Classic Christmas movies: Tim Allen's 'The Santa Clause' (1994)

Updated: Oct 28, 2021

After a two-month break due to health concerns, Jack is back with a new episode of the Jack Vita Show! In this edition of the podcast, filmmaker Tommy Weber joins Jack to discuss one of their very favorite Christmas movies, The Santa Clause (1994), starring Tim Allen, directed by John Pasquin.

Together, they put this holiday classic under the microscope and talk about all the things that make it great, including spiritual and faith parallels the movie has (that relate to Christmas), ideas for a Santa Clause 4, who was initially offered the role of Scott Calvin/Santa (and turned it down!), who could play the role of Scott Calvin in 2018 and much, much more! Jack sees some parallels between the story of Scott Calvin/Santa Claus and his Christian faith! What are they? Tune in to find out!

You can also check out our discussion about The Santa Clause 2 here.

Check out more episodes of the Jack Vita Show, discussing movies:

1) Movie rewind: Pixar's 'The Incredibles' (2004) (June 13, 2018)

2) Pixar's 'The Incredibles 2' movie review (July 4, 2018)

3) Looking back at 'Like Mike' (2002) (September 21, 2018)

4) Classic Christmas movies: Tim Allen's 'The Santa Clause' (1994) (December 17, 2018)

5) Nickelodeon's 'Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius' (2001) review (June 5, 2019)

6) How does Pixar's Toy Story 4 rank among the Toy Story franchise? (July 19, 2019)

7) Classic Christmas movies: Tim Allen's 'The Santa Clause 2' (2002) (December 15, 2019)

8) Disney Channel Original Movies: High School Musical (2006) review (March 19, 2020)

9) What makes Adam Sander's 'Happy Gilmore' (1996) one of the most rewatchable movies (April 10, 2020)

10) ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Netflix, documentary review (May 19, 2020)

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