There have been claims of pagan subtext in Disney movies before. Mary Poppins was clearly a witch of some sort, but I've also heard a theory that the movie had alchemical symbology in the interaction between Mary and Bert. A similar claim could be made about Bedknobs and Broomsticks, or in fact about nearly any fantasy with occult roots. The "Firebird" sequence in Fantasia 2000 had some pagan imagery too. My personal favorite, though, is the TV cartoon Recess. One of the main characters, "Vince" is a fan of the basketball team "The Pagans" (presumably their world's Boston Celtics) and the Christmas episode had the Druid Yule on equal footing with the Jewish Hanukkah. (Santa Claus upstaged them both, but that's to be expected.)
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