maybe Jack needs some group therapy. And since everyone “Yesses” Jack, he is only empowered. (Version: Christmas.)
They make Christmas
When Jack gets everyone on board, their focus moves away from Halloween to give Christmas a twist. It is undeniably holidays, or Christmas gifts make it last as Halloween tricks and treat them in funny boxes with cows and bows. (Version: Christmas.)
Sally Foretells Doom if Jack makes Christmas
Sally is the heart of the movie and knows what holiday it really is. It’s a scary show trying to make Christmas and you have a disease that will explode in jack’s face because he’s the pumpkin king. (Verdict: Halloween.)
The town square calendar is counting down to Christmas
The main events of the story take place 35 days before Christmas. Jack skips over Thanksgiving and is full of Holly Jolly in November, and it couldn’t be more specific: It can’t be in the lead up to Halloween. So, there, it’s a Christmas movie. (Version: Christmas.)
Jack becomes a santa
The conclusion is clear to Jack: Sandy Hooks = Christmas. So he has his rings that kidnap Santa. His faithful dog, zero, even joins his team of skeleton reindeer with a light-up nose. (Version: Christmas)
The film approaches Christmas in a human world
After learning a hard lesson (but not before scaring families with horror instead of Holid Delights), Jack realizes he has to stick to Halloween. After freeing Santa from Oogie Boogie, Jack helps St. Nick made Christmas right at Christmas. Whenever Santa passes through Halloweentown, he says “Happy Halloween.” (Version: Christmas.)
Halloween and jack are just meant to be
Okay, sure, so it turns out that Santa makes sure that inside Halloweentown, every day can be seen as Halloween. And Sally helps Jack Remember who the hell he is: The Pumpkin King and his true love. So go ahead, live like Jack and Sally and they have Halloween for Christmas. We will continue to wish it never ends. (Verdict: Halloween.)
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