Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe is a 2009 sequel to ABC Family

ABC Family

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's Santa Baby

Santa Baby (film)

Santa Baby is an ABC Family Original Movie. It premiered on December 10, 2006 on ABC Family as part of their annual 25 Days of Christmas event. The film stars Jenny McCarthy, Ivan Sergei, and George Wendt and was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was directed by Ron Underwood.-Synopsis:Mary is...

. Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and...

, Lynne Griffin

Lynne Griffin

Lynne Griffin is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in film, television and stage.Griffin was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Kay, an actress, and James Joseph Griffin, a fashion photographer and soccer player. Currently, she is married to fellow actor Sean Gregory Sullivan.-...

, Jessica Parker Kennedy

Jessica Parker Kennedy

Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring portrayal of the comic book character Plastique, in the Superman-inspired TV series, Smallville...

, Richard Side

Richard Side

Richard Side is the creator and producer of The Debaters, a radio and TV comedy series on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.He is also an actor and writer whose screen acting credits include the TV series Supernatural, Psych and Eureka and the feature film Elf. Side is a comedian specializing...

, and Gabe Khouth

Gabe Khouth

Gabe Khouth is a Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Gabe Khouth is the younger brother of voice actor Samuel Vincent. He has played several roles in anime, most notably Nicol Amalfi in Gundam SEED. Khouth also acted in the...

 all reprise their roles from the original.

Plot

Santa's in the midst of a late-life crisis—he's tired of the responsibilities of the job and is ready to pass on the reins to his business-minded daughter Mary, who feels torn between the family business and running her own high stakes firm in New York City

New York City

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, along with balancing a relationship with the love of her life, Luke. The situation gets increasingly dire when Teri, an ambitious new arrival to the North Pole, sows dissension at the workshop in an effort to take over Christmas. However, it is revealed Teri is an elf bitter at Mary and was trying to take over Christmas. But Mary manages to stop her and take care of the yearly rounds around the world.

Cast

• Jenny McCarthy
  Jenny McCarthy
  Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and...
  
   as Mary Class/Claus
• Dean McDermott
  Dean McDermott
  Dean McDermott is a Canadian-American actor best known in the United States for having married Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling, with whom he appeared in the observational documentary shows Tori & Dean: Inn Love and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and for having acted out the role of Constable...
  
   as Luke Jessup
• Paul Sorvino
  Paul Sorvino
  Paul Anthony Sorvino is an American actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the film Goodfellas and Sgt. Phil Cerreta on the police procedural and legal drama television series Law...
  
   as Santa Claus
• Lynne Griffin
  Lynne Griffin
  Lynne Griffin is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in film, television and stage.Griffin was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Kay, an actress, and James Joseph Griffin, a fashion photographer and soccer player. Currently, she is married to fellow actor Sean Gregory Sullivan.-...
  
   as Mrs. Claus
• Kelly Stables
  Kelly Stables
  Kelly Michelle Stables is an American actress known for both stage and film acting.-Personal life:Stables was born in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri. She was a well-known cheerleader in her high school years, a fact which would be commemorated in an article in the magazine American Cheerleader...
  
   as Teri
• Jessica Parker Kennedy
  Jessica Parker Kennedy
  Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring portrayal of the comic book character Plastique, in the Superman-inspired TV series, Smallville...
  
   as Lucy The Elf
• Richard Side
  Richard Side
  Richard Side is the creator and producer of The Debaters, a radio and TV comedy series on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.He is also an actor and writer whose screen acting credits include the TV series Supernatural, Psych and Eureka and the feature film Elf. Side is a comedian specializing...
  
   as Gary The Elf
• Gabe Khouth
  Gabe Khouth
  Gabe Khouth is a Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Gabe Khouth is the younger brother of voice actor Samuel Vincent. He has played several roles in anime, most notably Nicol Amalfi in Gundam SEED. Khouth also acted in the...
  
   as Skip The Elf
• James Higuchi as Dave The Elf
• Kristen Holden-Ried
  Kristen Holden-Ried
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   as Colin
• Miguelito Macario Andaluz as Sandy
• Holly Ann Emerson as Young Woman
• Brendan Hunter as Jazz Club Announcer
• Leah MacDonald as Gift Wrapper

Premiere

Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe premiered on December 13, 2009 as part of ABC Family

ABC Family

ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...

's annual 25 Days of Christmas programming event. The film received 3.8 million viewers on its original broadcast with a 1.2 18-49 rating.

Filming

• Santa Baby 2 was filmed in February 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Ivan Sergei did not reprise his role as Luke Jessup. He was replaced by Dean McDermott.
• George Wendt also did not reprise his role as Santa Claus. He was replaced by Paul Sorvino.

Soundtrack

Alexa Vega

Alexa Vega

Alexa Ellesse Vega is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The...

 sang the lead track from the movie, "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You" and shot a music video for the song which premiered during the 25 Days of Christmas. Amber Stevens

Amber Stevens

Amber Dawn Stevens is an American actress and model.-Personal life:Stevens was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of American actor and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens and former model Beverly Cunningham. She has a younger sister named Chyna Rose Stevens...

 recorded a new version the title song, "Santa Baby

Santa Baby

"Santa Baby" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer. Although Tony Springer is listed as co-writer, he was a legal fiction created for purposes of membership in the performing rights organization BMI.The song is a tongue-in-cheek look at a Christmas list sung by a...

". The songs are featured on the compilation album Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christmas

Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christmas

Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas is a compilation album of songs featured in ABC Family films.The album was released through Walt Disney Records on November 3, 2009.-Track listing:-See also:* Radio Disney Holiday Jams...

, released on November 3, 2009 by Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records is a family music record label owned by the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Records was formed in 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed out to a variety of other labels such as . It was Walt Disney’s brother Roy O...

.

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