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we are back with someone who can

seemingly do it all she is a lifestyle

guru do-it-yourself Wonder and real news

expert she can show you how to pull up

the perfect celebration and then make

sure you're not alone while doing it

Joanna Mulwray good morning and Happy

Holidays Merry Christmas

I'm so thrilled to be here good good

thank you for being here and I have to

say congratulations on your best-selling

book the love audit thank you it's a

great feeling to know the readers are

responding and dating and dating yes

this has some amazing practical thoughts

on finding and keeping love because love

is practical I truly believe that love

is work don't wait for love to find you

get out there and go find it

bold ideas well speaking of ideas I have

something I want to share with you guys

this is something you can do with that

special someone to show that you love

the holidays that's beautiful and

they're so easy and fun to make speaking

of couples we know that your boyfriend's

identity is a mystery but we want to

know what's in store for your Christmas

and what is his name Sarah Sarah there

will be snow and fun and lots of holiday

spirit

and there you have it finding love and

staying festive but the one and only

joanna Mulwray alright so get to see

usual you too thanks so much

okay okay miss Marie hi hi I'm Cameron

pet assistant nice to meet you let me

help you

thank you we haven't met

oh he's great busy though hey I'm

concerned about the author special it's

too broad I'd like to chat with him

about a New Year segment you all set

hangout and you can chat with that wings

done thank you

Oh what if we bought one second I got it

hi no I have another chance too

sweetheart I can't just leave you're

right

yeah okay I'll work on item 1712 one two

and three I really have to go okay well

we'll talk about how far behind in

points I am when I get home

what I can't he you're you're breaking

up with me

everything good

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yeah okay

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hey hey you're late

sorry my office said you were fantastic

as usual I had them DVR it so I can not

watch it and tell you what I think later

well I thought you were power lunching

somewhere on my behalf

well actually we should talk honey

I remember when you were just starting

out with crafty little at-home

get-togethers Joanna Marais my dear if

you are no longer just a name

you are brands okay you're being really

nice and it's scaring me your fans love

you can we get letters all the time

about how much more fulfilling their

lives are because of your blogs and your

books your best-selling books I'm I'm

good just do you want me to write

another Christmas book I want to make

you a star oh well let me just check my

schedule McAllen Entertainment the TV

producer the TV producer

I met with Dale McAllen their head of

development and production and he may

have mentioned that they think you might

be ready for your own show okay I'm

sensing a save the hug for later vibe

okay it's not a done deal all right then

love what you do but it's a three-step

process and it starts with your seminar

I'm sorry my wife they're sponsoring the

Christmas in the air festival and it

just so happens that they made another

speaker you'll give a quick talk on

finding love and using your strategies

okay some in our check up to the Collins

holiday gala will await the the gala the

one that's right up in magazines where

people clamor for an invite mm-hmm you

ever heard of it good because you'll be

planning it

wait that's in less than a week oh and

you also be a guest so we were clamoring

but that's on Christmas Eve details

details

Goldie it's non-negotiable okay they're

considering us to mere audition Joana

Marais using her skills creativity and

make it work in this to pull off their

event of the year and to show them what

you're made of so they can help you show

that to millions of television dials all

across America every single day hmm but

they're still step number three how

could it possibly get crazier mm-hmm

funny you should say that they want you

to attend with your my boyfriend oh wow

Wow okay I I can give a speech and I can

plan a party but how can I only people

think if they discover that the man who

checked every one of your boxes and your

foolproof guide to love don't you go

deep Brian and I broke up months ago and

honey we talked about this he just it

wasn't the right time to risk that

revelation when you were just launching

your book but let's face facts I mean

there are worse reasons to have to find

a boyfriend for Christmas yeah just

planning the party of the year giving a

seminar and finding love I'm not sure

Joanna Marie can do that

well I am

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to sweet or not too sweet mmm by all

