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00:00:00Thanksgiving movie event.
00:00:01Get ready to snuggle up for tonight's new movie.
00:00:04I have got my cuddle bug right here.
00:00:06Gracie, isn't she gorgeous?
00:00:08And speaking of gorgeous, up next,
00:00:10Alicia Witt is checking off her list of holiday traditions,
00:00:13but her grinchy boyfriend goes AWOL
00:00:15and a tempting new man steps in to help her celebrate.
00:00:19Cozy up for Christmas list,
00:00:21and I'll see you a little later in the movie.
00:00:23And now, Hallmark Channel presents
00:00:27the original movie, Christmas List.
00:00:29Presented by Coca-Cola.
00:00:31Taste the feeling.
00:00:53Isabel, the ornaments are only for looking.
00:00:57Remember?
00:00:58Those are very expensive.
00:01:00When I grow up, can I have a real tree?
00:01:03Why would you want that?
00:01:05This one will be yours one day.
00:01:07Besides, real trees dry out, sweetie.
00:01:09This way, everything stays neat and clean.
00:01:17There we go.
00:01:19That's better.
00:01:20Can we make a gingerbread house?
00:01:21You know I just cleaned the kitchen.
00:01:23We could get one from the bakery if you'd like.
00:01:26Just play quietly,
00:01:28and don't get your colors on the carpet.
00:01:33Someday, I'm gonna have my own Christmas
00:01:35with gingerbread,
00:01:37and decorations I can touch,
00:01:39and a lot of other stuff.
00:01:41Help me think, buddy.
00:01:42ice skating,
00:01:43sing caroling,
00:01:45a picture with Santa,
00:01:47and a real tree.
00:01:51Perfect as ever, Isabel.
00:02:15You know, it just wouldn't be Christmas
00:02:18without that tree.
00:02:19Aren't family traditions just wonderful?
00:02:22Thank you for agreeing to house set, Mom.
00:02:24With all those painters running around my place,
00:02:26I needed somewhere to escape,
00:02:28and I'll find plenty to do around here.
00:02:36That could use a little water, dear.
00:02:39Hey, is that what I think it is?
00:02:41I found that in your old bedroom closet.
00:02:44Thought you might like to have it.
00:02:45Oh.
00:02:52It's my old treasure box.
00:02:58My doll.
00:03:01My old building blocks.
00:03:03Wow, I haven't thought about these things in years.
00:03:06You know, these big ones
00:03:07really should be on the bottom branches, right?
00:03:11Have you decided where you and your new boyfriend
00:03:13are going, by the way?
00:03:14No, not yet.
00:03:15Brett left it up to me,
00:03:17but I know he'd prefer Hawaii.
00:03:19And how are you two doing?
00:03:21Is this serious?
00:03:22It's fun.
00:03:23Too soon to tell.
00:03:24I think we're both thinking
00:03:26this would be a good opportunity
00:03:27for us to get to know one another better.
00:03:28Oh, it's my old Christmas list.
00:03:34Ice skate, sing carols,
00:03:38picture with Santa.
00:03:39Where did I think of all these things?
00:03:42All those old holiday movies
00:03:44you used to love so much, I guess.
00:03:46Yeah, everything I thought Christmas should be.
00:03:51Huh.
00:03:51What?
00:03:57What are you doing?
00:03:59Maybe we won't go to Hawaii this year after all.
00:04:04Perfect Christmas town?
00:04:06Perfect Christmas town.
00:04:09Oh, that's everything I always thought Christmas should look like.
00:04:25Snow.
00:04:25I've always wanted snow.
00:04:31Pine trees, icicles, snow.
00:04:39Yeah, that's what I get for spending my entire life in San Diego, right?
00:05:0285 degrees in December?
00:05:04How is that normal?
00:05:07Let's hear it for Isabel Gray, everyone.
00:05:09Our award-winning VP of design
00:05:12and the one to thank for today's celebration.
00:05:14To Isabel.
00:05:15Isabel.
00:05:16Oh, well, I hope you all are having a great time
00:05:20and you know how much I love to organize.
00:05:22Mr. Bishop.
00:05:23Hey, Mr. Hernandez.
00:05:24Oh, put that through to my office.
00:05:26I'm sorry, everyone, I have to take this,
00:05:28but here's to you all with thanks for a great year gone by
00:05:32and an even better year ahead.
00:05:34Merry Christmas.
00:05:35Merry Christmas.
00:05:37Oh, goodness.
00:05:38I'm so sorry.
00:05:39Oh, don't even worry about it.
00:05:42It's a fashion house, so luckily we have options.
00:05:45Okay.
00:05:45Hey, everyone, there is cake.
00:05:49I didn't make it, so you all are safe.
00:06:01Come in.
00:06:02Sorry I had to duck out.
00:06:05Is everything all right?
00:06:07Oh, it is now.
00:06:08I'm all done with work and now I get to spend seven whole days alone
00:06:13with this new guy I've been seeing.
00:06:15New guy?
00:06:16Ugh, I don't like the sound of that.
00:06:18Anyone I know?
00:06:19Brett Bishop?
00:06:20Maybe you've heard of him.
00:06:22He owns the company.
00:06:23Brett Bishop.
00:06:24Brett Bishop designed that, Brett Bishop?
00:06:26Yeah.
00:06:27Lucky guy.
00:06:28So, I know we talked about going somewhere hot, somewhere beachy.
00:06:37Mm-hmm, right.
00:06:39But I made us reservations in the most perfect Christmas town ever.
00:06:44Why do I have a feeling we have different ideas about what that is?
00:06:47Oh, snow, roaring fireplaces, sweaters.
00:06:51Oh, and to make sure that we don't forget about a thing,
00:06:54I made a bucket list.
00:06:56A bucket list?
00:06:56Are you all right?
00:06:57Because, you know, usually you make a bucket list if you're about to...
00:06:59Not that kind of bucket list.
00:07:01A Christmas bucket list.
00:07:03A list of things you want to make sure you do before the holidays you're gone.
00:07:06Not me.
00:07:07See?
00:07:09I started it when I was a kid.
00:07:11I just updated it.
00:07:12They're all the things I missed out on growing up.
00:07:14A real tree, caroling, ice skating.
00:07:17These all sound very cold.
00:07:18What about palm trees or Santa on a surfboard?
00:07:22Aw, we have so much to learn about each other.
00:07:25Please tell me you love it.
00:07:28I just so want a real Christmas this year.
00:07:31What's, uh...
00:07:33What's this last one?
00:07:35The secret wish.
00:07:36Oh, well, that one's new, but I promise you it's worth your time to find out.
00:07:42Really?
00:07:44What do you think?
00:07:45This is...
00:07:46This is great.
00:07:48It's amazing, but...
00:07:50I've got some bad news.
00:07:51I mean, not bad news.
00:07:53Okay, yeah, no, it's bad.
00:07:54Uh, our factory down in Rio, they've got a real mess on their hands, and I had to fly down there.
00:07:58South America?
00:07:59When?
00:08:01Oh, no.
00:08:02If there was a way around it.
00:08:04But...
00:08:04But our flights are first thing in the morning.
00:08:07Well, you go without me.
00:08:09I'll meet you there in a few days.
00:08:10Christmas at the latest.
00:08:11I won't make this up to you.
00:08:13I promise.
00:08:14Okay?
00:08:16I gotta run.
00:08:18I'll call you.
00:08:19Thanks.
00:08:20I won't break it.
00:08:21Of course.
00:08:34I'll set you in the...
00:09:35I'm going to take a little Christmas hand fix.
00:09:43We decked the hall with boughs of holly, ba-la-la-la, ba-la-la-la.
00:09:51Tis the season to be jolly, ba-la-la-la, ba-la-la-la.
00:09:57Done we now, our gay apparel.
00:10:07Troll the ancient youth-type carol.
00:10:13Fa-la-la-la-la.
