Why Nightmare Before Christmas is a Thanksgiving Movie

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I would love to see analysis on the film "Brick". One of my favorites, as a Noir fan.

[@nicolle2126]

So....you expect me to watch this movie three times a year instead of two?

[@miguelcastillo3723]

You make it sound like a bad thing

[@brickmg8600]

I remember I used to do the same thing over Christmas and halloween, until Netflix removed it :(

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BrickMG Disney plus has it

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[@mr_indie_fan]

@@brickmg8600 the movie is on DVD and blu ray though.

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

What's this What's this?? Christmas or Halloween?? What's this??

[@kyannae8738]

“The halfway point between Halloween and Christmas” not if you’re Canadian 😭

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[@juanfernando2217]

Mank Demester People like to see idiots doing shit

[@Amayaelika]

I would always watch this to mark the beginning of the holidays and the fall season before halloween.

[@evantsb]

Great video! Seems like there's also a potential parallel between this narrative and the colonial context from which Thanksgiving arises, particularly in regards to Jack's discovery of a "New World" and subsequent attempt to take over a culture that does not belong to him...

[@meowmeow5591]

is it thanksgiving because it's about someone from a different group using murder to try to steal & takeover another group's area & mimic their traditions in a way that's hollow and meaningless & then fuck it all up? actually yeah I mean really, this film is a pretty good metaphor for the Real thanksgiving

[@tylerpatti9038]

Jack did not use murder.

[@LolaLens]

tyler patti not entirely true,. He entrusted the care of Sandy Claws to Boogie's boys, who then delivered him to Oogie Boogie, and then he and Sally were almost killed by Oogie Boogie by being boiled alive. So Jack almost was a murderer because he's an idiot. I like this idea, but as a pagan I see Halloween as Samhain and Christmas as Yule stolen by the church. To add another harvest festival in there that was founded on killing native peoples when I already have 3 harvest holidays makes this film harder to watch. I would rather be aware of history and then enjoy this movie for what it is, not try to assign it a holiday.

[@oooh19]

Halloween isn't a religious holiday though. It couldn't be taken by the church but yea you're right that many Christian holidays have pagan origins like Yule and Christmas; there are other holidays Christmas found traditions from. It's not always stealing it's that they're inspired.

[@oooh19]

Dia de los Muertos has multiple origins and some are religious. It's about celebrating the dead.

[@ryanwagnon9071]

They didn’t use murder dumby

[@HORSESNDOGS9]

Just throwing this recommendation out there for a Thanksgiving movie: Homeward Bound Animals trying to reunite with their family and make it just in time for Thanksgiving. Chance learns to be thankful for his new adoptive family, as well as more thankful for Shadow and Sassy. The kids recognize their stepfather as their father by the end of the film, making him feel fully accepted into their new family unit. So it reinforces the themes of family bonding and thankfulness. It's also a fantastic family movie, with parts that'll make you laugh and cry. Enjoy!

[@swanpride]

You can watch the movie anytime between Halloween and Christmas, just like you can watch Rise of the Guardians anytime between Christmas and Eastern.

[@mr_indie_fan]

Easter*

[@blukinoseXD]

I'm Canadian... we have Thanksgiving before Halloween. We have Remembrance Day November 11th but this isn't a Remembrance Day movie. I always watched it around Christmas time.

[@anomaly9746]

That is an awesome point! And as for other thanksgiving movies, I actually think Fantastic Mr. Fox fits the bill quite well, to me particularly because of a sense of being grateful for what one has.

[@theworstdadjoke6518]

How could someone say something so controversial yet so brave? No but in all honestly this is an amazing spin on the movie and I was not disappointed. It really delivers what the video title plays to and it's an incredibly solid and unique argument. Kudos

[@chicarosa9]

Now I'll view this movie as a Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas movie 😃

[@lathanandrews417]

I’ve thought this for years! ScreenPrism does it again

[@thetake]

Thank you! So glad you liked it

[@jackdonohue7893]

0:55 but remember... not all countries celebrate Thanksgiving at November. Not all countries celebrate Thanksgiving.

