The premise for John Pasquin's 1994 hit Christmas film "The Santa Clause" is amusingly morbid at its heart. On Christmas Eve, divorced schlub Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) hears a clatter on his rooftop.

This letter pre-dates “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and also Tim Allen’s The Santa Clause. This was Christmas 1990 , people. That was almost 32 years ago.

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The Santa Clause experience did eventually have a positive effect on Tim Allen, both as a performer and a professional Santa. In fact this story in general had a happy ending, or at least happy-ish.