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What a Christmas this is. You're everything on my wish list.

Pinch me so I know it's true.

And I really got you.

Yeah, what a Christmas this is.

Oh, and what a Christmas this is.

Everything on my wish list.

So I know it's true.

And I really got you.

What a Christmas this is.

Love, hugs, and kisses.

This is all I want to do.

Yeah, I really got you.

What a Christmas this is.

Hey!

Yeah, you're back so soon.

I love that necklace. Oh, thank you. It's an early Christmas present for

Good for you.

Your usual booze? I'll take that for you. Thank you so much.

Tony has made some wonderful chocolate almond croissant.

And there you go.

You know what I want, but I'll take two.

Are you back on the market?

I actually have a date, and he's on his way here.

Oh, good.

Is it the last time when you eat all...

Never mind.

Two chocolate delights coming right up. Thank you.

New suit.

I'm sorry?

No, I was just asking if it was a new suit because you got that.

Oh, boy.

Thanks.

Do you mind if I see the ring?

Is it that obvious?

No, it's... yeah.

Oh, my gosh.

That's so pretty.

You have to relax. She's definitely going to say yes.

If I can ask her.

This is the third time I've brought her with me.

You know what? I have an idea. Why don't we switch tables? Because this one's

way more romantic.

Are you serious?

Yeah, no problem. Thank you so much.

You're welcome. Go get up, tiger.

It's mine.

Cynthia. Oh, hey, sweetie.

Hi, how are you? You look so handsome.

Thank you.

No booth?

No, not tonight. But trust me, it's for a very good cause.

Okay.

Thank you.

People typically have dinner first and then dessert.

Happy anniversary, by the way.

Anniversary? No, it's just five months together.

Actually, I got you something.

Oh my gosh, I was totally kidding about the anniversary. Not the anniversary.

It's actually just your Christmas present.

That's so sweet, but bring it with us to the farm. I want to open it closer to

Christmas. Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about that.

I'm just not sure about... The trip?

Us.

You're great. You're better than great. Yeah. It's just that two weeks with your

family for Christmas... Totally.

I've heard it... It's okay. It's fine.

Don't... You're good.

I just wanted to say you're such a beautiful couple, and I hope you have a

really great night.

A cupcake.

And you know what? It's supposed to smell.

So, I don't have any canned food.

Oh, and... Night!

Merry Christmas!

Gabrielle Pollack wouldn't want you hurting them precious fingers of yours.

I didn't want them precious when I was laying you out.

And what have you done since? Got a round around bunny rabbits in those

Flowers books.

You jealous? I drive a forklift. Of course I'm jealous.

I got my phones right here.

Give me a sec. It's my boss.

It's not even 8 o 'clock yet. What happened?

Take a little guess here.

Christmas, my family, the farm, the travel, everything. My sister's wedding.

He bailed out.

Well, at least you got a gift out of it.

What's the matter? You couldn't wait until Christmas? What was he thinking

these?

Here you go. Here's a present, like, in case you forget you got dumped.

You okay?

Mm -hmm. Yeah.

I'm good.

I'm great, you know? If he can't handle me, then what good is he, right?

Like the right guy, he's out there somewhere.

I want it to work out.

I have to say, though, I do have pretty high expectations.

My parents...

They do, they did so many sweet little romantic things for one another.

So, um, what are you going to tell Janet? She's expecting a plus one.

I'm bringing a plus one.

I'm not going to dag my little sister's wedding.

Anyone I know.

You might.

You are so lucky.

I did not have a plan. You're lucky.

You get to spend two wonderful weeks with me. Besides, we do have a deadline

the book.

It's the first Christmas since your mom passed away. You sure you're not going

to be in the way?

My dad loves the company.

The more the merrier. Besides,

you cannot be alone on Christmas.

I wasn't going to be alone.

Mm -hmm.

Necessarily. Mm -hmm.

I date, all right? There was Maggie. I'm talking about someone in the past

decade.

You know, I don't tell you everything.

I would know if you were seeing someone. Oh, you would, would you? You'd be

happier. You'd have a little pep in your step.

Oh, yeah.

At least you haven't screwed up literally five relationships in two

Ronaldo. No, stop!

What? He doesn't count. Why not?

Because I can't handle two hands.

You know what?

I need this.

Two weeks, no drama, like, we'll finish the new book, spend time with my dad,

get Janet married, and start the new year fresh.

You'll see, everything is going to be so perfect.

Okay, starting right after this.

You weren't going that fast, were you, Cynthia?

Don't really think that's why I'm getting pulled over.

Well, well, well.

What do we have here?

Hey, Scott, I'm so sorry. Was I speeding or something?

What?

Oh, who knows?

Radar gun's been busted since July.

Just wanted to say hi.

Hi.

Hello.

It's good to have you back, Cindy.

It's great to be back.

Hey, who's this?

You married now?

No, no. He's my working... He's my work friend. He's my friend. I worked with

him. Oh.

Liam. Hi. I draw pictures.

I'm going to need to see some ID, stranger.

I'm just kidding.

You'd be surprised if people fall for that, though.

Probably because you're a cop.

This has been so fun.

But we actually have to head out and go meet up with my family. Oh, you're

right. Right, yeah.

You know, I saw Janet the other day. Oh. She said you'd be coming into town to,

how'd she put it, screw up the wedding?

Yeah. Sounds about right. She gets a little annoyed with my enthusiasm for a

wedding. Yeah, it's going to be great. I can't wait for you to see it. Yeah.

All right, well, we should get together.

You know, hang out, catch up, maybe grab a coffee or something.

Yeah, that would be, I'm so busy, but that would be great.

That would be great, yeah.

Okay.

Well, drive safe.

Okay. See you later, officer.

Bye. See you.

I thought small -town cops were supposed to be punchy. That's like an ex

-boyfriend. Oh, yeah, he was my first boyfriend, actually. But he would

like, want to re -watch his football games from the night before.

And yet you still let him call you Cindy.

What? He carries a taser. I turned up.

This is a nice place.

