I like the image a lot. Great processing too. Almost like Harry Potter visits Santa. I would go with a tighter crop. Crop off the distraction to the left of Santa and then crop off the are above the knees of the boy to the floor. That's how I would crop it anyway.

I like the current background and I think you could make it work next year too. I hate standard studio backdrop's so maybe you shouldn't listen to me *LOL*