The Nightmare Before Christmas is hands down one of the best movies for this holiday. Many consider watching this ahead of Christmas to be a tradition of its own. The Halloween Town, Sally, Jack, and Zero have been a vital part of our Christmas holidays for years now even though this gem arrived in theaters in 1993. But did you know that this film has quite a few peculiar things that you’ve probably missed? Let’s take a look.
9Tim Burton wanted to make it a TV special
It is common knowledge that ‘The Night Before Christmas’ found its basis and inspiration in the stop-motion holiday classics made by Rankin/Bass Productions. That company was founded by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. Among their stop-motion TV specials we saw Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Burl Ives, 1971’s Here Comes Peter Cottontail with Danny Kaye, and 1979’s Jack Frost with Buddy Hackett. Burton initially imagined The Nightmare Before Christmas as something similar to those shows.