means enjoy I'm saying Tom Rose you are

Joanne amore author romance expert

Christmas guru you familiar with my work

not really but I produced a segment mmm

I'm kidding

oh I know your work thank you for being

on the show today oh my pleasure

well sorry you go ahead well I just

wanted to say I really enjoyed I'm sorry

yeah my uh someone wanted me to remind

you of what a fan she is and say thank

you for all your great advice

Wow well that's very kind who was it

my ex-girlfriend can I amend my thanks

with uh sorry I'll play it safe and say

I've certainly had less eventful days

besides if I got into hot water saying

things to her sing them to the author of

the love audit won't leave me any points

I've created what some might view as a

love lifesaver while others see me as

more of the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving

who'd rather tell you why you're single

than just enjoy your dinner that's

actually not the worst one I've heard

but you know I I wanted people to know

that I think true love is more than just

a feeling more than a philosophy more

than points and checklists correct me if

I'm wrong here and I'm making a very

educated though not by an potentially

eavesdropping guess that your ex is

unhappy with your inability to follow a

certain author slash romance experts

slash Christmas gurus system of finding

and keeping true love there were signs

but never the dreaded B word breakup

kind of puts a kink in Christmas wow

what exciting things will you plan for

yourself is a silent movie marathon too

on-the-nose I'm so sorry

you look hot chocolate what is it about

the point system well I believe it's a

way for both sides to figure out what

they want and how to get it but by

giving of themselves so you do things

for your partner you get points to use

with each other for what you want or

need

you don't do things well thing you know

so it's a way for both sides to figure

out what they want and how much it's

worth I suppose but point systems and

checklists and perfectly romantic

romantic gestures

don't forget the forehead kiss exactly

every time I think I haven't figured out

there's something else yeah I try to

keep up but isn't it all too much to do

too much not to do too much pressure

whoo I thought Sun pack over cocoa

that's why I got us whipped cream

she was playing by your rules and

sometimes no matter how hard I tried and

I did try I I just felt like I was on

the bench so are you asking me how to

get back in the game with her no yes I

don't know actually and I bring this up

because Sarah mentioned it on the

segment this unseen mysterious man you

have in your life hmm

yeah this a pillar of perfection who

stands in direct contrast to flawed men

like me I guess like your readers are

apparently dealing with all based on

rules that according to Valerie now my

ex-girlfriend and according to you who

created them could be the beginning of

the end of a relationship right well my

question was there a question you sound

just like Valerie

or she sounds just like you I work hard

I've great friends I love my family I

get along with dogs and cats and kids

seem to think that I'm some sort of

jungle gym whatever happened to just you

know you like somebody you think that

they like you and you just go right up

to them and you ask will you be my

boyfriend

exactly wait what yeah it's um it's not

what you think and it was a long sordid

story but um I have a proposal for you

you're not just saying that because I

said I was gonna watch Christmas movies

alone you're me out ah McKellen

entertainment has expressed interest in

creating a show for me and uh as an

audition I have to give a seminar and

plan their annual Christmas gala but

they don't want to just get to know my

work they want to get to know me which

includes off to mention never seen

boyfriend exactly and you want me to

play said too often mention never seen

boyfriend it's complicated but yeah you

realize how wild this house I will make

you a deal

okay you agree to play the ever-loving

perfect forehead kissing boyfriend and I

will do everything I can to help you

understand the love audit so that you

can fix things with Valerie

it's only about a week okay I just I do

the seminar I am host mcallen I sign on

the dotted line and then when you and

Valerie are back in the throes of you

know love will break up and I will have

a press release drawn up Thanks

but the pressures of our careers put too

much strain on the romance and we've

decided to part ways but of course we'll

remain the best of friends and we ask

for privacy during this very difficult

time please

is that a yes what are you doing giving

you your first lesson it's a napkin it's

a love gesture all right you see a

napkin but the recipient sees that you

care and you are aware and I think

there's someone that you should be

giving that to also before I forget less

than one part to read thank you

give me your hand look I'm really sorry

there's there's no good way to say this

but hey I know if we're gonna do this

it's got to be believable and I think we

should start as soon as possible isn't

that right my little cabbage i I have

been reading the rules number was six

trillion and something give or take a

trillion a pet name shows your partner

that you know them understand them and

wants them great well we will start at

the seminar tomorrow partner partner

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I'm crazy this whole thing is crazy

right do you want my mom opinion or my

professional opinion it scare me you

start professional you've got this you

get to do what you love and share it

with the world and as my mother Oh

sweetie you're a mess I know your father

and I love you I love you too

he's cute though right goodnight mom

love you okay do this I can do this I

can't believe I'm doing this

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hi sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry

do you ever wear suit do you ever wear

jeans so this is where they relocated

the North Pole it's a fantastic event

all right let's get inspired

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Wow

it's pretty festive my little celery

stick right no keep trying don't you

like the stocking hung by the chimney

with care fits to everything a list

McAllen event is important its family

friends and colleagues but I want to

find a way to combine those aspects so

it doesn't feel either to business or

pleasure but this magical integration of

both maybe this will help we need to

work on your definition of health wait

you know I think your concept is amazing

might even be bigger than biggie pudding

do you always have to be so silly do you

always have to be so serious chewing it

does you man amore I saw you over there

and I thought I'd come say hello oh can

you sign my book I mean your book I mean

I'm happy to my name is Barbra and your

advice has completely changed my life

I mean I've practiced everything I made

my boyfriend do the love checklist we

figured out the point system he was a

bit behind but he totally mastered the

love gestures how wonderful please tell

me more you were right I'm allowed to

have my own deal-breakers even if they

are superficial to people

they're important to me as you said

should be important to me well I'm just

so happy to hear things have changed for

the better I mean I would have never

seen myself with them until he

completely transformed into a totally

different person but oh here you go

Barbara it was so nice to meet you thank

you okay speaking let's whoa well that's

one way to go for the record I would

never wear Cartland know the title

Christmas romance New Year's wedding

yikes sounds rough hey don't knock it

pay attention you and Valerie could be

planning a honeymoon you think Oh Ted do

your sweet sweet Ted watch and learn a

muffin note to self baked goods are on

the table

thank you so much for being here with me

today let's talk about love and how to

find it but more importantly how to keep

it by being here today you have

succeeded in taking the important first

step it's what you do next that's the

difference between Christmas turkey with

the future in-laws

or TV dinners at home alone

so that's why I have created the love

triangle evaluate concentrate designate

first evaluate your potential mates as

objectively as you can next you need to

concentrate on your romantic goals

finally you must designate what is

important to you and that means making

hard choices is this person really

fulfilling me if I don't like something

can I tell them and you have to ask

yourself what can I live with and more

importantly without because you are so

worthy of love

take a look around

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remember you don't succumb to loneliness

