6. Scott Calvin (The Santa Clause)
When it comes to cheerful characters, we admit Scott Calvin from The Santa Clause may not seem like the first person that comes to mind. But over the course of three movies, Scott truly learns to embody his role as the new Santa Claus. And in fact, by the time the third movie in The Santa Clause trilogy rolls around, he actively works to keep his position as the man behind the North Pole.
What we love about Scott Calvin’s Santa Claus is that it takes actually accepting his role as the big man for him to grow into his cheerful holiday persona. The character proves that he is the right person for the job over time and once he does that, not only do the elves, reindeer, and his family accept him, but he also accepts himself.
And of course, we love his journey from learning to be Santa Claus to finding himself a new Mrs. Claus, to even going up against a Jack Frost who wants to control the North Pole for himself. Really, Scott Calvin’s transformation into the jolly man himself is one we find ourselves watching over and over again, just because it gives us something cheerful and fun every year.