History Heartwarming / TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

** The folks of HalloweenTown seeing snow for the first time. Even the creepiest ghouls can't resist frolicking and playing like children.
--->'''Santa:''' Happy Halloween!
** Even Shock, Lock and Barrel get into the spirit! By throwing snowballs!

** And upon seeing Santa fly overhead, Jack waves back to him from below with a call of:

*** "Happy Halloween!"

* The moment right after Santa leaves, when Jack finally realizes how Sally feels about him.
** These lyrics at the end when Jack finds Sally in the graveyard on top of the Spiral Hill:
--->"My dearest friend\\
If you don't mind\\
I'd like to join you by your side\\
Where we can gaze into the stars\\
''(Sally joins in)'' And sit together\\
Now and forever\\
For it is plain, as anyone can see\\
We're simply meant to be."

* One of the lyrics in "This Is Halloween" is "Life's no fun without a good scare / That's our job but we're not mean / In our town of Halloween" The citizens of Halloween Town are enjoy their job scaring people, but it's all in the spirit of fun and they don't mean any real harm. They're all shown to be quite friendly despite being monsters and ghouls.

[[caption-width-right:350:"We’re simply meant to be."]]

--> "For it is plain, as anyone can see...\

---> '''Jack:''' Merry Christmas!

-->Jack's OK, and he's back OK
-->He's all right
-->Let's shout, make a fuss
-->Scream it out, whee!

** It also implies that the trio felt guilty for disobeying Jack's request to leave Oogie out of the plan to kidnap Santa -- and that they liked (and respected) Jack more than than their old boss.

** The Mayor's reaction; he briefly shifts to his sad face, feeling a bit confused by the snow. Then he catches a snowflake on his tongue and immediately switches back to his happy face.

* It's subtle, but the scene where the Mayor and a handful of other HalloweenTown citizens find Jack in Boogie's has one as well. The first words we hear are Lock, Shock and Barrel exclaiming "Here he is!" "Alive!" "Just like we said!" The CMOH comes when you realize that they arrived back at Boogie's seconds after he was defeated--meaning that the moment they heard Jack in the lair and realized he was in trouble, Oogie Boogie's [[HeelFaceTurn loyal henchmen]] had to have gone into HalloweenTown, found the Mayor, convinced him to help them, and then gone all the way back to save Jack's life. Jack Skellington means ''that much'' to his people.
** It also implies that they felt guilty for disobeying Jack's request to leave Oogie out of their plan — and that they must have liked (and respected) him more than than their old boss.
** Another subtle one involving the trio: when Jack scares them for bringing him the Easter Bunny instead of Santa, Lock and Barrel hide behind Shock [[BigSisterInstinct while she raises down her arms in front of them]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther as if to shield them]].

* When the military starts shooting at Jack's sleigh, the first thing he does after he notices them is comfort Zero, who whines when a shot nearly collided with them.
* Sally draping a blanket over her 'father' after drugging him in an attempt to see more of the world, despite the fact he has treated her with a bit of a prisoner vibe.
** Though he did seem to be doing it out of concern for her well-being, because he thought she wasn't ready for the outside world and could not handle it.

* Jack apologizing to the Easter Bunny.

** Really, the entire town singing and cheering, "Jack's okay!" is adorable.

* If you Consider Haunted Mansion Holiday to be canon, it's rather sweet that Jack has finally found people that actually enjoy his ideas of Christmas.

* One of the lyrics in "This Is Halloween" is "Life's no fun without a good scare / That's our job but we're not mean / In our town of Halloween" The citizens of Halloween Town are enjoy their job scaring people, but it's all in the spirit of fun and they don't mean any real harm. They're all shown to be quite friendly despite being monsters and ghouls.

--> '''Jack:''' Merry Christmas!

---> Touchstone pictures presents the story of two very special dreamers, and the holiday spirit that brought them together..."

-->'''Doctor:''' Careful, my precious Jewel.

* One of the lyrics in “This Is Halloween” is “Life’s no fun without a good scare / That’s our job but we’re not mean / In our town of Halloween” The citizens of Halloween Town are enjoy their job scaring people, but it’s all in the spirit of fun and they don’t mean any real harm. They’re all shown to be quite friendly despite being monsters and ghouls.

* When the HalloweenTown citizens rejoice at Jack being alive is pretty heartwarming, too.

-->'''Santa:''' Happy Halloween!

** It also implies that they felt guilty for disobeying Jack's request to leave Oogie out of their plan — and that they must have liked him better than their boss.

* During Oogie's song, Santa cuts in (several times) to demand his release — not because he's afraid for his life, but because the children are expecting him. Being Santa isn't just a job or a role to him (the way Jack views being the Punpkin King at the start of the film): he genuinely cares about children and their happiness. [[BigGood As a good Santa should.]]

-->'''Doctor:''' Careful, my precious Jewel.

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** Though he did seem to be doing it out of concern for her well-being because he thought she wasn't ready for it and could not handle it.

** The score concludes with a short reprise of "What's This?", but ends on a resolved note rather than a suspended one, suggesting that being in love with Sally not only gives Jack the same joy he had when he first discovered Christmas but that it gives him a greater sense of wholeness than Christmas ever could. It's like a musical equivalent of "...And they lived {{happily ever after}}."

** The score conclude with a short reprise of "What's This?", but ends on a resolved note rather than a suspended one, suggesting that being in love with Sally not only give Jack the same joy he had when he first discovered Christmas but that it gives him a greater sense of wholeness than Christmas ever could. It's like a musical equivalent of "...And they all lived happily ever after."