Favorite Holiday Movie


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The Star Wars Holiday Special.
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Clint_L said:
It's definitely set in and around X-mas - the set-up is that Jack Skellington has post-Halloween blues and tries to take over X-mas, so much of it is him trying to teach the residents of Halloween Town how to execute his warped version of Christmas. And the climax is entirely set on X-mas Eve/X-mas.

Calling Nightmare a "Tim Burton movie" is a huge bone of contention for the people who actually made the movie. Despite the title literally being Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, he had minimal involvement in the actual production. It was his concept and the art was largely based on his original drawings, but he didn't direct it and had almost no day-to-day involvement. According to the folks who made it, he would mostly show up for occasional meetings and be kind of an ass.

His name is so prominent on the title because he was a hot commodity back then and it was his concept. But calling it his move is kind of an insult to Henry Selick, who actually directed it. And Danny Elfman, whose songs provide the backbone of the story (literally, as they had the songs before they had a finished script).
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I thought he directed it for years until I actually paid attention to the credits

I'm not a huge Tim Burton fan though I like some of his films (his aesthetic can be exhausting sometimes). I liked Beetlejuice, Edward Scissor Hands and Sweeney Todd was pretty good

I also agree with you on Elfman. The songs were the real thing that tied that movie together IMO. Obviously the animation is crucial too but it is the songs that really make it work in the end
 

This may be slightly unhinged but every Christmas I have my friends around for a "pink Christmas".

we wear pink, we do competitive gift giving and we watch Neo Yokio with the following rules:
Each time someone says neo-riche, take a drink.
Each time Archangello and the east side gentleman appear, take a drink.
Each time the caprese/ capreseboy is mentioned, take a drink.
Each time Toblerones as mentioned, take a shot.
Every time a luxury product is mentioned the fist person to say the name of the product followed by "very nice" forces everyone else to drink. For example, "Gucci slides, very nice".
 





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