The Magic Crystal (Finnish: Maaginen kristalli), also released as Santa's Magic Crystal[1] and The Elf that Rescued Christmas[2] in the UK, is a 2011 Finnish-Belgian computer-animated Christmas film directed by Antti Haikala from a screenplay by Haikala, Bob Swain, Dan Wicksman, Nuria Wicksman and Alessandro Liggieri.

[3] The film is part of a unified multimedia concept developed by Mikael Wahlfors, which also includes Andrew Bernhardt's Special Patrol children's books, the Italian-produced animated series Red Caps, and the mobile app World Polar Heroes.

[5][6] On December 23, a young orphan named Yotan (Jonas in some versions) is late to return to the orphanage due to him helping a younger boy retrieve his Christmas letter in a drain.

In his room, Santa's twin brother Basil and his minion Grouch (Lätty in some versions) show up outside his window asking if he would like to help save Christmas.

Santa's rocket-powered sleigh shows up driven by a Jamaican anthropomorphic reindeer named Poro who picks up Basil and Grouch.

Santa Claus (credited as Joulupukki in original version) and his wife Maya arrive and react more calmly to Yotan's presence.

Basil explains to Jaga and Didi that he plans to kidnap all the children in the world due to bad things they do when they grow up (wars, pollution, crimes, etc.)

Jiffy escapes and accidentally falls off the base which causes a giant snowball to destroy the sleigh just as Poro finishes fixing it.

Back at the palace, Santa, Maya and the elves are revealed to have survived being frozen from the blast and with the radio down, Smoo, a gifted elf, attempts to fix a drone to find the group.

Back at the palace, Yotan, Jiffy, Jaga, Didi, Alpo and Smoo are named Santa's special helpers: the Red Caps.

The crystal multiplies Santa and Poro who go off to deliver the presents and spread Christmas joy to the world and Yotan is given his wish he made earlier: being part of a family.

It received 5,000 admissions during its opening weekend, ending with 16,865 during its entire theatrical run, which equates to $195,599 according to Box Office Mojo.

[5] Common Sense Media gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and the disclaimer: "Finnish Christmas adventure has some cartoonish violence".