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- I'll get it done, Sara.

I'm planning to leave early.

- I appreciate you hosting in my place, Becks,

I have to finish costumes by today

for Louie's school play.

We really hate to impose on you,

but with mom and dad's remodel I just...

(sighs) I don't know where else we could have done it.

- I am happy to take over.

I, I've never done the holidays

and I love a challenge.

I don't rise to them like my little sis, but--

- Stop it, you do too.

But I'll be there early to help

and please call me later if you need anything.

- Oh trust me, I will need a lot of anything

so keep your phone on, bye.

- 'Scuse me.

(Message sent chime)

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(Message chimes)

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(Elevator dings)

- Smooth Rebecca, very smooth.

(Elevator dings)

- Hi, Rebecca. - Good morning, Erin.

- So did you talk to fancy suit guy?

- No I did not.

So what's so urgent, you told me to hurry?

- So Vanessa came in this morning,

cleaned out her office,

and left at 8:30 with all of her stuff in a box.

- Wait, wait, wait, Vanessa was here at 8:30

because that's a unicorn sighting.

- We all thought so.

Which can only mean one thing. - She quit?

- And now that our vice-president has

most likely left us,

it would seem there's a senior executive position open.

- Uh we-we, we don't know that, Amy,

we're speculating. - We are preparing

so that you can put yourself out there before Chris does.

You have way more experience than him.

- Mhmm.

- And when you get bumped up I get bumped up.

Anyways, you don't wanna be reporting to Chris.

- Yeah, tell me about it.

He already acts like he's my boss.

- Exactly, which is why you need to talk to Jane

before he gets the chance.

- Yes, because clearly I am so good

at putting myself out there as evidenced by the elevator.

- One of these days you will get actual words out.

- Mhmm. - You know, find out

fancy suit guy's name, what he does.

- Yeah, okay.

Well, I'm gonna go find out what's up.

- Okay. Oh and Rebecca? - Yeah?

- Happy Hanukkah.

- (Small laugh)

Morning Victoria.

Hey.

- (Relaxed exhale)

- Ugh. Are-were you born in a barn, Chris?

- And good morning to you too, Rebecca.

Although I don't think that's the thing

that you would say in this scenario.

I've never seen an animal prop his feet up.

Would it be like a poised pig, a cool cow?

Hey, if you see one let me know

'cause that would be fun.

You're not gonna smile, per usual?

- Do you know what's going on with Vanessa?

- Nope, I was here early this morning

finishing that application permit

for the condos on Fletcher Avenue -

you're welcome by the way. - Wait, what?

I was coming in to do that now.

- No, now you don't need to, you gotta be quick around here.

I already hit the basketball court.

Anyway, Vanessa, she walks by,

she doesn't say a word, she always laughs at my jokes.

- Well, I hope we find out what's going on soon.

I drew up the schedule for the strip mall project,

but I need Vanessa to approve it.

- Do you want me to look at it and make sure it's...

what I've been here longer than you have.

- Yeah, as you live to remind me.

You know, I was a project manager for six years

at my old firm. - As you live to remind me.

Hey, if Vanessa really is gone,

you might be reporting to me anyway soon, so.

- Oh. (Small laugh)

- (Gasps) - That's a funny joke.

- Is that what you look like when you smile?

That's weird. - (Laughs)

- Vanessa's team, conference room.

(Chris clears his throat)

- Look at her, she's-- - She's a robot.

- She's a professional.

She's not here to be liked or make friends.

- Do you know that's exactly what all the terrible people

on the Bachelor say?

- Self-made and on top of her game,

that's the goal right there.

Jane: Vanessa, your former team leader,

has been poached by Peter Kirk & Associates,

our biggest competitors,

but we're builders, we do not dwell on problems.

- What about the Dorothy Jensen Foundation account?

I know that Vanessa was trying to close that business,

I assist her on the bid.

(Phone chimes) - I'll be taking that over.

- Hey, you guys were working on something without me?

- I'm the one that told her about the opportunity,

forward thinking.

- So um, as some of you know,

we've put in a bid for 12 large recreation centers

in parks around the city.

This is a game changer for us.

We want this account.

- Uh, anything we can do to help?

- I'm happy to hear you say that, um...

- Oh Rebecca. - Of course, Rebecca,

and I'm gonna take you up on it.

You're now on the holiday party.

- Oh. I, uh...

