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Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Jonas Rinne, Kari Väänänen, Minna Haapkylä ...( see more  see more... ) , Mikko Leppilampi , Mikko Kouki , John Turturro , Noah Emmerich , Katherine Borowitz

Set against a breathtaking landscape, Christmas Story – soon to become a holiday classic – reveals the magical and untold story of Santa's life as he overcomes Dickens-esque personal tragedy and hards...( read more  read more... )hip in his youth to develop a big and pure heart filled with love for children around the world.

In a remote Lapland village, young Nikolas suffers a loss and the villagers – all poor themselves – band together to look after him. On Christmas Day each year, Nikolas moves to a new home for the coming year. To show his gratitude, Nikolas makes toys for each family’s children. Over the years, his adoptive families become many and almost every house has presents on its doorstep Christmas morning.

When the villagers suffer a catastrophic food shortage, they must send Nikolas away to work as an apprentice to the ill-tempered hermit carpenter, Iisakki. Under his severe tutelage, Nikolas develops skills that enable him to create even better presents and to work even faster. He soon dons the suit that becomes his trademark and begins to deliver presents with the help of a team of reindeer.

As the years pass and Nikolas ages, his beloved tradition is in danger of coming to an end … and it will take a miracle to save it!

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1,417 ratings

PG, 78 min.

Directed by: Juha Wuolijoki

Release Date: November 4, 2007

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DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009

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  • jschartrand
    December 25, 2009
    jschartrand
    Un joli petit conte bien fait qui s'avère malgré tout un peu simpliste et par moment dur à avaler..
  • ldlDESIGN
    September 18, 2009
    ldlDESIGN
    i want to see this movie(so excited!)............=)
  • ZlatkoGR
    January 3, 2009
    ZlatkoGR
    A beautiful story about a little orphan boy named Nickolas and how he became Saint Nicholas. Simple, with solid performances (Hannu-Pekka Björkman is as good a Saint Nickolas can be) and a very snowy scenery, what's not to like in there? :-)
  • Smallville92
    April 26, 2008
    Smallville92
    WONDERFUL movie.. 9/10
  • Lindbacken87
    March 8, 2008
    Lindbacken87
    good movie but everyone know that santa is from sweden and the ending sucked ass
  • kuunkulta
    March 5, 2008
    kuunkulta
    the ending was a bit out of place yeah, but I still loved it :D very touching and beautiful story...
  • hatsuto
    February 8, 2008
    hatsuto
    This was really sad movie. It's telling about santa claus' life.

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