Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...You were expecting maybe Splatter Santa? Despite Annoyance Theatre's reputation for gross-out pastiche, this 70-minute re-creation of the beloved 1964 TV holiday special is positively reverent toward its stop-action source. Adding real flesh and a third dimension renders the tale of misfits who make good--abandoned toys, an elf who wants to be a dentist, a gold prospector willing settle for peppermint, and, of course, the reindeer with the incandescent proboscis--all the more believable."
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Chicago Theater Blog - Highly Recommended

"...Director Megan Kelleher does a nice job of maximizing the Annoyance’s tiny space. She occasionally spills the cast off the stage to create certain visual effects, such as when the heroes evade the monster by floating away on a tiny island of ice. However, there were times where the stage picture was cluttered with actors interrupting the view of the action from certain angles."
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