Instead of a single individual, Santa Claus is a dynastic title of successive gift-givers carried on for generations going back to Saint Nicholas. Although the traditional sleigh pulled by reindeer was used in the past, it is now obsolete, having been replaced by the S-1, a mile-wide, ultra-high-tech craft operated by hundreds of elves in charge of delivering presents to every child in the world undetected using advanced equipment and military precision. Arthur Christmas 2011 Movie Download
The current Santa, Malcolm Claus, is heading his seventieth mission since 1941, but his role has largely been reduced to that of a figurehead. The complex Christmas operations are micromanaged by Malcolm’s son Steve and his obsequious assistant elf Peter from underneath the North Pole. Meanwhile, Malcolm’s younger son Arthur answers the letters to Santa. Arthur Christmas 2011 Movie Download
During one of the delivery operations in Poland, a toy is accidentally activated, waking a child and nearly revealing Santa. A tense escape operation ensues, during which a Christmas elf aboard the S-1 inadvertently leans on a button, causing a present to fall from the supply line and go unnoticed. Arthur Christmas 2011 Movie Download
Having completed his mission, Malcolm delivers a congratulatory speech to the elves, announcing that he looks forward to his seventy-first mission—much to the frustration of Steve, who had prepared to succeed his father as Santa.
During their family Christmas dinner, Malcolm and Steve quarrel, while Malcolm’s father and predecessor Grandsanta, bored by retirement, expresses resentment of the modernization. Steve’s PDA alerts him, and he hurries away from the table.