By Sabrina Cognata

I haven’t seen this movie in a while, like what, since 1994 when I was 13-years-old.  And if you’re wondering what a 13-year-old is doing watching a stupid movie like this, then you have never been 13 and stuck at the movie theater without a grownup in your entire life.  So my little sister is like, “HEY, THIS MOVIE IS SILLY, REMEMBER SANTA IS ON SCOTT CALVIN’S (Tim Allen) ROOF AND FALLS OFF AND DIES!”  Oh, that’s right, Scott Calvin! How could I forget?

So Scott Calvin goes outside and finds Santa’s corpse and a note that says PUT ON THE SUIT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY and he does.  The thing he doesn’t know is once you put on the suit is that you agree to become Santa Claus.  After putting on the Santa Suit, Scott and his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) are transported by the reindeer to finish Santa’s toy route and then back to the North Pole.  At the end of the day, the two go to bed and wake up at Scott’s house.  Scott tells Charlie not to tell anyone about what happened because it was a delusion, but Charlie goes bananas and tells everyone, namely his mother, Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her shrink boyfriend, Neil (Judge Reinhold).  Those two think that Scott is trying to feed their son some sort of insane unreality to put a wedge in the relationship between all the parents and Charlie.

Things worse as time goes on and Scott begins to fully transform into Santa with a huge gut, a white beard and the whole nine yards or rosy merriment.  Everyone, Wendy, Neil and even Charlie’s teacher thinks that Scott’s lost his mind.  Scott’s trying very hard to deny he’s transforming into Santa and the only person who believes in him is Charlie, especially when Scott doesn’t even believe himself.  Neil and Wendy even go so far as to tell Charlie there is no such thing as Santa Claus in an attempt to stop what they consider to be Scott’s brain washing.  They use this against Scott and get his visitation rights taken away.  Gosh, this is such a stupid, boring review. I am going to kill myself.


Right before the next Christmas, Charlie’s faith in Scott being Santa Claus finally kicks in as Scott himself is prepared to fulfill the responsibilities of Old Saint Nick.  Wendy and Neil still think he’s insane until he gives them the presents they always wanted as children, but never received.  Santa dad wins everyone over and delivers the presents to children all over the world all in one night just like he’s suppose to and he also regains his rights as a parent because Wendy and Neil finally believe in him and Santa.