Tim Allen's Santa Is Coming Back to Town! Everything We Know About 'The Santa Clauses' on Disney+

Grab your hot cocoa and get ready to watch this holiday season.

Scott Calvin is back! Tim Allen put on Santa's suit again for the new Disney+ original series, The Santa Clauses. In January 2022, it was announced that the Disney Legend would be reprising his beloved role as Scott Calvin aka Santa Claus for the limited series.

The Santa Clauses sees Allen's character announce his retirement for the "good of Christmas" and the good of his family, but after hiring the "wrong guy" Scott needs to go back to the North Pole.

Allen first played Scott/Santa in the 1994 movie The Santa Clause, which spawned two sequels: 2002's The Santa Clause 2 and 2006's The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Discussing his return to set for the new series, the Golden Globe winner told Entertainment Weekly, "As I walked on set for the first time in the full regalia, everybody got very quiet, both adults and kids."

The Disney+ show features familiar faces from the movie franchise, as well as Allen's real-life daughter. Before Allen's Santa Claus comes back to town on Disney+, here is everything you need to know about The Santa Clauses...

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When does The Santa Clauses premiere?

The series premiered Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 when two episodes dropped. New episodes premiere weekly.

How to watch The Santa Clauses?

The Santa Clauses will stream exclusively on Disney+.

Will all episodes of The Santa Clauses drop at once?

No. Only the first two episodes of the six-episode series will be released on Nov. 16. The rest will drop weekly.

The Santa Clauses release schedule

Here's the release schedule for all six episodes of The Santa Clauses:

• Episode 1, “Chapter One: Good To Ho”—Wednesday, Nov. 16

• Episode 2, “Chapter Two: The Secessus Clause”—Wednesday, Nov. 16

• Episode 3, “Chapter Three: Into the Wobbly Wood”—Wednesday, Nov. 23

• Episode 4, “Chapter Four: The Shoes Off the Bed Clause”—Wednesday, Nov. 30

• Episode 5—Wednesday, Dec. 7

• Episode 6 (finale)—Wednesday, Dec. 14

When does the final episode of The Santa Clauses release?

The Santa Clauses series finale will be released Wednesday, Dec. 14 on Disney+.

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Who is in The Santa Clauses cast?

The cast of The Santa Clauses includes stars from the films, including Elizabeth Mitchell, who played Santa's wife in the second and third movies, as well as Eric Lloyd, who portrayed Scott's eldest son Charlie from his previous marriage. David Krumholtz also returnes as Bernard the Elf for the series.

Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus

Allen loves playing Santa Claus to this day, telling Entertainment Weekly, "When I show up dressed in the full suit and everything else, there's big smiles on people's faces. Little kids are quiet. I had totally forgotten that. It does feel like Santa's in the room."

Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol/Mrs. Claus

Elizabeth Allen-Dick as Santa's daughter Sandra

Allen's real-life daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick landed the role of his onscreen daughter Sandra in The Santa Clauses. "It's difficult to believe, but it had very little to do with me," the Home Improvement actor previously told Entertainment Weekly. "I wanted to put my youngest daughter as an elf, just so she'd see herself in a movie. But as she was reading for that, she read so well that they said, 'We'd like to read her for more of a part.' I said, 'Whatever you want to do. I want nothing to do with it. I don't want to pitch my daughter for a part in the movie.' But she ended up moving to the high ranks. They loved how she read, loved it so much, because she's playing a 13-year-old girl and she is 13. They ended up casting her as Santa's daughter. It was a surprise but it became the most amazing experience."

Austin Kane as Santa's son Cal

Devin Bright as Noel

Kal Penn as Simon Choksi

Kal Penn stars as Simon Choksi in The Santa Clauses. According to Variety, his character is "an ambitious game inventor and product developer, and a devoted single father."

Rupali Redd as Grace

Matilda Lawler as Betty

David Krumholtz as Bernard the Elf

Eric Lloyd as Charlie

Peyton Manning as himself

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Is there a trailer for The Santa Clauses?

Disney debuted the official trailer for the series on Oct. 27. As the trailer shows, "Christmas is in trouble" following Scott Calvin's retirement! Watch the trailer below:

What is The Santa Clauses about?

According to Disney, Scott Calvin is as "jolly as ever" after being Santa for nearly three decades, but as "Christmas declines in popularity, so does his Santa magic. Scott struggles to keep up with the demands of the job, as well as being there for his family. Upon discovering there is a way to retire from his post, Scott considers stepping down as Santa Claus and finding a worthy successor so that he can become a better father and husband."

For the "good of Christmas," Allen's character decides to retire and plans to spend Christmas with his family for the first time. However, the "new Santa" is destroying Christmas spirit, and "when the last of the light goes out it could be the end of Christmas."

"I retired too soon. I hired the wrong guy," Scott says in the official trailer. "I've got to go back to the North Pole."

How to watch The Santa Clause movies

The original film, in addition to the second and third movies are available on Disney+.

If you want more of The Santa Clause this holiday season, then The Santa Clauses Winter Wonderland, presented by Bucket Listers, is heading to New York City. From Nov. 15 through Jan. 15, 2023, the Watermark at Pier 15 will be Santa Claus’ headquarters at the North Pole. Guests can enjoy hot chocolate, drinks, sweet treats, bites and create holly jolly memories at the holiday pop-up inspired by the Disney+ original series. Get your tickets here!

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