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00:00:00For general audiences.
00:00:30That is my own desire to be high, high, high.
00:00:38This could be the best Christmas.
00:00:42Heaven, absolutely.
00:00:46Heaven.
00:00:49Hand in hand, Isabella and Roger run into the park, not two steps behind Dagmar.
00:00:55But when they get to the stone wall, two things happen at the same time.
00:00:59Doyle steps out of the shadows looking for a fight.
00:01:02And Isabella feels her kismet fading.
00:01:12That's it. Your exclusive sneak preview of book two.
00:01:17You're the first to ever hear it.
00:01:23I know, I know you're so eager for the next book, but all I can say is,
00:01:28it's coming soon.
00:01:29If I say any more, that man over there, my Agent Benny, will yell at me.
00:01:34She's right. I will.
00:01:37But, not all bad.
00:01:39Because, I have some very exciting news about the Isabella Christmas contest.
00:01:45So many of you guys wrote in, and I'm thrilled to announce that Sarah has chosen a winning letter.
00:01:52She'll be traveling to the winner's hometown to announce their name.
00:01:54So, people of New Britain, get ready, because Sarah Grace is coming.
00:02:00Yeah!
00:02:01Wow.
00:02:02New Britain, Maine.
00:02:03New Britain, Maine.
00:02:04New Britain, Maine.
00:02:05Okay, if anybody wants their book signed, come on up here.
00:02:09Yay!
00:02:10Yes!
00:02:11Yes!
00:02:12Hi!
00:02:13What's your name?
00:02:14Thank you so much.
00:02:15We've got a blast.
00:02:16Okay, I saw your face.
00:02:17What's with New Britain?
00:02:18How big of a problem?
00:02:19It's kind of a big problem.
00:02:20New Britain is my hometown.
00:02:21Sort of.
00:02:22You've never said anything about this before.
00:02:23Well, it ended badly.
00:02:24How badly?
00:02:25Are you sure you want to hear this?
00:02:26Oh, I think I need to hear every last juicy detail.
00:02:29It was Christmas.
00:02:30And like always, I went to my grandmother's in New Britain.
00:02:34I'm going to stop.
00:02:35I'm going to stop.
00:02:36I'm going to stop.
00:02:37I'm going to stop.
00:02:38I'm going to stop.
00:02:39I'm going to stop.
00:02:40I'm going to stop.
00:02:41I'm going to stop.
00:02:42You can stop.
00:02:43I'm going to stop.
00:02:44I'm going to stop.
00:02:45And like always, I went to my grandmother's in New Britain.
00:02:53I was a late bloomer, but I had a deep, deep crush on the boy next door.
00:03:00Ooh, I love where this is going.
00:03:04Miss Raylene, a kismet cookie? I thought you were married.
00:03:08Wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you saying kismet cookies are real?
00:03:11Benny, I'm telling you this story once. You can listen, or you can interrupt.
00:03:16Sorry, sorry. Keep going.
00:03:18I'll have you know this cookie is for my niece, who can't see a good man if he's standing right in front of her.
00:03:25What Raylene means is she's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong again.
00:03:29What about you, Miss Patsy? No cookie for you?
00:03:32Sarah Collins, you just arrived already with the sass.
00:03:35We missed you, Sarah. Now get inside. Your grandma Mia's been baking all day, and she needs you.
00:03:40Okay.
00:03:42Oh! Hey!
00:03:44What?
00:03:46Sounds like you need some silicone spray on those hinges, Sarah Bear.
00:03:50You know what? You could stop calling me that at any time, because I knew it was a dog, not a bear.
00:03:55Oh, sure you did. That's why you broke the land speed record getting inside screaming,
00:04:00Bear! Bear! Bear!
00:04:02You done?
00:04:04How's your bestseller going?
00:04:06Oh, it's, you know, whatever.
00:04:10Well, if you need any help brainstorming ideas, just holler at me, okay?
00:04:15Okay.
00:04:17Wait, no way. You're selling Night Runner.
00:04:20Yep.
00:04:22Time to grow up, get something a little more practical.
00:04:25You grow up.
00:04:27That'll be the day.
00:04:28Hey, Sarah Bear!
00:04:33I'm on to you, Travis Walker.
00:04:46Grandma Mia!
00:04:48Oh!
00:04:48Hello!
00:04:49Oh!
00:04:51Welcome home, darling!
00:04:53Oh!
00:04:54Merry Christmas!
00:04:58Oh, Merry Christmas!
00:05:01Okay, well, don't just stand there and get yourself an apron and help me with all of this.
00:05:05Okay.
00:05:06Oh, you can start by taking those out and put the fresh ones in.
00:05:09Okay.
00:05:10Have you called the police? Because this place looks like a crime scene.
00:05:13Oh!
00:05:14You know that it's only on Christmas Eve that my kitchen looks like this.
00:05:18Okay.
00:05:22How long do I set the timer for?
00:05:23Read the recipe.
00:05:27The recipe says take them out when they seem done.
00:05:30That's right. You know how this works.
00:05:33The kismet doesn't happen unless you really believe in the magic.
00:05:36Oh, no, no, no. Don't pee.
00:05:41It was your heart, not your eyes.
00:05:43Okay.
00:05:44Sorry.
00:05:46I saw Travis on my way in.
00:05:48No.
00:05:48Did he tell you his news?
00:05:50Yeah.
00:05:50I can't believe he's selling it.
00:05:52That car's like his baby.
00:05:56I'll get it.
00:05:57Oh?
00:05:58Hi, I'm Helen.
00:06:05Hi, I'm Mia, and this is my granddaughter, Sarah.
00:06:09Are you here for a kismet cookie?
00:06:12I guess so.
00:06:13My friend Angie says, I don't know, I'm not a big believer in this kind of stuff.
00:06:19Well, why don't I tell you the legend, and then you can decide for yourself.
00:06:23Okay?
00:06:24Come on in.
00:06:24So, a hundred years ago, my great-grandparents moved here, and they bought this house.
00:06:31And before long, there was a wealthy man in town who wanted to marry their daughter, my Nana Sue.
00:06:38Now, the man was very nice, but Nana Sue didn't love him.
00:06:42And Nana Sue promised her answer by Christmas.
00:06:45And on Christmas Eve, she bumped into this wall and discovered this hidden cabinet.
00:06:50And inside, she found the recipe for kismet cookies.
00:06:55It said if you follow the recipe exactly, you'll dream of your true love.
00:06:59So she made the cookies, and she wrapped one and put it under her pillow, just like the recipe told her to.
00:07:05And that night, she dreamt about the grocer in town who always made her laugh.
00:07:09So the next morning, she marched into town, and she knocked on his door, and she wanted to know if he had anything to say to her.
00:07:15And it turns out, he did.
00:07:18He'd always loved her.
00:07:20But he didn't think he could compete with the wealthy man.
00:07:23So then, two weeks later, they were married.
00:07:25My Nana Sue and my Grandpa Joe.
00:07:29And ever since then, the cookies have worked.
00:07:33Okay.
00:07:33I'm sold.
00:07:37It goes under my pillow?
00:07:39Uh-huh.
00:07:39Tonight.
00:07:41You'll see.
00:07:42Mm-hmm.
00:07:42What's Travis up to out there?
00:08:07Nothing.
00:08:07I don't know.
00:08:08Just, I guess, fixing my car.
00:08:09Well, um, this is the last kismet cookie of the year.
00:08:15Grandma, are you looking for love?
00:08:17Oh, no, honey.
00:08:20No.
00:08:21You know your grandpop was my one and done.
00:08:24The cookie just helps me dream about him.
00:08:26I wish you'd let me try it.
00:08:28Oh, I know you do, sweetheart, but it's too soon.
00:08:35And this is the time of your life when you should be writing about crushes and sweeping romantic stories in your journal.
00:08:43Besides, it doesn't matter.
00:08:45We've given away all the other cookies.
00:08:50Tomorrow's Christmas.
00:08:51Oh, my God.
00:09:51Oh, Sarah, Merry Christmas.
00:09:56What would you like for breakfast?
00:09:57I can make any.
00:09:58Don't be mad.
00:09:59But I saved a kismet cookie for myself.
00:10:01I put it under my pillow last night.
00:10:04And I know who my true love is.
00:10:08Sarah.
00:10:09Sarah, wait!
00:10:19Travis.
00:10:19Hey, Sarah, what are you doing here?
00:10:22I need to tell you something.
00:10:23Can it wait?
00:10:24You know the kismet cookies?
00:10:26Yeah.
00:10:27Yeah, well, last night I put one under my pillow.
00:10:29I know I wasn't supposed to, but I did.
00:10:31And I dreamt about you.
00:10:33And that means that you're my true love and we're supposed to be together.
00:10:36And I know how that sounds, but I...
00:10:38You're getting married?
00:10:42I'm sorry, I should have told you, but this is a good day for me, okay?
00:10:52Be happy for me.
00:10:53Sarah?
00:10:55Sarah?
00:11:00I'm sorry, honey.
00:11:01Oh, Sarah, I understand.
00:11:10I do.
00:11:10And I hate that it broke your heart, but...
00:11:13Be absolutely sure that you don't believe in the kismet anymore before you do that.
00:11:18So, kismet cookies are real?
00:11:34No, clearly they're not.
00:11:36It's a fairy tale I believed in as a kid.
00:11:38And it gave me the idea for the book, but instead of predicting love in the book, the cookies turn you into a mini-superhero.
00:11:44Because that's what I needed to be at the time.
00:11:46Strong and confident.
00:11:47So, what happened the next time you saw the boy next door?
00:11:51Oh, I didn't.
00:11:53My dad got there soon after.
00:11:54I begged him to take me away, so we went to a ski lodge.
00:11:57Grandma Mia says they moved to Florida a few years ago.
00:12:00And you haven't been back to New Britain since?
00:12:03No.
00:12:04Okay.
00:12:05As your agent, I'm going to advise you never to tell this version of the kismet story to anyone.
00:12:10Can we please pick a new winner?
00:12:12No, it's too late.
00:12:14We've already told the mayor of the town he wants to announce it at some Christmas in the park thing.
00:12:18Dickens.
00:12:19Huh?
00:12:20Dickens in the park.
00:12:21A Christmas carol.
00:12:22Dickens.
00:12:23New Britain.
00:12:24Get it?
00:12:24Everyone dresses up.
00:12:26Love that.
00:12:26Wait.
00:12:28Do they know that Sarah Grace, the author, is really Sarah Collins?
