Courtney Howard of Variety says Lacey Chabert has “traded fruitcake for beefcake” this holiday season, as Netflix acknowledges “its target audience’s yearning for a sprinkling of cheeky, wanton lust.” The critic says this movie is a delightful detour from Chabert’s typical fare:

The result is a very silly, but very entertaining Christmas movie. It doesn’t hurt that Milligan is nice to look at, and spends at least half of his screen time shirtless. But given that he is not actually made of snow,

Netflix's Hot Frosty attempts to inject some flavor into their traditional Christmas movie formula, but the results are still generically saccharine.