I was thinking more along the lines

of uh a look book,

maybe some um, stats,

I make a mean presentation.

- That's not what I need you for right now.

Vanessa always handled the company holiday parties,

so now it falls to the senior members of our team.

And that would be you,

and you too Chris.

- Don't-don't you think it would be better -

I would be better suited to help you

land the Jensen account

because I've been there from the beginning,

I know the ins and outs of it, I brought--

- I need both of you on this.

Mel Jensen, the head of the foundation,

wants to get to know us

so I've invited him and his wife to attend.

Now they're happy with our bid

but we need something to show him

why he wants to work with us over the competition,

hence our party becomes our presentation.

Understood? - Yes.

- Oh, we got it. You know, we're-

this party is gonna make Time Square

at New Year's Eve look like a meditation retreat.

- Okay.

- All right. See, she's a robot, that was funny.

- Yeah. No it wasn't that funny

and least she remembers your name.

Uh, Jane?

- Let's just get through the holidays

and land this account,

then I'll make my decisions about Vanessa's replacement.

- Yup, uh you got it.

Yeah, no worries, we are on it.

(Stressed exhale)

- Well, that went well.

- You know, I know she wants us both on it

but who better to give it their all

than the Jewish girl

who can bring some fresh eyes to Christmas.

- And I say who better to give it their all

than the guy who knows how to have a good time.

- It's not about having a good time,

it's about landing this account.

- Okay, why can't it be both?

I mean, the stakes are high for the company and for me.

- Why do you want this promotion?

You seem to enjoy coasting.

- Okay, I think that you confuse

my playfulness for carelessness,

and they are not one in the same.

I'm the one who was here at 8:30 this morning

and you waltzed in at what - what time was it?

- Okay, I had a thing, all right.

I'm usually here before you.

But you know, I can take the lead on this party

if you don't mind.

- And I say we 50/50 it if you don't mind.

Look, I got the keys to Jane's house

which is where the party is

so we should probably go take a look, right?

- She gave you the keys?

- Yeah, because she trusts me.

- Just... - Yeah.

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(Doors slam)

- Well, I mean the outside looks pretty good,

maybe this will be easy,

just uh... throw out some chairs,

put a couple cookies out. - I hope so.

'Cause I found no plans in Vanessa's office

for this party.

- Well, I'm sure it's done, it's a week away.

(Lock clicks)

(Door slams)

- Um...

- Well, there's not a light or a wreath

or a lick of Christmas anywhere.

- (Stressed exhale) So this is not good.

- No. - Oh.

Wait, wait a minute,

when I was hired at Bennett & Swanson

it took weeks to close my deal.

People don't just get poached away in a day.

Vanessa knew she was leaving,

she's probably known for months.

- So what are you saying,

that she never made a plan?

- Uh, we have to tell Jane.

- No, no, Jane lives here, this is her house,

she knows nothing's been done

but I'm sure she thought there was a plan.

She doesn't wanna hear about problems,

she wants to hear solutions.

- And do you have one? - No, but I will.

- I will.

- Okay.

(Phone rings) - 'Scuse me.

Hey, Sara. - Okay, I lied,

I'm not gonna be able to come early to help you.

The costumes are all wrong and I need to re-measure,

and you're my big sister

so you're not allowed to be mad at me.

- They're six, Sara,

no one's gonna notice that the sleeves are a little long.

- I'll notice.

I'm emailing you the recipe for the latkes,

it's actually very easy. - I am not you, Sara,

I can't just try something once and master it.

- You can and you will,

and I'll be there as soon as I can.

- Okay, bye.

(Door opens)

- Hey, is everything okay?

- Yeah, great, couldn't be better.

- I mean, I'm not sure which is more infuriating,

Vanessa doing nothing for the party,

Jane still not remembering my name,

or having to plan this whole thing with Chris.

- This is an opportunity to show Jane

how good you are at executing a plan.

It's what a VP does and now you have that chance.

- As long as Chris doesn't try to outshine me which he will.

- You're too good at what you do.

- Yeah and yet I'm still just a project manager.

- Hey, I said I was sorry,

it's an important work thing.

I will make it up to you.

(Chuckles) This weekend.

Yeah. I promise.

All right, all right, bye.

(Sighs) Yeah, what?

- Oh um, nothing,

uh here this is for you.

- Aw, I didn't get you anything.

- I need you to do the shopping without me,

I have a thing, but I've come up with a theme.