00:12:32Well, I haven't told anyone, so unless Grandma Mia has...
00:12:35Grandma Mia doesn't tell anyone anything, clearly.
00:12:37Perfect.
00:12:38So there's no problem.
00:12:40You can go do the Dickens thing on Saturday.
00:12:44You can head over to Grandma Mia's place, lock yourself in.
00:12:47She can feed you, and you can crank out book number two.
00:12:51I know, I know.
00:12:52First draft by January 3rd.
00:12:54Don't make it sound unreasonable, my friend.
00:12:56They have given you two very generous extensions.
00:12:58And I'm close.
00:13:00I swear, I'm 80% done.
00:13:01I just need to figure out the ending.
00:13:37Sarah, is that you?
00:13:43Oh, my gosh.
00:13:45Thank you, and thanks again for keeping this low-key.
00:13:50What?
00:13:51Is that our girl?
00:13:53Look at you.
00:13:54So many years.
00:13:56Oh, my God.
00:13:57You've got to come by the candy shop and see all the changes I made.
00:14:00And I haven't been able to tell any of my customers I know the great Sarah Griggs.
00:14:05Oh, my God.
00:14:06And you know how hard it is for me to keep a secret.
00:14:09I've been in such a state.
00:14:11You, I mean, no.
00:14:12It's officially a time capsule.
00:14:24It's officially a time capsule.
00:14:24Sarah, get dressed.
00:14:47We're leaving soon.
00:14:48Here we go.
00:14:50Oh, my gosh.
00:14:52Oh, wow.
00:14:54Oh, it looks incredible.
00:14:56It's exactly the same.
00:14:58We're here.
00:15:00We couldn't get my hat to stay on.
00:15:02It kept flying off like a frisbee.
00:15:05So, are you ready for this?
00:15:07Me?
00:15:07No, I'm never ready.
00:15:08No.
00:15:09But my alter ego is Sarah Grace.
00:15:10It's just fine.
00:15:12Oh, which reminds me, I need to take a photo for Benny.
00:15:14Oh, oh.
00:15:15Everybody get in.
00:15:17It's Patsy.
00:15:18Get in there.
00:15:22I bet.
00:15:23Okay.
00:15:24Is that Mary Shiblett?
00:15:26Oh, yes.
00:15:27That's our mare.
00:15:29Right, Patsy?
00:15:32Hello, hello, hello, ladies and gents.
00:15:36Okay.
00:15:37Cover me.
00:15:39Go next.
00:15:39Okay.
00:15:40Merry Christmas.
00:15:42And now the moment you've all been waiting for.
00:15:45Here she comes.
00:15:47Sarah Grace, author of Isabella's Kismet Cookies.
00:15:54So excited to have you here.
00:15:57And you came all dressed up.
00:15:59Of course.
00:16:00Thank you so much for the warm welcome.
00:16:01I'm so pleased to be here.
00:16:03Oh, is that what I think it is?
00:16:07It is.
00:16:09As you know, children from all over the country wrote in telling me about projects they wanted
00:16:14to do that reflected Isabella's spirit.
00:16:17And the winner's name is in this envelope.
00:16:22Would you do the honor?
00:16:24I would love to.
00:16:28Are you ready?
00:16:28And the winner is...
00:16:32Jasmine?
00:16:34Jasmine?
00:16:35Yes!
00:16:35Come on over here.
00:16:40Hi, Jasmine.
00:16:41I loved your letter.
00:16:42And your book project sounds like it embodies everything I hoped Isabella would mean for kids
00:16:47your age.
00:16:48I love you so much!
00:16:52Jazzy's...
00:16:52Jazzy's had her fingers crossed ever since we found out the winner was from New Britain.
00:16:57Father Christmas is my dad.
00:17:01Sarah Grace, Jazzy, would you be willing to pose for a picture for our local paper?
00:17:06Of course, Jasmine.
00:17:08Wait, do you go by Jazzy?
00:17:10Yeah.
00:17:11Oh, you first, Jazzy.
00:17:12Oh, come on!
00:17:13Let's go!
00:17:13Okay.
00:17:14Okay.
00:17:15Okay.
00:17:15Okay.
00:17:15Okay.
00:17:27Settle in.
00:17:33All right, cameras over here for the Christmas.
00:17:35Okay.
00:17:36All right.
00:17:37And everybody say Merry Christmas!
00:17:40Merry Christmas!
00:17:42Yes!
00:17:43Thank you, Sarah Grace.
00:17:44Thank you, Jazzy.
00:17:46Thank you, Jazzy.
00:17:47Oh, thank you.
00:17:48Oh, thank you.
00:17:49Oh, thank you.
00:17:53I remember that smile.
00:17:54Hey, Sarah, Beth.
00:18:05Sarah?
00:18:07Sarah?
00:18:07Oh, Sarah, please don't leave.
00:18:11You said you'd stay for Christmas.
00:18:13And you said they were in Florida.
00:18:15No, I said Mr. and Mrs. Walker were in Florida.
00:18:18Can you split that hair any finer?
00:18:21Sarah?
00:18:21Uh, Sarah, I realize you're still upset, but darling, it was a lifetime ago.
00:18:27If it makes you feel better, Mia didn't even tell me about the wedding either.
00:18:32I get not telling Maylene, but me.
00:18:34Say what now?
00:18:35Sarah, wait.
00:18:37It was Travis's story to tell, and he should have told you.
00:18:40He had a lot on his mind and probably had no idea you were nursing a little crush on him.
00:18:45Okay.
00:18:46Plus, I didn't expect you to hide that cookie, and it's all in the past, darling.
00:18:50And this year, more than any other year, I want to have Christmas in this house.
00:18:54What do you mean, more than any other year?
00:18:57Come in.
00:18:59Sarah!
00:19:00Oh.
00:19:02Where'd you go so fast?
00:19:03I can't believe we're neighbors.
00:19:05We are.
00:19:07Wow.
00:19:08You know that's news to me, too?
00:19:09Yeah, I bought the place for my parents when they retired.
00:19:12It was just the easiest thing for all of us.
00:19:15Right.
00:19:15Is that yours?
00:19:17Are you leaving already?
00:19:20Um.
00:19:26No.
00:19:27No, um, I haven't unpacked yet.
00:19:29Yeah, I have to carry this upstairs.
00:19:32I can help you.
00:19:33Oh, you are.
00:19:34Jazzy, Jazzy, I got that.
00:19:36You take the little one.
00:19:37There you go.
00:19:38It's...
00:19:39It's really unnecessary.
00:19:47Okay.
00:19:50Roasted chestnuts still your favorite?
00:19:53They are.
00:19:56Go ahead.
00:19:57You can ask her.
00:19:58Ask me what?
00:20:00Would you help me with a book project?
00:20:02The one that I wrote to you about?
00:20:04Books for kids?
00:20:05That's one of my favorite things.
00:20:07I go to the library every week.
00:20:09Did you used to go there when you lived here?
00:20:11The library?
00:20:13All the time.
00:20:14But I didn't live here, Jazzy.
00:20:15I just visited for Christmas and in the summers.
00:20:18I stayed here with Grandma Mia,
00:20:19and because she was a teacher, we had the same time off.
00:20:22Where was your mom?
00:20:24She died when I was very young.
00:20:27Jazzy, remember that conversation we had about other people's business not really being yours?
00:20:32Sorry.
00:20:35That's okay.
00:20:36Hey, do you want to show me the way to your project?
00:20:38Yeah.
00:20:39Okay.
00:20:42When you were little, did you and my dad play together?
00:20:45Sometimes, but your dad is a lot older than I am.
00:20:48Hey, four years is not a lot older.
00:20:50It's a lot.
00:20:51He looks way older than you.
00:20:53He does, doesn't he?
00:20:54But to be fair, the beard isn't helping.
00:20:56Yeah.
00:21:00Too early for wine?
00:21:02That's a rhetorical question, right?
00:21:04Red or white or both?
00:21:06Yeah.
00:21:08Come on, everything's up here.
00:21:11Sarah?
00:21:12Um.
00:21:15Nice save with the suitcase.
00:21:18But I get it.
00:21:20I don't blame you for wanting to leave.
00:21:21I'm sure this was all a bit of a surprise to you.
00:21:25But thank you for staying.
00:21:27It means a lot.
00:21:30To Chazzy.
00:21:36Chazzy's mom?
00:21:38Oh, well.
00:21:39Come on, you two!
00:21:41Okay, just a second.
00:21:42Just gotta get out of these scratchy Father Christmas duds.
00:21:45Thanks.
00:21:54What?
00:21:54What?
00:21:58It's not looking like that.
00:22:01Let me try it.
00:22:03Have a look.
00:22:04What do you think?
00:22:08Runway model, hmm?
00:22:10Gorgeous.
00:22:11Oh, it looks better on you, even.
00:22:14Daddy, when you were little, did you really let a skunk in the house?
00:22:18I sure did.
00:22:19Right through the front door.
00:22:21Why?
00:22:22Beats me.
00:22:23Who knows why eight-year-old boys do anything.
00:22:26The skunk was on the front porch.
00:22:27I opened the door.
00:22:29Strolled right in.
00:22:30And that skunk was the worst thing I've ever smelled in my entire life.
00:22:34But that wasn't our only close encounter with nature, was it, Sarah Bear?
00:22:39Why do you call her that?
00:22:40Hey, let's work on your project first, and then we can tell more embarrassing stories.
00:22:45Okay.
00:22:45Okay, if I remember from your letter, your project makes it easy for families to donate books at Christmas.
00:22:52Yep, it's called Let's Read a Christmas.
00:22:54Good name.
00:22:55The kids of New Britain donate books to kids from our sister city who aren't as lucky.
00:22:59They don't have a huge library like we do.
00:23:02And what are these ornaments we're cutting out?
00:23:04Kids decorate them and put the name of their gift book on the back.
00:23:08And then they hang them on the Christmas tree in the community center.
00:23:11Families can pick one.
00:23:12Or two.
00:23:14Or three.
00:23:14And buy the book to donate.
00:23:16The books get wrapped and donated on Christmas Eve.
00:23:18And who's wrapping all these books?
00:23:21Well, Jazzy is very good at volunteering my time.
00:23:24I noticed that, Father Christmas.
00:23:26Mm-hmm, exactly.
00:23:27And where are you getting all the books?
00:23:28Are you working with Miss Raylene?
00:23:29Mm-hmm.
