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Season 1
"So, long story short, I retired too soon. I hired the wrong guy. I've gotta go back to the North Pole."
— Scott Calvin / Santa Claus
- "Chapter One: Good To Ho" (November 16, 2022): In 2022, 28 years have passed since Scott Calvin took on the role of Santa Claus and is dealing with a loss of Christmas spirit and the faltering of his magic. Meanwhile, Simon Choksi, a head executive at the online delivery company Everything Now!, is trying to balance work and being a single father to his daughter Grace after his wife died.
- "Chapter Two: The Secessus Clause" (November 16, 2022): Head elf Betty informs Scott of yet another clause, called the Secessus Clause, which would allow Scott to retire as Santa once he chooses a worthy successor. Scott initially considers his sons for the role, but Charlie turns him down as he is happily married with a family of his own, and Buddy expresses a desire to see the real world. Meanwhile, Simon tries to get investors for his business to improve his delivery system, but it backfires when one of his automated drones malfunctions, he and Grace are then summoned to the Pole as one of the candidates to replace Scott.
- "Chapter Three: Into The Wobbly Woods" (November 23, 2022): Scott meets with potential candidates for Santa Claus (including Peyton Manning) while Carol and Buddy look forward to life outside the Pole, though Sandra, however, is reluctant to leave. While Scott meets with Simon, Sandra takes Grace on a tour of the Pole and discovers she can understand animals. She and Grace go to the Wobbly Woods to meet with La Befana, the Christmas Witch. Scott and Simon go looking for them and bond over their mutual struggles as fathers. Scott decides to make Simon the new Santa Claus and he and his family depart for Chicago.
- "Chapter Four: The Shoes Off The Bed Clause" (November 30, 2022): The Calvin family starts adapting to life in the real world, while Simon's first day as Santa is off to a rocky start as he has lost the Santa coat and then decides to launch a new campaign called Christmas Every Day, which massively backfires by lowering the Christmas spirit and causing the elves to start disappearing.
- "Chapter Five: Across The Yule-Verse" (December 7, 2022): Scott reunites with Bernard, and is taken to the Yule-verse where he learns the truth about how he came to be Santa. Meanwhile, things at the North Pole get worse as more elves disappear and Christmas spirit is all but destroyed.
- "Chapter Six: A Christmas To Remember" (December 14, 2022): The Calvins race against the clock to save Christmas by breaking Scott out of North Pole jail.
Season 2
"I am Santa! The rightful Santa! The Santa who occupies the North Pole now is a fraud!"
— Magnus Atnas / The Mad Santa