you conquer it

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thank you thank you bye ah

they were great really in tune don't you

think totally okay let's hear it I can

take it uh here what no you came you saw

I'd really like to hear what you think

okay well it felt a little surface cold

maybe yeah but if if things aren't

working out it's just move on without

trying to fix them you say that's the

path to love or marriage but maybe some

people might think it's selfish is

Valerie selfish for going for what she

wants that's different

she's different is she is it better to

not be honest with yourself or your

partner for the sake of a relationship

that isn't particularly going well I

just believe that people are perfectly

imperfect the flaws can be charming you

know and make you make you laugh make

you smile but you need that spark

imperfections also add up cause riffs

one person's charming flaws and others

irritating fail I just don't understand

why you think telling people to go for

the best is wrong because the best is an

illusion sometimes it's not the the

power suit but the pair of old jeans

with a rip in the seam and a hole in the

knee that the make you realize you're

comfortable with who you are and who

you're with comfortable as complacent

Joanna

Oh mr. McKellen hi Joanna Marais it is

such a pleasure to meet you call me

George please this is Ted um Rose my

boyfriend's pleasure to meet you sir

I am thrilled that you that the two of

you are gonna be joining us for our

Christmas Eve gala everyone at

McKellen's is very much looking forward

to what you're going to do to make it

special extra special we want the best

that Joanna murican offering decor music

food and that holiday feeling that only

you can bring

and frankly what you show to us we want

to show to everyone every day in their

living rooms across this country no

pressure

mr. Rick Alec George I am just so

thrilled with the opportunity to give

your event every bit of my passion and

ingenuity no perfect we're prepared to

have you both up tomorrow afternoon

great oh wow sounds fun oh I won't let

you down

Joanna it's been an absolute pleasure

I'm so excited about collaborating with

you very nice to meet you Ted you too

I'm looking forward to getting to know

both of you more yes us that's why I got

you sir great can't wait okay bye-bye

now

he's good what's wrong less than a week

to be perfect to be perfect okay we have

about 29 hours to learn enough about

each other to convince mr. McGowen that

we've been together forever and I'm not

a total fraud 29 hours yep well we

better get to work

dinner roll oh wow you're killing me

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all right home sweet home okay

I stand corrected the North Pole

relocated here right here you can tell a

lot about a person from their tree uh

this is my parents and me when I came

over Christmas the first year I left for

school y'all look happy no we were

christmas is a huge deal in my family we

have relatives flying in from all over

the place and my parents and I cook

there's kids and music ton of presents

how about you I'm an only child

the rest of my family is scattered and

my parents retired to the sunny side of

Florida they take this holiday cruise to

the Bahamas which doesn't exactly scream

winter wonderland to me yeah as a kid I

couldn't get enough of spending time

with family the lights the the snow the

big tree as I got older most of the time

was spent with friends in the city we

called ourselves holiday orphans and

then you know someone would get adopted

out when they found a new family to

spend Christmas with kind of like what

happened with you and her family is

great very open very loud but it was a

whirlwind catching up with people she

wanted to see running errands sometimes

I felt like it would have been really

nice just to have some quiet time with a

cocoa and a fireplace did you ever tell

her this no I

I don't know

well that brings us to our next lesson

Christmas cards they are a great way to

tell the people that you love that you

love them okay this one is for Uncle

Louie that's my mom's brother super nice

guy very funny museum curator

perpetually single you know my aunt

Joyce never married my dad's sister she

teaches history and she volunteers at an

antique shop maybe uncle Lou and aunt

Joyce should get together and go bowling

yes see interesting people find interest

in each other not everything the love

audit is so bad okay I think this is the

last one all right

this was all an elaborate ruse to get me

to help you with your Christmas cards

wasn't it you count me out I will

forgive you on one condition

name it

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nothing cider and cooking can fix all is

forgiven

Wow it's that easy your book is a little

too long okay I'm curious how did you

become johanna Moray Wow

I always loved crafting and baking

fixing things so I went to design school

and then I started this tiny little

business out of my living room where I

help people plan parties and family

gatherings Christmases and I realized

people wanted more than just how to

string perfect lights so I started

giving advice and they kept asking but I

met Goldie and the rest is history very

timely points I'm gonna open your eyes

to what it is Valerie wants what you

want and how to get it those things we

used to be so in sync

or so I thought and then Kyle don't give

up on Valerie just yet

remember you have a secret weapon hmm

okay where is it huh I think so I had a

good time thank you

well I should be thanking you it's not

every day you learn so much about the

boyfriend you've supposedly had for

years

oh yeah make sense

the stars are brightly shine

it is a night of our dear saviors birth

oh well you better get inside before too

much of this stuff Falls I make a pretty

mean snowball oh I hope to see the day

good night Joanna good night I'll see

you tomorrow

game time game time okay

go team tonight

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hey you ready yeah let's go over the