00:23:30Miss Raylene's already picked up a bunch of the most popular titles,
00:23:33and she'll grab some more when she finds out what the kids ask for.
00:23:35And she's selling them all at cost, which is great, so...
00:23:38Well, I can talk to my agent, Benny.
00:23:41I'm sure he can overnight a stack of books.
00:23:43Really?
00:23:44That would be great.
00:23:45Well, it's good to be Sarah Grace.
00:23:48Do the book people know your real name?
00:23:50They do.
00:23:51But why do you use Sarah Grace instead of Sarah Collins?
00:23:55Oh, um, when people ask me that, I tell them that Sarah Grace just sounds more elegant.
00:24:02But the truth is, I first had the idea for the book when I was only 17.
00:24:07And I was very awkward.
00:24:11No.
00:24:11Very lonely, and I just wanted to be someone else.
00:24:18Someone who went through life with a lot more grace than I did.
00:24:21So I created an alter ego so I could pretend to be someone who was confident and funny and graceful
00:24:28and just not at all lonely.
00:24:32But why are we alone?
00:24:34A lot of reasons.
00:24:38But here's the funny part.
00:24:40It all worked out.
00:24:41And without it, I never would have written Isabella.
00:24:51I am not making this up, Benny.
00:24:54So the boy next door is still next door.
00:24:58Is he still breathtakingly handsome?
00:25:00Even more so.
00:25:01Oh, and you'll never guess who his daughter is.
00:25:04Stop.
00:25:05The contest winner?
00:25:07Ding, ding, ding.
00:25:09Of course she is.
00:25:10Well, this just gets better and better.
00:25:13I'm gonna need to see pictures.
00:25:15No, I cannot make that promise.
00:25:18All right, I gotta go.
00:25:20All right, well, I'm here if you need me.
00:25:21Bye.
00:25:23Would you like to stop at Patsy's shop with me?
00:25:26Is that even a question?
00:25:28Oh, yes.
00:25:29Screw that.
00:25:30Oh.
00:25:31Oh, it looks exactly the same.
00:25:37Mm-hmm.
00:25:38And everything tastes just as good as it always did.
00:25:41Well, I don't know if I trust you on that.
00:25:43I think further testing might be required.
00:25:45Oh.
00:25:49Chocolate peppermint fudge.
00:25:50I tweaked my wrist at New York's Christmas.
00:25:54Mm.
00:25:55This one may be my favorite yet.
00:25:58Oh, darling, you have said that about every one.
00:26:01And I've meant it.
00:26:03Miss Patsy, nothing compares to your candy.
00:26:07Come on, spill.
00:26:08What's your secret?
00:26:09Oh, that's easy.
00:26:10I use the best chocolate, real vanilla,
00:26:12and, of course, my secret ingredient.
00:26:16What's your secret ingredient?
00:26:19Love.
00:26:20Love?
00:26:22That's your secret?
00:26:24Yes.
00:26:25Love.
00:26:26When people cook or bake these days,
00:26:28they've got to do it as fast as possible
00:26:30so they can get to the 20 other things that need doing, right?
00:26:34No, but not Patsy.
00:26:35She has a close personal relationship
00:26:37with everything she makes,
00:26:38especially the fudge.
00:26:40Well, there is love in this cookies and cream.
00:26:42I can tell you that.
00:26:44Believe me,
00:26:45if there's no love,
00:26:46there's no magic, honey.
00:26:48Mm.
00:26:49Just like the kismet cookies.
00:26:52Well, that and the fact that there's,
00:26:53you know, something a little mysterious
00:26:55about you columns women.
00:26:58Or maybe magic just doesn't exist.
00:27:01Honey,
00:27:02just because you had a dud batch
00:27:03doesn't mean that other people
00:27:05haven't found true love.
00:27:07Maybe you were just too young,
00:27:08or maybe
00:27:09because you weren't exactly honest
00:27:11with your grandma,
00:27:12you neutralized the magic somehow.
00:27:15Well, whatever happened,
00:27:16it's gone now.
00:27:18So, uh,
00:27:19are you two ready to meet Raylene
00:27:21for a little tea time?
00:27:22Mm-hmm.
00:27:23God bless us, everyone.
00:27:25Very dicky.
00:27:26I think.
00:27:28All right, ladies.
00:27:30Let's hear it.
00:27:31What is the dumbest thing
00:27:32you ever did for love?
00:27:34Sarah, you could sit this one out
00:27:35because we already know
00:27:37about you already.
00:27:38Oh, everyone's favorite
00:27:39wedding pressure, that's me.
00:27:41Okay, I went up to a boy
00:27:43that I barely knew
00:27:44in front of his friends,
00:27:45and I told him
00:27:47that he's going to marry me
00:27:48because I put a cookie
00:27:50under my pillow
00:27:51and then I had a dream about you.
00:27:53I remember that.
00:27:54But that same move
00:27:55didn't exactly work for me.
00:27:56Well, these cookies
00:27:57don't come with a guarantee.
00:27:59I don't think I've ever
00:28:00done anything really stupid
00:28:01for long.
00:28:02What?
00:28:03Don't worry about that.
00:28:05There's still time.
00:28:06Yeah, all right.
00:28:07Hello, ladies.
00:28:09Oh, hi.
00:28:11Speak of the devil.
00:28:13Sarah Grace,
00:28:14you're just who I've been looking for.
00:28:16I come hat in hand
00:28:17to ask if you would mind
00:28:18being part of our
00:28:19holiday scavenger hunt tomorrow.
00:28:21Scavenger hunt?
00:28:22Oh, yes.
00:28:23You could be the answer
00:28:24to one of the clues.
00:28:25Yeah.
00:28:25People get a list
00:28:26of riddles to solve,
00:28:28and then they take a picture
00:28:29of the answer,
00:28:30and the first person
00:28:31to take all the correct photos wins.
00:28:33Fun.
00:28:33I'd love to help.
00:28:34Where should I hide?
00:28:36Well, my bookstore
00:28:37isn't on the list yet.
00:28:39Perfect.
00:28:40Can you be there at 10?
00:28:41Absolutely.
00:28:43Oh, Albert,
00:28:44before I forget,
00:28:45I've got your favorite
00:28:47cookies and cream.
00:28:51It's, uh...
00:28:53I really need to figure out
00:28:55a way to pay you back
00:28:56for all the sweets you give me.
00:28:57Oh.
00:28:58Maybe you could invite her
00:29:00to dinner?
00:29:06All righty, then.
00:29:07See you at the
00:29:08scavenger hunt tomorrow.
00:29:10See you.
00:29:12Oh, Maxi.
00:29:14Guys?
00:29:14Stop it.
00:29:16We have a definite
00:29:17maybe.
00:29:18To the dinner.
00:29:19Dinner.
00:29:24In my defense,
00:29:26Jazzy,
00:29:26it was very dark,
00:29:28and Boomer was
00:29:29a large black dog,
00:29:30so he looked
00:29:30just like a bear,
00:29:32and he was running
00:29:33directly towards me.
00:29:35Jazzy,
00:29:35I have seen
00:29:36Olympic qualifying track meets
00:29:37where people did not run
00:29:38as fast as Sarah did,
00:29:39okay?
00:29:40Is that where you got the idea
00:29:41for the bear character
00:29:42in Isabella?
00:29:43It sure is.
00:29:45I can't wait for you
00:29:46to finish the next
00:29:46Isabella book.
00:29:48You and me both.
00:29:52Hey!
00:29:53Who's that?
00:29:53She's new in town.
00:29:55I'm gonna go say hi.
00:29:57Do you know who that is?
00:30:00You don't suppose
00:30:00she's telling her
00:30:01that I'm Sarah Grace
00:30:02and my grandmother
00:30:02looks across the street.
00:30:04Probably,
00:30:05seeing as how she's told
00:30:06everybody else in town.
00:30:08You know,
00:30:09maybe you should start
00:30:10wearing sunglasses,
00:30:12and then I could walk
00:30:13in front of you
00:30:14and be like,
00:30:15excuse me,
00:30:15excuse me,
00:30:16Miss Sarah Grace
00:30:17has no comment
00:30:18at this time.
00:30:20That would be perfect.
00:30:21That would be really good.
00:30:22Okay.
00:30:28So,
00:30:29Jazzy
00:30:30has been writing
00:30:31Isabella stories.
00:30:33Dad!
00:30:34What?
00:30:35Look,
00:30:35I'm just glad
00:30:36that someone's giving
00:30:37Isabella some new adventures.
00:30:39Is that okay?
00:30:40To write stories?
00:30:41I mean,
00:30:42no one else reads them.
00:30:44Of course!
00:30:45It's called fan fiction.
00:30:47I used to write a lot of it
00:30:48when I was your age,
00:30:49especially about
00:30:49my favorite book.
00:30:50A Wrinkle in Time.
00:30:53Sorry,
00:30:53how do you remember that?
00:30:55I was your sounding board,
00:30:56remember?
00:30:57Well,
00:30:57yeah.
00:30:59When Sarah would get stuck,
00:31:01we'd go to the end
00:31:01of the pier
00:31:02and just talk the story out.
00:31:04Spent a lot of time
00:31:05brainstorming.
00:31:07Did you help
00:31:08write stories?
00:31:09Me?
00:31:09No, no.
00:31:10I just listened.
00:31:12That's not true.
00:31:13You gave suggestions sometimes.
00:31:14Yeah,
00:31:15but you would never take them.
00:31:16Oh,
00:31:16I didn't say
00:31:17they were good suggestions.
00:31:19Wait,
00:31:19how do you know
00:31:20that I never took them?
00:31:22Because I read
00:31:23every single one
00:31:23of your stories.
00:31:25What?
00:31:26Yeah,
00:31:26don't you remember
00:31:27you kept them in a notebook
00:31:28in that tree
00:31:29in the backyard?
00:31:30You mean the book
00:31:32marked private,
00:31:33keep out,
00:31:34especially Travis?
00:31:35That's the one.
00:31:37I thought you meant
00:31:38some other Travis.
00:31:40Oh.
00:31:41Oh,
00:31:42I see.
00:31:42Uh-huh.
00:31:47Sarah,
00:31:47are you coming
00:31:47to the scavenger hunt
00:31:48tomorrow?
00:31:49Well,
00:31:49I'm in the scavenger hunt,
00:31:51so I'll see you there
00:31:51if you can find me.
00:31:55All right,
00:31:56kiddo,
00:31:56it's getting pretty late.
