Check out Disney's Haunted Mansion between Halloween and Christmas

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2012)

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for a skeleton. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that Sandy Claws would soon be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds. While visions of ghosts and goblins danced in their heads, and Sally in her stitched head and I with my pumpkin, had just settled down for a long winters dread.
When out in the graveyard there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my coffin to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a demon, tore open the shutters and started screaming.
The moon on beast of the new-fallen snow, gave an eerie glow to the objects below. When what to my horror should appear. not a hero, but a red-coated skellington and his ghost dog Zero.
With a rail thin driver, as pale as clear gelatin, I knew in a moment it must be Jack Skellington. More rapid than devils, his courses they came and he howled, and cried and called them with revel.
Now Mayor!, now Mummy!, Now Vampire!, and Witch! On Hyde! on Oogie! On Boogie! and Retch! on the top of the mausoleum! to the top of the dungeon! Now Dash Away! dash away! dash away all!
As the dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, so up to the castle tops the dragons they flew, with a sleigh full of dangers and Jack Skellington too.
And then in horror, I heard on the roof the clawing and scraping of each horned hoof. As I drew in my hand and was turning around, down the chimney Jack came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with spiders and soot; A bundle of horrors he had flung on his back and he looked like a hangman just sharpening his axe.
His eyesÂ… were sunken in his face so scary! His cheeks were like white roses, his nose like white cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like an unholy host, and the beard on his chin was as white as a ghost.
A stump of a pipe he held in his visage most dire, and the smoke it encircled his head like pyre. he had a small face and no discernible belly that shook when he howled like a bowl full of poison jelly.
He was skinny and horrific a right scary old beast, and I shuddered when I saw him as he looked deceased. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon filled me with dread.
He spoke some frightening words, and then got busy, and filled all the stockings, with horrors that made me dizzy, and laying his finger aside of his nose, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his horde gave a yell, and away they all flew like the cobwebs in hell. But I heard him chortle, ere he drove out of sight, Happy Nightmare Before Christmas to all and to all a good-night!
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite animated films of all time and a glimpse inside the head of glorious crazy man Tim Burton. This a wonderful watch, all year-long but especially between Halloween and Christmas. If you ever get the chance to check out what Disney does with the Haunted Mansion, at this time of year, please check it out its amazing. I can't recommend this film enough as I completely love it, and would suggest this film highly to everyone reading our blog.