Christmas & Co.

Santa's elves all fall ill at once, just as Christmas approaches, leaving the workshop unable to produce the gifts children expect. With no other option, Santa travels to Earth with his reindeer to look for a cure. He arrives in Paris, where the modern world is not what he is used to, and he finds he cannot manage alone. What he needs is allies willing to help him restore the holiday.

Christmas & Co. is a French family comedy directed by Alain Chabat, who also wrote the screenplay, produced it with Alain Goldman, and plays Santa. It is the fifth feature Chabat directed, following Didier, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, RRRrrrr!!! and HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami. The cast includes Golshifteh Farahani, Audrey Tautou, Pio Marmaï, Bruno Sanches and David Marsais, across a credited cast of 29 and crew of 49.

The film was released on December 6, 2017 and runs 100 minutes. It holds a rating of 6.3 out of 10 on IMDb, from about 2,900 votes, and the same score on TMDB, from roughly 700 votes, indicating a modest but consistent reception from those who watched it.