The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

  So it turns out that although I don't own any Christmas movies, Christy owns plenty.  Packing those gift bags took almost six hours so we had plenty of time to watch another film in our theme.

I remember seeing the first Santa Clause movie back in the late 90's when I still lived at home but I never caught any of the sequels.  This one wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. 

Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa for going on eight years when his faithful elves Bernard (David Krumholtz) and Curtis (Spencer Breslin) spring the second "clause" on him:  if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus within the month, he loses all his magic and goes back to being a regular guy.  Why this would suddenly occur 8 years later, no one knows.  Meanwhile, Scott's son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) has been busted for repeatedly tagging school property and winds up on the Naughty List.  Curtis comes up with the bright idea to clone Santa as a toy to manage the North Pole while the real Santa straightens out his kid and tries to find a date.  Unfortunately, Toy Santa turns into a horrible despot with an army of tin soldiers and the woman Scott ends up falling for is Charlie's icy principal, Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell). 

It skews a little young for me and relies heavily on you having seen (and remembered) all the jokes from the first movie, but these are easily surmountable obstacles to enjoyment.  Would I run out and buy it?  No.  But if you have a family, it's not a bad franchise to own.