00:31:57Why don't you head home,
00:31:58get into some PJs,
00:31:59and I'll be right there,
00:32:00okay?
00:32:01Can we have book time?
00:32:03One chapter.
00:32:03Look both ways
00:32:07when you're crossing
00:32:08the street.
00:32:08Got it, Dad.
00:32:09You see that every time.
00:32:13When she started
00:32:14reading on her own,
00:32:15we kind of missed
00:32:15our nightly book time,
00:32:16so now we read
00:32:18side by side.
00:32:20That is unbearably sweet.
00:32:23Yeah,
00:32:24but we blow through books
00:32:25at a crazy rate.
00:32:27Thank goodness
00:32:27for library cards, huh?
00:32:29Yeah,
00:32:29if only you'd
00:32:30used the library
00:32:31instead of reading
00:32:32my notebook
00:32:32when it was
00:32:33very clearly marked
00:32:34not for Travis.
00:32:35You want to know
00:32:36the crazy thing?
00:32:37Yeah.
00:32:38Your fan fiction
00:32:39was so good
00:32:39that I ended up
00:32:40checking out
00:32:40the original books
00:32:41at the library.
00:32:42You are actually
00:32:43the reason I got
00:32:44my first library card.
00:32:46Oh, um...
00:32:48You know,
00:32:50Sarah,
00:32:51I just wanted
00:32:52to say that...
00:32:53Come on, Dad!
00:32:55These books
00:32:56aren't gonna read
00:32:57themselves!
00:32:59Who is this kid?
00:33:01Don't ask me.
00:33:02It's just all you.
00:33:03Yeah, I know.
00:33:05Okay.
00:33:07I'll see you tomorrow?
00:33:09Yeah.
00:33:10Yeah.
00:33:11Because I live...
00:33:13I'm staying here.
00:33:14Right.
00:33:14Because then,
00:33:14you're a...
00:33:15Okay.
00:33:16Okay.
00:33:16Here you are...
00:33:17Here you are...
00:33:28Welcome to the
00:33:29Christmas scavenger hunt!
00:33:31Hurry up and grab a piece of paper
00:33:33if you don't already have one.
00:33:35Now, you know the rules.
00:33:37Follow the clues,
00:33:39take a picture of each answer.
00:33:41Where's Sarah?
00:33:44Well, she could be anywhere.
00:33:45That's part of the fun.
00:33:46Okay, look at the first clue.
00:33:48The teller of stories.
00:33:50That's her.
00:33:51Mm-hmm.
00:33:51In the place
00:33:52filled with stories.
00:33:54She's totally there.
00:34:01Totally.
00:34:02The first team back
00:34:04with a complete set of photographs
00:34:06wins a pound of assorted fudge
00:34:09from the candy corner.
00:34:10I want that fudge.
00:34:14That fudge is ours.
00:34:18On your marks.
00:34:19You got this.
00:34:20Get set.
00:34:23Go!
00:34:25Come on!
00:34:25Come on!
00:34:34Okay, okay.
00:34:35I'm coming.
00:34:35I'm coming.
00:34:36I'm coming.
00:34:36I'm coming.
00:34:37I'm coming.
00:34:39Hey.
00:34:43Hey.
00:34:47I knew I'd find you here.
00:34:48Where's Jazzy?
00:34:50She's looking for you,
00:34:51tearing the place up.
00:34:54Just as good as I remember.
00:34:55Ah, looking for a little inspiration?
00:34:57Always.
00:34:58But I do have a few ideas,
00:35:00which is exciting.
00:35:01That is exciting.
00:35:02I mean, it makes sense.
00:35:03When you were in New Britain,
00:35:04last time you got inspired for the book,
00:35:05so now that you're back in town,
00:35:07maybe it'll inspire you again.
00:35:10Gotcha!
00:35:12Take your picture, Dad.
00:35:13Please?
00:35:14Good job.
00:35:15We'll get the whole team.
00:35:17All right.
00:35:19Say cheese.
00:35:21Cheese.
00:35:21Cheese.
00:35:24Did you let them follow us?
00:35:30Have I taught you nothing about competitive scavenger hunting?
00:35:34I'm sorry.
00:35:35I tried to throw them off our trail.
00:35:37All right.
00:35:37Well, you're grounded.
00:35:39Okay.
00:35:40What's the next clue?
00:35:42A red wreath where you might find a spotted dog.
00:35:47Fire station.
00:35:48Shh.
00:35:48Fire station.
00:35:49Go, go, go, go, go.
00:35:50Good luck.
00:35:52Bye.
00:35:53Come on, Dad.
00:35:54Nice minivan.
00:36:02Hey, now.
00:36:03Moonboat is a great ride.
00:36:06Moonboat?
00:36:07Yeah.
00:36:08She's the color of the moon,
00:36:09about as big as a cruise liner.
00:36:10So moon, boat, get it?
00:36:13Mm-hmm.
00:36:14Hey, you coming to the community center later?
00:36:17Father Christmas is going to be there.
00:36:19Then I'll definitely be there.
00:36:21Plus, I have to see how Jazzy's book tree's going.
00:36:23Oh, yeah.
00:36:24She is convinced that out of all the ornaments on that tree,
00:36:27you are going to pick hers.
00:36:29Well, I will do my best.
00:36:31Good.
00:36:31Here's a pro tip.
00:36:32Hers has a big glittery J on it.
00:36:35That should do it.
00:36:37Thanks.
00:36:37Hey, Sarah Bear.
00:36:41I'm still on to you, Travis Walker.
00:36:43One thing they don't tell you about owning a house
00:36:52is that you will be constantly cleaning a kitchen.
00:36:54I mean, even if no one's home,
00:36:56you'll be cleaning the kitchen.
00:36:58Well, I've heard that in some parts of the world,
00:37:00people can leave a dirty spoon in the sink
00:37:01for up to 30 minutes,
00:37:03and the earth just continues to spin on its axis.
00:37:06That is absolutely not true.
00:37:08I mean, civilization as we know it would end.
00:37:10Are these your cookbooks?
00:37:13Oh, yeah.
00:37:14Take whichever ones you want.
00:37:17Well, why are you decluttering?
00:37:19I just have too much stuff.
00:37:23So are you rekindling things with Travis?
00:37:26There's no rekindling.
00:37:28Something has to be kindled in the first place
00:37:30before it can be rekindled.
00:37:37Hey, Sarah,
00:37:38Sarah, please thank your agent for me.
00:37:41Five monster boxes of books arrived today.
00:37:44Oh, good.
00:37:45I'm glad a lot of them are Isabella.
00:37:47Now that everyone knows
00:37:48that Sarah Grace is our hometown hero,
00:37:51they're even more popular.
00:37:53Do you want to come by later and sign some of them?
00:37:55I can do that.
00:37:56Oh, that's right.
00:37:57Miss Raylene,
00:37:57what's the story with the mayor and Miss Patsy?
00:38:01Oh, those two.
00:38:02Well, they were high school sweethearts.
00:38:06And then Patsy left,
00:38:08went off to college,
00:38:09started her career.
00:38:10The mayor lost his wife a few years back,
00:38:13so he came home to New Britain.
00:38:16There's serious chemistry there.
00:38:17Well, that's the problem.
00:38:20They're such great friends.
00:38:22I think both of them were worried
00:38:23about torpedoing their friendship.
00:38:26Hmm.
00:38:27I'll tell you what.
00:38:29I wish there was some way
00:38:31you Collins women
00:38:33could make those kismet cookies again this year.
00:38:36Then maybe we would find out
00:38:38once and for all.
00:38:40Mm-hmm.
00:38:40Excuse me.
00:38:41Okay.
00:38:42Cassie!
00:38:44Oh, your tree's a hit.
00:38:46I want to give someone a book for Christmas.
00:38:48Can I pick one?
00:38:49Yes.
00:38:49Yeah?
00:38:50I think
00:38:52I
00:38:54want
00:38:56want
00:38:57this one.
00:38:59That's mine.
00:39:00Is it seriously?
00:39:01Let's see what book you asked for for Christmas.
00:39:05Isabella's new book.
00:39:07I know you can do it.
00:39:10You're the best writer in the world.
00:39:12And it was always said of him
00:39:19that he knew how to keep Christmas well
00:39:21if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
00:39:24May that be truly said of us
00:39:26and all of us.
00:39:30And so, as Tiny Tim observed,
00:39:35everyone,
00:39:38God bless us, everyone.
00:39:40Merry Christmas.
00:39:48Excellent work.
00:39:49Thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:39:50Oh.
00:39:51Great work, Daddy.
00:39:52Thank you, Jazzy.
00:39:53And that concludes my duties as Dickens' day, Father Christmas.
00:39:59I will be very happy to let somebody else wear this itchy thing next year.
00:40:03But you've become so civic-minded.
00:40:06Parenthood, man.
00:40:08All right.
00:40:09I'm gonna go get changed.
00:40:10I'll catch you later.
00:40:12I hope so.
00:40:12Okay.
00:40:17My name's Helen.
00:40:18You probably don't remember me.
00:40:20No, I remember you.
00:40:21You came by for a cookie.
00:40:22Yeah.
00:40:23You know, I was skeptical about the kismet.
00:40:27Sleep with a cookie under my pillow, that's just goofy.
00:40:30But I did it.
00:40:32And I dreamed of my husband that night.
00:40:36So when I met him the next year, I knew he was the one.
00:40:41Really?
00:40:42Mm-hmm.
00:40:42And you have a little one?
00:40:44Two children.
00:40:45Christopher is in the candy shop with my mom.
00:40:47And that's July.
00:40:50Congratulations.
00:40:52I cannot believe that crazy cookie worked.
00:40:56But it did.
00:40:58It was magic.
00:41:00I just wish your grandmother hadn't stopped making them.
00:41:03We need all the kismet we can get.
00:41:14Come on in.
00:41:28Oh, what are you doing?
00:41:30Oh, these are some, not even all of the books that Jazzy brought home for her project.
00:41:36She was bravely trying to wrap them.
00:41:38She got about three in and then fell fast asleep on the table.
00:41:40I just put her down, actually.
00:41:41Oh, okay.
00:41:42Well, give me some paper.
00:41:43I can help.
00:41:44Okay, great.
00:41:45Yeah.
00:41:46We don't have the Isabella books yet because Miss Raylene said you were going over tomorrow
00:41:49to sign them.
00:41:50Yes, I am.
00:41:51I am.
00:41:52But I need to talk to you.
00:41:54What am I supposed to do about this?