game plan we play couple I do business

I get show we break up when you say like

that it makes me wonder how anyone can

think romance is dead oh great this is

never gonna work

I mean how could I think this could work

no no this is gonna work does you know

how to make it work the things you do

are special because you're special you

wouldn't be here if you weren't you

really do have a lot of stuff I'm

looking for a book right now

why do you it's a finger book fortune

it's a trick my Nana taught me you let

the words speak to you hey this is my

fortune get your own a trick my auto

shop teacher taught me you took auto

shop never oh very interesting very

telling sure sure it's my message it's

my car manual okay if you must know what

the fates have in store for me

this vehicle may hydroplane while

driving at high speeds on a slick or wet

road perfect alright now whenever TV

gets you good to know you know I've

heard stories that ringing in the

doorbell can help or if you're really

old-school you can knock I'm thinking oh

I see you're willing George to throw

over the door and whisk us inside do you

ride a Ted come on you know they call on

it Wow

this is stunning I'm not decorated at

all the tree will go right there

I just Marty getting ideas I can't wait

to get started

I'm so glad another feeling this is the

start of something wonderful I couldn't

agree more please meet my head of

development dead production my son

dental Joanna more a brilliant creative

love expert the pleasure is certainly

life it's so nice to meet you hi I'm Ted

all right

Joanna's boyfriend haha I didn't know

who to expect you've been shrouded in

secrecy so this the perfect yet elusive

boyfriend we've run the figures on the

facts Joanna mores good business loyal

fans solid readership we want to turn

that into viewership and not only expand

your horizons shatter them jeez what

jeez she's the best yeah sure that

sounds truly incredible incredible and

doable your ad revenues increased year

to year and your awareness level among

prospective viewers is nothing short of

a dream no pressure no worries sorry I'm

just I'm so thrilled that you're

interested in me in my work

well now that Dells nicely laid the

groundwork what do you say we grab a

quick bite I'll have your things brought

in taken up and we can enjoy ourselves

that sounds wonderful

that would be darling darling right

follow me

you know what tell um could I have just

a moment of course daddy was right

through there

great okay be right there Davis a spud

okay what what was that for

it was that for what are you doing what

am i doing stop stop answering my

questions with a question okay you were

going to blow our cover and completely

derail this I don't like how Mr

three-piece suit is talking to you he's

so smart

robotic or he's an executive getting to

know a potential client Oh Joanna your

producer right you have to put people at

ease every day before you put them on TV

and there's a big difference between

talking to someone with respect and

talking to them like like okay dad I

appreciate this I do but we need this to

work over the way he talks and axes he's

so calculated so perfect as someone

jealous jealous

haha let me point out that I'm your

boyfriend

not really he's named after a computer

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okay okay

like we need to pull it together

together let's get back out there before

they think anything is going on just let

me get started on the gala and then we

will start on your in Valerie's romance

number two okay fine but I don't like

the way he's talking to you

what if I can't ascend to him yeah what

have you got was it this time

answering questions gosh okay

well Dell was quite a handful especially

at Christmas and don't let him tell you

otherwise I plead the fifth

and I kindly asked my father to as well

well in all fairness he did find an

outlet for his energies with the company

well you produce a wonderful content

it's really impressive thank you I think

Dell he worked hard well though I do

believe there are times when he prefers

his development reports to people you

always know where you stand with facts

and figures I'm a big fan of to-do lists

yeah but it's fun putting the show

together too you know wrangling the

elements being part of the little

moments that you don't expect right

pumpkin you know I'm I'm a big fan of

to-do list too and that reminds me

let's talk Gala dollar business ah I

would love to get started as soon as

possible I I have to admit given the

grandeur of the event I was a bit

surprised to see the house wasn't

decorated at all not even a tree my

mother took care of the interior mrs.

McKellen passed away early in the year

just after the holidays wasn't the

holidays until you heard her voice

echoing more Garland brighter lights

liebherr ornaments I'm so sorry for your

loss

our Santa base truly Thank You VL we

appreciate that and my dear she was

quite the fan of yours in fact your

being here is just as much of a request

of ours as it would be a wish fulfilled

for her well I don't know what to say

thank you well if you'd like to get

started no time like the present

follow me

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so here it is Ted that stand corrected

again the North Pole relocated here uh

yeah my gosh I can't believe how much

stuff is in here

oh it's also beautiful as as an office

vintage yeah my mother used to believe

in adding to her collection without ever

taking away you know she used to say the

Christmas of the past is its own

Christmas present that's for my first

book I'm so flattered she found anything

I said helpful well I'll leave you to it

great thanks Ellen no why don't why

don't you stay it would be much faster

with you as our guide of course

efficiency is key yeah why don't we just

take everything we can down adele

perhaps we can stage things in the main

hall I think that will be fine all right

well we better get nut cracking get it

nut crack okay after you Hey

you all right yeah I'm and you're so

much history here sir all of their

memories

you know what I'm better than fine I

think I just figured out my pain first

Christmas forever memories I'll leave

you to it

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where is he Valerie um not here

