Halloween Tunes: “Everyone hail to the pumpkin song”—This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Several versions of this song are available from Freegal, including a nice instrumental version by the Vitamin String Quartet.

According to IMDB, Time Burton was inspired to write the poem this movie was based on when he saw a Halloween display replaced by a Christmas one. “The juxtaposition of ghouls and goblins with Santa and his reindeer sparked his imagination.”