I just heard this for the first time two Fridays ago.

It's funny, they could have gotten a child actor who still wouldn't have sounded like a kid from semi-tough circumstances.

As it was, they got a girl who sounded authentically like she was from semi-tough circumstances yet didn't really sound like a child actor.

But with da Silva, whose work I like more and more each time I hear it (and the irrepressible Ian Martin as Santa) it still worked for me. I liked the friendship that da Silva's character eventually developed with both the girl and Santa.

Have a blessed Christmas, everyone!