Cameron I got you this job

you owe me join them where I asked him

out and he must have said yes cuz it

took a few days off spend time with her

and then went to George Macallan's

managed to help her on a project didn't

now last of it here flower stuff my

mother ran the decorating staff like a

well-oiled machine and they'll of course

be at your complete disposal this event

was really as much my mother's as my

father's well hey you doing I don't

doubt it still today

ah sure

hey you can do this as you know how to

do this making moments and memories

besides it's never just business when

people are involved are you reading my

book okay I'm gonna leave you in your

notebooks to work up some Christmas

magic good night Joe okay

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season

you can feel it any air

is a reason

it's at a beyond their presence all

around the tree oh I see

Oh

babe

the magic

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Valarie just when were you gonna tell me

tell you what the secret to your

grandmother's rice pudding and you've

been dating Joanna Moray oh wow it's not

don't you bow me okay it's not what you

think

what are you even doing here you broke

up with me no no I stepped back

let me quote it's over we're through I'm

breaking up with you I need its space

you said all that because you needed

space what all of it yes probably when

you crowded our relationship with

another woman oh man stop that don't

tell me what to do we're doing what are

you doing were you going to give a

little advice of my own but she never

saw this coming in her love gestures

so where is she

let me explain ah believe me by all

means I can't wait to hear I was gonna

tell you earlier but everything happened

so fast these things usually do keep

your voice down please

okay what is going on down here

George Doe Joanna Ted Valerie oh well

now that we've established names can

anyone please tell me who this woman is

and why is she in my foyer of course

mr. McKellen this is you know my

assistant Jesus yep she is mm-hmm and

this is a funny story

Valerie was trying to reach Joanna to

get some things signed for Goldie that's

my agent

yes but the cell reception was not

working very well and she couldn't get

all of her so she took it upon herself

to drive all the way down here she's

such a go-getter but uh but she got lost

and that's why it's all and we're so

sorry yeah but here she is right it's

not right yeah we're so sorry about the

late-night intrusion and the slight

change of plans as long as things are

all sorted out mm-hmm in that case I

will bid you good night again good night

nice okay well yeah that's all settled

then

well we should get those paper signed

I'm sure Goldie wants them Seamus ap

she's been waiting yeah and we'll get

you back to this city as soon as humanly

possible

nonsense there's already a bedroom made

up next to Joy's stay the night it'll be

safer than driving home and that's no

thank you

how kind of you

okay yeah Valerie I will show you to

your quarters

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first of all Valerie it's very nice to

meet you I promise you none of this is

what it looks like that's exactly what

he said because it's true

Ted can I handle this I'm just actually

if you could step outside just a minute

be great okay here's what's really going

on

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I'm serious okay just let me say my

piece thank you so much

I can't believe you went out with

another woman just for me it's so insane

romantic and the fact that you Johanna

Moray would bother to take an interest

in Ted I'm right here and me to try to

help Oh Oh what can I say I think this

is a good stopping point all right if

you could just let those right there

perfect thank you good morning good

morning this is one of my favorite

Christmas memories there's nothing more

Christmas than making cookies I used to

love watching my mother baked with the

staff you know I'd always steal one

thinking she didn't see and she would

let me pretend things she didn't see

well you still want mine I will see you

okay you know we do have people to do

this oh I know and your staff has been

so helpful

I wouldn't inside and out but you know

some things you just want to do yourself

I try oh don't fight it this is new

territory for me

me and a cookie cutter could be

dangerous I have faith in you and

besides I made another batch just in

case so it helps if you think you're not

just making a cookie you're making a

memory it's okay to have a little fun

while you're doing it nice good morning

ah poor reindeer do you fall off the

roof yeah I guess I'm a little better at

banking than baking well I think it's

great uh and by the way I wanted to tell

you the music is set the menu is

confirms they're shipping the placards

and I have one more little surprise for

you guys when did you do all that well

efficiency is key remember good morning

Val you're here shouldn't you be hitting

the

it can wait but you didn't bring any of

your stuff right so I had a bag packed

of some things from my last trip I'm a

whiz adjusting to new and surprising

situations

besides Johanna doesn't mind her awesome

number one assistant helping out isn't

that right

how could I say no all right well I'm

just gonna finish up here I gotta get

these in the oven prep some pies and

then we'll get on the tree cutting

little call me old-fashioned but that's

usually how you get one from out there

in here I'm with the gorgeous smell of

fresh pine you can buy that you know

trees too Valerie sometimes it's nice to

do things the old-fashioned way it is

you know we have people to take care of

the tree as well no I know I'm one of

them

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what are you doing in my closet

