Trick-or-treating, Halloween parties, candied apples, carving pumpkins, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Wow, we have a lot of Halloween traditions. The first time I ever saw Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas, I didn't really like it, and it was years before I saw it again. I'm not sure why, but my kids, who are very sheltered in general from any TV or movie fare that is dark or scary, absolutely fell in love with the movie. To my amazement, they were not at all scared by it. I remember my then 3-year-old singing with all the drama she could muster, "And I Jack! The Pumpkin King! have grown so tired, of the same old thing..." It was the cutest thing ever, and we have been watching it ever since. The movie has grown on me, and we even love to listen to the soundtrack in the weeks before Halloween.
This year, our two-year-old, who is scared of flies and freaked out by the conductor in Fantasia for some odd reason, has also fallen in love with the "King of the Pumpkins," as she calls Jack. She also just can't get enough of saying the name "Oogie Boogie." Apparently, in a world where there are two kinds of people -- those who are Tim Burton fans and those who are not -- our family is on the fan side. What about your family, do you have a favorite Halloween movie?
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