It's great. It's just there's usually so many more lights. We can take care of

that. Yeah.

I'm going to go tell my dad we're here. So just go inside. I'm sure Janet's

there. Huh.

Janet.

inside?

Well, you said that Janet was in there. Guys, there's a baby.

Well, you know, Janet's awesome, but scary sometimes.

Yeah, yeah.

You just a baby.

Yeah, I'm a baby.

You got that? You good?

Oh, yeah. Don't worry about me. I got it. Oh, you're strong. You've been

out. Big time.

This is going to look so good.

Hello. By the fourth at noon. Hi.

Hi. Get over here.

Cynthia, good to see you.

Roger. Oh, my gosh. America, get over here. Welcome to the fam.

Well, there's still almost two weeks, technically.

Wait, I thought you were going to bring a date.

I was.

Hi, Janet. Hi, Liam.

I am. Liam can be my date.

Yeah, mostly just here to do work. You know, always another deadline. Hey,

Roger. What happened to Jake? Did you just drive him away? His name is Jason,

and no, I do not drive men away. I have a very romantic nature that some men

find... Overwhelming. Terrifying.

Intense.

Anyway, Roger, Liam here is an amazing illustrator. He draws my Felicia Flowers

books. Oh.

Your illustrations are amusing.

Yeah, you know, I don't know where Cynthia finds the inspiration for that.

Right, let you know, right? Um, anyway, how's Dad?

Oh, he's... He's good. He's okay. I'm a little worried about how he's going to

do when I move in with Roger.

Yeah, totally. But I guess all we can do right now is just try to give him a

great Christmas, right?

Yeah.

Anyway, speaking of, where's the tree and the decorations and everything? I

haven't had time with the wedding and everything. I think this year we just

forget all that. What are you talking about? We have a giant tree every year,

amazing decorations. This is going to be no exception, okay?

It's a long -standing tradition in our house and one that I intend to keep.

Sounds like my girl.

Daddy! Oh, hi.

Oh, it's good to have you home.

It just wouldn't be Christmas without you. I know, I know. I just, oh, I

you. I was, um, I was just in the barn, and it looks like we're a little behind

schedule. Oh, I'll get around to it. We still have nearly two weeks left. And

you're my maid of honor, not my wedding planner, and we got this.

Okay, okay, I'm just saying we're a little behind schedule.

That's all. Dad, you remember Liam, right? Yeah.

Good to see you. How are you, sir?

I didn't realize you two were dating.

Oh, I, uh, we're, we're, uh, we're not.

Yeah, he's just going to be my date to the wedding as a platonic, friendly kind

of date situation.

Because she blew it with Jake.

Jason.

Could I help you both get settled in?

Oh, you're so sweet, Roger, but I think we're just going to drop our bags and

we're going to go get a tree.

Yeah. No, we're getting a tree. It's going to be big. It's going to be

It's going to be gorgeous. And I'm going to clean up all the pine needles.

I love you.

I love you.

Oh, Dad.

It is so good to be home. Oh, it's great to have you.

Okay, I'll be right back.

But if you do get any designs on my daughter, just keep this in mind.

I'm a hunter.

A good one.

Good to know.

He gives me that speech every day.

How did you get over here so fast, man?

All right, our last stop.

Ooh, great. Let's grab a wreath and get back to the farm. We're not just

grabbing a wreath. That's how I do things, okay? I gotta, like, find the

wreath. It takes a little bit.

Oh, yeah, of course. Silly me.

Oh, look at these berries. Look how pretty they look. Oh, well, well, well.

I was wondering when you'd show up.

Grant! Oh, man.

Hi. Oh, Cynthia. Wow, look at you. You have an age today.

And, uh, what are you doing? Oh, I heard you were coming home. I figured you'd

show up here eventually.

Oh, you were pre -stocked with me.

Technically, I'm here to oversee the fundraiser. Great cover story, whatever.

Um, Grant, I want you to meet my friend Liam. Liam, this is Grant. Hi.

Grant and I actually used to date in high school.

Another one.

Senior year.

So are you two... No, no, no. We're just, we're friends.

Yeah.

Okay.

But I've got to find the perfect wreath. I feel like you're definitely the

person to talk to. Oh, well, let me show you to our private reserve.

Oh, this is great.

Why do you keep all these under here? Well, every year, the best ones get

snatched up right away, and inevitably, five minutes before closing, some hard

-working single mom pops in and has to pick through the scraps, so I keep a few

underneath. Figured if anybody deserves a good wreath, it's them, right?

Oh.

How did we ever break up?

It's crazy.

Well, you know, they all look the same to me.

So, let's get back.

Not this one.

It's not all about looks.

Ah,

just the one that was like Christmas.

Perfect. I love it.

You haven't changed a bit.

You too.

Did you sleep well? I did, actually, yeah.

How long have you been up for?

Well, just a few hours. I checked the cookie jar, and then I checked the spare

jar, and then there was nothing.

You know, you could just go to the store and buy cookies.

If you go to the store and buy cookies, it lacks a certain presentation.

That is true. I'll give you that. Good, right? Good.

Wow.

So, what's the plan for today? We're going to meet a few more of your ex

-boyfriends. Ha, ha, ha. It's a small town, okay?

because I've dated a few guys.

I'll get it. There's milk there if you want it.

Hi.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear

tree.

Is that what I think it is?

This is a present. Isn't this the most fantastic thing ever?

Yeah. Who's it from?

Okay, it says, Merry Christmas to my one true love.

That's all it says. Does it have a name?

This is a Christmas mystery.

This is the most romantic thing ever. This is a Christmas mystery.

Where are you going to plant a pear tree in your apartment?

Okay, it's not supposed to be practical, Janet. It's a grand romantic gesture.

Too bad it's anonymous.

It's not anonymous.

It's not anonymous at all. My true love gave it to me.

Stop singing. You are a loon. What is wrong with you? I'm excited. Oh, my

goodness. I love you. I have to go plan a wedding and sell a house. Okay.

Oh, who's the prettiest bird?

