Christmas Eve. An enormous explosion tears through Lapland. Santa and his elf, Anthony, have crash-landed in the middle of nowhere on their busiest night.
Acting
Tim Key's pathetic Santa and Tom Basden's simmering resentment are perfectly matched.
Writing
Dialogue builds from mundane bickering to genuine emotional stakes in minutes.
Director
Jonathan van Tulleken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jonathan van Tulleken made this between episodes of Misfits and later directed episodes of Shameless and The Boys.
Part of a wave of British comedians making bleak holiday shorts—this shares DNA with Inside No. 9's Christmas episodes and Garth Marenghi's darkly comic sensibility.
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