Tear Jerker / The Santa Clause

• The scene where the judge revokes Scott's visitation rights. Not only does Scott look utterly devastated, but imagine the betrayal Charlie feels: he's a kid, who's probably always been told that it's best to be honest with the authorities, but doing this only led the judge to agree with Laura and Neal's opinion that Scott is delusional. You can faintly hear Charlie crying in the background as they leave.
  • Just before said scene, we see Charlie eagerly tell his father not to worry and that he told the judge everything about their North Pole escapades, as if he thinks that he just solved their problems once and for all. Poor Scott doesn't have the heart to tell the kid that he pretty much did the exact opposite.
  • Even Laura, who had been fretting over what she sees as Scott's negative influence on Charlie, is having second thoughts about whether they should go through with it, as Charlie's belief in Santa wasn't actually harming anyone.
  • A scene which doesn't air on TV features Neal and Laura sitting on the front stoop discussing what else they can possibly do about the situation. A Hard Cut to the scene with the judge suggests revoking Scott's visitation rights was Neal's idea in the first place.
• The scene where Neal hangs Charlie's stocking is touching, especially since they had been fighting right before Scott took off with him.
• The scene where Scott gives Charlie the snow globe.
• Laura and Neal's stories about when they stopped believing in Santa Claus. All Laura wanted was a "Mystery Date" game, and she sounds so heartbroken when admitting that she never got it. Neal's story is very sad when he admits that he stopped believing in Santa when he was three all because he didn't get an Oscar Meyer weenie whistle.
• The scene where Scott is being arrested. Knowing how young they are, one can imagine how it looks to the children.
  • "Let him go! Let Santa go!"