Ladislas Starewitch - The Night Before Christmas (1913)

The Night Before Christmas (Russian: Ночь пе́ред Рождество́м, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Unlike most of Starevich's films, it is mainly live-action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Before_Christmas_(1913_film)