00:10:19Fa-la-la-la-la.
00:10:29Decorate a real tree.
00:10:41Merry Christmas.
00:10:59Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
00:11:03Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.
00:11:07Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
00:11:11Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.
00:11:14Spacing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh.
00:11:18Oh, the fields we call, I'll be all the way.
00:11:22They'll support his dream.
00:11:24Too tilty.
00:11:37Look.
00:11:44Ooh.
00:11:46Yes, you're perfect.
00:11:48Look at you.
00:11:49You even smell like Christmas.
00:11:52Oh, how would you like to come home with me?
00:11:56Oh, hi there.
00:11:59Oh, this one's taken for.
00:12:01Looks like we have a problem.
00:12:02Oh, not really, because I saw it first.
00:12:04Oh.
00:12:05Oh, uh.
00:12:06Okay, maybe you saw that side of it first, but.
00:12:09Oh, this side, that side, it's all the same tree, so if you wouldn't mind just letting go.
00:12:12All right, well, here's the thing.
00:12:14Kyle here has really got his heart sent on this one, so.
00:12:16Kyle?
00:12:16It's Kyle, and, uh, that's Trish.
00:12:22Hi.
00:12:23I'm sorry, you are?
00:12:24Oh, Isabel.
00:12:25Isabel Gray.
00:12:26Hi, Isabel Gray, Jamie Houghton.
00:12:28Nice to meet you.
00:12:29Nice to meet you.
00:12:29Want to come to my show?
00:12:31Oh.
00:12:31It's a school thing.
00:12:32Not now, Kyle.
00:12:33We're negotiating.
00:12:34Well, no, we're not exactly negotiating, because there's nothing to negotiate, because this tree is mine.
00:12:40Okay.
00:12:41Here's the thing.
00:12:41I'd be happy to help you find another tree in the lot.
00:12:44Oh, no, Jamie, do you don't mind if I call you Jamie, do you?
00:12:48You see, this may be a little bit hard to believe, but I picked out this exact tree 25 years ago.
00:12:55It's very hard to believe.
00:12:57I'm not kidding.
00:12:58This exact tree, this shape and size and color.
00:13:01I've been dreaming about this tree since I first knew what a Christmas tree was.
00:13:04You see, I'm from California.
00:13:06Oh, Jamie, give her the tree.
00:13:09Listen to your wife.
00:13:10I've actually...
00:13:11This Christmas has got to be the one that I have in my head.
00:13:15She's got Christmas in her head?
00:13:17That's what she says.
00:13:18The perfect town, the perfect cottage, the perfect holiday getaway for me and my boyfriend.
00:13:26Is he in your head, too?
00:13:27No, he's coming later, eventually, we think, by Christmas, most likely.
00:13:32He's a very busy man.
00:13:33Is your boyfriend Santa Claus?
00:13:35Could we get back to the tree, please?
00:13:36Yes, here's the thing.
00:13:38When Kyle sets his mind on something, there's just no chance.
00:13:41I found another one!
00:13:44I found another one.
00:13:47I'll go.
00:13:48Let her have the tree.
00:13:50Place closes in five minutes.
00:13:52Okay.
00:13:53Thank you, Kyle, wherever you are.
00:13:56Just come to my show!
00:14:00So he plays clarinet at the Christmas pageant at his school.
00:14:05It's the day after tomorrow.
00:14:07It's amazing.
00:14:08And it's looking like that's going to be the price for the tree, so...
00:14:12Are you in?
00:14:14Absolutely.
00:14:15Sure.
00:14:16I'll do my very best.
00:14:18Great.
00:14:20Sure.
00:14:20Merry Christmas, really.
00:14:22Merry Christmas to you.
00:14:24Really.
00:14:29Why, this seems so much easier in my head.
00:14:40Hey.
00:14:41Hey.
00:14:42You want a hand?
00:14:43I got a lot of room in the back.
00:14:44Oh, if I need a ride, I'll call a taxi.
00:14:47Bye.
00:14:48Bye.
00:14:49Are you sure it's not too big?
00:14:51It's a pretty big tree.
00:14:52I know what I'm doing.
00:14:54Oh, goodness.
00:14:56Oh, yeah.
00:14:56I can see you've got everything under control there.
00:15:05Okay, fine.
00:15:07Help.
00:15:07Only if you're sure.
00:15:08I don't want to impose.
00:15:09I could do it myself.
00:15:11Really?
00:15:17No problem.
00:15:18Very nice.
00:15:19Beautiful tree.
00:15:21Excellent choice.
00:15:26All right.
00:15:31Hey, I know you said you have a boyfriend, right?
00:15:34Is that serious?
00:15:36Well, we're figuring it out.
00:15:37We're assessing things.
00:15:40Ah.
00:15:41What does that mean?
00:15:42Ah.
00:15:43Nothing.
00:15:45Just a regular old...
00:15:47Ah.
00:15:57I have to admit, you were right.
00:16:00Fits perfectly.
00:16:01I told you, I've been planning this forever.
00:16:03And the very best part is, it's completely real.
00:16:08It's the first time you ever had a real tree?
00:16:09Mm-hmm.
00:16:10My mom always thought they were too messy.
00:16:13I grew up terrified that Santa was going to pass our house by because there wasn't a real
00:16:17tree in the window.
00:16:18Well, hey, maybe this year Santa's going to bring you what you really want.
00:16:20Maybe he will.
00:16:28What's going on over here?
00:16:30Oh, the tree needs ornaments.
00:16:34You're making them?
00:16:35Some of them.
00:16:37I'm sure it's not the kind of construction you're used to.
00:16:40I saw your truck.
00:16:42Hot in construction.
00:16:43You're not the only one around here who's observant.
00:16:45I'm impressed.
00:16:46But what I am going to do is grab you some more fuel for that fire.
00:16:48The nights can dip into the single digits out here.
00:16:51I don't want you freezing before Santa can even show up.
00:16:53I am just fine.
00:16:54I can take care of myself.
00:16:55Answer your call.
00:16:56I'm going to get some wood, and then I'll leave.
00:16:58Okay?
00:17:01Oh, hey!
00:17:02Lizzie, hey.
00:17:03Look, I just have a quick second between meetings.
00:17:05How's it going?
00:17:06Oh, it's so great.
00:17:07Look, look, I got us a tree.
00:17:09That one looks a little, you know, bare.
00:17:11Well, I'm getting to that one thing at a time.
00:17:14You know what?
00:17:14Don't worry about it.
00:17:15I'll take care of it when I get up there.
00:17:16So when do you think that might be?
00:17:18Well, I'm still going to be here for a few more days.
00:17:21Ah, I really, really miss you.
00:17:23I hate thinking of you all alone up there.
00:17:25Hey, let's put it by the fireplace, okay?
00:17:27Oh, yep.
00:17:28Perfect.
00:17:30Who is that?
00:17:31Is somebody there with you?
00:17:32No, just Logman.
00:17:34Logman.
00:17:37Okay.
00:17:38You're all set.
00:17:38Sorry.
00:17:40Enjoy your stay.
00:17:41I will.
00:17:41Thank you, Logman.
00:17:43Thank you very much.
00:17:44Say hello to your wife and son.
00:17:46Oh, my sister and nephew.
00:17:49Yeah, will do.
00:17:54Izzy.
00:17:58I think we have a bad connection.
00:18:02Isabella.
00:18:04Hi.
00:18:04I'm sorry.
00:18:05I'm sorry about that.
00:18:06Um, yes, I miss you, too.
00:18:21All right.
00:18:25Gingerbread recipe.
00:18:27I'm sorry.
00:18:45I'm sorry.
00:18:50Let's go.
00:19:20Let's go.
00:19:50You okay?
00:19:54Yeah, I'm fine. Jamie? You're a fireman too?
00:19:57Volunteer brigade. I help out when I can. Stay here. We got this.
00:20:00There's nothing to get. Will somebody just listen to me?
