A Boy Called Christmas
You can’t get more Christmassy than this delightful origin story of Father Christmas in which Nikolas goes in search of his father.
An ordinary boy (with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side) sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm. Having eventually reached Elfhelm he learns that humans are hugely unpopular and he’s thrown into a dungeon with a hungry troll and a truth pixie, who can’t tell lies.
No spoilers here but it’s fair to say Nikolas goes on quite the journey, in more ways than one! Based on the children’s book by Matt Haig it stars Maggie Smith, Kirsten Wiig, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Toby Jones, Joel Fry and Stephen Merchant.
