They say Christmas comes but once a year, but festivities are starting early this season with the release this week of action comedy Red One.

The film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the head of North Pole security, who is forced to recruit a sceptical bounty hunter, played by Chris Evans, after Santa Claus (JK Simmons) is kidnapped.

But it is far from the first time Santa has had to fight for his right to spread peace and goodwill. Here are 10 more Christmas classics, in which St Nick – and the fate of Christmas itself – hangs in the balance.

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