Are you a pretty bird? Are you a pretty bird?

How do you know that this is for you?

Oh.

Janet's the one getting married.

Janet is marrying her accountant. Trust me. It's not for Janet. Roger, this is

not his style.

I'm going to ask him anyway.

What? Don't worry. I'll be fine. No.

Roger is very awkward.

He... Yeah, please don't. He gets uncomfortable.

Let's take this upstairs and find him a home, okay? And we've really got to get

to work.

I know. I'll go grab my sketchbook. Oh, no, no, no. Not that kind of work.

Oh, the weather's getting colder and I'm only growing older. But this holiday, I

lost my chair.

It's hard to be jolly when you're not here.

The big guy's at least got eight reindeer.

I know I've been naughty, can't hide my flaws.

But I'm still missing my Mrs. Claus Christmas.

You did so good.

All right.

You're right.

Really beautiful. This is a good idea.

I'm glad you like it. Yep. Marie would be proud.

It's the best tree we've had in years.

I don't know. I kind of feel like my favorite is still the one that lost all

needles.

Okay. In my defense, eight -year -olds don't know that, you know, Christmas

trees don't drink eggnogs. On that note, I think I'll say goodnight.

Oh, you're the best.

Little daddy.

So, Rog.

Christmas wedding. I mean, that's pretty romantic, right?

Well, really, it's the only sensible choice.

People have the day off. Families are already together.

And bridal registries make gift shopping very convenient.

Convenient.

Yeah, okay, so it's not Roger.

Told you so. Yeah, you did.

I mean, it's in his studio.

But at least...

We have a Christmas book to write.

This is new territory for us, right? This is new territory for Felicia.

What does her magic do to Christmas?

What does her magic do to Christmas?

Here are some Christmassy things.

Oh, oh, oh, maybe the eggnog is served out of, you know, really big tulips,

right? That would be really pretty, I think.

And the tree has, like, a crystal pine cone that acts like a disco ball.

Yes. Oh, that's... Gorgeous. I love that. Oh, my gosh, Liam.

It's the cutest thing I've ever seen.

Maybe the toys come alive at night and they redecorate the entire house.

Oh, and there has to be tinsel on everything. That's really important.

And blinking lights, all of it. It's going to be gorgeous.

Okay, okay, okay. Slow down, slow down, slow down. No, no, you need to draw

faster. I'm on a roll.

Oh, maybe the toys think that she is a doll, so they wrap her up in wrapping

paper. Can't she just rip her way out? No, she's going to be tied up with

ribbon. She can't get out.

Oh, and then she sees an elf in the fireplace.

This is my mom's.

It was way too big for me when I was a kid.

When I was growing up, I used to put it on and think about my perfect wedding,

perfect romance, perfect husband.

Well, at least now you're past all that pie -in -the -sky stuff.

You can make fun of me all you want.

But when I was growing up, all I ever really wanted was the kind of romance my

mom and dad had, you know?

They were married for 40 years.

And they still did all these fun little surprises for each other.

What do you mean?

They were the real deal.

Hey, I'm really sorry.

Oh, God.

I didn't mean to... No, I'm so sorry. I'm so embarrassed.

It's okay. It's okay. I just got nostalgic.

Yeah.

So, uh...

Yes.

We have such a deadline.

We have a crazy deadline. Okay, I'm going to... If you don't mind, I just

to go show this to Janet.

But I'll be right back.

I think she'll love this.

Okay. I'll be back. I'm going to bring coffee.

I gave you a lot of things to work on, so go.

Okay. Okay, I'll be right back.

Janet?

Uh -huh?

Look what I found.

You're never going to guess where it was.

Upstairs in the closet in a box marked Mom's wedding gown?

Okay, yeah, yeah. Maybe you'll guess exactly where it was.

It's all in the inventory.

You've got to get that to the dry cleaners. You can't go wearing a dusty

No, Cynthia, I already have a dress.

You bought a gown without me there to advise you?

No, I picked out a dress.

It's sensible, you know? It's great. It's something that I can wear again to,

like, parties and stuff. What? What do you mean? wear it to parties. A wedding

dress is meant to be worn one time. That's the whole point of it. Well, Mom

already wore one, so there you go.

Wow.

Wow, if she could hear you say that, she would.

I'm not going to wear Mom's dress, okay? I'm just, I'm not, I'm not ready.

Come here.

I understand, but I think you should think about it.

It's really pretty.

Hit it.

I love you. I love you. Hold on.

Okay.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me two turtle doves and a

partridge in a pear tree.

For me?

Thank you. Oh, my gosh. That was pretty.

No information. Okay.

Hi, guys.

Janet, Liam, you guys, this is huge. This is huge. Look.

Look. Look. Liam, two turtle doves. Isn't this exciting? This isn't just one

present. I think it's going to keep happening.

Oh. So how exactly are they turtled?

No, not turtle. Turtle.

Turtle. Because they eat turtles. They look like, I don't know, someone named

them that. Isn't this exciting? They're so cute.

Yeah. So still no idea who's behind all this. No name, no nothing. It's so

romantic.

I don't get the point of these presents if no one's taking the credit for it.

Janet, it's not about the presents. I mean, it's about the romance.

Whoever's doing this is leaving me a serious trail of breadcrumbs, and I'm

to find them.

Shouldn't you be dragging Liam along on this? He has sketches to do.

He didn't have to come up to the farm to draw pictures. He could have done that

back in the city. Yeah, but Dad, then he missed Christmas. Come on.

What are you laughing at?

You remind me of your mother.

One whiff of romance and you're off to the races.

Must be genetic, huh?

Have a Merry Christmas!

Esther! Hi!

Okay, I've got a very important question. Two turtle doves and a

need to know who bought them.

It's nice to see you too. And Tom, what a surprise.

It's been a long time.

Hi Esther, how's things?

I can't complain.

Who would listen if I did?

I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Two turtle doves, one partridge. Need to know who bought them. Well, I sell

plenty of turtles, no doves. I just carry parakeets and shivs from time to

Okay, so then where would someone, like, buy birds like that?

