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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amber Raiken

The Santa Clause’s Bernard the Elf reveals his surprising residuals from beloved Christmas film

David Krumholtz, who played Bernard the Elf in 1994's The Santa Clause, has revealed how much he still earns from the Christmas classic.

Krumholtz, 48, who appeared alongside Tim Allen as Scott Calvin in the first film, returned for the 2002 sequel, The Santa Clause 2, but didn’t appear in the franchise’s 2006 installment, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. He said in 2021 that he skipped the third movie because he felt like his character was “devalued a bit” in the script.

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