Argumentative Essay: Nightmare Before Christmas

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People cant decide if Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie.Some think its Halloween others think it Christmas.I think that it is a Halloween movie because the character are more Halloween then Christmas.

First reason I think its a Halloween movie.It has a lot of halloween characters in the movie Nightmare Before Christmas.Its more Halloween then Christmas because its all halloween in it even in the parts of Christmas the toys attack the kids and are scary.The reindeer are skeletons and the sleigh is a casket.They kidnap Santa cause Jack wants to take over Christmas.The Characters are all evil not Christmas type characters.This is the first reason I think this is a Halloween movie.

Second reason I think its a Halloween

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