🎅 The Santa Clauses – Season 2 (2023) Review 🎅

Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? 🎥

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📜 Plot Rundown (Non-Spoiler)

This season centers on Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) facing the return of Magnus Antas (Eric Stonestreet) — a self-proclaimed “Mad Santa” — and his equally loyal sidekick Olga (Marta Kessler, from The Mysterious Benedict Society, which Disney+ decided to yeet into the void). Their goal? Reclaim the North Pole and bring back Magnus’s reign.

Meanwhile, our main gang is mostly tied up in scattered side plots. Cal and Sandra continue to be background noise, Mrs. Claus still wrestles with identity questions, and newcomer Kris Kringle (Gabriel Iglesias) — one of the few standouts this year — gets criminally little screen time despite instantly clicking with the audience.


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🧑‍🎄 Character Breakdown

Scott Calvin / Santa Claus – Still sharp with his humor but spends much of the season reacting instead of driving the story.

Carol Calvin / Mrs. Claus – Exploring who she is outside of being Mrs. Claus, but without much payoff this year.

Cal & Sandra Calvin – Side stories so minor they could’ve been cut.

Magnus Antas – Over-the-top, theatrical, and petty in the best way. Stonestreet clearly has fun with the role.

Olga – Loyal to Magnus to a fault, providing both backup muscle and quippy support.

Kris “Kringle” Kringle – Gabriel Iglesias’s character is warm, funny, and the kind of energy the show could’ve used more of.

The Elves – Some work, others flop hard.



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❄️ The Good

Magnus & Olga’s chemistry as a villain duo.

Gabriel Iglesias’s comedic charm.

A handful of callbacks to the original Santa Clause films.


🌨️ The Not-So-Good

The main gang feels sidelined.

Humor with the new elves often feels forced.

A final “conflict” that doesn’t live up to the build-up.

🏁 Final Thoughts

Season 2 had its moments, mostly thanks to Magnus, Olga, and Kris Kringle, but the pacing was off, and the resolution felt almost too easy. Still, it’s a decent holiday binge if you’re here for the performances more than the plot.

Rating: 🎄 6/10 – Magnus and Olga carry, Gabriel Iglesias shines, but the rest is stocking stuffer filler.



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⚠️ Spoiler Section – How Magnus Antas Is Defeated

After a whole season of scheming, recruiting, and building up his big North Pole takeover, Magnus Antas’s downfall isn’t a magical duel, a clever trap, or even an accident.

Scott basically… talks him out of it. Yep. During their final face-off, Scott points out that Magnus seemed to have more genuine joy performing for kids than ruling over Christmas. Magnus admits he did enjoy that more, and with that, he calls it quits on the villain life.

By the next scene, he’s happily working with Kris Kringle (Mr. Iglesias) putting on shows for kids. Olga, instead of going down with the ship, just… moves on with her life. The end.

It’s an oddly wholesome ending — but after all the buildup, it lands less like a climax and more like someone flicked the “villain off” switch.