The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

. . . whether people must watch the entire 76-minute 1993 feature film, or if this 2008 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: THE ORIGINAL POEM could suffice. Advocates of substituting this 12-minute short point out that those who restrict their Yule time nightmare to it will save a whopping 64 minutes in the trade-off, freeing up a much-needed hour for baking Christmas cookies, cleaning house for the holidays and attending religious services. However, there are a few die-hard gluttons for punishment who lobby for the longer version, so that they can wallow in sadness and ill-will even longer. To each his own, I guess.