Santa Claus exists – at least in most Christmas films. But how can it be that adults never believe in Santa Claus?
Christmas films have a big logic hole in common (Source: themoviedb.org/Collage: Netzwelt)
In 2022, the film “I Believe in Santa” was released on Netflix. In it, a single mother meets the man of her dreams. Tom is a lawyer, is good with children and has his heart in the right place. There’s just one problem: Tom loves Christmas more than anything – and still believes in Santa Claus.
So far, so amusing, but Tom’s belief that Santa Claus exists is only countered with very weak counterarguments. Flying reindeer, a workshop at the North Pole, gifts for all the children in just one night? Pah, everything can’t be right. But the one killer argument, the logic hole that appears in so many Christmas films, is not addressed: If Santa Claus exists, where are his gifts?
Every year the logic hole comes back… Not really good, but entertaining: “I Believe in Christmas” (Source: Themoviedb.org)
In Christmas films in which Santa Claus actually exists, the parents still don’t believe in him. How can that be? When there are presents under the tree every Christmas that no one has bought, parents can’t just dismiss Santa as a lie.
Otherwise, one would have to assume that Santa Claus only brings presents to children whose parents still believe in Santa Claus and have therefore not bought presents themselves. It’s a contradiction that also appears in films like “Santa Clause”, “The Polar Express”, “Buddy – The Christmas Elf” or “The Miracle of Manhattan”.
The screenwriters’ dilemma is obvious. The films are intended to be as realistic as possible for a Christmas film and in fact almost no adults believe in Santa Claus. But just like in “I Believe in Santa,” it’s always implied that they’ve simply lost their sense of magic and have lost faith in Santa Claus because they’ve never been able to see him.
The phrase “Seeing is not believing, believing is seeing” from “Santa Clause” sums up this problem, but when it comes to gifts from Santa Claus, we are always left without an answer. So what would be the solution?
Christmas films, at least the films with Santa Claus, are fantasy films. Still, they need their own logic that makes sense in the world of the film. If it were simply mentioned briefly that Santa Claus only gives presents to children who receive nothing else, this hole in logic could easily be avoided.
Of course, children will hardly notice this problem, but perhaps one day a family-friendly film will be made in which adults also believe in Santa Claus. This would finally bring order to the annual Santa chaos.
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