One of those specialty shops in the city, I suppose. Right.

Because somebody is giving me... Morning, citizens.

Hey, Scott.

Hey.

Hey.

Um, I'm putting up the flyers. Do you mind? For the carnival? Yeah. Go ahead.

ahead. There you go.

What are you guys doing here?

Picking up some bird seed?

What? Why?

What makes you say that?

Bird seed.

Bird seed. Bird seed. Yes, we have. We own birds. We have birds as pets.

Great. Great.

You all are coming to the carnival, right? Yeah. Never miss it.

Well, I don't know.

Dad, come on.

Okay. I'll tell you what.

Tickets are on me.

You, Cindy, Janet, whoever.

Now you don't have any excuses.

Besides, if you don't go, you're going to hurt my feelings.

That's really thoughtful, Scott. Thank you.

All right.

See you guys around.

And take care of those birds. We will.

Three French hens in the house and a break in the case to get your coat on.

Come on, you heard the man.

Wait, wait, wait. I'm confused.

Start over. Okay, so the local pet store does not carry turtle doves, right? I

called around. They don't have them anywhere because they're not native

You actually have to get like a special permit just to import them.

Oh. So, check this out.

Look at this website.

McPherson Special Events. They have a permit, everything.

It says they provide unique gifts and experiences for the special people. And

you're like, boom, I solved it. Like, it has to be today.

Romantic. Look, whoever did this, they went through a lot of trouble. So I

think you're, like, kind of ruining the surprise. Whoever did this clearly wants

me to figure it out because they made it pretty easy.

They were, like, a block away. Be chill. Be really tough here because they're

not really expecting us to be who we are. That's all I'm saying.

Why's that?

Cynthia, what did you tell them?

Cynthia!

Oh, this is a beautiful office.

We have that same art in ours as well. Hello, Cynthia Maxwell, Fish and

Department. Nice to meet you, Miss Maxwell. I got your call. I think we can

this all straightened out. What seems to be the problem?

Oh, we just have some missing information on a turtle dove permit. No

We just need to get that client's name fast and go out of here and just... Go

back to our office.

I see.

Well, unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to give out any names without

prior consent or a warrant.

Liam?

I'm the bad cop.

I've pulled your file.

And take a look at it. Unfortunately, the client insists on complete

confidentiality until the final delivery.

Apparently, there's a letter that explains everything.

What?

I think we've taken enough of the good man's time.

A letter? There's a letter.

That would be helpful.

Uh, frankly, I don't see what any of this has to do with fish or wildlife.

The recipient, whoever that is, is just going to have to be patient.

Okay, then.

I will be taking this.

Oh, be my guest. They are for visitors.

Then I'm going to take...

This one, too.

Nice work, Columbo.

You didn't help me at all. Hey!

Uh,

let me guess. Is it for a calling card?

Yes!

Look, they're so cute. Look how real they look. Watch this.

They're cute.

I'm with Janet. You need to make whoever's sending you these gifts stop.

Why would I want to make them stop? We're smack dab in the middle of the

romantic mystery since the Bermuda Triangle. What is romantic about that?

Um, hello.

Bermuda. Okay. No, I don't get this whole situation. I don't like it. These

gifts are strange. I'm going to my cake day. Okay.

Oh, gosh. Whoever has done this has really thought this out, huh? Yeah, plus

they must have known that you were coming to town, right? That's true.

Otherwise, they would have sent it to the city.

Mm -hmm.

Oh.

My gosh, I know exactly who it is. I feel so stupid. It's Grant.

It's definitely Grant. He's suave.

He's handsome, even though that's irrelevant.

And do you remember how excited he was to see me the other day at the

fundraiser? Like, I definitely could tell he was flirting with me. I didn't

to say anything and sound cocky.

Him, really? That's the one you're landing on? It's definitely him. He

Christmas. This is so his style. It's so sweet.

So how are you going to prove it?

Oh, I'm... I'm sure he's dying for me to find out, so it's going to be very easy

to crack. I'm just going to go see him and kind of like turn on my charm.

Charm? What charm?

Why, I oughta.

I'll never get used to this cold. I know, and it's like a bitter cold. Yeah,

just bites you.

So let me know if they want any more of these, because my publishers gave me a

ton, and they are all over my guest room. Oh, publisher fancy.

No, I can't thank you enough.

Those kids are crazy about Felicia. How is... still anyway great he and shauna

are in miami now i always love to go there okay and smiley face

here you go thank you again you have just made my niece's

christmas no worries there's nothing quite like getting a special gift from

someone you love right right

Afternoon. Oh, well, howdy, officer.

What brings you by? You tracking a fugitive?

More like a missing person.

Cindy's always in a rush whenever I see her. Yeah, well, I'm afraid that your

luck hasn't changed. She's hot on the trail of her secret admirer.

She's figured it out, has she? So she thinks.

Night.

Thanks. It's, uh...

She had something I'm working on until she gets back from her date with Grant.

Grant? Yeah.

Well, that should be interesting.

Oh, Christmas is hands down my favorite time of year. Oh, mine too.

It's also a very important holiday.

Mm -hmm.

Do you want to know what I love most about it?

What's that? It's the perfect time of year for secret presents.

Yeah.

Grant, I...

confession to me.

Okay. I know you've been sending me the presents.

I love it.

Cynthia, I thought you knew.

More coffee, Father?

I think we're all set.

Thank you.

I guess not all the news makes it to the big city.

Now, um, about that confession.

Sure? Mm -hmm.

Five golden rings.

Hey, finally something we don't have to feed.

Wow. I feel like they're probably not real and also they don't fit you. Hey,

getting a ring resize does not make it any less romantic than Janet.

Oh, must have coffee. Good morning.

If you need me, I'll be in the barn.

That arch isn't going to finish itself.

Thank you.

So, now that you're the last to know about Father Grant, who's the next

candidate? Father Grant.

Well, so the suave, handsome ex -boyfriend who's been carrying a torch

all these years is a priest?

