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The Nightmare Before Christmas.


The Nightmare Before Christmas (Touchstone, 1993). In a world where every holiday has its own town, one Jack Skellington “The Pumpkin King” redirects here. For the game, see .

Jack Skellington is a skeleton known as the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town, a fictional world based solely on the holiday of Halloween.
 (Chris Sarandon Christopher Sarandon (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. Biography
Personal life
Sarandon was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of restaurateurs Mary and Christopher Sarandon, who was a Greek immigrant.
)--the skeletal king of the macabre and quirky Halloween town--stumbles into the cozy paradise of Christmas town.

Not surprisingly Jack wants a piece of Santa's lovely fiefdom fief·dom  
n.
1. The estate or domain of a feudal lord.

2. Something over which one dominant person or group exercises control:
, and sets out to kidnap the fat man and take his own Christmas Eve sleigh ride. Unfortunately the folks in Halloween town have fashioned a bag full of gifts only the kids in the Addams Family would like. Still, this Tim Burton live-action animation is a stocking stuffer for any elf with a sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
sense of humour, humor, humour
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Title Annotation:McCormick's Quick Takes On Christmas Movies
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Movie Review
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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