you mean our closet my rooms just right

over there really isn't this the coolest

thing ever it's something yeah I'm just

gonna go get a handle on the tree oh I'm

coming with you we all are I think great

I can't believe you've never really

explored your property I can't get

enough of it hello Ellen Oh too small

I've probably seen more of your house

than you have and it records I'm just as

far back as I can remember I felt busy

you know most kids play tag and I played

TV producer like that thank for that but

it all worked out in the end this one

right here ah too wide sorry I want you

to know if I've really been enjoying my

time here things are moving more quickly

than I ever could have hoped I don't

know maybe it's a Christmas miracle

I don't know I've seen you with your

lists and notebook and schedules making

sure there's a place for everything and

everything in its place

I like that and a partner is someone I'm

working with was it complementing your

partner's

in itself a big compliment mm-hmm

chapter four check him out huh you got

it they're having a good time he's

probably talking to her about

spreadsheets least he's talking to her

talking was never our problem it was me

saying the wrong thing Joanna says that

Oh Valerie sometimes I wonder if maybe

that wasn't our problem Joanna says

maybe I needed to know what you were

thinking you know what you wanted just

because I was following advice from

someone else doesn't mean it wasn't what

I was feeling

whether Joanna says or Valerie thinks

it's still me

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nope

it's important to know that you're not

we're not just getting a tree and that's

no branches and needles so what are we

getting

um it's a symbol a greeting a Christmas

tree he should you know remind people of

their childhood I've cherished memories

she reflect the spirit of Christmas of

love and family and friends though is

still with us

those who have gone

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there there it is

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fairness

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this will certainly make a statement

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it's not even decorated yet that's the

best part it'll only get more beautiful

Oh things are already looking to you

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you made that didn't you

how could you tell I know that look who

knows you know I think that ornament

should go right here from Center right

yeah so make sure whenever you have such

an interesting way of looking at things

you know that's why I wanted you the

show you've opened my eyes to so many

more possibilities

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it's beginning to look a lot like

Christmas George hello steady pop in and

see how things are going I think

tomorrow you'll really see a

transformation I want you to know I'm

especially looking forward to the tree

it was one of my wife's greatest

achievements and considering she

followed your lead for many years I'm

sure it's in great hands I think so I

wouldn't make you any promises I can

keep right well goodnight goodnight well

I'd better get back to my work can

alleviate a horse

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hi Lin come in please

welcome to your first session it's a

little unorthodox but please have a seat

good morning okay

ah well today I want to work on some

core concepts respect love understanding

and passion it's important to talk to

your partner about these concepts but

since your communication hasn't been

great up to this point instead of saying

them to each other you'll be saying them

to me as if I was your partner I find

that sometimes the things you can't say

to someone's face are usually the most

honest Oh Valerie you're up first and

Ted if you could just look away

Thanks Thank You Valerie

Ted now tell me how you're feeling and

remember respect love understanding and

compassion all right fine

Ted sometimes I wish you would respect

the fact that all I'm asking you to do

is try a little bit harder to take

things more seriously and passion I just

love the love gesture is more than

napkin was a nice touch you could do

that more often and that's it you're

Cheng honey okay Ted you're up tell me

how it is you're feeling I just I want

you to look at me and see Who I am

inside

I'm not perfect

if I've learned anything it's that life

is not one big solid picture it's a

series of moments you know incredible

little slices of silly and serious that

affect you in ways that sometimes you

don't even understand and that's okay I

just want you to love those moments with

me no matter how big or small I want to

make you happy especially when you're

not and I want you to know that my

shoulders are strong enough to carry

your laughter and your tears that when

you come to a crossroads I'm gonna be

there to help guide you

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and that everything I do will shine a

light on how even in the harshest of

winters you are my infinite summer

I may not always succeed but I will

always try even if I am

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perfectly imperfect great work both both

of you sweetie no get there you just

have to really work the system we're

doing the tree today hey would you wanna

come you know I see I should head

downstairs there's a lot going on States

a little overwhelming

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hi

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Oh

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come in hi hi I'm kind of at a loss for

