The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated film which debuted back in 1993. It follows Jack Skellington as he becomes bored of his world of Halloween and stumbles into the more joyous world of Christmastime. He plots to kidnap Santa Claus and take his place as the Christmas saint.
Ever since
The Nightmare Before Christmas debuted, twenty-five years ago, there has been an ongoing debate over whether it should be regarded as a Christmas film or treated as one meant for Halloween. It's clear to see why what with the main characters of the film being zombies, skeletons, and ghosts but the premise being more in keeping with traditional Christmas films.
The actor who played Jack Skellington in the animated film recently provided his take on the long-running debate. Simply, Chris Sarandon believes that it's either.
"Why can't it be both?" Sarandon said in response to
ComicBook.com when asked about the debate before elaborating further.
I know that there are a lot of fans who come up to me saying, 'We watch it every Halloween,' and I have fans that come up and say, 'We watch it every Christmas,' I have fans who come up and say, 'We watch it at both Christmas and Halloween.' What's the debate? It's what pleases the people who watch it most, the audience, that's what's important. It's the fans. It's the people who it had a profound effect on over these years.
Do you agree with Sarandon? Or do you think that
The Nightmare Before Christmas should be regarded as strictly a Halloween movie or strictly a Christmas movie?