[@JMysticStar7]

I completely agree with this. It's the reason I keep my holloween pumpkins out til after Thanksgiving. Not to mention all of the Christmas stuff we see during October.

[@Lildeadthing420]

if this video was made more recently i feel like mention of pilgrims would've been ommited and that's a compliment to yalls growth

[@cymoncatalano9933]

I basically shear her the title to see if I was the only one with this perspective, it's awesome other people have had the same thought

[@blueskygal255]

Bah humbug! Being thankful (or grateful) is KEY to enjoying life. Have you ever seen an ungrateful person that is truly happy? Love the analysis.

[@Kiri68419]

Thanksgiving is an American-only holiday. No one normally makes entertainment based around Thanksgiving because it would be a flop internationally: No one else celebrates it, so no one else is going to be interested in it (unless it's a comedy I suppose). However, Halloween is not restricted to just America since the holiday started in the UK and is practised in Canada I believe, so it has an outer audience, and Christmas is Celebrated all over and is considered a common holiday. It's like asking for a movie based off of celebrating the 4th of July: It only has importance in one country so the rest of the world isn't going to care so it's not gonna happen.

[@davidgold3nrose]

Villager101 I don't think so. Excepting the really big companies, most movies (especially small or indie movies) don't expect to be internationally popular.

[@memo-fq3ps]

The book of life and coco are both movies about la dia de los muertos which is only celebrated in Mexico and yet are made in the US and popular here (as well as other European countries). You could make a movie about a small/culture-specific holiday as long as it's fun to watch and is well known in the media (many countries around the world know about 4th of July, Chinese new year, st Patrick's day, cinco de mayo, Hanukkah, etc.) And making movies about foreign holidays that not many people know about is a good thing if anything because it allows children around the world can learn more about other cultures

[@rogerstille6483]

me mo I find it funny how other cultures celebrate cinco de mayo but here in Mexico no body really thinks about it. It is really cool hahaha Forgot to say I absolutely agree with you about making good movies about certain events practiced locally but known internationally

[@memo-fq3ps]

roger stille :)

[@rogerstille6483]

me mo (:

[@aqua-mina]

I never thought of it but then again, that's why I subscribed to you, you make me see things from a new perspective.

[@limelightraver5690]

WOW!!!!!! MIND BLOWN!!!!!!!!! This analysis is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thetake]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it

[@emsavings]

It's nice to have other people think for you

[@sailorcat]

I'm gonna watch it on Halloween, cause in Germany Thanksgiving isn't really celebrated that much. But interesting video!^^ Yeah, I really wondered when to watch it. xD

[@pierregilson1211]

Soul Food (1997) did a great job capturing the "Thanksgiving" trope.

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I'm new here and I want to understand a little bit of this channel. is the narrator the owner of the channel or is it a full team of people collaborating???? it sounds/looks like a watchmojo type of channel but it has a deep understanding of film that I fell in love with. hence me subscribing.

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There are credits at the end of each video that break down the team behind it.

[@Davidlicious52]

teenage spaceland nice!

[@maggie5990]

YES! I've been saying that this is the perfect Thanksgiving film for years!

[@MuricaTurkey]

Our family has been watching this on Thanksgiving for years :-) Definitely agree with this interpretation.

[@DavePurz]

Might I suggest the 2000 movie “What’s Cooking?” It’s a great Thanksgiving movie that chronicles the similarity of cultures and situations on the holidays. Each of the four families have the same struggles and drama, while at the same time infusing their own cultural traditions into a uniquely American event.

[@TisbearA]

Here's what you do: Watch Nightmare Before Christmas at the very end of Halloween night, after you've gorged yourself on candy and can no longer move. Watch it again on Thanksgiving Eve. Then watch it one last time on Christmas Eve Eve.

