A Norman Rockwell painting come to life in a weird and wonderful vision of the North Pole, Santa, and Christmas.

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2012)

Watched it for the first time tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it once I started to appreciate the strangeness of it all; a Norman Rockwell painting come to life in a weird, wonderful, dream. Stripped of its visual ornamentation the story reveals itself to be, like all good children's Christmas stories, timeless in its simplicity. Its overall effect lingers for a bit after viewing; like being in a childlike fugue of Christmas spirit.
As years go by and it continues to age I imagine what many criticized it for upon its release, it's singularly unusual visual style, will become, or continue to become, one of its more endearing traits. As of this evening it will be part of my annual tradition of holiday screenings.