The beginning of this movie is curious. A few years ago I first tried to watch this movie with my wife. The Christmas theme takes a while to get started, so after ten minutes she wanted to watch something else.

P recognizes Santa. She doesn’t know anything about Santa Claus bringing presents, but she knows he wears a red suit and says “HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!”. It’s adorable. I was looking for a Santa-themed movie to put on to get a reprieve from Ms. Rachel and put on Klaus.

P really enjoyed the animation style. She lost interest after about ten minutes, but she’s not even two yet so to be expected. As P played and I watched the movie go on I started to recognize how brilliant this movie is with its unique take on Christmas. P needed dinner so I stopped the movie to feed her. During dinner I told my wife that we really should give Klaus another try with the promise that the opening ten or so minutes are different, but also the foundation for a sweet and unique Christmas story.

A few days later I went down to the basement where Christine was playing with the girls. They were watching Klaus without me! Christine turned to me and said “You were right this is really good!”.

Klaus is definitely going into the holiday rotation for the girls. Rarely do you find a Christmas movie with a fresh take like Klaus. In addition the thoughtful story the animation is delightful. I’m really glad we returned to this one!