00:41:56Jazzy wants to gift the new Isabella book and, I don't know, wrapping up a little I.O.U.
00:42:00feels like a major Scrooge move.
00:42:02Okay.
00:42:03Well, this may be a radical idea, but hear me out on this.
00:42:07Okay.
00:42:08Jazzy doesn't always have to get exactly what she wants.
00:42:11I know.
00:42:12I know.
00:42:13Crazy idea.
00:42:14But I don't want to disappoint her.
00:42:16Honestly, she was probably just trying to encourage you, not put pressure on you.
00:42:19It just feels like pressure because there's already so much on you.
00:42:22No.
00:42:23Here's the thing, Travis.
00:42:24I can't believe I just confessed that to you.
00:42:36Well, I'm your oldest friend.
00:42:40If you can't tell me, who can you tell?
00:42:41I bet you probably never thought of it that way, huh?
00:42:49I've got this pound of fudge that we won from the scavenger hunt.
00:43:04Wait, you won?
00:43:05Yeah, of course we won.
00:43:06What?
00:43:07Did you doubt us?
00:43:08No.
00:43:09Of course not.
00:43:10You want to break into it?
00:43:11I'm good, actually.
00:43:12Oh, really?
00:43:13Okay.
00:43:14I'm breaking into it.
00:43:15Yeah.
00:43:16Okay.
00:43:17Sarah?
00:43:18I, um, I'm going to go to town to run some errands.
00:43:30Do you need anything?
00:43:30I'm good, thanks.
00:43:32Okay.
00:43:33Grandma Mia, do you remember Helen?
00:43:36Uh, she was the woman who came by for a cookie the last time we made them.
00:43:41Oh.
00:43:42Um, was she the one that was really skeptical?
00:43:47She was.
00:43:48Yeah.
00:43:49I, I saw her at the Dickens Festival yesterday.
00:43:54Oh.
00:43:55With her husband.
00:43:56The man she dreamt of that night.
00:43:59Hmm.
00:44:01So, um,
00:44:04what do you think that means?
00:44:09I mean, if her kismet worked for sure.
00:44:11And maybe the cookies worked.
00:44:14And I wish that I had never.
00:44:19I feel like when I ripped up that recipe, I broke a connection to this town and our house
00:44:28and even to you.
00:44:30Oh, Sarah, are you kidding me?
00:44:33Oh, darling.
00:44:34You could never break a connection to me.
00:44:37I love you forever and ever.
00:44:41And ever.
00:44:43But still, don't mess up my kitchen while I'm gone.
00:44:50Benny?
00:44:51Nice picture.
00:44:53Jasmine is adorable.
00:44:56But listen, we gotta talk Sean.
00:44:59I had a meeting with Hal today and he said if you don't meet the deadline this time, I'm sorry but he's gonna bring in a ghostwriter to finish the book.
00:45:16I'm sorry but he's gonna bring in a ghostwriter to finish the book.
00:45:23It's our brainstorming spot.
00:45:24Yeah, I know.
00:45:25I thought you'd find you here.
00:45:27Well, all these years and this view hasn't changed.
00:45:44Also, why are you wearing that uniform?
00:45:45Because I work for the forestry service for six years now.
00:45:46Oh.
00:45:47It's my day job.
00:45:48It's how I make a living in between all the volunteering gigs that Jazzy signs me up for.
00:45:50Huh.
00:45:51Man, Grandma Mia really didn't tell you anything about me, did she?
00:45:53No.
00:45:54And I think Grandma Mia is keeping more secrets.
00:45:55Is that why you're here?
00:45:56No.
00:45:57I heard from Benny.
00:45:58It's not good.
00:45:59It's not good.
00:46:00It's not good.
00:46:01It's not good.
00:46:02It's not good.
00:46:03It's not good.
00:46:04It's not good.
00:46:05It's not good.
00:46:06It's not good.
00:46:07Yeah, I know.
00:46:08I thought you'd find you here.
00:46:09Well, all these years and this view hasn't changed.
00:46:11Also, why are you wearing that uniform?
00:46:12Because I work for the forestry service for six years now.
00:46:15Huh.
00:46:16It's my day job.
00:46:17It's how I make a living in between all the volunteering gigs that Jazzy signs me up for.
00:46:19It's not good.
00:46:20You might hire a ghost writer.
00:46:23Really?
00:46:24Oh, that is not good.
00:46:26How close to being done are you?
00:46:28I'm pretty close.
00:46:29I'd say 80%, but the ending does not make sense, and I just can't find it.
00:46:35So, let me get this straight.
00:46:37You decided to tackle this issue by walking down here and not writing?
00:46:42Well, escape has always been my favorite form of self-preservation, as you well know.
00:46:47Oh, I remember.
00:46:48You know, way back then, if you had asked me to predict what your life would become, I could've
00:47:01nailed it.
00:47:02Successful writer, traveling around, beloved.
00:47:06My life?
00:47:07This is not what I would've predicted.
00:47:09But I'm good.
00:47:10You know?
00:47:11Christmas always makes me sentimental, I'm sorry.
00:47:13How long did your marriage last?
00:47:14Not very long.
00:47:15Where is she now?
00:47:16Crystal is traveling around with her band, living the life she loves.
00:47:20So am I.
00:47:21But she checks in a lot.
00:47:22Jazzy knows her, mom loves her.
00:47:23There's no bad guys here, Sarah.
00:47:24There's just a lot of people who care about one amazing little girl.
00:47:27You turned out to be a good dad, Travis Walker.
00:47:28Thanks.
00:47:29But sometimes I think I try too hard.
00:47:34I mean, I don't have to be father of the year every year.
00:47:35Right.
00:47:36Well, you have been known to be competitive.
00:47:37Hmm?
00:47:38Only since birth.
00:47:39But here's the deal.
00:47:40She is all revelations.
00:47:41You're all revelating.
00:47:42Right.
00:47:43And Julia, when I was to go home, we could see.
00:47:44You've been gone.
00:47:45And jeez, Kenneth.
00:47:46I wasailing the debt debt of so much.
00:47:47I'm going that I was to kind of wreck you now.
00:47:48Why are you going to do so?
00:47:49No, I'm not?
00:47:50So are you asking?
00:47:51Tim, some Man.
00:47:52How long have you made it?
00:47:53No, you're waiting foradel Ram something.
00:47:54And here's an investment plan.
00:47:55I'm going to go over it.
00:47:56Audio for about 100% oar £100ちょ I want to start your job with sister.
00:48:00With personal employees, Nichee's Christmas is spending 12.
00:48:01Inегда, I'm going to be happy with another guy, chap.
00:48:04Only since birth.
00:48:07Okay, so here's the deal.
00:48:09Jazzy's been invited to a sleepover.
00:48:10It's her first one, and I don't think she should go
00:48:12because she's too young, but she desperately wants to go.
00:48:16You didn't do sleepovers at that age?
00:48:18Yeah, of course I did, but this is completely different.
00:48:22Except I know it's not.
00:48:28All right.
00:48:29They don't pay me to sit around
00:48:30enjoying the view of the beautiful woman.
00:48:34I'm out of here.
00:48:36Hey, thanks for the lollipop.
00:48:38Oh, yeah, you bet.
00:48:40Oh, and if you're around later, you could come with
00:48:42as I surrender my innocent child into the hands of complete strangers.
00:48:46I'll be your rock.
00:48:54Are you kidding me?
00:48:56Snowball?
00:48:58Man, some people never grow up, I guess.
00:49:03That's me.
00:49:12Okay, Jazzy, this is a big moment in your life.
00:49:15Okay, bye!
00:49:16Okay, we'll have fun.
00:49:18But don't be afraid to call me if you feel scared.
00:49:20I love you!
00:49:21Call me!
00:49:21I love you!
00:49:22Okay!
00:49:24Hey, I am so excited this is going to be the best sleepover ever.
00:49:31They're nice people, right?
00:49:33Right?
00:49:34Oh, I ran a background check on the family.
00:49:37You didn't.
00:49:38I did.
00:49:39I did, and then I ran their prints.
00:49:40Yeah?
00:49:41Mm-hmm.
00:49:42Entire family squeaky clean.
00:49:43Really?
00:49:44No parking tickets?
00:49:45None.
00:49:46Then I called up old friends where they used to live,
00:49:48and I got personal recommendations for all of them.
00:49:54She's not going to last all night.
00:49:55She's going to call me around 10 o'clock.
00:49:57Travis?
00:49:57Yes?
00:49:58Start Moonboat and get out of here.
00:50:00You can't stay parked here.
00:50:02It's very creepy.
00:50:03You're right.
00:50:04Okay, I got to pick up that tree anyways.
00:50:06Wait.
00:50:07What?
00:50:07You didn't get a tree yet?
00:50:08No, my father Christmas responsibilities were greater than expected,
00:50:11so I didn't have time.
00:50:12I'm going to go get it now,
00:50:13but first I'm going to drop you off at home so you can write.
00:50:16Okay, fair enough.
00:50:17Wait, hold on.
00:50:18What?
00:50:19I need you to drop me at the bookmark instead.
00:50:21I need to sign those books.
00:50:22That's fine.
00:50:24I don't know what I'm going to do.
00:50:26I'm here.
00:50:27I'm here.
00:50:28What's going on?
00:50:29Slight situation.
00:50:30The mayor invited Patsy to Christmas dinner.
00:50:34Oh, sweet.
00:50:36I mean, not good.
00:50:38Very bad.
00:50:40Well, Albert and I have been best of friends for years now.
00:50:44Okay, well, maybe he's inviting you to join him as a friend
00:50:47because you're alone and he has a whole turkey.
00:50:50Do you know Ethel Kay owns a jewelry shop?
00:50:53No.
00:50:53Well, she's good people,
00:50:55and she told Mary Alice,
00:50:57who told Carol,
00:50:57who told me,
00:50:59that our mayor was shopping for an expensive necklace.
00:51:03Oh, God.
00:51:05And that's a bad thing?
00:51:06Well, a necklace is gateway jewelry.
00:51:10I'm sorry.
00:51:12What?
00:51:13It's gateway jewelry.
00:51:15He gives her the necklace.
00:51:16If she likes it,
00:51:17he tries a bracelet
00:51:19or maybe ups the ante
00:51:21and goes straight for the diamond ring.
00:51:23You could be engaged by New Year's.
00:51:26Oh, I mean...
00:51:28I just...