[@tinahernandez-zudell1399]

I love this film with all my heart and I agree with The Take 100%. Before this video, I considered this a Halloween and Christmas film.

[@greyLeicester]

The Take? This is screenprism! 😉

[@YmustTh3w0rldG0r0und]

I have always said that this movie is a Thanksgiving movie. Mainly because it bridges the gap between between Halloween and Christmas, but that's a different take on that idea that I didn't think of.

[@williamstaub4415]

why choose one month to watch when you can when you can watch it through October through December or I year round beside it's one of my favorite movies

[@Blueberry40]

It's a bridge movie. You watch it for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Rise of the Guardians is a bridge movie too. It takes place in Easter, but dag nabbit Santa, to no one's surprise, steals the show and you have to add on to the fact that the movie is ultimately about Jack Frost. Therefore, Rise of the Guardians is something you watch on both Easter and Christmas.

[@Shadowlina]

Perhaps it is also a Thanksgiving movie because it shows the polar extremes of Halloween and Christmas, our two most commercialized, celebrated holidays in the US? Perhaps we could focus less on these two days to find the peace and simplicity in-between them? Hmm...

[@Vincisomething]

As a kid, we'd watch this during Halloween. Christmas was saved for The Grinch.

[@GameplayandTalk]

This was pretty well thought out and I agree that it fits well right between Halloween and Christmas.

[@gwenbrown4111]

alice's restaurant is a great movie that actually takes place at thanksgiving, but probably more for nostalgic adults.

[@kunstlerleben_]

You guys are genius! I've always said you should watch this film on Halloween AND Christmas because it's good for both and why shouldn't you watch it more than once?! But this is something I've never considered! And that's why you guys are so great. Always bringing something new to the critical mind :) Also I can't help but mention that in Canada Thanksgiving comes before Halloween, so the in between argument doesn't work here XD

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[@urdnotstark8270]

You had my curiosity, now you have my attention.

[@dawngrrrl]

Hell yeah 200K! Well-deserved!

[@lorddarktelefax]

As an Danish fan of the movie, it is a Christmas movie, since we don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving 😂

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I’m so glad I found this channel.

[@Pyro-Moloch]

Best thanksgiving move I've seen is an episode of Hey, Arnold. P.S. I'm not american, and might not have a full understanding of the holiday

[@naxshawaryx4000]

My choice for thanksgiving movie is We're Back, a Dinosaurs story. Mostly since it literally takes place during the holiday and its parade xD

[@beckyt7639]

bravo! this was a wonderful and well put thought. you've earned a fan.

[@michaelmira-lopez1660]

I'm Canadian so I'll just watch this movie around Easter.

[@zoey250]

I always thought the message of this movie was "never try anything new"

[@dansattah]

If that was the case, Jack and Halloween Town wouldn't be rewarded with snow, a new friendship with Santa ("Sandy Claws"), or a happy ending.

[@joslyncarter4813]

The Nightmare Before Christmas - simply a wonderful story.

[@josepharmstrong1788]

I think this, and Fantastic Mr. Fox are great Thanksgiving movies (which is funny considering they are both stop-motion).

[@1980rlquinn]

This is the first time I've ever heard of Thanksgiving being referred to in any way as a "cross between Halloween and Christmas," except in one case where someone described Black Friday as a living Christmas horror film. I'm also confused as to idea that there need to be Thanksgiving films at all, for two reasons. First, given how Thanksgiving is presented with a false narrative about native-settler relations and "celebrated" now, no. Just no. We don't need it. Secondly, many people who do still get together and celebrate Thanksgiving watch the Macy's Day Parade, football, and classic Christmas movies as their traditional holiday fare. There is no need or desire for a Thanksgiving-specific movie.

[@kailyssia]

Well thought out analysis. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

[@Jane155-x6d]

What about all the other countries that don't celebrate Thanksgiving?

[@zennloo7343]

Meggy15 they aren't looking for Thanksgiving movies... It's a moot question.

