A behind the scenes look at how the stop motion animation in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" was made (the film premiered 30 years ago today in 1993).

History Clips Only on Instagram: "This behind the scenes footage reveals how The Nightmare Before Christmas was brought to life through painstaking stop motion animation. Every character was a physical puppet, moved by hand frame by frame. Artists spent hours adjusting tiny details, transforming imagination into a dark, whimsical world audiences would never forget. The process required patience, precision, and creativity rarely seen today. A single second of film could take days to complete. Thi