Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticChristmas is big business for TV; the content mill of light romantic comedies set around the holidays and celebrity-driven specials has come to make December feel, at moments, like a forced march of glee.
In all, though, Christmas entertainment of the Hallmark-movie variety seems intended to bring a smile to the face and lighten the mood — a lovely thing, if saccharine when taken to extremes.That cloying sweetness around December each year makes “Santa Inc.” seem, in theory, like a corrective.
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