One of my more favorite Christmas movies of all time is, The Santa Clause, with Tim Alan. Disney just so happened to make it, so that's another plus on top if it's already found greatness. Although I am biased because I love Christmas and Disney, I truly do think this is one of the most heartfelt movies ever made, and it truly is for all ages.
Starting from the very beginning, you get a working man around the holidays and his child who is predominantly with his mother and step father due to his workaholic life style, causing a gap in his relationship with his son, Charlie. On one Christmas Eve night after he and Charlie had gone out to dinner after burning the turkey, Scott (Tim Alan) had settled in and was reading The night Before Christmas, with Charlie. Shortly after Charlie had fallen asleep he awoke to said "clatter" coming from the roof, and woke his dad to go and check it out. Looking in disbelief they saw Santa on the roof, and as they called out for him, he slipped and fell off the roof. What they didn't know is that when Santa falls off the roof he is no longer able to be Santa, and the next person to put on the suit knowingly or not, will transform into Santa over the course of the next year. As you can imagine this happened to Scott, despite his effort in denial, shaving and working out.
After Scott had put on the suit the sleigh kept him in route as Santa would be and then to the North Pole, where he got the low down on being Santa even though at that point he was still in disbelief and Charlie was in awe for his belief in Santa had returned after his psychiatric step dad and mother had convinced him otherwise with their scrooge like minds.
Charlie and Scott came back home, and did Christmas day activities before his mother picked him up. When his mother arrived Charlie told his mother that his dad was the new Santa and he was boasting with pride, while his mother was not amused in the slightest with whatever game Scott was trying to play. Over the course of the next year tensions rose between Scott and his ex-wife and their opposing views on how Charlie should see Christmas, and Charlie being so obsessed with the idea of t]his father being Santa did not help Scott's case. Because Neil, Charlie's step dad was a psychiatrist he thought Charlie was much too old to believe, in the midst of Scott becoming Santa only made matter worse for Laura and Neil wanted fell custody of Charlie being that they thought Scott was going crazy.
Almost a year had passed, and the holidays were coming, and Scott had completely transformed and now accepted his new role in society, forcing Charlie away even farther. On Christmas Eve Laura and Neil find that Charlie is missing, and armed forces were now on the lookout for Scott, perceived to be a mad man now holding his child hostage which is not the case at all; Charlie saw his dad coming down the chimney and wanted to ride along so his dad agreed. (I would too if I hadn't seen my child all year) The police caught Scott and took him to jail but still couldn't find Charlie, who was just stuck on the roof in his sleigh. After he was put behind bars, elves came and rescued him and Charlie, and went back to Charlie's house to prove to Neil and Laura the truth. In disbelief they finally understood, Scott went up the chimney back to his work away from the police, and dropped gifts to everyone, even Laura and Neil who got their childhood dream gifts; the same gifts that caused their disbelief in the first place. Only something Santa would know!
If this movie can't break an old scrooge of his non-merry ways I don't know what can, but I think this is one of the greatest holiday films, next to the Grinch, with real scenarios that are relaetable and heart warming; something for the entire family to enjoy. So snuggle in and cuddle up because you're going to need it on these cool winter nights!
"...it all started because of a mouse." -Walt Disney
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