00:20:03Just for the record, I'm normally a much neater cook than this.
00:20:11Okay. Wow. So, all this just from cooking, huh?
00:20:19A little baking, cooking.
00:20:22Well, you don't need the fire department, ma'am. What you need is a cleanup crew.
00:20:27Say, Scotty, she's actually a friend of mine. My shift's almost over. Do you mind if I stay here and just help clean this stuff up?
00:20:34It's fine with me. Just keep her away from the oven. And future reference, you might want to consider takeout.
00:20:41Thanks.
00:20:43Thank you, Scotty.
00:20:43You know, it was such a beautiful day. Such a great morning. I woke up early. The sun was shining. There were birds chirping. It's just perfect. And then, there it was. A sign. Gingerbread contest.
00:21:00It's an annual thing. Of course, it's an annual thing. Because this is exactly what I've dreamed about. A small town. These traditional activities. And I thought, hey, why not? I can do that.
00:21:12Build a gingerbread house.
00:21:13Yes, exactly. And, oh, I was ready. I bought everything. I got gumdrops and peppermint sticks. Fence post?
00:21:23No. No, thanks. I'm, no. I'm fine. Listen, I tell you what, if it's really that important to you.
00:21:29It really is.
00:21:31Okay. That contest?
00:21:33Yeah.
00:21:33Everything's pre-baked.
00:21:35Really?
00:21:35Yeah. All you have to do is put it together.
00:21:37You don't say.
00:21:38So, if you want to drive me back into town, I can guarantee you a spot at the table.
00:21:42Hold that thought.
00:21:44Okay.
00:21:45Mom. Yes?
00:21:47You didn't call last night, so I thought... What's happened to you?
00:21:51What do you... Oh, that? No, I'm fine. It was just a little baking accident.
00:21:56Is that a fireman behind you?
00:21:58Yep.
00:21:58Uh-huh.
00:21:59Hello?
00:22:00Yeah, there's nothing, nothing going on here, Mom. Everything is all good. The fireman is going to take me to a...
00:22:05To the hospital, right?
00:22:06No, to a gingerbread contest.
00:22:10Honey, we have a bad connection.
00:22:12Listen, Mom, I need to go, so you just relax, and I will talk to you soon. Okay?
00:22:18But...
00:22:18Bye-bye.
00:22:21Now, how about that contest?
00:22:24I hope your kitchen isn't a disaster like Isabel's.
00:22:32I know what that's like.
00:22:34Every year, our family celebrates Christmas with a gingerbread house contest, too.
00:22:39Candy and frosting and lots of laughs everywhere.
00:22:42I'm so glad you tuned in to Hallmark Channel's five-night Thanksgiving movie event.
00:22:46I'm your host, Candace Cameron Bure with my pal, Gracie, and I hope you're enjoying Christmas
00:22:52lists.
00:22:52Isn't Alicia Witt great?
00:22:54I love all her Christmas traditions.
00:22:56Okay, we'll see you after the movie.
00:22:58These kids are ringers.
00:23:05I think you need to look bad.
00:23:07I think you know one of these ringers, actually.
00:23:09Kyle, remember Isabel?
00:23:11Don't forget my show tomorrow.
00:23:13I won't.
00:23:14So, you know, there's no limit to the amount of candy you can use.
00:23:17It's unlimited.
00:23:18Well, thank you.
00:23:19That's very helpful.
00:23:20But I'm going for a more streamlined look.
00:23:25Well, mission accomplished there.
00:23:26You should probably add a bit more icing to your roof, though.
00:23:28It's going to fall off.
00:23:29Whose house is this?
00:23:31Which one of us owns a construction company?
00:23:35Oh, no.
00:23:43How much time do I have?
00:23:44Not much.
00:23:45Tick tock.
00:23:48Wow.
00:23:56Okay, contestants.
00:24:18That's it.
00:24:19Everybody, step back from your gingerbread houses.
00:24:22Do you think I have a chance?
00:24:25If they judge by the pound, you're golden.
00:24:37Hey, seventh place.
00:24:40That's not so bad, right?
00:24:42No.
00:24:43Considering there were only seven contestants, I...
00:24:45Hey, you're not helping.
00:24:47Hey, I know something that'll cheer you up.
00:24:48It's a place my mom used to take me when I was a kid.
00:24:51I don't think I want to know.
00:24:53You trust me?
00:24:53At this point, what else do I have to lose?
00:24:57That's the spirit.
00:25:02Welcome back.
00:25:02Wow.
00:25:04This is incredible.
00:25:06This is great.
00:25:07Where did these come from?
00:25:09Well, uh, Santa's elves actually built this as a gift for the town over a hundred years ago.
00:25:18I almost believe that.
00:25:20Yeah, I thought you might.
00:25:21So tell me, what's the fascination with the gingerbread houses?
00:25:24When I was little, there was a bakery in my neighborhood.
00:25:27Every year around the holidays, she had this amazing gingerbread house in the window.
00:25:32And I just walked by it and imagined the perfect cookie woman in her perfect cookie house.
00:25:40I'm going to take a wild guess and say this cookie woman's name was Isabel.
00:25:46What gave it away?
00:25:48Yeah.
00:25:50And she was a designer, just like me.
00:25:52Oh, really?
00:25:53What do you design?
00:25:54Fashion.
00:25:56Yeah, Brett Bishop Designs.
00:25:58Oh, very cool.
00:25:59So what you're wearing right now, did you design that?
00:26:01Yeah, I did.
00:26:02I love it.
00:26:03Thank you so much.
00:26:04Me too.
00:26:05The company design is a little bit more polished, more urban.
00:26:09It's not exactly where my heart is, but why does it sell?
00:26:12Right.
00:26:13Yeah, here we go.
00:26:15Pretty cool, huh?
00:26:17So.
00:26:18This is perfect.
00:26:19Gingerbread, Isabel.
00:26:21Yeah.
00:26:22She's what?
00:26:24Realistic.
00:26:25Okay, so she doesn't design what she likes.
00:26:27She designs what sells.
00:26:28Ah.
00:26:29She has her own brand, her own company.
00:26:32Something big, international.
00:26:35Oh, and that house.
00:26:38Probably in Paris.
00:26:41Paris?
00:26:42Property value there is the gumdrop sidewalk alone.
00:26:46She can afford it.
00:26:47She's wildly successful.
00:26:49I remember.
00:26:49Very good.
00:26:51Enough about me.
00:26:52Tell me about you.
00:26:53If you were a gingerbread man, who would you be?
00:26:55Oh, my guy?
00:26:57Easy.
00:26:57Just wants to be happy, own his own business, little family, lots of small-town gingerbread friends.
00:27:04All right.
00:27:07Teach his own, I guess.
00:27:09Hey, listen.
00:27:10After all the construction today, and this horseback race, you gotta be building up an appetite.
00:27:18Let me buy you lunch.
00:27:20You, you mean like a, like a date?
00:27:23No, no.
00:27:24It'd be more like a consolation prize, you know?
00:27:26Plus, there's that old saying, man cannot live on gingerbread alone.
00:27:31Giddy-up.
00:27:36Here's your usual.
00:27:38And one for the lady on the house, seeing as it's almost Christmas.
00:27:42What?
00:27:43Thank you, Patty.
00:27:46Wow.
00:27:47Are you supposed to eat these or climb them?
00:27:50Cute girl.
00:27:51Beautiful jacket.
00:27:54She's talented, too.
00:27:55She designed that jacket herself, right?
00:27:57Well, something like that would sell, like, hotcakes up here.
00:28:00Really?
00:28:01Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
00:28:03Even the hotcakes don't sound like hotcakes up here, Patty.
00:28:05Oh.
00:28:05Oh, jokers.
00:28:08I'm serious about this girl.
00:28:09Don't miss it.
00:28:10Oh, no, we're not together.
00:28:12Oh, that's a shame.
