Christmas Story (2007)

This version of the Santa Claus myth starts with St. Nick as an orphaned Finnish child whose earliest forays into gift giving began as a way to thank the various families who cared for him after his parents died. It’s a slightly dark tale that offers some clever takes on well-known features of the mythology. Unfortunately the only versions of this film that I had available to me were all dubbed into English from the original Finnish. More so than even the average dubbed film, much felt lost in the telling and some of the characters, particularly Nicholas, come off as deranged at times. I probably won’t revisit this one unless I can locate a subtitled copy.