The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (also known as Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, or The Escape Clause: The Santa Clause 3) is a 2006 American film, the sequel to The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2. This is the third film in the series.

Tim Allen again plays Scott Calvin (Santa Claus), while Martin Short plays Jack Frost, a competing holiday character. Allen and Short had previously worked together in the 1997 Disney comedy feature film, Jungle 2 Jungle. Eric Lloyd returns in a smaller role as Santa's son Charlie, as do many of the supporting actors from the first two films, reprising their previous roles. This is perhaps unusual for a series of films released over such a long period (the first film was released in 1994). However, David Krumholtz, who previously played the head elf Bernard, does not make an appearance in this third installment because of contractual issues, and so Curtis (played by Spencer Breslin), who was previously the Assistant Head Elf has now been promoted to Bernard's former position.

Production was completed in February 2006. The movie was released in theaters on November 3, 2006 in the US followed by a release date of November 24 for the UK.