words

for the first time I feel like I don't

have control over every aspect of my

life and it's really freaking me out and

that's a bad thing not knowing exactly

how everything's gonna turn out type of

things you said today to Valerie to me

they really excited me but they also

really scare me because I don't know

what the future looks like I think we

need to break up and end this charade

right this whole thing's becoming a

disaster the illusion was supposed to be

fun and easy manageable at least you

can't control feelings that's the

illusion I'm not an expert and I figured

that out you wrote a book about it and

you still haven't you had this grand

plan but as you say you don't make plans

to break them you make them to be them I

not sure I know what that means but I do

know I can't pretend to be the perfect

boyfriend for you if I'm trying to be

the perfect boyfriend for Valerie

Ted is this really what you want it

don't you see you're you're on the cusp

of your dotted line you're gonna get

your show you're gonna do amazing things

and I think I've seen how Dell looks at

you I told you about at the moment he

saw you and seeing you two together you

with your philosophies and lists him

with his spreadsheets and savvy and

suits

it's a match made in if not heaven on

paper and it's more real than anything

you told me I was pretending to be for

you but it's fine you know you're free

now to pursue Dell Valerie and I'll

continue to work on whatever it is we're

working on George will be the road as he

ever was Joanna you deserve the perfect

boyfriend someone who thinks like you

someone who wants success like you you

can have that it's real and it's waiting

for you right outside it's a way away

well it sounds like you have it all

figured out I learned from the best

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you

what do you say we get out of here for a

little while so it's certainly been an

interesting few days in what way well

you came to organize our Christmas event

something we weren't sure could even be

done and somehow we ended up baking

cookies and talking about our past and

getting to know one another

I've been busy haven't I I'd say the

topper though is probably your

unorthodox assistant showing up late one

night unannounced that was the topper

there's something about her though I

can't put my finger on it in any case it

definitely hasn't been business as usual

look though

oh there's something that I should

mention that you should know Ted and I

aren't actually we're not things aren't

going well is that so yeah yeah I really

don't want to get into the details of it

but I want you and your father to know

that no matter what happens between him

and I it will in no way affect my

ability to produce the work with every

ounce of creativity and professionalism

that you are expecting of me I don't

doubt it

Joanna you are your work and your work

is you a really short time I've gotten

to know you through it so what is it

evaluate as ignite and concentrate yeah

if I'm honest I don't see Ted as being

the kind of guy that can follow those

rules

I mean how many points is he really

scoring doing the things you need and I

was able to put into practice any of

your tactics I should make it sound like

I wrote a military hand puck yeah

whatever it works right I'll get people

to step in line

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that's a lot of books we have a long

road ahead of us Ted we ever want to get

back to that perfect place we were in

you're gonna have to work at it but I'm

here to help

Ella WA the business of love it's

perfect I'm never gonna be good enough

for you am i it's more than breeding I'm

not ruling out seminars or therapy have

you ever tried hypnosis you're not

listening

you're right I am you can't even put

your socks on in the dark how are you

gonna hypnotize yourself no honey I've

seen it one blue one brown not a good

luck I mean no to listening to people

who don't even know me telling me how

and when to feel also that we can get

back to something that was not only

never perfect it probably never existed

what are you saying Ted no I think you

know don't foul me okay Valerie if we're

gonna do this if we're meant to be then

we have to find our way back there by

ourselves without the business of love

and without the love audit

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Johanna come on in join me sure I want

you to know and I would never say this

lightly the house has never looked

better in such a short time when mrs.

McKellen would be proud and so should

you that that means the world to me I

just I want this event to be perfect no

matter what no matter what that signals

to me something might be the matter kids

a good man I like his energy I like what

he's doing in his career here's a man on

the way up and I think I may even be

able to help lift him

oh my gosh that would mean more to him

than you know okay but I know make sure

that I tell him myself know that aside I

don't think I'm too far off by saying

you two have hit a rough patch yeah

actually you and Ted remind me a lot of

mrs. McKellen and I and I I don't want

to get myself in hot water here saying

this to an expert such as yourself but

have you spent more time around the Sun

and I like to admit sometimes love

doesn't have hard and fast rules all we

needed was each other

a hand to hold in our heart to love to

tell us what we already knew and what we

felt when I believe you feel for Ted and

what Ted feels for you because love for

my dear will always be a gamble but if

you take that chance and you lose how

could I not look at this relationship

through the lens of my own advice things

that I'm telling everyone else they

should be doing shouldn't I be doing

them too

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they with Ted he's he's always joking

around and and I'm serious

he's always dressed for the mall just in

a power suit he's always thinking about

what's happening right then in the

moment I'm I'm always thinking about the

future how in the world is that ever

gonna work I know who I am and what I

want yeah I I thought I did how can I

start something new at this point that

everyone else is gonna think is a lie

happiness is never a lie not to yourself

or others and you Resta question what

happens if you take a chance on love in

your lives I think that's the wrong

question for you I think the one we

should ask instead is what happens if I

never take a chance on love at all

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Oh Valerie hi are you looking for Ted

yeah I just needed to tell him something

I was going to get a snack it's been

kind of a strange day yeah that's an

understatement

look Valerie I hope you know I never

meant to do anything to hurt you or Ted

I know as you say good intentions are

not safe from complex execution I think

he's leaving and I think I'm okay with

that I don't know I think I think I've

been doing too much thinking to tell you

the truth you spend so much time with

someone looking for them to be what you

want instead of enjoying who they are

believe me I know do you also believe in

I guess like at first sight with someone

you don't really know is that crazy was

it wrong

I think it's wrong not to go for what

will make you happy like love interest

whatever my advice is to forget all my

other advice forget the scorecards the

suits go for the spark

I kind of like suits I'm not angry I

want you to know that I'm really glad

you're here

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time to eat time

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ah morning was just thinking about you

