The Nightmare Before Christmas

This past weekend I took the time to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas. I was very surprised by it because most Christmas related stories tend to be very pleasant and happy, but this seemed to have a little bit of a darker side to it. I have seen a couple other films done by Tim Burton and noticed that he has a tendency to do this. Despite this fact, I did enjoy the movie and it did have a happy ending that kind of reverted back to most Christmas movies. Jack Skellington does not seem to really grasp the concept of Christmas in the beginning, but slowly begins to understand what it is all about. Along with this, he sick of the same old routine that he has always done. Where he is from,  all they really celebrate is Halloween and he no longer wants to be apart of it. He wants people to be extremely happy versus scared which is what leads him to this thought. He goes about implementing Christmas where he is from in the wrong way, but it all works out in the end. I would definitely recommend this movie to a friend and would gladly watch it again.