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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney) (Little Golden Book)

Lauren Clauss

Tim Burton's classic film Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween Town... but after so many years of the same spooky thing, he's become bored of scaring. When Jack accidentally discovers Christmas Town, he hatches a crazy scheme to take over a new holiday for the year. But can the master of monst...

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Not Another D&D Podcast

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Not Another D&D Podcast

The speaker described the interior of the Liam Unstiny hut as being decorated with 'Nightmare Before Christmas paraphernalia'. This suggested a theme based on the movie, not the book.

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Oh, very cool. Oh my God, it's so cool. The chairs are so twisted. Look at this spiral painting on the marble. This is interesting.

— Episode: C3 Ep. 62: Knight's Plight (A Faerie Tal...

Episode: C3 Ep. 62: Knight's Plight (A Faerie Tale Ending)

The speaker described the interior of the Liam Unstiny hut as being decorated with 'Nightmare Before Christmas paraphernalia'. This suggested a theme based on the movie, not the book.

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Oh, very cool. Oh my God, it's so cool. The chairs are so twisted. Look at this spiral painting on the marble. This is interesting.

Don't touch it. Okay. The moon's so big. Yeah.

On Being with Krista Tippett

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On Being with Krista Tippett

Tim Burton's 1993 musical film centers on Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who seeks a new challenge by attempting to take over Christmas. Its exploration of being an outsider and not quite fitting in resonated with Ashley C. Ford, who has loved its characters and music since childhood.

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This is Halloween, everybody make a scene, trick or treat. Tell your neighbors, come and die, I'm Mr. Troll. Everybody scream, Mr. Old Hollow. I am the one hiding under your bed.

— Episode: Rubén Blades, Ashley C. Ford, David Gree...

Episode: Rubén Blades, Ashley C. Ford, David Greene, et al....

Tim Burton's 1993 musical film centers on Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who seeks a new challenge by attempting to take over Christmas. Its exploration of being an outsider and not quite fitting in resonated with Ashley C. Ford, who has loved its characters and music since childhood.

"

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene, trick or treat. Tell your neighbors, come and die, I'm Mr. Troll. Everybody scream, Mr. Old Hollow. I am the one hiding under your bed.

What's this? What's this? What's this? Spillers everywhere. What's this? There's bright things in the air.

Christmas time is buzzing in my skull. Will it let me be? I cannot tell.

There's so many things I cannot grasp. First I think I've got it and then it lasts. Through my bony fingers it does slip. Like a snowflake in a fiery grip.

Episode: Rubén Blades, Ashley C. Ford, David Greene, et al....

This Tim Burton film was praised for capturing what it means to be an outsider and not quite fit in. The listener loved its creepy characters, music, and the way it showed the light and shadow in all of us.

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This is Halloween, everybody make a scene, trick or treat. Tell your neighbors, come and die, I'm Mr. Troll. Everybody scream, Mr. Old Hollow. I am the one hiding under your bed.

What's this? What's this? What's this? Spillers everywhere. What's this? There's bright things in the air.

Christmas time is buzzing in my skull. Will it let me be? I cannot tell.

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