Scott Calvin

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Scott Calvin, later Santa Claus, is the protagonist of The Santa Clause trilogy. He was an executive for a toy company before accidentally coming across the former Santa Claus, alongside his son, Charlie, and taking his place by wearing his suit. Over the year, Scott slowly became the new Santa Claus, while in denial. Scott later went on to marry Carol Newman, who took on the role as Mrs. Claus. He is Charlie, Cal and Sandra Calvin's father.

Originally, Scott was an advertising executive for a toy company. At the time of the first film, he is divorced from his ex-wife, Laura, with whom he had one son, Charlie. He was initially cynical in regards to Christmas but was willing to reassure his son about his belief. Owing to his initial cynicism, he was also shown to be a bit sarcastic, which is evidenced by when Neil and his wife, alongside the principal, tried to ask him what Scott and Charlie did during Christmas Eve before they went to bed regarding Charlie's claims that Scott's Santa Claus, Scott, in a slightly flippant manner, rattled off a list of things that he and Charlie did that would ordinarily be considered extremely inappropriate such as "shar[ing] a bowl of sugar, [doing] some shots of brown liquor, play[ing] with [Scott's] shotguns, field-dress[ing] a cat, Look[ing] for women." before admitting that he was, in fact, reading him a book, and when Neil asked what book it was, Scott, in a similarly flippant tone, said it was Hollywood Wives before promptly stating in an irritated manner that it was in fact The Night Before Christmas. He eventually comes to realize the true meaning behind Santa after being forced to take on the role and comes to accept his new life as Santa Claus. He may have done hallucinogenic drugs when he was younger, as during his first experience with Santa's bag and going down the chimney when Charlie remarked on his flying, Scott told him that he was used to flying as "he lived through the sixties."

As Santa, Scott is capable of certain feats of Christmas magic. He eventually remarries to a woman named Carol, who becomes Mrs. Claus and fathers another son, Buddy and a daughter, Sandra.