The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Grammar warm up challenges – click to download.
• Where do you think this is? Which continent? Which country?
• What time is it?
• Is it fog or clouds?
• Who lives in the buildings? How many people are inside?
• How do they travel around?
• What do the signs in the foreground say?
• Who has been walking along this path?
• How does this picture make you feel?
• Why do you think this image is titled ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’? How does the picture make you feel when you consider the title as well? Use this as a story prompt.
• Compare this image with ‘The Nightmare Before The Night‘. What’s similar and what’s different? Could you use both of these in your story?

Credit: Adrian Borda