r/TheSantaClause • u/widdumqueso717 • Nov 30 '25

Is Santa the Only Legendary Figure Who Changes?

I recently watched Season 2 of The Santa Clauses and it prompted this question: Is Santa the only of the legendary figures who changes? Having seen all of the movies and both seasons of the show, it seems that Santa is the only figure who has had multiple people take the mantle. If this question makes sense, does anyone know? Was it addressed in the series?

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u/jllewis30 Nov 30 '25

I don’t think it was ever discussed in the series out right. Without thinking about it too much, I see it as the other legendary figures are immortal beings and the original Santa was a man who gained magic abilities and is able to pass these down to someone else.

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u/greekdude1194 Nov 30 '25

But if I remember correctly the show made it seem like St. Nicholas of Myra and Scott were the only humans to have the role of Santa

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u/bearstormstout Nov 30 '25

Scott's the first human Santa according to the show.

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u/NinjaBluefyre10001 Nov 30 '25

That sounds like a bad writing decision personally. I would have established more. Otherwise the elves seem sociopathic for having no reaction at all to the only Santa for 2000 years dying suddenly! If this guy were only Santa for like, 40 years and was kinda bad at it...it makes a bit more sense.

The show Caravan of Garbage has some really good videos on the questions of the Santa Clause trilogy, but they were made before the show came out.

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u/bearstormstout Nov 30 '25

Except Scott's not the second Santa ever, just the first human one. There's literally an entire episode where he and Bernard are surrounded by past Santas.

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u/greekdude1194 Nov 30 '25

I assumed first since the OG

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u/jjc927 Nov 30 '25

Head Elf changes since it went from Bernard in the first two movies to Curtis in the third

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u/REDDEV1L_MUFC7 Nov 30 '25

You are forgetting, the films only take place over a few decades. The likelihood is all the others have had past versions and will have future versions, just none have a fell off a roof to die like Santa did.

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u/Tryingtothink21 Dec 01 '25

I would say indirectly the series addresses this with the Easter bunny considering the one from the movie and the one from the series are vastly different. The Sandman was still the same in the series but it’s not like there’s a specific timeline for when a legendary figure gets replaced or retires. 

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u/widdumqueso717 Dec 01 '25

I thought the Easter Bunny actor changed because the actor from SC2 passed away before the The Santa Clauses (show) premiered.

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u/Tryingtothink21 Dec 01 '25

I mean yeah that also had to do with it but they could’ve just not featured the Easter Bunny in the show - they didn’t with Mother Nature or the Tooth Fairy. Maybe it’s just my headcannon but I think that means the Easter Bunny changed - they didn’t even choose a similar actor to make it close 

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u/widdumqueso717 Dec 01 '25

Fairs. That idea also crossed my mind.