00:51:30I need to know if Albert is the one
00:51:34or if I'm just some crazy old lady
00:51:36with delusions of finding true love again.
00:51:40Patsy and I were hoping Mia could bake kismet cookies again.
00:51:43Just one batch.
00:51:45So she could be sure
00:51:47before she heads over there for Christmas dinner.
00:51:49Unfortunately, I just can't do it from memory.
00:51:52I mean, that was a very complicated recipe.
00:51:54I'm sorry I ripped up the recipe
00:51:56when I was a teenager.
00:51:57Oh, no, that's okay.
00:51:58That's okay, sugar.
00:51:59We know your feelings were bruised.
00:52:02But kismet cookies are a part of Mia.
00:52:05A part of your house.
00:52:06A part of this town.
00:52:08And like it or not,
00:52:10a part of you.
00:52:12I know.
00:52:13But they're also not real.
00:52:15We all know that, right?
00:52:16Mia, what do you think?
00:52:23I think...
00:52:24Our house gave Nana Sue that recipe
00:52:27a hundred years ago for a reason.
00:52:30And I think if we're supposed to have
00:52:32that recipe again this year,
00:52:33then we will.
00:52:36But right now,
00:52:38you have a big box of books to sign.
00:52:40So come on, you get started
00:52:41and the rest of us will wrap as you go.
00:52:43We will.
00:52:44Okay.
00:52:45Here.
00:52:47Right here.
00:52:48What should we do, Isabella?
00:52:51Everyone asked.
00:52:53Isabella said...
00:52:56I don't know.
00:53:05Hey.
00:53:05Hi.
00:53:05Christmas crisis.
00:53:08Uh, what's wrong?
00:53:09Uh, Jazzy wants a sweater for Christmas.
00:53:12Okay.
00:53:13But I'm pretty sure
00:53:14the window of time
00:53:15in which I, as her father,
00:53:16can successfully select her clothing
00:53:18or anything else
00:53:19is rapidly closing.
00:53:20Soon I will know nothing
00:53:22about sweaters or anything else.
00:53:24Yeah, let's probably ask her.
00:53:25So.
00:53:26Okay.
00:53:28Option one.
00:53:33No?
00:53:33Okay.
00:53:34Okay, okay.
00:53:35That's fair.
00:53:36Number two.
00:53:39Hmm.
00:53:40Nice sweater.
00:53:41Yeah.
00:53:42Atrocious color.
00:53:43You could put a golden retriever puppy
00:53:44in this sweater.
00:53:45It wouldn't look cute.
00:53:46Okay.
00:53:48Well, we're down to
00:53:50number three.
00:53:54And the third one was just right.
00:53:57Yeah?
00:53:58Yeah.
00:53:59Great.
00:54:00Okay.
00:54:01Sure.
00:54:02All right.
00:54:03So I'm going to return
00:54:04these other two
00:54:04before the store closes.
00:54:05Jesus, thank you.
00:54:06Okay.
00:54:09Uh, you know what?
00:54:10I, I'm not getting
00:54:12any work done here,
00:54:13so I could
00:54:14come with you.
00:54:16Okay.
00:54:17Okay.
00:54:18I mean, returns are like,
00:54:21they can be really challenging.
00:54:22Okay.
00:54:28Thanks again for this.
00:54:29Of course.
00:54:30Are you sure about the scarf?
00:54:32Absolutely.
00:54:32A hundred percent.
00:54:33She'll love it.
00:54:33But keep the receipt just in case.
00:54:36Oh, did she text you?
00:54:37Not yet.
00:54:38Well, she's not going to.
00:54:39She's having fun.
00:54:40Oh, Christmas trivia.
00:54:43Oh, that gift certificate
00:54:45would make an excellent
00:54:46stocking stuffer
00:54:47for a certain bookworm,
00:54:48I know.
00:54:50Okay.
00:54:50Well,
00:54:51should we go win it for her?
00:54:52Next category is
00:54:58Christmas movies.
00:55:01Number one.
00:55:03Christmas isn't Christmas
00:55:04until Hans Gruber
00:55:06falls from Nakatomi Plaza.
00:55:08Name the movie.
00:55:09Time.
00:55:13So, did you get your tree yet?
00:55:15Mm-mm.
00:55:16I got caught in sweater limbo.
00:55:18It's so weird
00:55:19that you don't have a tree.
00:55:21Are you judging
00:55:22Father Christmas?
00:55:23No, I'm judging a guy
00:55:24who works in the
00:55:25forestry service.
00:55:26I don't know,
00:55:27I feel like maybe you saw
00:55:28a nice tree or two
00:55:29in the past few weeks.
00:55:31I feel like you're
00:55:32taking a tone here.
00:55:33I'm not taking a tone.
00:55:35I think you're taking a tone.
00:55:36Question two.
00:55:38A young boy tries to obtain
00:55:40an article of clothing
00:55:41for his sick mother.
00:55:43Name the movie.
00:55:45Oh, um.
00:55:46Christmas shoes.
00:55:48Wait, wait, wait.
00:55:48Are you sure?
00:55:49Isn't that the one
00:55:49where there's like...
00:55:50Are you questioning
00:55:52my Christmas movie expertise here?
00:55:54You're right.
00:55:54You're right.
00:55:55I'm sorry.
00:55:56Never.
00:55:58Ah, there she is.
00:55:59Text from Jazzy.
00:56:00You ready to go pick her up?
00:56:05Can I go skating
00:56:06with them tomorrow?
00:56:07Are you laughing at me?
00:56:11I'm just saying,
00:56:13you know,
00:56:14at the risk of stating
00:56:14the obvious,
00:56:17you've raised a happy,
00:56:18well-adjusted kid
00:56:19who's starting
00:56:19her second decade of life
00:56:21in which her main purpose
00:56:22is separating from you.
00:56:25Was that intended
00:56:26to make me feel better?
00:56:27Because...
00:56:28Look, I'm just saying,
00:56:29with all the expertise
00:56:31that comes from, you know,
00:56:32never actually having
00:56:33my own kid,
00:56:33maybe you could just
00:56:35relax a little.
00:56:38I don't know,
00:56:38you're a good dad
00:56:40and the criteria for that
00:56:42changes over time
00:56:43and maybe this is
00:56:44one of those times.
00:56:45Oh, please.
00:56:46Okay, here we go.
00:56:49In this modern-day
00:56:50Dickens tale,
00:56:52Bill Murray
00:56:52plays the star character.
00:56:54Scrooge.
00:56:59Definitely scrooge.
00:57:07That is when Isabella
00:57:09said
00:57:09something...
00:57:13something cool.
00:57:16What's up?
00:57:28Oh, good.
00:57:29You're awake and dressed.
00:57:30It's nine in the morning.
00:57:32Yeah, but I know
00:57:33how you creative types are.
00:57:34Up all night
00:57:35living on coffee and chocolate.
00:57:36Oh, well,
00:57:37I know how small towns are.
00:57:38You better be dressed by nine
00:57:39with the front room picked up.
00:57:41Okay, you're going to need
00:57:42your coat and your boots.
00:57:45Wait, what?
00:57:45Let's go.
00:57:45Where are we going?
00:57:46It's Christmas Eve tomorrow.
00:57:48Yeah.
00:57:48Well, remember that
00:57:49whole Travis-doesn't-have-a-Christmas-tree-yet-fiasco?
00:57:52Let's go cut one down.
00:57:53Now?
00:57:54What are you, working?
00:57:57Sort of.
00:57:57Uh-huh, that's what I got.
00:57:58Come on.
00:57:59You can help me pick one out.
00:58:00We'll put your boots on
00:58:01on the porch.
00:58:02This is very abrupt.
00:58:04We left town
00:58:05at least half an hour ago.
00:58:08We're passing lots of trees.
00:58:10Lots of trees, I'm just saying.
00:58:12Look, there's a science to this.
00:58:14So, how does this choppy-down tree thingy work?
00:58:22Do we just pick one?
00:58:24Choppy-down tree thingy?
00:58:26Writers have a way with words.
00:58:29Well, first, you're going to need gloves.
00:58:33Look at that.
00:58:34You actually keep gloves in your glove compartment.
00:58:37Yeah.
00:58:37You don't?
00:58:38I live in New York.
00:58:39I don't even have a car.
00:58:41Right.
00:58:45Wow.
00:58:47Travis.
00:58:48This is gorgeous.
00:58:49Yeah, it's nice, huh?
00:58:51Yeah, and everything is so quiet.
00:58:54Well, if it makes you feel more at home,
00:58:56I could honk the horn,
00:58:57yell at you to get out of the way.
00:58:59Hey!
00:59:00I'm walking here!
00:59:02Does that do anything for you?
00:59:03I'm good, thanks.
00:59:03Okay.
00:59:04Are you sure whoever owns this cabin
00:59:06is cool with us cutting down one of their trees?
00:59:07Because I've seen scary movies that start this way.
00:59:10Oh, yeah.
00:59:11We go way back.
00:59:13He doesn't mind.
00:59:15Come on.
00:59:16Let's go cut down a tree.
00:59:19Okay.
00:59:21And, uh, what's the bear population like here?
00:59:24Let's ask him for a friend.
00:59:26Uh, there's a few.
00:59:28Do you always cut down your own tree?
00:59:30No, but I started so late this year,
00:59:33I figure I better finish strong.
00:59:34Ooh, ooh, that one.
00:59:36Over there.
00:59:37Ooh!
00:59:41You okay?
00:59:45Yeah, I'm fine.
00:59:49Okay.
00:59:50So, uh, which tree did you risk your life with?
00:59:54That one.
00:59:55You sure?
00:59:56A hundred percent.
00:59:59All right.
01:00:00Have at her.
01:00:02Oh.
01:00:03You wanted...
01:00:04I just...
01:00:06I don't know if I mentioned,
01:00:08but in New York,
01:00:09I kind of, like,
01:00:10do writing-based activities
01:00:12more than...
01:00:12All right, all right, all right.
01:00:13Circulation.
01:00:14I see.
01:00:18You sure?
01:00:19It's perfect.
01:00:23It really is a great tree.
01:00:25When my writing career dries up,
01:00:26I could be a lumberjack.
01:00:27Or is it lumberjill?
01:00:30Can I show you something?
01:00:32Sure.
01:00:35The reason I know the owner
01:00:37doesn't mind us chopping down a tree
01:00:38is because my great-uncle Steve
01:00:40used to own this place.
01:00:42Oh.
01:00:42So, my uncle Steve passed two years ago.