[@Shadow-iv9ft]

It's just another day and another movie - unless, of course, they personally know an American...

[@maximeteppe7627]

I think this fact is also the reason there aren't many thanksgiving movies: no global audience, so a fraction of the profit.

[@Archivist82]

We celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada, but it doesn't fall in between Halloween and Christmas. That makes this a bit off for me, and doesn't ring true to me personally. Having said that, it's an American movie and giving thanks is universal.

[@tumbke]

We think of it more as a family reunion, and are eternally confused why they put so much importance on turkeys and sports.

[@xBradsrucax]

Wow, I've never thought about this movie in that way. Great video! Any excuse to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good thing. :)

[@tristanneal9552]

I do feel bad for the nonAmericans who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. Say what you will about it’s origins, it really is a wonderful holiday with a positive and heartwarming message. I’d hate to not have it.

[@ZomboyProductionz]

One of the greatest movies ever. Wonderful insight!

[@limerence8365]

Pilgrims Getting tired of their land, Britain and taking over another land, the Americas. Jack gets tired of his holiday, Halloween and takes over another one, Christmas. yeah I agree this is defiantly a Thanksgiving movie!

[@Shadow-iv9ft]

Although I'm sure it was unintended, I liked the pun - "defiantly" rather than "definitely". In this case, Jack was certainly defiant...

[@somethingdiffrant]

While I found your analysis valid, I gotta say that NBC was NOT by any means a holiday classic when it came out. It was panned by many critics and had to develop its following over time.

[@smaakjeks]

This was neat. Made me see a movie I like in a new light :-)

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You guys seem worth at least a million subs.

[@xRaiofSunshine]

*gets a christmas ad before video*

[@thetake]

Ha

[@burntmoth19]

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" is appropriate for Thanksgiving, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a Thanksgiving movie. Holiday movies are defined not just by their thematic relevance to a given holiday, but also by the established structure and/or tropes associated with them (specifically as movies). Each have their own language of how their themes are espoused. Take Christmas movies. As I understand it, a Christmas movie generally follows the template of "It's A Wonderful Life." A character is dissatisfied in some way (usually with their lot in life), but learns to appreciate what they have. They may simply have an overall negative outlook that needs adjustment. In those regards, "Nightmare" is a Christmas movie. Christmas does indeed share themes of gratitude with Thanksgiving, just as a Christmas movie does with a Thanksgiving movie. However, Thanksgiving movies tend to lean hardest upon being grateful for one's family. Although if we see the citizens of Halloweentown as Jack's family, it kind of works. ;)

[@oooh19]

oh yea i see the citizens as jacks fam

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

Just realized my favorite movie is about a Holiday I have no connection with lol

[@carlinmarsden]

But only thanksgiving in America since it’s the only place that has Thanksgiving in November in Canada we have it in early October so what holiday would it be for us??

[@katiem3809]

carlin marsden the majority of their audience might be American

[@sarahm.romero2268]

Please so an analysis on Sally’s character!!

[@jasonkingsley9134]

Does thanksgiving is when Santa is due back at the North Pole ? The Nightmare before Christmas is like Halloween is making their own version of the-Christmas SPIRIT!

[@katdavies8137]

Its an all holiday movie 😂 A great Thanksgiving movie is Pieces of April.

[@somethingawesome7555]

I watched that movie too.

[@AggiePlz]

So spot on!! 👌

[@mikem5514]

Have you ever considered doing an analysis of "The Judge" or "Silver Linings Playbook" ? your videos are absolutely amazing and I would love to see your thoughts on them.

[@thetake]

Thanks and we'll consider them!

[@alexreasoner9919]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but you actually make decent points here.

[@WillScarlet16]

Dia de los Muertos is a combination of Halloween and Thanksgiving.

[@chilljelloton2089]

Canadian Thanksgiving comes before Halloween...