Oh, that's amazing.

Well, at least we know why he loves Christmas so much. Liam, please, if that

theory is so yesterday, we're moving on. Okay, now that we know it was not Grant

who sent the presents, I think we know that it's Jesus.

Scott? Who's Jason?

Jake? No, it would make more sense if it was Scott. He's Kishi's most eligible

bachelor. He looks very cute in a uniform.

No, it's definitely Jason. This was clearly all planned out. Okay, he gave

present early. The bird ornament, right? And him not showing up was just clearly

him, like, doing a fake out. It's just, it's scary how well this all fits

together. Scary's one word for it.

So you're sure it's Jason?

Um, yeah. Who else knows that I'm home? It's just...

He's just giving me this grand gesture. It all works out so perfectly.

Okay.

Hey.

Cynthia. Hey. Hey.

What are you doing here?

I got your presents.

Oh.

Okay,

I gotta... Hi.

Cynthia.

I'm sorry.

put your fingers here put hold down extra marshmallows thank you thank

you so you want to talk about it no like such an

idiot you know i'm done chasing my own tail i just i'm just gonna wait for the

letter oh yeah that's that's such a good idea wait who said that oh that was

yeah that was me that was yeah

It's so obvious who your one true love is. The answer is literally right in

front of your face.

It is?

It's Scott.

Come on, he still thinks about you guys as like homecoming king and queen. Don't

start that again. This is way out of Scott's league. Trust me.

I don't know. People change.

I'm sorry.

I'm going to have to call you back because I live with children.

Hi, Janet. Look, the next gift came.

Six geese a lane.

Or for lying on.

They're so soft. Look, it's like you're being hit by a clock. Oh.

Uh -oh.

Oh, I made her mad. I know my sister. She does not get mad.

About to. What did she do? What did she do?

Uh -oh. I think you forgot something.

Dad!

Dad! No.

Dad, no. Who's?

Who's? No, no, no, not me.

Oh!

Do you think Janet will like this?

Oh, yeah. She's going to love it. She'll bring it to all her open houses and

fill it with, like, peppermints and butterscotch and all that.

Butterscotch?

Butterscotch. You said got.

You're like me.

Oh, my God. I'm losing my mind. All right. Well, that covers the wedding.

all I have to do is figure out what to get you popped.

What? Dad, it's just really sweet. I pulled this whole trip on you very last

minute, and now you're going to get a present for my dad. It's very

You know, I guess this whole Christmas present craze is rubbing off on me.

if there's anybody else you need to shop for, I'm totally fine. I'm just going

back in, fixing my ears. I already got something for you. What?

You did?

Can you give me a hint?

Nope.

Okay.

Do you think that maybe Janet could be... No.

You don't let me finish. Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Please, continue.

Do you think that she could be right about Scott being the one behind the

Oh, oh, in that case, uh, no.

It'd be sort of cute, wouldn't it, if we were like high school sweethearts that

got back together after all these years apart?

Yeah.

It's not you sending the presents, right?

You caught me.

No, it's not.

Why would I do that?

I think I'm going to call Scott.

Just, like, on.

Yeah.

That's what I'm talking about. Seven swans champagne.

Finally,

a gift I can get behind.

Swans swimming in champagne.

Thanks, Dad.

For you and moi.

All right.

A toast.

This is one that your mother used to make every year.

To family, past, present, and future, may you forever be held in our hearts,

not in our hands.

Cheers. Cheers.

Cheers.

Can you believe it? Scott still has the same phone number.

Oh, well, you know, he's never left this town, so why would he ever change it?

It's just crazy. Like, some things change too much, some things stay the

Yeah.

Scott's going to take me out tonight.

Tonight? Yeah. We have plans tonight.

Well, work plans. Like, what about the book?

Oh, my gosh, Sam, I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry, but we're going to get to it, I promise. I just suddenly have a

really good feeling about Scott.

Third time's the charm.

You guys want some water?

Well, I guess I'll have some dinner with your dad.

Hi, lady.

Huh? Huh?

Oh, oh, oh!

Believe how fast a French head could run. The important thing is you got them

all back.

So how come you're not spending Christmas with your girlfriend?

I don't have one.

Would you like some advice about strategy?

I played this game before, you know.

Marie and I played every night.

I bet you won every game too, right?

Only if she'd let me.

What can you do?

There's only ever one thing to do.

What's that?

Make a move.

I'm probably gonna regret this.

Checkmate.

Well, you'd make the wrong move and you lose, right?

At least you tried.

Hey, you look lovely. Aw, thanks, Dad.

See you later.

Hi. Wow.

Playing a little chess?

I'm trying to. He's so good.

So my gentleman caller is going to be here in a minute.

Here we go again, huh?

You can go ahead and tell me why you think it's not Scott.

I don't know. It might be. So what?

You spent the first few days here talking about how you and Scott didn't

anything. It was a long time ago. Maybe he's changed, right? We were kids. You

know what? I think you deserve a little bit more than a bunch of cliches.

Liam, why are you doing this now? I'm about to go on a date. I'm sorry.

I care about you and I worry about you.

But you keep putting yourself out there and you keep getting hurt.

Maybe it's time you need to slow down.

I'm a big girl.

Cynthia, wait.

Thanks,

guys.

Hey, Cindy. Oh, my gosh. Hi. Brought you some flowers.

Thank you so much. That was incredible, you guys. Oh, my gosh. Thank you.

Flowers.

I don't know if you need anything else. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Cheers. Cheers.

I've got to admit something, Scott. Growing up, I really did not peg you for

lawman. Well, we don't have much of a criminal element, but we do get the

occasional bar fight, vendor -vendor share in there, but most of all, people

just call me when they need help.

You're paid to be neighborly.

Oh, it really sounds like you found your place.

What can I say?

The best times of my life have been here.

I can't believe you remember. I love cupcakes.

I've known you for a long time. Come on.

I didn't know you knew me that well.

The cupcakes, the singers, the gifts. I'm just... I'm really

blown away.

