The nightmare before Christmas

The nightmare before Christmas is a dystopic and animated version of the famous novel “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens. This version was created by Tim Burton and the main idea of the film was to show us a comic and creepy version for Christmas.

The author shows us the sad story of Jack a tall and thin skeleton that lives in Halloween land always bored and disappointed because of his life. But, one-day Jack went to the forest to continue with his common life and he arrived to a magic place named Christmas town. He was impressed with the colors and the lights of that place, so he decided to pick everything he found to show his friends in Halloween land that he wasn’t lying about this new town.

When he came back to his native place, his friends were really excited for the souvenirs that he gave them, but he was still worried and fast because in his town everything was black.

Three days after that, he created a master plan to bring happiness to his land. Some of his friends kidnapped Santa Claus and Jack became the new emperor of Christmas in the world. Jack and the spirit of his dog travelled around the world giving children horrible gifts that contributed with panic and fear. Some of the were a baby doll possessed by a demon, another was a vampire with sharpened teeth.  

After travelling around the world, Jack decided to go home he thought that people were celebrating his work but instead of that they were trying to kill him. At the end, Santa Claus arrived and tell him that everything was alright and Jack understood that the right place for him was the land of Halloween. But, Jack was surprised that Christmas arrived to his natal town.