01:00:49Two years?
01:00:51He must have had a great housekeeper.
01:00:53Uh, well...
01:00:54Here, can I take your jacket?
01:00:56Okay.
01:00:57Yeah?
01:01:00Here.
01:01:02Travis?
01:01:07Yeah?
01:01:08What's going on?
01:01:10Well, um...
01:01:12I inherited the place.
01:01:15This is yours?
01:01:16It is.
01:01:18But I don't remember you
01:01:19having a family cabin as a kid.
01:01:21Well, my uncle Steve
01:01:23wasn't the friendliest guy,
01:01:24but he worked in forestry,
01:01:26so when I joined up,
01:01:27we became closer,
01:01:28and he left the place to me.
01:01:29Jazzy must love it here.
01:01:32Yeah.
01:01:33She does.
01:01:35Oh, that reminds me.
01:01:36Can I see your phone?
01:01:42May I have that back?
01:01:44No, you may not.
01:01:45Travis?
01:01:46What are we doing here?
01:01:47I need to get back and write.
01:01:48Okay, look, look, look, look.
01:01:50Last night,
01:01:51I was thinking about your writer's block,
01:01:53and I was driving myself crazy
01:01:54trying to think of a way to help you,
01:01:56and this is what I came up with.
01:01:59I don't understand.
01:02:03Look, obviously,
01:02:04I can't finish your book for you,
01:02:06but I can
01:02:07clear the road.
01:02:10I can feed you,
01:02:12and I can be here
01:02:13to bounce ideas off of.
01:02:15Just like we used to.
01:02:17I just figured this was
01:02:19a lot warmer
01:02:20than our brainstorming bench.
01:02:24But...
01:02:24What?
01:02:26But what about Jazzy?
01:02:27Jazzy?
01:02:29She's 10.
01:02:30She can fend for herself.
01:02:32Grandma Mia's gonna pick her up
01:02:34after a sleepover,
01:02:35they're gonna do some
01:02:35last-minute shopping,
01:02:36and they're gonna help out
01:02:37at the candy corner.
01:02:38This whole thing
01:02:39is a group effort, Sarah.
01:02:41But I don't have my laptop.
01:02:43Well, you didn't have a laptop
01:02:44when you wrote before.
01:02:45I bet you didn't even have it
01:02:47when you wrote Isabella.
01:02:49Well, you're right.
01:02:50I didn't.
01:02:51We're going old school
01:02:53here, Sarah.
01:02:54And I picked this up,
01:02:57so we're stocked.
01:03:01What are you doing?
01:03:03Oh, um...
01:03:05I'm making a garland
01:03:08for the tree.
01:03:09It's kind of a family tradition.
01:03:11You're making a garland?
01:03:12Yes, Sarah.
01:03:13I have a daughter now,
01:03:14and I do crafts.
01:03:16This is me.
01:03:17But quit stalling.
01:03:19Tell me what you got so far.
01:03:22Come on.
01:03:23Okay, okay.
01:03:25Well,
01:03:26I left off when Roger
01:03:28was having some issues.
01:03:34Roger helping Isabella
01:03:36find her kismet was genius.
01:03:47What?
01:03:51What?
01:03:53No.
01:03:55Are you kidding?
01:03:59All right!
01:04:01Yes!
01:04:02Yes!
01:04:04Yes!
01:04:06You did it!
01:04:07Congratulations!
01:04:08Oh, we did it.
01:04:11I'm going to type this up
01:04:13when I get home
01:04:13and send it to Penny
01:04:15in the morning.
01:04:15Okay.
01:04:16Oh, um...
01:04:20It's my daughter
01:04:21texting from Grandma Mia's phone
01:04:22asking me politely
01:04:23where her Christmas tree is.
01:04:25We should go.
01:04:25Yeah, okay.
01:04:26I'll get the fire.
01:04:27I'll clean this up.
01:04:28Okay.
01:04:28It's Christmas Eve, you know.
01:04:44I have a life.
01:04:45No, you don't.
01:04:50Besides, I have a Christmas present for you.
01:04:52You can open it early.
01:04:53What is it?
01:04:56Check your email.
01:04:57Oh, if you were here right now,
01:05:06I would hug you.
01:05:08Can you read it right away?
01:05:09Because I think it's good,
01:05:11but I'm a writer,
01:05:11so I'm also needy and thin-skinned.
01:05:13Yes, you are.
01:05:14And yes, I can.
01:05:16Okay.
01:05:17Bye.
01:05:17Wait, wait, wait.
01:05:20Wait.
01:05:21Did Travis help with this?
01:05:23He took me to a charming cabin in the woods,
01:05:27confiscated my phone,
01:05:28and fed me fudge and coffee
01:05:29till I was done.
01:05:31That man is a walking, talking chef's kiss.
01:05:34So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:37Read the book, Benny.
01:05:39Reading.
01:05:40Right now.
01:05:40So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:42So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:43So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:44So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:45So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:46So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:47So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:48So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:49So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:50So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:51So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:52So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:53So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:54So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:55So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:56So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:57So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:58So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:05:59So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:06:00So maybe that cookie was right after all.
01:06:01We should see her, Sarah.
01:06:21You'd be so proud of her.
01:06:26And she's here for Christmas.
01:06:28Oh, I miss you every day.
01:06:47Good morning, darling.
01:06:48Morning, Grandma.
01:06:54I get a little sentimental on Christmas Eve.
01:06:58Um, listen, I have some errands to run.
01:07:01But I won't be gone long.
01:07:03Okay.
01:07:06Raylene called.
01:07:07Patsy's in a tizzy.
01:07:08She doesn't know what to bring to the mayor's house.
01:07:10So, uh, duty calls.
01:07:12Okay, see you later.
01:07:13See you.
01:07:14Okay, you amazing, amazing house.
01:07:30I'm in a pickle here.
01:07:32It's Christmas Eve, and I want to give my grandma the one thing that she really wants, which is to dream of Grandpa again.
01:07:39And Patsy needs help, too.
01:07:42And this might be our last chance, because I think my grandmother is leaving us both.
01:07:52And if I'm being honest, I want to see if I dream of Travis again.
01:07:55Okay.
01:08:21Can I see if Sarah wants to help us
01:08:32with the angel on top of the tree?
01:08:34Yeah, seems only fair since she picked out the tree.
01:08:43Sarah?
01:08:43In the kitchen.
01:08:45Sarah, do you want to help us with the angel on the...
01:08:51You made kismet cookies?
01:08:54I did.
01:08:56Are those the true love kind?
01:08:59Yes, they are.
01:09:01I'm going to deliver one to a friend.
01:09:03I'll catch up with you later, okay?
01:09:04Half a pound of peppermint crunch.
01:09:23Merry Christmas.
01:09:24Sarah!
01:09:25You look like someone who could use some more fudge.
01:09:30Merry Christmas.
01:09:31Oh, my.
01:09:34It looks exactly the way I remember it.
01:09:38Oh, honey.
01:09:40But how did you...
01:09:42Well, Grandma Mia was right.
01:09:44We were meant to have that recipe.
01:09:47Oh.
01:09:49Oh.
01:09:51Sweet dreams, Miss Patsy.
01:09:53Oh.
01:09:54Thank you, honey.
01:09:55I might have a service issue in Little Square or something.
01:10:01If you squeeze that phone any tighter, it's going to turn to dust.
01:10:04Well, I just don't know what's taking Benny so long.
01:10:07I feel like you really must hate it.
01:10:08Oh, yeah.
01:10:09That's the only possible explanation.
01:10:11Unless, of course, he's already here.
01:10:13And you just happen to randomly bump into him.
01:10:17Benny?
01:10:17What are you doing here?
01:10:19I have to meet family tomorrow, so I added a stop.
01:10:23Because we need to talk.
01:10:26I read the manuscript.
01:10:28Okay.
01:10:29And it's...
01:10:31spectacular.
01:10:36I'm sorry.
01:10:36That was so mean.
01:10:37It is every bit as good as the first, dare I say, better.
01:10:41Oh, oh.
01:10:45So sorry.
01:10:46Travis, Benny, Benny, Travis.
01:10:48Hi.
01:10:49It's nice to finally meet you.
01:10:50You too.
01:10:53Benny, I cannot believe that you're here.
01:10:56Do you need to stay with us?
01:10:57No, I booked at the B&B.
01:10:58I have an early flight.
01:10:59I just wanted to see your face in real life when I told you.
01:11:03And I wanted to see this town.
01:11:06And maybe finally meet Grandma Mia?
01:11:08Oh, okay.
01:11:10Well, um, I think that could be arranged.
01:11:13Come, come, come, come on.
01:11:22So wait, did you actually bake Kismet cookies?
01:11:25Yeah, I did.
01:11:26But I thought the recipe was...
01:11:27Don't even.
01:11:28I can't explain it.
01:11:29Well, did you save me one?
01:11:32Seriously?
01:11:33You want to try it?
01:11:34Jaded literary agents need love, too, you know.
01:11:38Um, you know, I'm going to go back to the B&B and make some calls.
01:11:50I'll text you later.
01:11:51Okay.
01:11:52Okay.
01:11:56Grandma Mia?
01:11:59Hey, darling.
01:12:00Hey.
01:12:01Hi.
01:12:01I found the recipe.
01:12:10I know.
01:12:17Hey.
01:12:18Where are the cookies?
01:12:19Oh, they're gone.
01:12:21I mean, you told Patsy, so Patsy told Raylene, and Raylene told everyone.
01:12:26Yeah, seriously, it was like old times again for a few minutes.
01:12:30I mean, there was a line out the door.
01:12:34I forgot how much I missed it.
01:12:36Well, we can do it next year, right?
01:12:37We can bake all day.
01:12:42You're selling the house, aren't you?
01:12:44That's why you're sorting everything.
01:12:46Yeah, I am.
01:12:47Are you okay?
01:12:49Please be okay.
01:12:50I really need you to be okay.
01:12:51Oh, my gosh.
01:12:52I am so okay.
01:12:54I'm fine, darling.
01:12:55I'm fit as ever.
01:12:57I just...
01:12:58I just miss teaching.
01:13:01I miss...
01:13:01I miss helping children.
01:13:04So I've signed up for, um,
01:13:07for a program for seniors teaching English abroad.
01:13:12I just didn't know how to tell you.
01:13:15Okay.
01:13:18What about the house?
01:13:19Oh, it's...
01:13:21It's just too much for me now.
01:13:24But the kismet needs a Collins woman here.
