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Up at the North Pole, Arthur (James McAvoy), one of Santa's two sons, works in the mail room carefully reading and responding to letters from children all over the world. What Arthur lacks in charisma and leadership, he more than makes up for in Christmas spirit. His brother Steve (Hugh Laurie), on the other hand, is quite the polar opposite.
Steve runs the show for Santa in the manner of a high ranking military officer. Steve's high tech Christmas Eve procedures are carried out with precision by the hundreds of elves who report to him. When Santa (Jim Broadbent) takes off in his sleigh, er, airship, Steve runs operations on the ground in his elaborate and well-staffed mission control center. Nothing ever goes wrong. That is, until something does.
Somehow, on this, Santa's 70th year of being the big man (and what Steve hopes will be Santa's last so he himself can assume the throne), one child is missed. Steve determines it is impossible to fix the minute error -- it's only one in billions, you know. But Arthur is appalled.
With a little help from Grandsanta (Bill Nighy), Bryony (Ashley Jensen) the gift-wrapping elf and the reindeer, Arthur determines to put things right. Can an old man stuck in the ways of the past and a clumsy, misunderstood Arthur ever hope to accomplish such a task? Only time will tell, but unfortunately, they don't have any time to lose.
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在遥远的北极，圣诞老人的小儿子亚瑟（詹姆斯•麦卡沃伊 配音）在邮件站里认真地工作着，他负责阅读和回复全世界孩子们的来信。亚瑟缺乏个人魅力和领导才能，但是他内在的的圣诞精神足以弥补这些缺点。而圣诞老人的大儿子史蒂夫（休•劳瑞 配音）则是一个与弟弟亚瑟截然相反的人。
史蒂夫负责统筹圣诞夜的送礼大行动，他就像一位将军一样运筹帷幄。他运用高科技手段，制定了精密的派送流程，手下有成千上万的圣诞小精灵随时待命。当圣诞老人（吉姆•布劳德本特 配音）乘坐雪橇出发的时候（好吧，现在是飞艇了），史蒂夫就留在地面控制中心统筹指挥整个行动。他的控制中心设计精良，人才济济；这里从没出过岔子，直到有一天，一个小意外发生了。
这一年是圣诞老人执行使命的第七十个年头，史蒂夫希望这也是最后一次，他等不及要取代父亲冠上“圣诞老人”的头衔。然而不知怎地，就在这一年，圣诞送礼军团漏掉了一个孩子。史蒂夫认为这点错误微不足道，而且没法及时弥补；要知道，这只是几十亿分之一的出错率。但是，亚瑟对此很震惊。
在祖父（比尔•奈伊 配音）和负责礼品包装的小精灵布莱妮（阿什丽•詹森 配音）的帮助下，亚瑟决心要弥补这个漏洞。一个执着于过时的送礼方式的前任圣诞老人，再加上笨手笨脚、不被众人理解的亚瑟，真的能够完成这样一项使命吗？只有让时间来证明了。但不妙的是，他们手头的时间已经不多了。
（China.org.cn Rebecca 译）
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