Hot Frosty? It's Netflix best new Christmas movie that has somehow bewitched critics, despite its goofy premise

Lacey Chabert's new Netflix Christmas movie Hot Frosty is the nice kind of naughty and a refreshing addition to her Hallmark repertoire.

You know your 2024 Christmas movie schedule is not the same without Lacey Chabert there to bring holly jolly magic. While the Mean Girls actress is known for dominating the Christmas season on Hallmark,

The Netflix Christmas Universe (or NCU, as we like to call it) is coming together, with five new offerings this year almost all having a connection to another Christmas film on the streamer. But “Hot Frosty” also has a very explicit reference to “Mean Girls” — and it’s made by none other than Gretchen Wieners herself.

Netflix's new Christmas movie, 'Hot Frosty,' features a very buff snowman brought to life. Shockingly, it doesn't make much sense.

Hot Frosty is the new Christmas movie streaming on Netflix. It’s the holiday movie you didn’t think you needed.

Here’s the pitch for “Hot Frosty”: A widow wraps an enchanted scarf around a hunky snowman who springs to life and professes his love. Here are the two possible audience reactions: “How dumb!” and “How dumb — can’t wait to watch!”

This is the time of year when the best, biggest, and most ambitious movies come out. Not Oscar season, but rather that stretch when the halls of streaming services are decked with the brightly lit, thinly disguised advertisements that are the year’s new Christmas movies.

Now that Netflix’s Hot Frosty has set the bar nosebleed high for holiday nonsense, a lot of people are wondering just who is the ripped actor playing the also-ripped snowman who is brought to life by Lacey Chabert’s magic scarf.