Gifts? Yeah.

I'm all about gifts.

Right here. I'm just getting started.

Thank you. It's made me feel really special.

This night has been so perfect.

I've waited a long time for this.

I wasn't about to screw it up.

It's you, isn't it?

You're behind all this.

You're my true love, right?

Of course.

I always was.

This trip, it's been perfect.

Not quite yet.

Avery, it's a milk game.

Your outfits are amazing.

Is that milk raw?

Yeah, you can take that with you when you go.

Don't mind her.

Hey, babe.

Do you want some tea?

Certainly. Thank you. Yeah?

What are you doing?

Nothing. Just a little work.

Janet, hold on. What is this?

Roger, is this what you want our wedding to be like?

We've talked about this.

I know, but I... This is a once -in -a -lifetime event.

I know.

You know my mom and dad did extravagant things for each other every single day,

and now that my mom's gone, there's like this huge hole in my dad's life.

Cynthia's been chasing romance since she was a little girl. Look where that's

gotten her.

I'm telling you, it's so much better to just keep things simple.

This wedding is like the first day of our marriage. It's not the whole thing.

What's important is that you and I are together.

It's not about the party.

Okay?

Okay.

All right, hand him over.

Three more?

It came in bulk.

Right.

Hey, Liam.

Hey, what's up?

Katha Nova, look at you. And with the flowers and everything.

Good touch, very original.

Yeah, it's round for Cindy.

Yeah, kind of figured.

So, uh, got another big date planned tonight?

Yeah, yeah, I was hoping to talk to you about that.

Cindy said you two are close?

Yeah, I was hoping that you might, um...

Sorry, Mike.

She might have some suggestions.

You want my advice?

You mean with the flowers and the face and everything you got going on there?

Don't worry, you're going to be fine.

Yeah, well, I only got one shot at it. I don't want to screw it up.

Why should I help you?

Cindy's a special girl.

Don't we both want her to be happy?

All right. All right. Okay.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking putt -putt.

It's freezing out.

Yeah.

I didn't think of that.

I'm so excited.

You're full of surprises.

I heard you're giving Scott some advice back there in the barn.

Yeah.

Man, you're just all day dumb, aren't you?

God, this is the community center. I feel like we might be just a tad

overdressed for bingo.

We're not going to bingo.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Come on.

You lead the way.

Thank you.

Oh, my gosh.

Looks like they're having some sort of, like, private event or something.

The Crispus Cotillion.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Oh, thank you so much. Oh, thank you.

Appreciate it.

I was thinking that I could be Fred Astaire and maybe you could be Gene

Oh, yeah.

You do know Gene Kelly's a guy, right?

Right. Right. Of course.

Bye.

Bye.

Your hand fits like a glove.

Baby, kiss me. You're my Christmas love.

We'll keep on dancing by a light song on the tree.

You're a gift of love wrapped inside a dream.

With a mistletoe hanging above.

You are my...

This is so great. Thank you so much for coming.

Oh, I can't get over how much of a gentleman he is.

Huh? God, he's such a different guy. He's just so mature and he's...

Oh, he's just not even the same person. Great.

And a gift, too, right?

Mm -hmm. What? He sent you the gifts, right?

Oh, yeah, of course.

Yeah.

He said that.

He actually said that he was the one that was sending the presents. We talked

about it. And he said that I'm his true love. So I feel like it's implied,

right? I want more.

I want what I need.

Well, that's just, uh, that's super.

Liam, there's something I really want to ask you.

Yeah? Yeah. I, um...

I was wondering if it was okay with you if I maybe took Scott to the wedding

because... Because you'll still go. It's going to be so fun. Yeah. We'll all

dance. Just with the romance and the present stuff, I feel like it's

if he takes me.

Sure, yeah. Why not?

Really? Yeah.

You sure?

That's fine.

Yeah.

Yeah, no, I'm happy for you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

holiday spirit oh if you can't beat them hey ladies dancing i'm coming i'm

coming i'm coming did i miss it oh i'm afraid so i'm sure they'll do it again

you ask can you do it again maggie lemur maggie

what are you doing here

Cynthia, this is Maggie. We went to college together. Yeah, it's without

Whoa.

Maggie, this is Cynthia.

Girlfriend. No, no, no.

Just friends.

Yeah, we make books together.

She's technically my boss.

Yeah, I'm his boss.

Oh, my gosh.

It's so weird.

Oh, I'm so happy to see you.

Everything, yeah.

It's been such a long time. I've missed you.

Small world.

Too small.

I can't believe that Maggie, I thought she'd be like, I don't know, not that.

She knew he was taking her to the winter carnival tomorrow?

Which I feel is very weird, because he is not from here.

She is also not from here.

Neither of them are from here.

I'm not sure, but I don't think there's a residency requirement.

It just feels a little weird to me.

Well, I can understand why it's bothering you.

Must be pretty awful having someone you're interested in carrying on with

old flame.

Right?

Hey.

How many?

What? How many fingers?

What are you talking about?

How many fingers?

Three.

Okay, good.

I was worried that maybe you couldn't see what was right in front of your

That sounds like so much fun.

handle this. I feel like it gets better every year.

Yep. Pretty much took a life of its own, huh?

Mm -hmm.

I do feel kind of bad about missing the Lord's release.

Oh,

don't worry. If you don't catch them today, we're all back. Day 12, big

Yay!

They're really good cousins, huh? Definitely. Very imaginative of them.

Oh,

look. Sweets and treats.

That's my favorite, and there's not even a line.

Oh.

Roger, yeah.

You seem a little distracted.

You okay?

Withholding information from someone, is that the same as lying to them?

Well, it depends on why you're holding back information.

Well, I was hoping to surprise someone that I love, but I'm

afraid that it might backfire on me.

Don't let doubt and fear get in your way.

When your intention is out of love, destiny has proven time and again, it

works out.

Let's hope so.

See?

Winner!

Like what?

What are you doing?

Playing along.

Kind of fun.

What do you mean?

Memer, I know that look.

