The Nightmare Before Christmas director just definitively confirmed it's a Halloween movie

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For as long as people have enjoyed watching The Nightmare Before Christmas — 22 years, to be exact — they've enjoyed spirited debates about whether it's a Halloween or Christmas movie at its core.

One brave young fan of the Tim Burton classic posed this question to director Henry Selick himself during a Telluride Horror Show Q&A, the film website Birth Movies Death reports.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.