Santa Visits a Warzone in International Committee of the Red Cross Film

A familiar but out-of-place man takes cover behind a broken wall as gunfire rains down from abandoned buildings. Santa Claus — a dirty, battle-worn Santa – appears shocked to be in a bullet-riddled cityscape. His iconic red clothes are filthy, his face is grimy and his white beard is sullied. People flee amid burnt-out cars and hazy smoke. What sounds like the script of a sad action movie is the opening scene of this year’s touching Christmas ad from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an ad that…

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