From 1998 to 2001, Ella and Charlie have grown up in the past years. Scott has invited them to come with him to deliver the presents as they did the first Christmas a few years after Lucy was born. The little girl has been told by Laura and Neil that her older brother and sister have gone up to Canada to see their dad since she was still young to know that Scott is Santa Claus. Both of the Calvin children graduated in June 2000 with Ella graduating from Lakeside Elementary and Charlie from Lakeside Middle School. Ella began 6th grade at Lakeside Middle while Charlie started his freshman year at Sycamore Secondary School that September. Lucy started going to Lakeside Elementary School in September 2001 after she turned 4. That meant three new school orientations over the two summers and then Laura started to get emotional about her two oldest kids growing up too fast. Nearly every night before the first day of school, Ella would reassure her mother that even though she is growing up, she will always be her oldest little girl.
Scott was also reminiscing about his children growing up as the North Pole finished their workshop expansion by Christmas Day 2000. After the opening of the new workshop and naming ceremony of the town, he promoted Curtis from Research and Development to Number Two elf much to Bernard's chagrin. Every single day, he would follow Bernard around with the Keeper of Christmas Handbook and read off what he had learned from it, which would get Bernard into one of his moods because he remembered being the Number Two elf and the Keeper of Christmas Handbook before Scott became Santa. Curtis also had plenty of ideas to increase work production. For almost two years, he constructed the Pantagraph in the room across from the new Naughty and Nice Center and made a lot of finishing touches and improvements. Due to the workshop's busy schedule, Scott contacts his children once or twice a year so he'd know how his children are doing. Now, that Lucy is growing up, he hasn't seen her for a long time either.
But, that's all about to change once the year 2002 hit.