We're going classy and upscale,

white Christmas.

- Nah. That sounds bland.

- It's elegant, everything very sharp and crisp,

white, silver, contemporary,

it'll look perfect with Jane's home.

- I don't know.

- It shows our aesthetic as builders.

- I'm underwhelmed.

- Well, you won't be when you see it

and I will gladly accept an apology.

High class Christmas,

it's how you land a high-end client.

- Hey, what is so important that I have to pick up

the slack for you anyway?

- It's night one of Hanukkah

and I'm hosting my family.

Just consider this part of your half

since we're 50/50 and-- - Yeah.

All right. Well, forgive me for my ignorance

but I don't know much about Hanukkah.

I know there's menorahs, candles, dreidel, is it?

- Mhmm. - Dreidel, is that right?

- Mhmm. A game, my family takes it very seriously,

gets pretty competitive.

- You, competitive, no.

I can't imagine that.

- All right, you wanna know what Hanukkah is?

- Mhmm.

- Let's say this cell phone has 10% battery left,

it lasts for eight days without me having to charge it.

It's a miracle, that's Hanukkah.

- So Hanukkah is about a cell phone?

(Elevator dings) (Chris chuckles)

- Hello. - (Clears throat nervously)

(Clears throat nervously)

(Elevator dings) - After you.

- So-I have to-- So with the thing--

- Are we not gonna get off the elevator?

- Yeah, yeah we're getting off.

- What was that? Do you like him?

- Fancy suit guy? - Is that his name?

That's a weird name. - It's a nickname.

- Parents these days. - Okay, it's a nickname

we gave him and I don't even know him.

Look, we only have seven days to plan this party

so tick tock. - Seven days is an eternity.

- Only if you're waiting for test results, get shopping.

- That was funny.

(Sizzling)

(Worried whimper)

Oh, come on, Rebecca.

(Doorbell rings)

Oh, no I'm not ready.

Happy-- - Hi.

- Hi. - Hi. Sorry to stop by,

I left my cell phone at the office

and I was in the neighborhood and I have a few questions

about your list.

- How do you even know where I live?

- Do you remember when you had the flu

and I brought you the Holmby blueprints

because I'm such a good co-worker?

You don't remember that. Anyway, your list,

it reads wreath, one,

you can't possibly have meant that.

- Why? How many wreaths do we need?

- It's Christmas, Rebecca,

you can never have enough wreaths,

especially in the house a size of Jane's.

(Fire alarm beeps) - Oh no, oh no!

Oh no, no-no-no-no-no.

(Groans)

Oh! If these were my sister's they'd be perfect.

These, garbage. You are distracting me

and I don't have time for this, okay.

You said you had questions about the list.

- Yeah, those are gonna burn.

- No they're not, these are fine, they're barely cooked.

- All right, if you say so, but in my professional opinion

your flame is too high. - The list?

- Yeah um, okay. So do you know how many different sizes

and shapes of garland there are?

- Uh, uh no I don't, eight?

- Wow, man, it surprises me that you don't know

really nothing about Christmas, it's kind of amazing actually.

All right, these are definitely getting brown.

- Golden brown or burnt brown?

- Uh... they're golden-ish but fast approaching burnt.

Yeah, no, she's sizzling,

they're definitely headed for the trash.

Wanna call your sister? - Can you make yourself useful

and flip 'em, and then uh, put them on the paper towel

to soak up the oil when they're done.

- Yes.

Here we go.

- Ah. Look who's suddenly proficient

at taking instructions from me,

this is good practice for you.

- Well, I hate to remind you

that we're both contenders for the promotion,

but I'll continue to do so since you said

you take so much joy in forgetting.

You know what, step aside, Rebecca,

I've been cooking my whole life and I've got frying to do.

Since you know, you can't seem to do it on your own.

So the oil in the lamp burned for eight days?

- Yeah, yeah.

As the Jews were rebuilding their temple.

- Well this, you have enough oil to last a month,

you don't skimp. - Honor the oil so to speak.

Nobody loses weight during Hanukkah,

and I haven't even explained the gelt.

- Ah, now that I understand.

I had an ex-girlfriend who turned guilt into an art form.

- Gelt? It's chocolate.

- Well, that's even better, it's my kinda holiday.

- Hello, I'm here.

- Okay, all right, my sister is here now

so you, you can go now, okay?

