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Castle Noel's chief elf, Mark Klaus, lip syncs "Let It Go" from Disney's "Frozen," in a new promotional video for his Christmas movie and memorabilia museum.

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MEDINA, Ohio – It's a video guaranteed to melt the heart of even the most frozen Disney resister.

Castle Noel's own Santa – Mark Klaus – hams his way through a lip sync rendition of "Let It Go" as he strolls through the museum's exhibits of Christmas movies and memorabilia.

"I just thought it was something fun and silly. The song is so popular; everybody loves it," Klaus said.

He was watching a country music special on television and saw Broadway star Idina Menzel singing the hit song from the animated movie Frozen and thought, "Maybe it would be ridiculous if I did it."

So he asked his nephew, Brent Veverka, if he would help him film and edit the video.

"We had it done within a night, and he edited it and posted it to YouTube in the morning," Klaus said. (Here is the link: http://youtu.be/Fu1ji7Q764A)

Klaus' wife, Dana, said the video is a Christmas gift to the community and all the visitors who have embraced Castle Noel in its first full year of operation on South Court Street.

"This season's about making people happy," Mark Klaus said. "We thought it would make people laugh and they would love to see it."

They have been playing the video at the museum, and people have stopped to watch and laugh along.

So are there more Santa lip syncs in Castle Noel's future?

"We've been getting requests. A lot of them are for that Mariah Carey song – what is it? -- 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' We'll see. Maybe," Klaus said.