Netflix’s Hot Frosty has effectively been branded as part of the opening salvo of a return to form for the streamer’s traditionally robust Christmas movie slate, as their platter of holiday offerings in 2023 was empty of major high-concept releases. With the new movie being followed by the Chad Michael Murray-led The Merriest Gentlemen, about a young woman saving her family’s venue by putting on a Christmas show featuring male exotic dancers, it has been the streamer’s implicit promise that not only are the holidays at Netflix back, they are spicier than ever.