Listen, we know it’s the middle of summer. We know there are still five months to Christmas, four to Thanksgiving, three to Halloween, and probably about two and a half before everyone starts debating when it’s appropriate to start listening to Mariah Carey underneath the mistletoe. But if we were to just let ourselves, right now, enjoy the spirit of giving and sense of good cheer that characterize the last few weeks of every year, would we really be any worse off? Those things are always in season — evergreen, if you will. 

So get in the spirit and bring Christmas to July with a pleasantly unseasonal stream. Cue up a horror film that looks to the dark side of the holidays, a trio of rom-coms that deliver joy to any time of year, or a contest that tastes like December. Merry streaming!

But first, what’s new on Netflix?

More Happy. Adam Sandler brings back one of his most beloved roles in Happy Gilmore 2, Kyle Newachek’s fresh sequel to Dennis Dugan’s cult classic 1996 sports comedy Happy Gilmore, about an ice hockey player turned professional golfer. Not something you’d eat for breakfast? Savor the sweetness of My Melody & Kuromi, the new stop-motion anime based on the cuddly Sanrio characters of the same names and directed by Tomoki Misato. The 12-episode series follows rivals My Melody, a baker, and Kuromi, a candymaker, as they join forces to save their home. Too cute for you? Harmonize instead with Hitmakers, the new unscripted reality series that follows top producers and songwriters in writing camps, where they collaborate on new tracks for music’s biggest stars.

If you have just a night … 

Turn it upside down. It’s the wrong time of year to celebrate the holidays, after all, so you might as well celebrate them in the most warped way possible — like with Michael Dougherty’s Krampus. The 2015 holiday horror comedy sees a young boy, Max (Emjay Anthony), who, troubled by the chaos of his dysfunctional family (including his parents played by Toni Collette and Adam Scott), loses his Christmas spirit. Consequently, his letter to Santa is redirected to St. Nick’s evil counterpart, the folkloric figure of the film’s title, who stalks Max and his family over the course of the holiday.  

If you have a whole day … 

Honor cuffing season (during fling season) with a trio of romantic comedies. First, John Whitesell’s Holidate (2020) follows a non-couple (Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey) who agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones for every holiday throughout the year; time will tell if they eventually fall for their own scheme. Next, Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday (2006) stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as women who switch homes for the season, only to find love (with Jude Law and Jack Black, respectively) in each other’s worlds — one of which is ever-summery LA. And finally, Stephen Herek’s Our Little Secret (2024) brings together an unsuspecting pair of exes (Lindsay Lohan and Ian Harding) over the holidays, as they try to conceal their history from their new partners. Because this is Lohan’s triumphant comeback era, regardless of the season! 

If you have the entire weekend … 

Indulge your sweet tooth. You may not be setting out cookies for Santa, but it’s never a bad time of year to take a bite out of The Great British Baking Show. Eight collections of the beloved reality competition are available to stream, each one comprising 10 challenges in which the contestants, all talented amateurs, whip up delectable creations in hopes of being named the winner. And if you really want to pretend it’s December, follow up the original with a taste of the series’ Holidays edition. You know, for dessert. 

Don’t forget, you have one last chance … 

To find your people. John Hughes’s 1985 teen classic The Breakfast Club takes place on one Saturday in high school detention, where a mismatched quintet of teenagers (Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson, or, in their words, a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal) discover they have more in common than they ever guessed. At the end of the month, the film will be dismissed.