


In the Epilogue, there is an entire orchard with trees representing figures like Father Time, The Tooth Fairy, and Old Man Winter to name a few. Ancient Realms, towns older than the holidays themselves, were introduced with Dream Town, The Sandman’s old domain and Sally’s place of origin.Sally surmises that The Sandman has a similar intuition, knowing when someone is asleep or awake. Similar to Santa Claus' ability to know whether kids have been naughty or nice, Jack Skellington has a supernatural intuition towards people's fears.The rest of the Holiday Towns are given a more in-depth description, as well as their rulers, in Sally’s travels as she tries to find any survivors.When Halloween Town is fast asleep thanks to The Sandman, it is up to Sally to set things right. Sally takes over as the story’s central protagonist, showing that she isn’t fond of the spotlight.After all of the holiday towns are asleep, Sally now has to grapple with the consequences of her actions and tries to find a way to save them. Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Sally’s new title saddles her to be a more public figure in Halloween Town, much to her dismay.Unfortunately, this is made into a Horror Hunger that turned him into a monster.

Abstract Eater: The Sandman feeds on the dreams of those he puts to sleep.The book was released by Disney Press and was released in August 2022. As such, Sally embarks on a journey to save Halloween Town and stop the Sandman's rampage. To her horror, Sally realizes that the other holiday towns are in jeopardy because of her mistake. After escaping from the invasive denizens, Sally discovers an ancient door hidden deep in the woods lost to time.Īfter she unwittingly opens it, the mysterious Sandman escapes and he begins to cast sand around Halloween Town making everyone fall into a wakeless sleep. Sally finds herself troubled over the implications and wishes to be left alone. Picking up one year after the first film's events, Sally Finkelstein marries Jack Skellington and becomes Halloween Town's first Pumpkin Queen. The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen is a 2022 young adult novel by Shea Ernshaw and serves as the sequel to the 1993 stop-motion animated film.