00:28:13Water.
00:28:14I'll be right back.
00:28:17Oh.
00:28:19Okay.
00:28:20Whoa.
00:28:21Okay.
00:28:22Let's be honest.
00:28:23Who has a mouth this big?
00:28:26Mmm.
00:28:29Sorry, you were saying?
00:28:30Never mind.
00:28:30I have to say, I still can't believe the mess I made yesterday.
00:28:38Being messy is fun sometimes.
00:28:40Sometimes, I guess, but it's like a road trip.
00:28:42It's better if you have a map, right?
00:28:44Then you miss all the surprises along the way.
00:28:45Great job color coordinating the sugar packets, by the way.
00:28:51Couldn't even look at them before.
00:28:52You know what your tree needs?
00:29:00What?
00:29:01Lights.
00:29:03I didn't even think of that.
00:29:07Perfect.
00:29:10Are we ready?
00:29:11I am ready.
00:29:12Okay.
00:29:13Here we go.
00:29:22All right.
00:29:29All right.
00:29:30I think that is the most beautiful Christmas tree I have ever had.
00:29:36It's the one in your head.
00:29:39Exactly.
00:29:40All right.
00:29:40Oh, it's making me think of something I haven't done since I was a kid.
00:29:45We used to do it all the time.
00:29:48Tree this size.
00:29:49Do you want to try it?
00:29:49It's a little odd.
00:29:51I'm considering the source.
00:29:52I'm not surprised.
00:29:54Come on.
00:29:55Here.
00:29:56Come down here.
00:29:57What are you doing?
00:29:58Just, it's not too weird, I promise.
00:30:00Just lie down.
00:30:01Come on.
00:30:02And this accomplishes what, exactly?
00:30:13Just look up.
00:30:17That's what a Christmas sky should look like.
00:30:20Wow.
00:30:24That's spectacular.
00:30:26Spectacular.
00:30:29Thank you, Jamie.
00:30:32I'm very happy right now.
00:30:37I'm very tired.
00:30:40I'm very...
00:30:42I'm very...
00:30:42I'm very...
00:30:44I'm very...
00:31:00I'm very...
00:31:01Isabel?
00:31:03Mom?
00:31:07Well, it's worse than I thought.
00:31:09You were asleep under the tree.
00:31:11I can explain that.
00:31:12And now this?
00:31:13It's a wonder anyone got out alive.
00:31:15Mom, seriously, why are you here?
00:31:17You said you needed me.
00:31:19I didn't.
00:31:20I listened between the lines.
00:31:21What lines?
00:31:22There were no lines.
00:31:23Look, show me to my room.
00:31:24We'll get started.
00:31:25You don't...
00:31:25What room?
00:31:26You don't have a room.
00:31:27You don't...
00:31:27You don't even supposed to be here.
00:31:29This was on the front door.
00:31:30I didn't want to wake you, it says.
00:31:34Who's Jamie?
00:31:36Nobody.
00:31:36Just somebody who helped me with the tree lights.
00:31:40Why did he leave you under the tree like a Christmas package?
00:31:43And where is the boyfriend?
00:31:45The boyfriend is coming.
00:31:46Hmm.
00:31:47Mom, seriously, you can't stay.
00:31:49I'm not kidding.
00:31:49You know, I didn't bring the right clothes.
00:31:52It's much colder here than I thought.
00:31:54And have you noticed it's so small?
00:31:57The streets, the buildings, everything is so small.
00:32:02And is that a real tree?
00:32:05Mm-hmm.
00:32:07Isabel.
00:32:08And the lights are all wrong.
00:32:10They're all bunched up.
00:32:11Oh, they look right to me.
00:32:12Never mind.
00:32:13We'll fix them later.
00:32:14So, where's my room?
00:32:15You don't have a room.
00:32:17Because you don't live here.
00:32:28So, where's Brett?
00:32:30Brett who?
00:32:31I'm just kidding.
00:32:33Brett's still coming, Mom.
00:32:35He just had a last-minute business trip.
00:32:36Mm-hmm.
00:32:37No, seriously, the company is growing very fast.
00:32:40Concessions have to be made.
00:32:42Yes, but it seems like the only person making concessions is you.
00:32:45That's exactly why I need this time with him, alone.
00:32:50Time you're not getting.
00:32:51I'm not kidding.
00:32:53I have to figure out whether this is just, you know, casual dating or something more serious.
00:32:59Darling, let's go for a sandwich as casual.
00:33:02Let's spend a week in a cabin.
00:33:04I'm not so sure.
00:33:05I'm almost afraid to ask.
00:33:12But what's this?
00:33:13Where did you find this?
00:33:15Right out in the open in your dresser drawer.
00:33:19A bucket list?
00:33:20Oh, Mom, it's not that kind of bucket list.
00:33:23It's just a list of things I want to make sure I do before Christmas ends.
00:33:29Only Santa takes sleigh rise these days.
00:33:32Oh, that tree.
00:33:33What a mess.
00:33:35And the nutcracker in a town with one stoplight.
00:33:42But, Mom, these things are important to me.
00:33:45The tree, the tree, the lights.
00:33:49And this.
00:33:50We could have had gingerbread.
00:33:52Any bakery in town.
00:33:54Well, this one had to be mine.
00:33:56Your own gingerbread.
00:33:58Mm-hmm.
00:33:58Do you hear how that sounds?
00:34:00You're up here all by yourself.
00:34:02No friends, nothing to do.
00:34:03I have got plenty to do.
00:34:06In fact, how do you feel about Christmas pageants?
00:34:11It's so great to meet you, Ellen.
00:34:16Unfortunately, the timing is not great.
00:34:19Right, buddy?
00:34:20I can't do it.
00:34:22We will figure something out, honey.
00:34:25Kyle was going to play clarinet while all the ballerinas danced.
00:34:28I can't do it now.
00:34:29Why not?
00:34:30Is your clarinet broken?
00:34:31Mrs. Meacham's ankle is.
00:34:33The ballet teacher.
00:34:34She was going to lead Emma and the girls in their dance.
00:34:37Been working on it for weeks.
00:34:39Maybe I could talk to them?
00:34:41Sure.
00:34:43Um.
00:34:45Hey.
00:34:45Wow, you sure do look pretty in that dress.
00:34:50It's a tutu.
00:34:52Well, it's tutu cute on you.
00:34:55Hey, I heard that you were maybe thinking about not dancing.
00:34:59We can't, not without Mrs. Meacham.
00:35:02You know, I used to take ballet lessons when I was just about your age.
00:35:06She didn't think she was good enough, so she quit.
00:35:09My daughter's always been hard on herself.
00:35:11I don't know where she gets that.
00:35:13I'm a sugar plum fairy.
00:35:14Is that what you were going to dance?
00:35:16The nutcracker.
00:35:18The nutcracker.
00:35:21Did you hear that?
00:35:22Is there something special about the nutcracker?
00:35:25I'm not the one to ask.
00:35:27How would you feel about me dancing with you?
00:35:31Like you don't know a step.
00:35:34Well, I know you can show me.
00:35:36And the rest of it, we'll just wing it.
00:35:42Here, let's see if these fit.
00:35:43It's like it was made for me.
00:35:46Hey, Kyle.
00:35:48Warm up that clarinet.
00:35:50Because these birds are going dancing.
00:35:54Yes!
00:35:54Don't the other stars.
00:35:56What do you think?
00:36:00Here.
00:36:03Here.
00:36:06I'll see you next time.
00:36:07Peace.
00:37:08Oh, I loved it so much seeing you happy like that.
00:37:13Not even caring if the steps were right.
00:37:14They weren't.
00:37:15Oh, I know.
00:37:16Everybody knew, but it was wonderful.
00:37:19Oh, thanks, Mom.
00:37:20I may have been wrong about this place.
00:37:23It has its charms.
00:37:24It does, doesn't it?
00:37:27There's something you don't see in San Diego, I bet.
