and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But he's got problems, such as a mysterious weight loss, and then he discovers that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year's naughty list.

So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.

The new Santa (Tim Allen) realises that there is a clause in his contract which states ... he leaves a temporary replacement to fill in. The new Santa's ideas of how things ought to be run are ...