The Nightmare Before Christmas

It's difficult to get ideas on Tim Burton's beliefs about Christmas but what it comes across to me as is that he believes in the original spirit of Christmas and not the thing we've made it out to be with all of the presents and Santa Clause, the elfs, the Reindeer, or talking snowmen. In Edward Scissorhands the message I get is that the Christmas season isn't starting out well and keeps getting progressively worse and finally after Edward leaves, the town may have realized what Christmas is all about. In this movie, however, the message that I receive is that Christmas may not be for everyone but if you are open to trying new things, holidays, and things like that you might just discover something you never knew you liked. It also comes across in the way that not every holiday is for everyone but the man upstairs will love you all the same.