gotta get you some coffee oh no I'm fine

thank you

Adele I need to talk to you about

something wonderful I also have to lose

what's this the contract for your very

own show how you'd want to see it look

my father is way more into surprises

than I am so try to look just so when he

announces it my hunch is it'll be at the

gala in front of everyone so in terms of

scheduling we're gonna want to get

started on concept and development as

soon as possible in the new year I think

we'll also want to schedule some

meetings with marketing what is it did I

miss something yeah I thought you'd be

thrilled she'll know it's this is

incredible it's more than I ever could

have imagined but before we go any

further there's something that you

should know she's me okay here we go

Dell I don't think I've ever even been

in love the guy that I wrote about in my

book that was one of the version of what

I hoped for or what I wanted but not at

all the version I actually ended up with

and on that note that man was also not

Ted Ted and I were never actually in a

relationship I uh I just met him about a

week ago and I brought him here because

I wanted to prove to everyone myself

included that I was in fact an expert at

everything

I lied to a lot of people and I'm not

proud of it and I can't continue to do

it

so if that's the woman you're looking

for I'm sorry but daytime television

will have to survive it with one less

show unbelievable Jelena

that is amazing we are incredible yeah

you're not upset are you kidding you

just executed the most brilliant

marketing strategy I could picture the

billboards when love comes clean you can

tell the story in the pilot episode love

loss redemption your fans will heat it

up look Joanna you came here to do a job

and you've done it beautifully so

whether or not Ted is really your

boyfriend is irrelevant now because

we're in the business of Joanna Moray

dating or otherwise and frankly

otherwise is fine with me I have dinner

with me to discuss the show where as a

date it makes sense

it adds up you me us it's a partnership

tell I'm so sorry I can see how you may

have thought I was going in a different

direction with this but I'm not looking

for a business transaction I'm I'm

looking for love you know romance the

spark

I'm learning that that gut feeling is

more important than being a match made

on paper I can't say I'm not a little

bit disappointed a little embarrassed

but I can say that I still make deals

and yours is still very much on the

table don't pass this up because of my

misunderstandings it took a

businesswoman and person to let this go

don't let this be the one that got away

but well what about your father will he

feel the same way yeah I'll talk to him

I'm sure he'd be thrilled if you said

yes well thank you and

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yes

all right back to my spreadsheets well I

look forward to our working relationship

and I'll see you tonight at the gala

oh that that's my address

it is Johanna I had no idea it was just

hanging up and I didn't bring anything

fancy to wear because I didn't know

there was gonna be a party and when I

found out there is a party I got the

first thing I saw which was this dress

your dress and I can totally put it back

really

yes I I think that dress would look

beautiful on you you do stunning

I'd go as far as to say I I think that

dress was meant to be more about you but

only you where we have don't say a word

just come with me I'll handle this

know me

friend thank you very much for coming

good to see enjoy your studies enjoy

yourself Merry Christmas this is

incredible by the way if you've seen

your way around no I haven't heard I

believe she had one last thing to do

you look absolutely stunning about I

mean Valerie sorry

thank you you can call me Val but this

dress is actually what she couldn't wait

to wear all week are such an important

event

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ah George Dell I want to apologize

what never needs so sorry for delivering

on every promise and then some while

finding a way to do it all so

beautifully isn't that right Dale

without question well thank you both for

that for understanding for everything

would you accompany me to the main hall

I think it's time for my entrance I

would love to

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shall we

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thank you for doing this you did what I

thought might have been impossible

without halves in our hearts in my life

than I had ever dreamed remember when I

said one last surprise in store would

you mind following me I have something

I'd like to show you

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you've kept your wife's memory alive in

this house and in this event and that is

a very special gift you were brave

enough to share that with me so I wanted

to return the favor by allowing you to

share it with everyone else I haven't

seen that photo in over 30 years and

those are your guests on their first

Christmases this Christmas will always

be special because of you

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excuse me excuse me please mr. McCowan

would like to say a few words I want to

thank all of you friends family and

colleagues for taking the time to spend

another glorious Christmas Eve with us

tonight my beautiful wife Caroline is no

longer here she would have loved this

she believed in someone who helped my

son and I realized that she will always

live in our hearts so I'd like you to

join me in thanking the woman who is at

the helm of this incredible event and

who soon will be at the helm of her very

own television show where she will share

her gifts ladies and gentlemen the star

of living and loving joanna moro

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thank you

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we use them try the party so living and

loving huh I was thinking on my toes I

liked it and I believe we will do our

best to show everyone with the

television how to do both

you'll figure it out five days a week

although you might need a little bit of

help

yeah I wish dad were here to see this

where the news is

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precious miracles

nice tux yeah you like well they're not

jeans but you know baby stuffs I thought

I'd never get to see you again I was

afraid that you wouldn't want to Joanne

abysus

amazing you look amazing

I I did want to ask you when we first

got here what did your finger book for

should say you can tell me now follow

your heart

well that's good advice

and uh I have one very important

question for you Oh will you be my

boyfriend

for it was time absolutely for real

no lists no points just us then yes

absolutely yes

Merry Christmas Joanna Christmas Ted

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