Coming up with fresh ideas for Santa Claus stories is a real challenge these days, but this one manages to stand out. The narrative revolves around Santa’s highly automated gift delivery system, utilizing a sleigh that bears a strong resemblance to the starship "Enterprise." To everyone's dismay, the youngest member of the Claus family – “Arthur” – realizes that one little girl won't be receiving her carefully wrappe…

It proved to be an enjoyable film. I really liked watching 'Arthur Christmas'. The storyline isn’t particularly complex; a straightforward situation takes some time to sort out, but it remains a nice animated movie for the holidays—and the animation is well done. There are several recognizable actors providing voices, too many to list, actually. For me, Hugh Laurie as Steven was especially good, although James …