Now that it is December, Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas has begun. Included in the debut are some of the top classic Christmas movies like "A Year Without A Santa Claus" and of course, "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It is hard to deny that "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a phenomenal movie and teaches great lessons, but there is a major controversy surrounding the film. Is it a Christmas or Halloween movie? Although it is fitting for both, what did Tim Burton really intend it to be for?

For one, the film starts off with the song "This is Halloween." It opens up in Halloweentown and Halloween has just wrapped up. The citizens are already starting to plan the next Halloween. As the film progresses, we get to meet the citizens, and of course the main characters, Jack and Sally. So far, this seems pretty Halloween based to me.

The next thing you know, Jack is tired of being himself and wanders off to the forest where he finds the circle of holiday trees. He falls into the Christmas tree and is engulfed in Christmas spirit. This gives him the grand idea to take on Christmas and forget about Halloween, therefore, making the film turn to Christmas.

Jack gets all of the citizens of Halloweentown to help him prepare for Christmas even though they are miserably failing because they are so used to Halloween. Jack then ends up ruining Christmas because of the gifts his citizens made. He then realizes that he is meant to be a part of Halloween and should let everyone run the holiday they are supposed. Santa saves Christmas and Jack is back to Halloweentown. So what does this mean?

He lost himself and it took stealing another holiday to find himself again. So does that mean because he ended up realizing Halloween is for him the film is meant to be for Halloween? Or just because he loves Christmas so much to try it out then gives it back to Santa it is automatically a Christmas movie?

I'll let you decide whether it should be meant for Christmas or Halloween. Regardless of your choice, let's not complain that we have the opportunity to watch it for three months straight as it is a multi-holiday movie! :)