By Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times

Once again, it’s time to festoon ourselves with garlands, fire up the twinkle lights and examine the very special cinematic universe that is Netflix Christmas movies. This year brings four new ones, filled with holiday sweaters and adorable, if sparsely stocked, retail establishments (seriously, this is sort of a theme). And I watched and rated them all. Now, will somebody please bring me a frosted cookie and some eggnog? Happy holidays to us all!

“A Merry Little Ex-Mas”

The premise : Kate (Alicia Silverstone) and Everett (Oliver Hudson), long-married parents of two mostly grown-up children, are getting divorced — but Kate, who is kind of a lot, is determined that they will still celebrate their traditional family Christmas together. These plans ar

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