When Can I Start Watching Christmas Movies?
Whenever you want. Cheesy holiday TV movies are allowed all year, and this is the one item on the docket the Court won't touch.
The Court has reviewed the evidence. A big-city executive goes home for the holidays. There's a failing inn, or a bakery, or a small tree farm with a mortgage problem. There's a man in flannel who has never once been seen indoors without a reason. She's got a big meeting on the 26th. She won't be going to it.
That isn't Christmas. That's a genre. It runs on the same rules as a detective show, and nobody's ever asked whether it's too early for a detective. You could swap the snow for sand and the plot wouldn't notice. Networks have figured this out, which is why they air these in July and nobody's been arrested.
Watching one doesn't put anything in your house, doesn't make a sound your neighbors can hear, and doesn't commit you to anything except about ninety minutes and a strong feeling about the inn. There's no victim here.
The one exception is movies you're forcing on someone else. If you've got a guest on your couch in September, get consent first. A person who's watched six of these in a row may have questions about how real estate works, and the Court would rather you answered them.
The Ruling: Allowed all year.
This ruling comes from a joke website. There is no court. The dates are our opinion, and the practical tips are ordinary common sense, so use your own judgment.