starevich, the father of russian animation, and christmas, the inhabitants of the forest.ment from this cartoon, we can watch it. of course, it’s hard to recognize santa claus here, yes, he’s some kind of old man, a doll of an old man with a beard in a jacket, but nevertheless, it’s him, and this cartoon continues the tradition christmas story, which were published every year in literary magazines. he transfers it to the cinema, but it should be noted that of course, this is not new year, this is christmas, this is father christmas, but he already comes to us with some familiar attributes, where there is father christmas or father frost, there is also a christmas tree, there are toys there, and there are some adventures there. and there is a christmas for the inhabitants of the forest, which consists of the fact that santa claus gets off the tree at christmas, and comes to the forest, then dancing begins with gifts of frogs, with insects with beetles, which were the main signature card of the storyteller, who was called the zhik trainer, because he so skillfully brought to