‘happiest season’ didn’t have to be good to be perfect

The verdict on Hulu’s new queer Christmas movie is in: America's lesbians love Aubrey Plaza.

I can’t remember the last time a hotly anticipated movie’s streaming premiere date felt more perfectly timed: Last Wednesday, Hulu dropped Happiest Season, its brand new holiday rom com with a star-studded (by indie standards) cast and a clear mission: to queer the basic cable Christmas movie formula.

Premiering on the eve of what, for many, is a four-da…