[@TheMushroomchick]

What a great perspective 🙂

[@thetake]

Thank you! Glad you liked it

[@artzeppy3502]

Henry Selick said it. But, let's ignore facts because that makes more sense. It's a year round movie. Because you watch it when ever you want. Love the channel but sometimes one can really dig to deep into something that is not there.

[@davidgold3nrose]

Art Zeppy by that logic, there's no such thing as a holiday movie.

[@rachaelknudsen8801]

My family film for Thanksgiving is Uncle Buck.

[@Tsukiko.97]

The song jingle bells was written by John Lord Pier-point for thanksgiving. But it was originally titled "One horse open sleigh".

[@IrishMorgenstern]

All. The answer is all the holidays.

[@ryanedwards7487]

I always watch it on November First, All Saints' Day. *mic drop*

[@SAYFNHEEYY]

Soooo I can watch this movie on 3 holidays and enjoy it 😁😁

[@DaisyFlower690]

What about the cinematic masterpiece 'Free Birds'?

[@abadgurl2010]

lol, ikr? That's a classic Thanksgiving movie imo. One day when I have a family of my own I will show that movie to my kids so I can order pizza instead of having to cook a turkey!

[@juanfernando2217]

OWESOME VIDEO PLEASE YOU COULD TALK ABOUT NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

[@bubbleverse]

Tbh I just think this is a great movie no matter when you watch it

[@StarReacher]

the new disney film coco is a thanksgiving movie now

[@oooh19]

No it's Dia de los Muertos

[@justyouraveragegeek548]

I actually agree with this

[@SunnyMidnightxX]

Can you do AHS COVEN next please?

[@Rikigals]

Thanksgiving is before Halloween in Canada lol

[@joytucker6804]

U should do the take on night mare be for Christmas about Sally

[@TheCrayonMaster]

Only if your American. Canadian Thanksgiving is in mid October.

[@memo-fq3ps]

What about Free Birds though? That movie was amazing

[@Ramblinman26]

I agree

[@ArturoStojanoff]

I'm not American, so I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. But my cousin's girlfriend is American, and she's throwing a Thanksgiving dinner and I'm going there even though it's in another province. And I was wondering, what is a good present or just a nice thing to bring over to a Thanksgiving dinner, and what movie should I take for us to watch?

[@EFsuffolks]

Usually either offer to coordinate with her to bring a component of the meal,, or some wine that goes well with poultry. Typically you do not give any sort of gift at a thanksgiving gathering

[@yensid4294]

We don't usually bring gifts but feel free to show up with a special dish, desert or beverage you'd like to share. If it happens to be home made, so much the better♡

[@EFsuffolks]

as for the movie?? Any holiday classic will do. Especially if you watch it after meal. Or any general feel good pic.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

I'm thinking that I'll buy some cranberries and I'll try to make a sauce out of them. They'll probably already have that, but I'll try to do one myself too. Other than that, I will probably buy some other goodies for after the meal that are just harder to get in that province than here, but have nothing to do with Thanksgiving. I also thought of maybe drawing some of those hand-turkeys that kids make on Thanksgiving in the U.S. Maybe to put up around the place, as though the kids there actually had cared about it. I don't know if I want just a Christmas movie. We do have Christmas here. I was thinking something more Thanksgiving specific. But seeing this video, maybe that doesn't exist?

[@yensid4294]

Arturo Stojanoff those ideas sound perfect. Go with your heart, it's the thoughtfulness that counts. You can't really do it wrong :)

[@jiwonswrld]

Can you explain The Little Mermaid

[@yourlasttwobraincells6590]

It’s more of a November movie

[@sucons4254]

Canadians have left the chat

[@greaseballjones7705]

Poor Thanksgiving. Always overshadowed by better holidays :(

[@RachelMichtom]

this is what i've been saying!

[@invadertifxiii]

its both christmas and halloween

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Autumn in New York. Sweet November.

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

But thanksgiving is before halloween...