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Since dropping worldwide on December 3, 2025, My Secret Santa has quickly climbed Netflix’s global charts, becoming one of the streamer’s most talked-about festive releases of the year. From cosy living rooms to online fan spaces, viewers can’t stop praising Alexandra Breckenridge’s heartfelt, hilarious performance, and many are already asking the big question: Is Netflix planning a sequel?

The demand is unmistakable. Fan edits are everywhere, memes of “Hugh Mann” are flooding TikTok, and social media threads are full of pleas for Netflix to turn this feel-good hit into a holiday franchise. While the streamer remains silent for now, Breckenridge herself has stepped in with comments that have only intensified the excitement.

The simple answer: Not yet, but the star is ready.

Netflix has not officially renewed the film. However, during an interview with PEOPLE, Alexandra Breckenridge made it clear that she’s more than willing to slip back into the Santa suit.

Her words were enough to set the fandom on fire:

Her enthusiasm suggests that if Netflix gives the green light, she’s all in, prosthetics, padding, beard, and all. Considering how quickly the film has built momentum, a sequel feels like a very real possibility.

What My Secret Santa is really about

At its heart, My Secret Santa is a cheerful story about second chances, single-parent resilience, and unexpected love. Taylor Jacobson, played by Breckenridge, is a struggling single mom desperate to keep her daughter’s dream of ski lessons alive after losing her job.

Her solution? Reinvent herself as an elderly man named Hugh Manna fully disguised Santa Claus, hired at a luxury ski resort.

What starts as a practical decision soon spirals into a hilarious emotional mess when Taylor begins falling for Matthew Layne, the resort manager who can’t shake the feeling that something about Santa doesn’t add up.

The film blends disguise comedy, warm family moments, and a slow-bloom holiday romance, giving viewers the exact mix of magic and mischief they crave during December.

The Secret Santa cast

Alongside Breckenridge, the film features a charismatic cast that helps breathe life into the snowy resort setting:

• Alexandra Breckenridge as Taylor Jacobson / Hugh Mann / Santa Claus

• Ryan Eggold as Matthew Layne

• Tia Mowry as Natasha Burton

• Madison MacIsaac as Zoey Jacobson

• Diana Maria Riva as Dorale

Written by Ron Oliver and Carley Smale, produced by Howard and Alexander Braunstein, and filmed earlier this year in Kamloops, British Columbia, the movie delivers a tight 90-minute burst of festive storytelling perfect for holiday binge nights.

Inside Alexandra Breckenridge’s Santa makeover

Breckenridge’s transformation into Hugh Mann is one of the film’s biggest talking points, and the actress admits the process was intense. The prosthetic work included:

• A redesigned forehead and cheek structure

• A fake nose

• Eyebrows, beard, and mustache

• A full wig

• Layers of padding beneath a bulky Santa suit

During her interview with Swoon, she recalled the shock of seeing herself in full costume:

Her unrecognisable appearance became a key ingredient in the film’s charm, making the disguise believable and allowing the comedy to land with the right amount of heart.

Could a My Secret Santa 2 Sequel Happen?

Given the film’s early success, Breckenridge’s enthusiasm, and the growing fanbase, My Secret Santa 2 feels less like a distant dream and more like an inevitable holiday gift waiting to be wrapped.

If Netflix sees the same momentum behind the scenes that fans see on their screens, viewers may not have to wait long for more festive chaos from Taylor, Matthew, and perhaps another round of Hugh Mann’s wonderfully awkward adventures.

For now, fans can only hope, and keep rewatching.