10 Crazy Things That Make No Sense About The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2 was the long-awaited follow-up to Disney’s classic Christmas hit The Santa Clause. Returning as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus is legendary comedian Tim Allen, and he’s helped make the entire Santa Clause franchise essential Christmas viewing.

While the PG-rated first film was somewhat dark, and at times even very serious, the G-rated follow-ups were sillier, more colorful, and more family-friendly. The Santa Clause 2’s story revolves around Scott having to find a wife by Christmas eve or else he will cease to be Santa and Christmas will be over. It’s a crazy premise, but it’s not the only crazy thing about this classic Christmas sequel.

10 Santa’s Workshop

The movie opens in the North Pole where all the little elves are busy making toys and getting ready for Christmas. However, a common trope in Christmas movies that’s included here is that Santa’s elves are usually never making toys that modern kids want.

For example, in The Santa Clause 2, the elves are making stuffed bears, trains, and dollhouses, which are more akin to 19th-century handmade gifts, long before commercial toy companies’ advent.  Today, kid’s wish lists include PlayStations, Legos, and electronic devices, which are not something they seem to make at Santa’s workshop.

9 An Overlooked Detail

The Santa Clause 2’s plot concerns Scott being notified of “The Mrs. Clause,” which states he will cease to be Santa unless he finds a wife. Bernard the elf even says that “it’s the most important detail in the history of Christmas,” which religious groups might disagree with.

So, if it’s so important, why did they wait eight years to tell Scott? And why is it so important he have a wife? However, it could be that The Santa Clause franchise is making a feminist stance by saying that a man is nothing without a woman.

8 Bernard Is So Much Happier

In the first film, David Krumholtz portrays Bernard the elf as an unhappy company man who, for some, resembled a Jewish stereotype. However, in The Santa Clause 2, possibly to move away from any perceived stereotypes, Bernard is a lot bouncier and happier.

This also could be because he enjoys his job much more working for this particular Santa. In one scene, the Easter Bunny states that children are 86% happier since Scott took over. That’s an enormous increase, and it begs the question of how bad was the previous Santa that kids weren’t happy and his head elf seemingly hated his job.

7 The Previous Santa’s Wife

The original Santa Clause movie began with Scott Calvin accidentally causing Santa Claus to die from falling off a roof, and, thus, Scott became the new Santa. However, when Scott arrives at the North Pole, there is no Mrs. Claus there.

So, what happened to the previous Santa’s wife? Because if it’s a necessity for Santa to have a wife, it means the previous Santa couldn’t operate without one either. So, perhaps, when Santa died, his wife died as well or was transported back to society.

6 Christmas Wouldn’t Be Ruined

Ultimately, The Santa Clause 2’s stakes are that, if Scott doesn’t find a wife by Christmas, he’ll lose his powers, will no longer be Santa, and the North Pole will “disappear.” Thus, the characters spend most of the movie under a lot of pressure to save Christmas.

However, if Santa and the North Pole disappeared, Christmas wouldn’t be ruined. Many Christians see Christmas as a religious observance that’s divorced from the Santa Claus-myth. If there was no Santa, parents would just buy their kid’s gifts themselves, which they probably do anyway, and would most likely get gifts their kids actually want and not the elf-made non-brand name toys.

5 Santa’s Weight

Due to the de-Santafication process, not only is Scott losing his powers, but he’s also reverting back to his pre-Santa look. Thus, Scott loses weight rapidly as he’s trying to woo his son’s Principal, Carol.

It’s implied Carol and Scott have met before, and, when they see each other for the first time in The Santa Clause 2, Scott very much resembles Santa Claus. However, in a very short amount of time, Scott dramatically loses weight, and Carol doesn’t make a big deal about it. If anyone were to lose that amount of weight in a matter of days, it would be a cause of great concern and nothing to really brush off as Carol does.

4 Carol’s Parents

Carol Newman is a cold scrooge-like figure who doesn’t like Christmas because she, as a kid, got into fights over Santa’s existence, so her parents told her to “grow up.”

However, she reveals this story to Scott, who literally is Santa Claus, and, as viewers know, actually exists. Carol’s parents would have known if Santa existed or not, as there would have been presents under the tree they didn’t buy, or perhaps, whoever was Santa that year just skipped the Newman family entirely.

3 Santa Bends The Rules

Despite being Christmas’ most important detail, Scott becomes notified of the “Mrs. Clause” at the very last minute and must find a wife by Christmas eve. To woo Carol, Scott continually uses his powers on things like a magical sleigh ride and cool gifts for her depressed co-workers’ Christmas party.

Because of all the magic associated with these events, she falls for him, which can be viewed as bending the rules of the admittedly ridiculous Santa contract. Tim Allen plays Scott Calvin as a charming person. However, instead of uses his natural charm, he appears to cheat by relying on his magic powers, more than being himself, to ensure she’ll marry him in time to save Christmas.

2 Carol’s New Look

In an end credits scene, Carol’s life has really changed, as she too has morphed into an elderly person that resembles Mrs. Claus’ mythical grandmotherly look. This makes Carol’s story all the more tragic, as not only is she forced into being Mrs. Claus far away from everything she knows, but her body transforms into that of an old woman.

That being said, in the short clip, she’s having fun singing along to Eddie Money’s “Everyone Loves Christmas.” However, for The Santa Clause 3, she’s no longer old-looking, since, in that film, her character is pregnant, and an elderly-looking pregnant woman probably would have been strange.

1 The Pressure On Carol

In the movie’s finale, Scott reveals to Carol in front of all the elves that he needs to marry her or Christmas will be gone. This is a tremendous amount of pressure put on her, but, ultimately, she agrees to marry him. Previously, audiences have watched Scott con Carol with magic into falling in love with him, and now she must make a quick decision to give up her entire life to be his wife and live at the North Pole.

This could be seen as very unfair, as Scott is essentially trapping Carol into marriage by putting Christmas’ demise on her shoulders. Once married, Scott then transforms back into his Santa-self, so Carol essentially marries a completely different-looking person from the one she supposedly fell in love with.

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