Show: “The Santa Clauses”
—| B2-C2 (upper-intermediate to fluent) |—
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“The Santa Clauses” is a new limited series on Disney+ that was released in mid-November of this year. It serves not only as another Christmassy production of the platform, but also as the fourth instalment of a pre-existing Christmas movie trilogy, starring Tim Allen: "The Christmas Clause” (1994), “The Christmas Clause 2” (2002), “The Christmas Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006).
As part of a family film franchise, this show is perfect for any age; however, in the context of learning English, it is ideal for upper-intermediate to fluent speakers and learners of the language. This is due largely in part to the show’s relatively simple plot line that has both a superficial appeal and one of linguistic and cultural depth.
WHAT TO LEARN:
This show covers vocabulary related to Christmas, Christmas legend, informal language, American humour, puns and play-on-words, idioms, neologisms, innuendo, references to American culture and society, relationships (parent-child, marriage, colleagues, community), parenting, change, aging, problem solving, business, retirement, and much more…!
TRAILER:
TRAILER (“The Santa Clause” (1994)):
TRAILER (“The Santa Clause 2” (2002)):
TRAILER (“The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006)):
Have you seen the trilogy that this show expands upon? What did you think of the movies then? Has your opinion changed over the years? How does the new show compare? Let me know in the comments below.
To learn about more Canadian holidays, including vocabulary related to these holidays, check out the Holidays link in the Tags section of our blog.