01:13:26I think.
01:13:28I suppose you're right, but...
01:13:31Maybe this really is the end.
01:13:34I guess...
01:13:36Patsy will have our last kismet cookie.
01:13:40Except...
01:13:41I saved one for you.
01:13:50In case you wanted it.
01:13:53No.
01:13:53You keep it.
01:13:55I made it for you.
01:13:57So I want you to dream of Grandpa again.
01:14:03Are you sure?
01:14:05I'm sure.
01:14:06Thank you, darling.
01:14:09I love you.
01:14:14Did you know that she was planning to sell the house?
01:14:17Well, I suspected,
01:14:19but I didn't know she was going to go teach.
01:14:22It's kind of excellent.
01:14:23Well, I know, but...
01:14:25What?
01:14:27What?
01:14:29What about the kismet?
01:14:31When I was little,
01:14:35I knew,
01:14:36I just knew
01:14:37that it was all real.
01:14:38Like, the cookies
01:14:39and that we were special.
01:14:42But when I...
01:14:45You had the dream about me.
01:14:48Yeah, it all
01:14:49pretty much crashed down.
01:14:52Mm-hmm.
01:14:53And I started thinking that it was
01:14:55just some fluff
01:14:57that my family told
01:14:58and the whole town
01:14:59went along with it.
01:15:02But...
01:15:03now...
01:15:05Now I don't know
01:15:07what to think.
01:15:09I mean,
01:15:09this town
01:15:11and the cookies
01:15:13and, I don't know,
01:15:15all the people, like...
01:15:17It feels like
01:15:20home again.
01:15:22Mm-hmm.
01:15:23Travis,
01:15:23I don't even want to tell you
01:15:25how long I spent
01:15:26struggling to write
01:15:28the second book.
01:15:28Like, struggling.
01:15:30But I come here
01:15:31and, wow,
01:15:33suddenly,
01:15:33there are ideas in here
01:15:35that I've written down
01:15:36for the next three
01:15:37Isabella books.
01:15:37Three.
01:15:39I don't want my grandmother
01:15:40to sell her house.
01:15:42I don't want
01:15:42some stranger living there.
01:15:44I don't want
01:15:45some stranger living there,
01:15:46either.
01:15:46I want you living there.
01:15:48Me?
01:15:49Yeah.
01:15:51I bet Grandma Mia
01:15:52would give you
01:15:52a great deal on the place.
01:15:53Oh, well,
01:15:55I'm leaving soon,
01:15:57so my life's in New York.
01:15:58But, Sarah,
01:16:00what if
01:16:02that cookie was right
01:16:05all those years ago?
01:16:08If I promised
01:16:09not to marry anyone
01:16:10tomorrow morning,
01:16:11would you stick around
01:16:12and maybe we could find out?
01:16:15I, I, I can't
01:16:24not do this right now.
01:16:25I don't, um,
01:16:26good night, Travis.
01:16:28Sarah, Sarah.
01:16:29No, good night.
01:16:29Hey.
01:16:31Sarah, wait.
01:16:33Sarah.
01:16:34Sarah.
01:16:34So we're back
01:16:42to believing
01:16:42that Kismet's real.
01:16:44Probably.
01:16:46I don't know.
01:16:47Maybe.
01:16:48But all the cookies
01:16:49are gone,
01:16:50so you can't prove
01:16:51your theory.
01:16:52Right.
01:16:53Is it too late
01:16:54to bake another batch?
01:16:56Well,
01:16:561.15 a.m.?
01:17:00Merry Christmas.
01:17:02Well,
01:17:03it seems like
01:17:04you have two choices.
01:17:06One,
01:17:07you come back to New York
01:17:07and make your agent
01:17:08very happy.
01:17:10You stay single,
01:17:11maybe you get
01:17:11writer's block again,
01:17:12and some stranger
01:17:13moves into
01:17:13Grandma Mia's house.
01:17:16Or two,
01:17:18you move here
01:17:19to this
01:17:20cute town
01:17:21that inspires you
01:17:22in a house
01:17:24that you seem
01:17:24to share DNA with.
01:17:27And the handsome guy
01:17:28you've loved
01:17:28since you were a kid
01:17:30will clearly
01:17:31feel something, too.
01:17:35It's a cripplingly
01:17:36difficult decision,
01:17:37I know.
01:17:38But Benny.
01:17:39But Sarah.
01:17:42What if none of it's real?
01:17:45Oh, but what if it all is?
01:17:56Merry Christmas, darling.
01:18:13Merry Christmas.
01:18:15Grandma Mia,
01:18:15I have two questions for you.
01:18:17Okay.
01:18:18Did you dream of Grandpa?
01:18:19All night.
01:18:23Ugh.
01:18:24Then the recipe worked.
01:18:26Yeah.
01:18:28Okay, second question then.
01:18:30How many cookies
01:18:31did you give away last night?
01:18:33All of them.
01:18:35But how many?
01:18:36Um,
01:18:37seven or eight.
01:18:39Why?
01:18:40Well, I made 12.
01:18:42So,
01:18:43one for you,
01:18:44one for Patsy.
01:18:46But that means that
01:18:47there were ten of them
01:18:48on the count of them.
01:18:49There were definitely
01:18:50not that many.
01:18:52Why?
01:18:55Well,
01:18:55I just found one
01:18:57under my pillow.
01:19:00Oh.
01:19:02And if there were
01:19:03two of them missing,
01:19:04then
01:19:04that means
01:19:06Jessie!
01:19:08Jessie!
01:19:32Did you dream
01:19:33about Travis?
01:19:36Sarah?
01:19:37It worked!
01:19:40That's fantastic!
01:19:42Mia,
01:19:43have you come clean
01:19:44with your granddaughter yet?
01:19:45Oh,
01:19:45she has.
01:19:47Well,
01:19:47you have,
01:19:48right?
01:19:48There's not more,
01:19:49is there?
01:19:49Because I can never tell with you.
01:19:50No,
01:19:51that's everything.
01:19:52I just wanted to come by
01:19:53and thank you.
01:19:53I'm so relieved
01:19:54and happy
01:19:56and excited.
01:19:58Oh,
01:19:58I want to see that necklace.
01:19:59I'll come by later.
01:20:01I promise.
01:20:02Merry Christmas!
01:20:05Okay.
01:20:05So,
01:20:07before we open presents,
01:20:08let's go next door
01:20:09and give Grandma Mia
01:20:10her gifts,
01:20:10all right?
01:20:12And then when we're over there,
01:20:13I'd like you to apologize
01:20:14to Sarah
01:20:14for putting that cookie
01:20:15under her pillow.
01:20:18Hey,
01:20:19Jazzy,
01:20:20you don't have to give me
01:20:22sad face.
01:20:23I just want you to take
01:20:23responsibility,
01:20:24okay?
01:20:24No crap.
01:20:32Merry Christmas.
01:20:33Anybody home?
01:20:34Yes,
01:20:35in the kitchen.
01:20:37Merry Christmas,
01:20:38Grandma Mia.
01:20:38Oh!
01:20:39Where's Sarah?
01:20:40Jazzy!
01:20:41Oh,
01:20:41she's not here.
01:20:44What's that?
01:20:45Oh,
01:20:46that's the second
01:20:47Isabella book.
01:20:48First draft,
01:20:49hot off the presses.
01:20:49She used her real name.
01:20:55Yes,
01:20:55she did.
01:20:56And she left that
01:20:57for you.
01:20:58She left it?
01:20:59Hmm,
01:21:00yeah,
01:21:00before she went
01:21:01to the airport.
01:21:02The airport?
01:21:04Daddy,
01:21:05did she leave me
01:21:05because of something
01:21:06I did?
01:21:07Oh,
01:21:07no,
01:21:08no,
01:21:08no,
01:21:08sweetie,
01:21:09no.
01:21:11I think she left
01:21:12because of something
01:21:12I didn't do.
01:21:13Come on.
01:21:14Daddy,
01:21:14we have to catch her!
01:21:15I know,
01:21:16let's go!
01:21:17Wait!
01:21:17Wait,
01:21:18you do that!
01:21:26Sarah,
01:21:26I'm so sorry
01:21:27about the cookie.
01:21:27Please don't leave.
01:21:29I'm not mad at you,
01:21:29Jazzy.
01:21:30It's okay.
01:21:31Grandma Mia said
01:21:32you were going
01:21:32to the airport,
01:21:33so I thought...
01:21:34Oh,
01:21:34I gave Benny
01:21:36a lift.
01:21:36He had an early flight.
01:21:37So you're not leaving?
01:21:40No.
01:21:41No,
01:21:42I thought I'd stick around.
01:21:45Do some more writing,
01:21:46maybe.
01:21:46by Grandma Mia's house?
01:21:49Unless you got married
01:21:50while I was at the airport.
01:21:52No, ma'am.
01:21:52I did not.
01:21:54Jazzy,
01:21:55come on,
01:21:56why don't you and I
01:21:56go make some breakfast?
01:21:58But I already ate.
01:22:02Oh.
01:22:08Did she put a cookie
01:22:09under your pillow, too?
01:22:10Oh, yeah.
01:22:13And did you dream about me?
01:22:14It doesn't matter.
01:22:18Look,
01:22:18I don't need a cookie
01:22:19to tell me that
01:22:20I'm in love with you.
01:22:21It doesn't matter
01:22:22what I dream.
01:22:26You totally dreamt
01:22:27about me,
01:22:27didn't you?
01:22:28Oh, my old.
01:22:30Did you?
01:22:33You want to know
01:22:34what I remember
01:22:35about that infamous
01:22:36not-really-a-bear attack?
01:22:38Screaming,
01:22:42running,
01:22:45blocking the dead one.
01:22:46Before that,
01:22:47there was a split second
01:22:49where you didn't know
01:22:50it was a dog either.
01:22:52And you stepped
01:22:53in front of me.
01:22:54You remember that?
01:22:55Yeah.
01:22:57You stepped between me
01:22:59and the pair.
01:22:59That was the day
01:23:03I fell in love
01:23:04with you,
01:23:04Travis Walker.
01:23:07And
01:23:07it's been
01:23:08every day since.
01:23:11Of course,
01:23:11I dreamt about you again.
01:23:13It's Christmas.
01:23:15Merry Christmas,
01:23:16Sarah Bear.
01:23:17Merry Christmas,
01:23:35Merry Christmas,
01:23:35Merry Christmas,
01:23:38Merry Christmas,
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