Production designer Melanie Jones and set decorator Maile Cassara preview their expansion of the North Pole.
Tim Allen’s Scott Calvin went on quite a journey in the first season ofThe Santa Clauses.
you’re able to see a taste of that in the exclusive preview photos below.
Tim Allen in ‘The Santa Clauses’ season 2.Disney/James Clark
“I thought this season was going to be easy, because we’ve already built all the sets.
“It’s huge, and it comes with a Santa Claus Museum.
“A big part of my job is to visually create the character,” Cassara says.
The amusement park/museum of Santopolis, as seen in ‘The Santa Clauses’ season 2.Disney/James Clark
Santa isn’t the only resident of the North Pole, of course.
We imbued that element into the architecture.”
They were living in ice caves and then eventually made their way to the surface and started building.
A set from ‘The Santa Clauses’ season 2.Disney/James Clark
So we went into Art Deco, we went into more classical architecture, even Victorian.
“We decided on a slight adultification of elves,” Cassara says.
“So for Betty’s office, we put in a Cocoa-ccino machine.
Elizabeth Mitchell and Tim Allen in ‘The Santa Clauses’ season 2.Disney/James Clark
Instead of an espresso machine, it makes cocoa.
headquarters, we did a standard office water jug, but it’s filled with milk.
The Santa Clausesseason 2 premieres Wednesday, Nov. 8, on Disney+.