00:37:29What are they doing?
00:37:30It's a school trip up the mountain.
00:37:32Local tire company supplies the tubes and they...
00:37:34It's like sledding.
00:37:37Huh.
00:37:38It's sort of like slaying, isn't it?
00:37:41Dear Lord.
00:37:42Mom.
00:37:43You've lost your mind.
00:37:44She's lost her mind.
00:37:45Tell her.
00:37:45Oh, come on.
00:37:46How many times are we ever going to have a chance to do something like this again?
00:37:49With any luck, never.
00:37:51Oh, no.
00:37:51You want to throw yourself down a mountain?
00:37:53You're on your own.
00:37:54Can you tell me how to get there?
00:37:56Yeah, it's a locals-only place.
00:37:58You'd never find it.
00:38:00But I can take you there.
00:38:02Oh, well, I couldn't let you do that.
00:38:05You'll let the man take you slaying if he wants to.
00:38:07Sledding.
00:38:08Tubing.
00:38:09Whatever.
00:38:10We're going.
00:38:11Where are the keys?
00:38:13Bye.
00:38:14Have fun.
00:38:14I will.
00:38:15Bye.
00:38:15Bye.
00:38:15Bye.
00:38:15Bye.
00:38:16Bye.
00:38:16Bye.
00:38:17Bye.
00:38:17Bye.
00:38:17Bye.
00:38:18Bye.
00:38:18Bye.
00:38:19Bye.
00:38:19Bye.
00:38:20You sure this is the right place?
00:38:37I don't see anybody else around.
00:38:39I'll let the kids have their own mountain.
00:38:41This is my secret spot.
00:38:43You sure you haven't just brought me out here to freeze to death?
00:38:48Christmas time with Santa watching?
00:38:50I think I'm nuts.
00:38:52Yeah.
00:38:53So what's the story behind the sleigh ride?
00:38:55What makes you think there's a story?
00:38:56Because everything you do has a story behind it.
00:38:59Have you ever seen the movie White Christmas?
00:39:02No.
00:39:03I can't say I have.
00:39:04You haven't seen White Christmas?
00:39:06Is it the one with the elf?
00:39:07No, that would be elf.
00:39:09Right.
00:39:09White Christmas.
00:39:10It's a classic.
00:39:11It's got Bing Crosby and verse Mary Clooney.
00:39:14They sing and dance and fight.
00:39:16It sounds just like us, except for the singing and dancing part.
00:39:19And then at the end, there's a sleigh ride and the snow comes falling down and everybody
00:39:25is so happy.
00:39:27I want Rosemary Clooney's happy ending, snow and all.
00:39:31Well, granted, at the end, she doesn't go sledding off on an inner tube.
00:39:36I tell you, she does not know what she's missing.
00:39:38Are you ready?
00:39:39I'm ready.
00:39:40Okay.
00:39:41Grab a tube.
00:39:41Okay.
00:39:57Wow.
00:39:59This place is something else.
00:40:04Something else, huh?
00:40:06It's really special to you.
00:40:10Yeah.
00:40:11I used to come here a lot with my dad.
00:40:15He died pretty young and I felt the pressure to step up, be the man in the house.
00:40:21How old were you?
00:40:22Not old enough.
00:40:24Whenever I want time to myself or, you know, put things in perspective, that's where I came.
00:40:31Okay.
00:40:31About these tubes.
00:40:32Right.
00:40:33What do we do?
00:40:33Super easy.
00:40:34Throw it down.
00:40:35Hop on it.
00:40:36Let gravity do the rest.
00:40:37Sounds like a plan.
00:40:38Okay.
00:40:39But I want to give you a few pointers first.
00:40:40Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:40:41I've got a few pointers.
00:40:45Hold on.
00:40:47Hold on.
00:40:48Hold on.
00:40:49Hold on.
00:40:52Are you okay?
00:41:01Are you okay?
00:41:02Is there anything broken?
00:41:03Are you all right?
00:41:04I don't care if I broke every bone in my body.
00:41:07I've never been better.
00:41:11You are nuts.
00:41:13I know.
00:41:14That was awesome.
00:41:18You look...
00:41:19Yeah?
00:41:20What?
00:41:26What?
00:41:27Wait.
00:41:28Sorry.
00:41:29That's my bad.
00:41:30You can't just kiss a person like that.
00:41:32I know.
00:41:32I said I was sorry.
00:41:33You should be.
00:41:34I'm sorry.
00:41:35What?
00:41:35Hey.
00:41:36Hey.
00:41:37Hey.
00:41:43Hey.
00:41:43You dropped something.
00:41:45Give that back to me, please.
00:41:47What is it?
00:41:47Christmas bucket list.
00:41:49Isabelle, are you okay?
00:41:50It's not that kind of bucket list.
00:41:52Why does nobody get that?
00:41:54Christmas tree, gingerbread house, the nutcracker.
00:41:58Oh, is that what Kyle's concert was about?
00:42:00Personal.
00:42:01Sorry.
00:42:01I just meant you need a list to get through Christmas.
00:42:04I mean, doesn't I take all the fun out of it?
00:42:06It's the way my family usually just spends the holiday anyway.
00:42:08Well, I'm very happy for you and your family.
00:42:11I'm just saying, you don't need to force it.
00:42:13You know?
00:42:13Christmas has a life of its own.
00:42:14You just let it happen.
00:42:16Everything will work out.
00:42:17Christmas has never had a way of working out for me.
00:42:20For me, it's always been about sunburns and traffic jams.
00:42:23And overtime.
00:42:25And too many crowds.
00:42:26And too much stress.
00:42:28And for once, I would really like Christmas to just be perfect.
00:42:32Good enough to full cut it?
00:42:33Nothing is ever just good enough.
00:42:35I'm so sorry.
00:42:36That must be exhausting.
00:42:38Well, I'm sorry that my life offends you.
00:42:41But this is the way I've planned it.
00:42:43And this is the way I'm living it.
00:42:44No, no, no, no.
00:42:45Isabelle.
00:42:46That's not what I meant.
00:42:47Take me home.
00:42:52Huh.
00:42:53How was the sleigh ride?
00:42:55You're home so soon.
00:42:56What are you doing?
00:42:58Well, didn't we agree the lights are all wrong?
00:43:00No, we didn't.
00:43:01They were fine the way they were.
00:43:03Well, we both know they weren't.
00:43:04But look now.
00:43:05They're perfect.
00:43:06Isabelle, what?
00:43:07What are you doing?
00:43:15I'm leaving.
00:43:16It's just a stupid idea.
00:43:18Call Brett and tell him not to come.
00:43:20Instead of having hot cocoa by a fireplace, we'll have margaritas on a beach.
00:43:24It's probably what he would prefer anyway.
00:43:26Is this about some silly lights?
00:43:29I thought I was doing something nice.
00:43:30Mom, I'm not mad at you.
00:43:32I'm mad at myself, okay?
00:43:33I'm mad about the gingerbread house, and I'm mad about the lights, and the fact that I can't
00:43:38handle one more day of my own unrealistic expectations of myself.
00:43:43Well, at least let me help you for all these.
00:43:46I can't even do that right.
00:43:48Sweetheart, you are so hard on yourself.
00:43:52You've been like that all your life, even when you were young.
00:43:55You wouldn't bring home your artwork, for heaven's sake.
00:43:58Well, that's because I colored outside the lines.
00:44:00You were five.
00:44:02Well, Mozart was writing symphonies when he was five, right?
00:44:06What has that got to do with this?
00:44:07I'm just saying, if he was writing symphonies, he was probably coloring inside the lines.
00:44:11All right, you stop this.
00:44:13Stop it right now, because I won't have you feeling this way.
00:44:16I just...
00:44:17I just won't.
00:44:21We need to talk.
00:44:24Your father and I were never a good match, but I tried to make everything perfect.