I can tell how you feel about her. I don't feel... What?

Stop being silly.

It's okay.

I think she's getting jealous.

Somebody looks like they could use a Christmas cookie.

Glad you came by.

I figured I'd make an appearance.

That was a good one.

Secret recipe.

Wow, really good.

Oh.

Sticking around for the big jamboree?

Not much for dancing these days.

You know, Tom, you're not doing anyone any good cooped up in the house all the

time.

I keep busy getting Janet married off.

Oh, good.

I expect to see a lot more of you come spring.

Thanks for cooking.

Thank you so much for another really great day.

Oh.

Thank you.

This trip has just been such a dream.

Yeah.

Super fun, right? Yeah, super fun. Great carnival. Oh, I know, right? It was

just, it was so nice to see the town just kind of coming together.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm tired.

Okay, yeah.

Okay, but, oh, that was so fun. Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. All right. Get

home safe. All right, good night. Good night.

Ma

'am?

Hi. Are you spying on me? No, I always hang out by the front door at midnight

with two cups of coffee in my hand.

Isn't it a little late for coffee?

Actually, it's Irish coffee.

Yeah. And we're all out of coffee.

So, good date?

Mm -hmm. Yeah?

Sure, yeah.

Maggie seems so sweet.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I don't think it's gonna work out.

Really?

I thought you'd been carrying a torch for her all these years. Maggie? No, no,

no, no, no, no. Besides, you have enough romantic drama for the both of us.

Well, that is all behind me now.

Settling on Scott, huh?

If you had told me that two weeks ago, I would have been like, what? You are

crazy.

Does that really make any sense?

That's kind of the only thing that makes sense.

If that makes sense.

I mean, who cares if it makes sense, right?

As long as you're happy.

You are such a crazy.

Not too bad yourself.

Thank you.

Okay,

you promised no comment. I know, I know, I know.

Okay, you ready?

Yes, I'm ready.

What do you think?

It's, um, it's really pretty.

It's... Oh, you hate it. No, I don't.

I don't hate... It's just, it's your wedding, Janet. I know, but I'm not a

princess. I'm not a little girl. I'm not you. This is who I am.

I don't care about the dresses and the parties and the presents. I just want,

like, a simple, quiet, nice relationship with my husband.

I don't really understand why you don't get that. I hear you. I hear you, but

it's... I'm so sorry.

This is your day. This is your...

big day and i you should do what you want you're gonna look so amazing in

whatever you wear thank you wow

that

was terrific yeah Well, listen, it's cold out

here, so I'll tell you what.

We have a wedding to get ready for tomorrow, and I could use a little help.

the way I see it, you can hang around out here all day playing the flute, or

can go inside for a nice hot breakfast and then help me set up the venue.

Your call.

Oh, okay, good. Hello.

Howdy. Whoa, Merry Christmas.

All right, thank you. Good, good.

Dad, you do not have enough food for 11 people. Well, let's hope that the hens

are a land. Come on.

Hello, everyone, and Merry Christmas.

Thank you all for being here on our special night. As most of you know,

don't want to blow the surprise, but I made my tea and reservations for today.

I'm going to make this brief.

Janet, you are amazing.

You are everything I have ever wanted and more.

You know, it's been such a special two weeks. I feel like maybe you should call

off the grand finale.

I would love it, but Janet's a little bit on edge. I feel like, you know, it

might kind of interfere with the ceremony. You know what I mean?

Then I can describe that to her.

Soon we'll be filling out that joint tax return.

Thank you all, and thank you.

Cheers.

I get it. You don't want 12 Pipers piping in the middle of their vows.

12 Pipers Piping?

Yeah, the Pipers.

It's actually 12 Drummers Drumming.

The Pipers came today.

The Pipers today?

I have a quick little question. Do you know this song?

Of course I know this song. Why don't you sing it?

Yeah.

Please.

Great voice.

Okay.

Partridge in a pear tree.

Two turtle doves.

Three French hens. Four falling birds. Calling birds.

Calling birds on that one.

Five golden rings. Six ones a -swimming.

Seven swans, isn't it?

Six geese a -goosing.

Nine. It's eight, because numbers go like this. Seven, eight, nine.

Eight ladies milking nine.

I just want to say that tomorrow, my little girl is

going to get married to... You didn't send the gifts, did you?

Miracle genius.

You're incredible.

I feel like such an idiot.

Cynthia. I'm so sorry, Janet.

Cindy, stop. I can explain. What do you want to explain, Scott?

You've been lying to me for like an entire week. No, I never lied to you.

just assumed that they were from me and I just went along with it. How is that

okay? How does that make that okay to you?

Cynthia, so I didn't send the presents.

I mean, we had a great time together. That counts for something, right?

How could you think a relationship is about presents?

Seriously? I thought that's what you wanted.

I mean, everyone said that you were this romantic.

Do you think I'm that shallow that I would actually choose that over a real

connection?

Oh, my God.

I feel really stupid.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come here.

We're going to get through it.

Okay? Scott.

You're such a great guy. I mean, and thank you for

trying.

You're... You're breaking up with me?

You're such a catch.

I mean, oh my gosh, you're so amazing. I don't worry about you for a second.

The next girl that you take dancing, it's going to work like gangbusters.

I hope you understand.

Liam. Liam.

Hey. Hi.

You weren't at the rehearsal dinner. We missed you.

I figured I was just going to be in the way.

You know, I wanted to tell you it didn't

work out with Scott.

What happened?

Like you don't know.

It was you. It was you all along.

What are you talking about, Cynthia?

It took me so long to figure it out, Liam, but you were the one who sent me

gift. It was sweet.

What?

No, I didn't.

Liam, you don't have to play along.

It couldn't have been anybody else.

Why? Because there's nobody else left?

Is that the reason that you're here?

I'm making it sound... You think that I came here for two weeks with your family

just to work on a book?

Yeah.

Come on, Cynthia. I came here to be with you.

I didn't know. Yeah, I thought things were going to be different this time,

know? I thought that you were finally going to see, but, you know, I can't do

this anymore.

