• Actor Tim Allen had to exert some influence to make the new Disney+ series “The Santa Clauses” pay tribute to “the Christian tradition.”
• Despite predictable complaints that the series skews too far to the right, Allen said “I love the way we deal with” the holiday’s Christian roots.
• “It originally had a lot of otherworldly characters, and ghosts, and goblins. I said no, this is Christ-mas. Its Christ-mas. It literally is a religious holiday,” Allen said.

Tagged: Hollywood