Summary
- The Nightmare Before Christmas combines the festive genres of Halloween and Christmas in a whimsical and creative way.
- A funny Instagram video explains why Jack Skellington ignores the Thanksgiving door in the film, hinting at the possibility of a Thanksgiving Town in the rest of Holiday World.
- The video spoofs a scene where Jack discovers portals to different holiday-themed lands, leaving the audience curious about the potential crossover possibilities in the sequel.
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An Instagram video from @alexduran010 explains why Jack Skellington ignores the Thanksgiving door in The Nightmare Before Christmas. The post shows a digitally animated rendition of the scene where Jack is in a forest that features portals to multiple other holidays.
As Jack stands in front of the Thanksgiving door, a turkey pops out from behind it. The turkey has a fork stabbed into him already, and wags his feathery finger at Jack while shaking his head. In reaction to the perturbed fowl, Jack Skellington instead decides to head over to the Christmas door.
There Is More Holiday Lore To Be Explored In The Nightmare Before Christmas
Part of The Nightmare Before Christmas’s appeal comes from its creative ability to combine two festive film genres into one. While Christmas does crossover with spookier themes, including in horror films like this year’s Silent Night and It’s a Wonderful Knife, rarely has another film done so with the whimsy present in The Nightmare Before Christmas. Selick’s stop-motion masterwork is not a Christmas-gone-bloody movie, but rather a perfect amalgamation of both holidays that serves well for the film’s fanciful plot.
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The darkly funny video spoofs a particular scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas right as Jack is about to discover Christmas Town. Jack Skellington travels to the forest on the outskirts of Halloween Town, and there he discovers arboreal portals to other parts of Holiday World. The portals are represented through popular iconography for the given holiday (e.g. a shamrock for St. Patrick's Day, an egg for Easter, etc.).
While Jack Skellington decided on the Christmas tree-clad portal, the presence of these other portals implies that there are Christmas Town-like lands for the other holidays. Jack does not explore these in The Nightmare Before Christmas, leaving intrigue as to the crossover possibilities in the rest of Holiday World. If The Nightmare Before Christmas 2 does ever happen, it would be fascinating to see a further exploration of Thanksgiving Town – much to the chagrin of one feathery friend.
Source: alexduran010/Instagram
