His younger sister Noelle who has been placed in charge of distributing and maintaining Christmas spirit, continues to support him, and even suggests taking the weekend off to avoid the stress and relax before the big day.

With the permission of manager Helen Rojas and the customers' support and belief that it was a Christmas exhibit, Noelle sets out into the city to find Nick, leaving Polly to tend to the sleigh and reindeer.

While Nick sees the text message being sent to children from Gabriel, Jake discovers that Noelle told Alex about his Christmas wish, something that he finds awkward as his ex-wife remarried.

When Nick is accosted by the actual mall Santa, Noelle intervenes and accidentally hurts a police officer, resulting in her arrest and later hospitalization for psychological evaluation.

After a few mishaps including a visit to a Jewish family, Noelle successfully delivers the presents across the world and drops Jake off at his ex-wife's house to spend time with Alex.

Noelle is celebrated at the North Pole as Gabriel happily returns to tech support, Nick opens up a yoga studio, and Polly becomes an elf elder.

On January 11, 2017, it was announced that Anna Kendrick would play the titular role of Santa Claus's daughter in the film, then titled Nicole, which would be written and directed by Marc Lawrence and produced by Suzanne Todd for Walt Disney Pictures.

"[19] Tim Robey of The Telegraph gave the film three out of five stars and stated, "It isn't exactly cinema's salvation, with a story that's a near-shameless retread of Jon Favreau's Elf, this time sticking Anna Kendrick in Will Ferrell's pointy shoes.

"[20] Matt Fowler of IGN rated the film 6.7 out of 10, indicating, "Noelle is a bouncy-yet-benign Christmas caper that, despite fun performances, falls short of instant greatness.

"[21] Gwen Ihnat of The A.V Club rated the movie C+ and said: "Noelle has a few of those peppermint hot chocolate moments, but thanks to its bizarre warm-weather detour and wasting of a stellar cast, it just barely makes the nice list.

"[22] Emily St. James of Vox graded the movie 2.5 out of 5, stating, "Noelle frequently feels like it's running in place, frantically throwing shiny objects in your face in the hope you don't lose interest.

"[23] Kate Erbland of IndieWire gave the film a C− rating and claimed, "Kendrick is delightful, but this Christmas comedy is a cheap holiday tchotchke with no staying power.