Revealing mistake: When Neil is teaching Yoga exercises to the elves a first close up shot of one of the elves (the Asian looking one) shows he doesn't have pointed ears like the rest in the group.
Revealing mistake: When Lucy is going into the snow globe collection there is a spark reflected in her eye that goes over her eye lid, which shouldn't, that is a FX Problem.
Revealing mistake: During Jack Frost's "Santa Show," the shot showing him just as he turns his head while walking down the stairs, a piece of the mask he was wearing came loose and a distinct shadow can be seen.
Answer: David Krumholtz (Benard) is busy on his show "Numb3rs" on CBS and is committed to that so he didn't return for The Santa Clause 3. I guess they could have explained his absence, but the filmakers decided not to. They simply promoted Curtis since he was in the 2nd movie.
Carl Missouri