Forget the Love Story—This Holiday Rom-Com Is a Fantasy for Environmentalists

At first glance, A Merry Little Ex-Mas looks like yet another holiday rom-com—a comforting, predictable love story done up in a tidy bow. Only in this case, that festive wrapper is made of green ribbon. Any environmentally minded viewers will quickly clock Ex-Mas as not just a corny yuletide romp but a PSA for sustainable living.

That’s why, on the Friday afternoon before Christmas, a few Grist staffers cozied up on their couches to watch a Netflix film our editor-in-chief assured…