00:44:32You know, if dinner was waiting and the house was clean, if everything was just so...
00:44:37That's how I've always felt.
00:44:39Yes, but the drive for perfection is mine, not yours.
00:44:42I've given you such a terrible gift.
00:44:51Can you forgive me?
00:44:52Oh, Mom, there's nothing to forgive.
00:44:54You alphabetize your office supplies.
00:44:58There's nothing wrong with being organized.
00:45:00If it doesn't rule your life.
00:45:03It's taken me all these years to learn this.
00:45:05Oh.
00:45:06I just want you to know that the world isn't going to come to an end.
00:45:11If the tree lights are all wrong, and if the gingerbread house topples, and...
00:45:17I don't want you to jeopardize what you have with Jamie because of...
00:45:20Grant.
00:45:21Whoever.
00:45:22I do love you, you know.
00:45:32I love you.
00:45:34Flaws and all.
00:45:36I have flaws?
00:45:39Do you want me to make a list?
00:45:41No.
00:45:42No more lists.
00:45:43Oh, all right.
00:45:47Come on.
00:45:48Let's...
00:45:49Let's go call the airport.
00:45:51No, it's okay.
00:45:52I changed my mind.
00:45:53I'm going to stay.
00:45:53Oh, well, I'm not talking about you.
00:45:56My sister is expecting me for Christmas dinner, you know.
00:45:59And you have your own life to live and your own holiday to enjoy.
00:46:02But, if you don't mind, I want to pack my own suitcases.
00:46:13Deal.
00:46:14Deal.
00:46:32Merry Christmas, Captain.
00:46:35Well, if it isn't the baker.
00:46:38Um, is Jamie around?
00:46:41No.
00:46:42You might want to try the toy store.
00:46:44Toys and treasures?
00:46:45The toy store?
00:46:49Hello there.
00:46:51Merry Christmas.
00:46:55Isabel.
00:46:57Wow.
00:46:58Volunteer firefighter, contractor, toy sales.
00:47:02Is there anything you don't do?
00:47:04No, it's, uh...
00:47:05It's my mom's business, actually.
00:47:07I'm just helping out.
00:47:09Mom's Isabel.
00:47:10She's visiting from San Diego.
00:47:12Hi.
00:47:12A ballerina.
00:47:13Well?
00:47:14Well done.
00:47:16I'm Kathy.
00:47:17Welcome.
00:47:18Any friend of Jamie's is a friend of...
00:47:19Oh, I'm not so sure we're still friends.
00:47:21I owe your son a huge apology for yesterday.
00:47:24You don't.
00:47:25You don't owe me anything.
00:47:26It's fine.
00:47:27I shouldn't tell you how to live your life.
00:47:28I was out of line.
00:47:29If he says he was, he was.
00:47:32Whose side are you on here?
00:47:33You've always been an honest boy.
00:47:41Santa's gone?
00:47:42Oh, David.
00:47:44Santa and his elf just left.
00:47:46Now how do you know what I want for Christmas?
00:47:49I'm so sorry, honey.
00:47:51You know what?
00:47:52Don't worry about it, because Santa always knows.
00:47:55Maybe he's just gone feeding his reindeer?
00:48:00He's actually gone for the day.
00:48:02He's back there changing.
00:48:03Let me sit back and go catch him.
00:48:04Go.
00:48:19Hey, Jamie.
00:48:19What's up?
00:48:23We are.
00:48:25No.
00:48:27Ho, ho, ho.
00:48:28Hold on a minute.
00:48:31It's Santa.
00:48:32Ha, ha, ha.
00:48:33And I've got Jingles, my elf.
00:48:36And Santa is roping for business.
00:48:40Turns out that I've got time for one more visit before I fly back to the North Pole.
00:48:46Yeah.
00:48:47So why don't you hop on up on Santa's lap and tell him what you want for Christmas?
00:48:53Oh, ho.
00:48:55Oh, jeez.
00:48:58Heavier than you.
00:48:59Look, David.
00:49:01It's David, right?
00:49:02David has names.
00:49:04Santa knows my name.
00:49:06Santa knows everything.
00:49:07Yeah, that's right.
00:49:09So tell me, David, have you been a good boy this year?
00:49:13I thought you knew everything.
00:49:15Of course I do.
00:49:15I was just double checking.
00:49:18Why don't you go ahead and tell Santa what you want for Christmas?
00:49:25Oh, he's got a list.
00:49:28Wow, all that.
00:49:29Go ahead.
00:49:30Go ahead and tell us.
00:49:32I want a video game, a super-truper action figure, a remote-controlled car, a skateboard.
00:49:40Why don't you just let Santa surprise you with something this year?
00:49:44Why don't you just let go of your expectations about Christmas and just let it happen to you?
00:49:51How about that?
00:49:52Hmm, no.
00:49:55I'd rather have a video game, a super-truper action figure, a remote-controlled car, a soccer ball, and a baseball mitt.
00:50:04Okay.
00:50:09Ah, quite a team, huh?
00:50:12Be honest, though.
00:50:13Did that Santa outfit make me look fat?
00:50:14Well, a little bit.
00:50:19Oh, well, excuse me.
00:50:21Oh!
00:50:23Jingles the elf here.
00:50:26You've reached the North Pole.
00:50:29Do I have the wrong number?
00:50:31No, silly.
00:50:32It's me.
00:50:33I'm just having a little holiday of fun.
00:50:36Oh, fun.
00:50:38Oh, I so wish you were here.
00:50:39It's just not the same without you.
00:50:41That's what I hope to hear.
00:50:42How's the list coming along?
00:50:43It's getting there.
00:50:45I've got so much to tell you about.
00:50:47This has really been the best holiday ever.
00:50:50I mean, it could be better, obviously.
00:50:54It will be.
00:50:55Listen, Christmas is still three days away.
00:50:57I'm wrapping things up here.
00:50:58I'll be out on the next flight.
00:50:59Oh, and keep that elf up in handy.
00:51:02I have a few ideas.
00:51:03I want to run by Santa myself.
00:51:05Yeah?
00:51:06Okay.
00:51:06I'll see you soon.
00:51:07Bye.
00:51:13Thanks, my dear.
00:51:25Merry Christmas.
00:51:27Oh, that was so sweet what you did with David.
00:51:30Oh.
00:51:30Well, how many chances am I ever going to have to get my picture taken with Santa?
00:51:36Not even if you planned it.
00:51:37Jamie said that you're in town alone.
00:51:39If you're not busy, why don't you come over and have dinner with us tonight?
00:51:42Nothing fancy, just family.
00:51:44Oh, are you sure I wouldn't be...
00:51:47I'll pick you up at seven.
00:51:48Okay.
00:52:18I'm so glad you could join us for dinner tonight, Isabel.
00:52:30Oh, I'm honored.
00:52:31It's such a family affair.
00:52:34Hey, Kyle, did you bring your clarinet tonight?
00:52:36Maybe you could play us something later.
00:52:38Totally.
00:52:39Yeah?
00:52:40Then you won't have to ask him twice.
00:52:42He gets that from his father.
00:52:44A friendly warning, this one plays the accordion.
00:52:47And he's been practicing the 12 days of Christmas.
00:52:50Don't encourage him.
00:52:52Oh.
00:52:53Oh, I've got Trisha's casserole.
00:52:55Can I help you in the kitchen?
00:52:56No.
00:52:57No.
00:52:58No.
00:53:00You told them.
00:53:02Told everybody.
00:53:03Oh.
00:53:04Wow, I can't believe you really made all these yourself.
00:53:15Just like my mother taught me.
00:53:17And her mother taught her.
00:53:19Gee.
00:53:20My mother always said if it couldn't be delivered, we didn't need it.
00:53:26Oh.
00:53:28That really was such a delicious dinner, Kathy.
00:53:30Oh.
00:53:31The homemade cooking is all.
00:53:33Some old family recipes.
