Spoiler alert: The following article contains mild spoilers for Hot Frosty.
Netflix’s Full List of Holiday Movies in 2024 Includes Hot coldwhich premiered on November 13 and quickly became a hit on the streaming service. While it contains all the light-hearted, cheesy, and romantic elements of any typical Netflix Christmas movie, it also features an ongoing undercurrent that almost every holiday movie on the platform has. In truth, Hot cold includes two distinct cases where this fun tradition occurs.
The cast of Hot cold includes Lacey Chabert as Kathy and Dustin Milligan as Jack, the two central love interests. In the Christmas fantasy romantic comedy (which premiered 100% in Rotten tomatoes), Kathy owns a diner in the small town of Hope Springs. She lost her husband two years ago and has been unable to take care of herself since. However, when Kathy receives a magical red scarf that she later gifts to a snowman, her entire world changes. Among all the chaos and excitement, though, Hot cold continues a long tradition regarding Netflix Christmas movies.
Netflix’s Hot Frosty Movie Has Characters Watching Other Netflix Christmas Movies
Falling For Christmas and Single All The Way are shown
After Jack’s Snowman Turns Into a Real Person Hot coldKathy takes him back to her house, where she tells him to watch TV until she figures out what to do with him. When she turns on the TV, Falling for ChristmasNetflix’s 2022 holiday movie starring Lindsay Lohan is now streaming. Later in the film, the 2021 Netflix Christmas movie Single until the end plays on the TV in Jack’s room as he becomes depressed after a fight with Kathy.
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Hot cold Cast |
Paper |
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Lacey Chabert |
Kathy Barrett |
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Dustin Milligan |
Snowman Jack |
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Katya Mixon |
Dottie |
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Lauren Holly |
Jane Miller |
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Jo Lo Truglio |
Deputy Sheriff Ed Schatz |
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Craig Robinson |
Sheriff Nathaniel Hunter |
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Dan Lett |
Teo |
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Sherry Miller |
Honey |
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Chrishell Strause |
January |
Ever since Netflix began building out its Christmas movie universe, the streaming platform has been brazen about including its own projects in the holiday movies and Hot cold is no different. At the end of Hot coldtwo previous Christmas movies can be seen on TV in two different scenes. Maybe a 2025 Netflix holiday movie will reference Hot cold, continuing the tradition.
Hot Frosty Contains a Mean Girls Easter Egg
Not only does Hot cold continues the Netflix tradition mentioned above, but also adds a fun twist to the trend. Lacey Chabert is known for her role as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, which also starred Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron. So when Lohan in Falling for Christmas appears on Kathy’s TV, Chabert’s character mentions that she looks like a girl she went to high school with, obviously referencing the two actresses. Mean Girls homologues. Hot coldof Mean Girls nod is just the icing on the cake (and hopefully means Lohan and Chabert can reunite in a future Netflix Christmas movie).
Source: Rotten tomatoes