Nicholas Was

Directed by Rob Slychuk · 2010

An animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short, dark poem revealing a grim alternative origin for Santa Claus.

Neil Gaiman's wickedly dark Christmas poem, beautifully animated in under two minutes.

We started down a rather unconventional route for our 2010 Christmas card and there was simply no turning back. The pull of the dark side was just too strong. Here's our adaptation of a wonderful poem by the fantastic N

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