Christmas characters like Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman have helped to spread Christmas ...

But this year, Penny Middleton, a Connecticut mom, is switching things up — she’s leaving the treats for Mrs. Claus instead.

Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn return as Santa and Mrs. Claus in the follow-up to the hit 2018 Netflix movie Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Now that Santa Claus/Scott Calvin and Mrs. Claus/Carol Newman Calvin have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve.

Once upon a time, she played Mrs. Claus in "The Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular," but now she mostly sings songs from "Annie" to her two daughters … while they beg her to play Kidz Bop.