00:53:34And could you grab those napkins for me, dear?
00:53:37Oh, yeah.
00:53:37Of course.
00:53:38Thanks.
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00:54:16of what uh we'll hey mom what's going on with that dessert yeah i want some pie the natives
00:54:25are restless we better get the pie in there you grab that i want to get this okay did i get ice
00:54:30cream too coming i love this this entire evening
00:54:39just typical family dinner no no no you don't understand i was an only child
00:54:48you've got an entire family of people in there who love you you actually are that gingerbread family
00:54:56you know that do you even know how special that is well you're right you know i never thought of it
00:55:04that way oh look at those stars wow have they always been up there hiding behind your city lights
00:55:16just like people when they let themselves relax
00:55:21oh shoot i got something for you what there you go what for me yeah
00:55:28but it's not even christmas eve it's not even christmas eve until tomorrow open it it's no big deal
00:55:42oh my goodness
00:55:47a tree a gingerbread house sleigh can you believe all the charms they had there and not one inner tube
00:55:54not that i could find anything what's the question mark oh that's uh well that's your secret christmas
00:56:02wish right i i don't even know what to say this is just the most thoughtful perfect gift i didn't get
00:56:12you anything no i don't it's it's fine the point is i just i saw something i thought you would like it
00:56:20i love it so i wanted to give it to you okay thank you so much for everything
00:56:32you're welcome
00:56:39oh is it important yeah it's brett he's
00:56:43he's in a cab on his way from portland oh should i bring you back or um probably yeah okay
00:56:58thank you
00:56:59looks like he's already here no need to walk me out oh why are you embarrassed is he super short
00:57:14he's got a unibrow it's like 94 years old you can tell me no he's young and handsome perfectly normal
00:57:24i can't imagine how sad that makes me to hear that i wondered what happened to you hey hey
00:57:30hey who is this oh this is a friend i met in town jamie haughton brett bishop
00:57:38oh yeah like the company right yeah see i told him all about you that's funny i haven't heard a
00:57:42word about you oh why don't you uh come inside and join us for a minute no no i don't come on
00:57:49i insist okay let's get out of this cold it's freezing out here wow brett you arranged all of
00:58:06this this is so magic sit sit uh jamie grab that uh cushion thing there sorry about the wine i
00:58:15specifically asked my sister for white and he sent red you'll hear from me off with his head
00:58:24oh you're serious so you um you live up here do you yeah yeah jamie's family has been so great
00:58:33they've really been keeping me busy well how lucky for isabel i mean i can't imagine there's
00:58:38much to do in a town this size feed the livestock watch the stoplight change
00:58:43ha yeah well don't fool yourself you can get pretty crazy around here the library got a new
00:58:48book last month pandemonium
00:58:56sorry about the uh coffee mug they only sent two proper glasses about the delivery
00:59:03uh what should we toast to small town charms um how about to christmas to christmas yeah
00:59:13yes christmas cheers oh oh oh don't break it yes oh i almost forgot i found your list
00:59:24you weren't kidding you have been busy i mean look at this thing check check check check check
00:59:29uh you know when izzy puts her mind to something it's our izzy
00:59:33um believe it or not most of these things on this list just kind of happened please you don't let
00:59:39anything just kind of happen so come on what what have you saved for me uh well let's see here we
00:59:45have ice skating and christmas caroling i haven't done that yet okay uh ice skating we'll do it first
00:59:51thing tomorrow take it off the list and get this thing back on track you sir you look like a bit of a
00:59:56sportsman uh do you know of a frozen lake nearby uh there is one actually but it's it's not safe to skate
01:00:03on it oh that's a shame okay well we'll build a snowman or make a fruitcake i mean it's not really
01:00:10that important what we do is it hey you know for what it's worth there is an indoor rink in town
01:00:19doesn't open until noon but i could probably grab you the keys slide you guys in early there you go a
01:00:25good man problem solved great i'll set that up for tomorrow i should go got family waiting and yes you
01:00:30should you should you should go well it was interesting meeting you yeah yeah geez what a
01:00:37surprise huh surprises all around yeah hey um will you please tell your family thank you for me again
01:00:45yeah for sure thanks for coming thank you okay have a good night yeah you too
01:00:53seventh place i didn't know they gave ribbons for that
01:01:07i do not see a future for you in gingerbread you know i didn't uh i didn't tell you about my trip
01:01:28let me tell you once this factory is set up we can expand into the entire south american market argentina
01:01:34ecuador i mean how is that for a new year's plan
01:01:51looks like someone's had a long day
01:02:04is your boyfriend sleeping in is he no he had some mysterious errand to run
01:02:14firing assistants trip to south america nothing quite that elaborate i hope but you never know
01:02:21can i give you a hand with that yes please i don't know what i'm doing
01:02:24how did you get the key anyway um i'm very tight with the owner oh yeah
01:02:31i used to work here when i was a kid did a lot of odd jobs back then to help the family out
01:02:37paper route gardening car wash bicycle repair just till you found construction that's right building
01:02:45something out of nothing it's nothing like that feeling of accomplishment you know yeah and it's always
01:02:51been here you've never lived anywhere else nope well college right other than that fall river's been
01:02:59home you know when you find it you wake up every morning and your heart just feels right you know
01:03:06probably how you feel about san diego right
01:03:08gosh i can just imagine how beautiful this must be it's filled with couples arm and arm twirling
01:03:18gracefully around each other
01:03:24it's actually just a bunch of awkward kids tripping over each other usually but
01:03:27you have a very vivid fantasy life well i've heard that before
01:03:37okay all right hello so have you have you skated before um well no no i haven't skated before ever
01:03:50all right would you make them out with you and give you a few pointers yes please definitely
01:03:57you're on your own you're on your own no i'm on my own
01:04:08i'm going to fix my best this is fun
01:04:12oh my goodness
01:04:25you okay yeah looks like i got here just in time oh hey hey brad hey do you mind if i cut in yeah of
01:04:33course i might need to hold on to her roses this type of hair well you know me when i set my mind to
01:04:41something hey thanks again for setting this up guy yeah of course so you guys it's yours till noon so
01:04:48have fun great thank you oh hey can you put those in some water for us
01:04:57sure thanks yeah
01:05:03great
01:05:06hi hi i know this doesn't make up for all the time we missed but it's a start
01:05:12it's a beautiful start should we do this yes um now before we get started i just don't feel
01:05:20embarrassed it's really slippery this i'm gonna give it a shot okay i'm here if you need me
01:05:33something like that a little something like that how did you learn how to skate hey i'm from
01:05:38chicago remember there's something else to do in the winters there well it's a good point shall we
01:05:44yes yeah let's get it
01:05:48oh you got it that's it that's good really good you have my turn uh yeah
01:05:55this is quaint i suppose a nice bordeaux is out of the question hey why don't we just relax and let
01:06:11the holidays happen just let christmas be whatever it's supposed to be take it as it comes that does
01:06:18not sound like you where do you hear that around well hello there hi buddy hey this is my boyfriend
01:06:28rat turkey flatter special tonight all the fixings what could they do to turkeys right okay good we'll
01:06:36take two of those uh all white meat for me no skin instead of potatoes extra veggies lightly steamed
01:06:41gravy on the side i'm sure i don't even need to say no bread no butter no you do not
01:06:44oh i don't suppose you got a gluten-free option i don't suppose so is that it that's perfect thank
01:06:51you patty okay so we've got the skating thing out of the way how soon do you think we can get the
01:07:00rest of this list done and just relax you know what about that list we can just forget it it's it's
01:07:09silly i mean it's been fun but honestly nothing really worked out the way i planned it
01:07:16i didn't think so i mean that gingerbread house what were you thinking i don't know
01:07:25do you want to just head back home you mean it oh that that would be amazing i mean i'm sorry
01:07:32but this just isn't my idea christmas oh merry christmas i can't forget you oh janey you're such a
