claim: mcdonald's is introducing 'the nightmare before christmas'-themed happy meals.
question: are ‘the nightmare before christmas’ happy meals coming to mcdonald’s?
origin: on 23 september 2015, a facebook user published a post suggesting that a happy meal based upon the popular film the nightmare before christmas would coming to mcdonald’s restaurants beginning 1 october 2015:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  like previous facebook halloween-based release rumors (involving a “mcouija” happy meal and a poster heralding the purported release of hocus pocus 2), the viral nightmare before christmas happy meal photograph was a fan-created one and not a legitimate promotional image.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  mcdonald’s happy meal website confirmed that the october 2015 kids’ meal theme would be based on the current film hotel transylvania 2 (not the nightmare before christmas, which was released back in 1993).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the faux nightmare before christmas happy meal image circulated on facebook initially appeared in a september 2014 blog post titled “these mcdonald’s horror movie themed happy meals are ridiculously awesome” (crediting the artwork to the imagination of a person named newt clements).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: some fantasy happy meal artwork from 2014 was presented on facebook the following year as representing a real mcdonald's offering.
summary: a facebook user published a post suggesting that a happy meal based upon the popular film the nightmare before christmas would coming to mcdonald’s restaurants beginning 1 october 2015. like previous facebook halloween-based release rumors (involving a “mcouija”happy meal and a poster heralding the purported release of hocus pocus 2), the viral nightmare before christmas happy meal photograph was a fan-created one and not a legitimate promotional image. mcdonald's website confirmed that the october2015 kids‘ meal theme would be based on the current film hotel transylvania 2.