I can't. Liam, wait, Liam. Please, please, look, I can't do this.

I can't do this. Please don't go.

Where are you going? I'm going to go get a motel, and I'm going to take a bus

out of here tomorrow.

No.

Please don't.

I don't want to be your leftovers.

I know.

I'm sorry. I didn't know.

I can't do this.

I guess I'll... I'll see you when I see you.

I don't know about ruined.

All in all, I thought it went pretty well.

I guess I think there was something wrong if there wasn't at least a little

of Cynthia drama.

And at the end of the day, we still don't know who's behind all these

problems.

What's this?

Oh, Janet, that's... Please don't tell me you're behind all this stuff.

No, no, it's not that.

Caribbean, what is this?

It's nothing.

It's just something I was thinking about.

For our honeymoon.

Okay, Roger, we talked about this.

It's already going to be so hard on my dad that I'm moving out. I can't leave

him here alone. I can't leave town.

Jen, your father can manage for a week while his newlywed daughter is off on a

romantic cruise.

Even he wants you to go.

Cynthia infected you with all this romance stuff. I don't like it. It's

okay? It confuses people. They don't know what's real and they don't know

not real.

Janet, that...

You're stressed about the wedding. I'm not stressed about the wedding. I'm

stressed because I'm trying to keep this family together and everyone's ruining

everything. That's the problem.

What happened?

Roger's been crazy.

He, like, planned this whole secret honeymoon to the Caribbean.

Ugh. And that's terrible.

Of course, you would think it's cool. It's like...

presents and romantic getaways.

Ugh. You know, Janet, a little bit of that is not such a bad thing. You know,

doesn't have to be like this and this all the time, but every now and again it

can be really fun.

You are so much like mom, it's actually insane.

Oh, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

I don't really have any of that in me, you know?

Like when I said yes to Roger, I said yes because it makes sense.

We're friends, we get along, and...

He's really good to me.

That's really nice.

I just really want him to be... More like you?

No, I really want him to be happy.

And I feel like you don't really get it because you weren't here, but, like...

When Mom passed away, it was, like, awful to see Dad. Like, this light just

out in his life, and, like, I just... I can't imagine living like that, you

know?

You want to go your whole life without that kind of connection because you're

scared of losing it?

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.

I just don't want to do that to Roger.

I think you really fell in love.

Love is the one thing you can't plan out.

I think you have a lot more mom in you than you think.

How's Scott?

It's over.

I realized we didn't have what mom and dad had.

And we definitely don't have what you and Roger are lucky enough to have.

Well, what now?

I think I'm going to stop chasing romance.

Maybe be a little bit more like my sister.

Yeah.

Can you please repeat that? I'm sorry. Make sure I heard it.

I'll let I do that.

I love you. I love you too.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers

drumming, eleven pipers piping,

ten lords a -leaping,

nine ladies dancing,

eight maids a -milking,

seven songs a -swimming.

Wow. Fantastic.

Oh. Oh, here.

I got it.

Thomas?

What?

Dad, they're from you?

No.

No, it's not from him. It's for him.

No, no, no. I want you to read it.

Let's go inside.

Are you sure? Yeah.

My darling Thomas.

I hope you enjoyed these gifts.

Even in the wake of sadness and loss, there's room for whimsy and joy.

Life's too precious not to live every moment.

I hope these gifts have brought out the best in you.

Your humor, your strength, your compassion.

Let them remind you that even though we're apart, my love will always be with

you.

Take care of our girls for me, and Merry Christmas.

Ever yours, Marie.

I'm so sorry. Don't be silly, sunshine.

It's all right.

How did I get it so wrong?

I planned all this when she stopped treatment.

When she was going through all that and planning all this at the same time. She

was so mean.

That's your mother for you.

I can't believe I got it so wrong.

There were no names on the card. It was an easy mistake.

Not the gifts.

My whole life.

I mean, Dad, I have always thought that I needed someone to do romantic things

for me like you and Mom, but that's not what I needed.

I needed someone to do them for me.

That's right.

That's right.

Three! Liam?

Liam!

Are you... Liam, wait!

Just... Hi.

Hi.

What are you doing here? Where... Where... I thought you were leaving. Why

you not on the bus?

It's not my pot.

Oh.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to bring you this.

But also, I figured it out.

It's you.

It's been you the entire time.

I told you already, I did not send you the gifts.

I know.

Ever since...

I was a little girl.

I dreamed about an epic love story.

And I realized that the love story I've always wanted is right in front of me.

And I was too blind to see it.

You've been such a good friend. You've been a good friend for so long.

Yeah.

Just a friend.

A friendship is the most important thing.

I don't think any grand romantic gesture in the world could ever compete with

what we have.

I love you.

I've loved you for a really long time.

I love you too.

You look perfect.

Thank you.

What made you change your mind about the dress?

I just wanted something special.

It is the first day of our marriage.

Please be seated.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today It's an all -inclusive

and I think we're going to try windsurfing. He's going to try

going to lie on the beach and not have to think about maids and milking and

partridges and pears.

I'll see you guys in a bit. Hello,

Tom.

Merry Christmas. Thank you.

Oh, such a beautiful family.

So glad you could make it.

I wouldn't miss it.

Well, it was good seeing you.

You too.

Esther.

Would you like to dance?

Yes.

I'd love to.

I'm going to need to go real slow.

I know.

Ready?

Isn't this an amazing place for a wedding?

Gorgeous.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Maggie, have you met Scott?

We kind of know each other.

Well, you know, I think the dance floor is calling both your names.

Really? I think I hear it.

You want to dance?

Yeah.

It's a nice wedding.

I know.

I think the best weddings are the best thing ever.

Where's your romantic side, huh?

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you.

Miss Baker, may I have the honor of this dance?

I would love that. I thought you'd never ask.

Well, then, in that case... I love this song!

She has one week to find the perfect sleigh. Can I buy it? It would look

in the parade.

And no one to fix it up but her ex. Just let me help. Maybe. Come on.

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