01:07:42sweetheart well you're gonna join your friends hey hey hey guys uh how was the ice great yeah we're
01:07:52heading to california oh what before christmas fall river's a nice little town but it's just not for
01:08:01us right you always have paris i guess huh paris so great to meet both of you take care um if you're
01:08:11her back this way look me up okay jamie what was that all about i'm sorry i i'm just gonna go clear
01:08:23something up uh easy
01:08:30jamie wait
01:08:31hey you know we're just friends right you're clear on that what's your point well we're very
01:08:43different people yeah i think we've established that several times now probably start being so
01:08:49agreeable isabel i'm just gonna throw this out there okay that guy's not right for you how would
01:08:57you know i mean he obviously cares about you but he cares about himself and his work more who would
01:09:04pass up the opportunity to spend a week alone with you honestly you'd have to be crazy
01:09:24okay no apologies this time but i promise you i will leave you alone if that's what you want is it
01:09:35is it what is that what you want yeah yeah of course that's what i want
01:09:45okay nothing else for me to say that
01:09:54wait
01:10:18everything all right out here
01:10:24hey
01:10:35hey what is this wait you weren't supposed to open that book tomorrow oh we always open
01:10:41our presents christmas eve christmas eve morning i've never been good at waiting you must know that
01:10:46you're glad about me by now you would think i would but i didn't
01:10:51excited
01:10:53it's uh
01:10:56a shirt
01:10:57for fashion guy you're pretty quick do you like it
01:11:02yeah sure it's yeah it's the right size and everything maybe a little woodsy well i know it's a
01:11:08little not your usual style but it's perfect for the weather it's your favorite color
01:11:14i got it when i thought we were going to be up here for a little bit longer yeah actually blue is
01:11:18my favorite color blue yeah no way
01:11:23it's the thought that counts and it was a very nice thought
01:11:26thank you you're welcome and now that we're opening things you're opening things part one of your
01:11:32christmas present oh part one yeah my goodness what could it be called in some favors
01:11:39and organized a private plane to take us home today oh uh my goodness that's something i know right
01:11:48wow this is a holiday that we can both enjoy no totally that's that's this is perfect i know
01:11:56let's start packing okay great
01:11:58so i know we have these international fans but i have this idea for a new line
01:12:12a main street boutique my own personal design it's more casual is he yeah hear me out what if the next
01:12:18big thing isn't global what if it's back home small town america you know we could open a separate
01:12:25division and do it from well anywhere i don't think so i oh
01:12:30oh oh sorry it's a it's a text from hugo important they're all important just one sec
01:12:44oh shoot you know what i need to check that taxi
01:12:50it's hugo does he know it's christmas eve he does but apparently our new equipment doesn't
01:12:58but you know it's christmas eve right oh sorry i just really hoped we were gonna have a chance to
01:13:06spend some time together oh unbelievable he wants to shut down production for two weeks no no no no
01:13:11there goes half our fabric for the month you know what you deal with that i'll be right back
01:13:17sorry we're just closing oh isabel hi um is there something i can help you with oh no i was just
01:13:37passing by my boyfriend and i are heading back to california well i have four more of these
01:13:43oh honey um i'll put those away so you two can talk before isabel flies off to california
01:13:55hey
01:13:59i'm really glad you're here i was hoping it would be i hated the way we left things yesterday
01:14:04yeah oh yeah that's my fault i keep i keep saying things around here that i don't mean
01:14:09you didn't mean what you said no no no no i did i mean the good things i did the bad things i
01:14:16i didn't but you can decide which is which
01:14:21so this is it huh you're leaving as the song says i will be home for christmas
01:14:27what is with you and holiday pop culture i'm sorry well i'm really glad you came here
01:14:39and if you didn't make it to christmas maybe i'll get it right next year
01:14:42do those still sell um
01:14:52yeah yeah they do actually always a market for nostalgia i suppose
01:14:59i saw something like this in your mom's kitchen when i came over for dinner
01:15:02she started to tell me a story about them right well you're not the only one with stories i guess
01:15:14care to share
01:15:17after my dad died i kind of lost myself in work you know all those jobs i told you about
01:15:24you're doing what you had to just trying to help provide yeah that's what i told myself but i was
01:15:29really just avoiding the feelings you know so i made sure i didn't have time for them
01:15:38well that makes sense nothing to be ashamed of no i know that now
01:15:44because i i found a set of these in the attic and the joy just came back
01:15:50just a simple thing stacking one on top of another
01:15:57made me realize that life isn't about a paycheck you know it's about living full out it's about
01:16:04creating something that means something to you leaving a bit of yourself in the world
01:16:08yeah yeah i hope that you find something like that i truly do because you really deserve it
01:16:16thank you thank you i gotta go i gotta i gotta do a few things and then get home christmas
01:16:28have a safe flight okay merry christmas merry christmas
01:16:33okay
01:16:47so
01:16:53so
01:17:01he's a he's a good man isabel and he is a soft spot for you you challenge him
01:17:25he needs someone like that and maybe you do too what makes you say that
01:17:32i think it's pretty obvious to both of us
01:17:54so
01:18:11so
01:18:24the pilot says 10 minutes will be on our way have I seen that jacket before
01:18:33yes I've been wearing it all day plus you saw the sketches that's one of yours
01:18:41mm-hmm yeah it wasn't right for the market ah right hey Brett mmm did you
01:18:51have any fun sure I did like what the the skating that was great of course we
01:19:01could have found her in California hmm yeah I really wanted this to be such a
01:19:07special time Christmas with all the trainings you know how important this
01:19:12holiday was to me look I know that everything didn't work out exactly as you
01:19:16hope but we gave it our best right I know that look listen I know we didn't get
01:19:26as much time as you'd like but I will be with you as soon as I can see why these
01:19:30figures aren't adding I can't go with you to California no not right now what
01:19:47something happened to me up here your business idea you know what that was my
01:19:54fault I was too hasty we'll set up a meeting with our distributor in the new
01:19:57year you present your proposal and I will keep an open mind I mean I know you
01:20:01will grant that's not the point it's not about that so what is it is it is it
01:20:07Jamie it's not Jamie it's not anyone or if it is it's me okay well I don't get
01:20:15that at all I know you don't and I don't really get it either but the simple
01:20:20truth is you have someplace you have to be right now and I don't so I am going to
01:20:25take some time for myself here yeah the cabin is paid for through the week
01:20:30what are you gonna do I have absolutely no idea
01:20:35isn't that exciting isabel
01:20:39isabel
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01:21:01isabel
01:21:18isabel
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01:21:22isabel
01:21:24isabel
01:21:50we wish you a merry Christmas we wish you a merry
01:21:55we have carolers
01:21:56oh Jamie come on go get your jacket let's go
01:22:00we wish you a merry Christmas we wish you a merry Christmas we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
01:22:08now bring us some figgy pudding now bring us some figgy pudding now bring us some figgy pudding now bring us some figgy pudding
01:22:23I couldn't leave until I finished my Christmas list caroling what are you doing I thought you
01:22:29I want to watch it's either them or hot chocolate with marshmallows your choice
01:22:37hot chocolate let's go
01:22:40so is this the end of it then
01:22:49well
01:22:49almost
01:22:50I do have two bits of business remaining
01:22:53I need to find a construction company
01:22:56to help me with a business I'm thinking of starting
01:22:59I thought maybe you might know someone
01:23:02you're gonna branch it on your own are you
01:23:04well
01:23:05I'd have to find the right shop and the right town first
01:23:08I'm all over it
01:23:11that's that's only one thing though
01:23:14you said there were two bits left
01:23:16oh
01:23:17I did didn't I
01:23:18well
01:23:20aha
01:23:23all right
01:23:27secret Christmas wish
01:23:30hang on
01:23:33to kiss a man I love under the mistletoe
01:23:48is there a story behind that too
01:23:51not yet
01:23:53but I'm hoping there will be
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