Quote Originally Posted by TheBang View Post
They could push it until next year like every other major theatrical release. I'm not sure why they've chosen not to do that.
I think the former cleared up the latter. Pushing it back would start to interfere / compete with other releases, Pixar and otherwise. And who knows what summer movie season 2021 will look like, even those movies may be pushed back. Pixar has another film scheduled for June, they surely don't want to have their own movies directly competing against each other. Plus, a Christmas release will make it eligible for 2021 awards season.