Have you noticed this trend? What is the reason for mixing

My niece called me earlier today and she was watching that Casper one. I have never seen any of the ones you have just mentioned before, but I have heard of them. I never really thought of it before. You don't see kids in Halloween movies running around signing Christmas carols and dressing up like Santa.

It's not really a mix of Hallowe'en and Christmas, though they are close together. It's more a desire to produce films which break the mould of the "Disney family everybody's happy" movies we get so much of at Christmas time. I guess you could trace the trend all the way back to Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', which - after all - had Scrooge, ghosts and all sorts of horrid stuff in it. Personally, I see it as cashing in on the fact that a LOT of people loathe the false smiles, false 'togetherness' and all the other false things that our now-commercialised Christmases bring.

I think my little sister just watched Casper's Haunted Christmas the other day. It was cute. it was animated. I think that because gruesome sells good on Halloween they figure those people would love to watch it on Christmas and with Christmas themes. I know my sister in law buys it all up she likes that sort of thing. Me I am a comedy type. Something that makes me laugh not scream in horror.

i think its just a much needed twist because everything else has been done already.