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Coppola, Carrots, and Catharsis: A Holiday Reflection
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Coppola, Carrots, and Catharsis: A Holiday Reflection

A Thanksgiving to Christmas Memoir

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Evan Stern
Nov 30, 2024
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Bill Murray Christmas Special on Netflix: Watch the Begrudgingly Shot Trailer (Video)

Tim Burton’s one-of-a-kind The Nightmare Before Christmas straddles Christmas and Halloween, a strange masterpiece to be revisited around both the quintessential fall holiday and its wintry cousin. This film aside, what has Halloween got to do with Christmas? Alcohol, sweets, grown men in costume, and the undead. Unlike Jesus, I rest my case.

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