To my mind “The Santa Claus 2” made in 2002 is the best of the three movies in the series that finds Santa/Scott (Tim Allen) enjoying life after eight years in the job until he is informed of the “Mrs. Claus” which states he has to find a wife and marry before Christmas Eve or Christmas will be no more.
A
life size toy replica Santa is fashioned to cover the real Santa’s prolonged
absence while he goes in search of a bride and to add to the pressure the “de-Santafication process”
is gradually turning him back into Scott Calvin.
In
the real-world Scott comes up against the ice-cold school principal Carol Newman,
played by the very excellent
Elizabeth Mitchell and after a few failed dates with quite unsuitable candidates Scott finds
himself falling for the principle.
Carol
slowly thaws after a sleigh ride to the school faculty Christmas party, a dull and boring event
which Scott endows with some Christmas magic.
While
Scott is making progress with Carol the toy Santa takes over the North Pole with an army of
life-size toy soldiers.
He has decided everyone is naughty and plans to deliver
lumps of coal to them all.
Eventually Scott returns to the North Pole and saves the
day.
A good fun film
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