- Well, don't I get a doggy bag at least?

- I'm so sorry I'm late. - It's okay.

- I'm here, put me to work. Okay, um--

- Who is that in your kitchen? - Ah...

- Is that fancy suit guy? - What?

Does he look like a fancy suit guy?

- I don't know, he's got an apron on.

- No that's Chris from work. - The cubicle mate?

- Yes. - I thought he was awful.

- No, yeah. - What is he doing

cooking in your kitchen

and why did you never mention he's so cute?

- Long story, no cute, no that is not the word

I would use to describe him. - Hi. Hey.

Ruth: I'm so sorry we're late. - We just got here ourselves.

- It's okay. Marty: Smells incredible!

- Yeah. - Who's that handsome man

cooking in your kitchen?

- Long story, but it's Chris from work.

That is the extent of my knowledge.

- Awful Chris? - Ma, come on.

- I didn't know you were bringing a date.

- I'm... um no. - I like it though.

It's been a while since Evan,

and just because your sister got married before you

- No, no, no, Mom. - there's no reason for you--

- Mom, it's not a date okay, it's not a date,

it's just we had an important work thing to discuss

and the smoke alarm went off, but he's leaving,

that's, that's the, that's the story.

- Leaving? - Yes.

- You can't leave without feeding him.

- No, no, no, no, no, no. Marty: Well, he's working,

he's cooking away. - Hello. I'm Ruth Hoffman.

(Overlapping chatter)

- Hi. How are you? Chris. - Nice to meet you.

- Hey, Marty Hoffman. - Hi Marty.

- What was the name? - Chris, it's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. - You're making latkes?

Okay, Mom. Mom... Mom. - They smell fantastic.

- I'm very impressed.

I would love to. Sure. (Overlapping chatter)

You got plenty of time. - You guys in the dining room.

Please. Come on, come on. - Did you get the sour cream?

You are not staying. - Oh no I'm gonna stay,

absolu--I'm not missing this. - No.

- This is amazing and I slaved away all day,

I'm-I'm here cooking, I am staying.

- Okay. Look, look, I,

I like to maintain a sense of professionalism at work.

- Yeah. - So whatever you learn here,

whatever you find out about me, it just, it stays here, okay?

- Mm... this is interesting,

these sound like the words of somebody who has a secret

or an embarrassing past.

Which is it, I'm intrigued by this disclaimer.

- Shh, no it's not like that, all right.

We just, we all put on two suits in the morning;

the actual clothing and the proverbial one

and I would like my proverbial suit

to be that of a consummate professional.

- All right. - Okay?

- Suit yourself, your secret's safe with me.

Who's hungry? I've got latkes.

(Family cheers) Sara: Okay!

Marty: I'm very impressed! Chris: Don't be a hater.

- Chris, you should join us tomorrow night

at Sara and Kent's. - For sure.

- Yes, we just finished the costumes today

so we're all good for tomorrow night.

- Uh you know, I think Chris probably already has plans.

- Um... - Right?

- Right, yeah I have a, there's a game.

- Islanders? I'm recording it.

We'll all watch it together after the dreidle tournament.

- Uh, you spend the next seven nights with us

we're gonna show you how the Hoffman's do Hanukkah right.

- I can't wait. - Dad.

Ruth: These look delicious. Marty: Mhmm!

♪♪♪

(Sneakers squeak) - Okay. Get it, Kirby! - Get it! Get it!

- There you go! Here we go! - Put it up! Put it up!

Oh, oh, oh, all right! Now, here's the deal,

Bowie's gonna try to be sneaky but he's not,

he's gonna drive passed me and try to dunk it.

- He's not wrong. - But we're not gonna let him

because I got my defenders around me, don't let him in.

- And here comes Lebron James with the steal.

- Ah! Nice!

And that is how you do that!

Ba, ba, ba, ba, shh.

(Phone rings) Oh guys, good game,

it's over, I gotta go to work.

(Phone rings) - What? What do you mean?

- Oh!

- But it's Christmas break?

What about the gingerbread houses?

- All right, I can make one.

Go set it up, Kirby.

- Working through the holidays? - Yeah, big project thing.

- Oh you sound really excited.

- Well, we do what we gotta do to get ahead, right?

- No, not if you're not happy.

- Who says I'm not happy? - Your face.

- My face is a liar.

Look it, I like my job,

it's a good job,

and if everything goes like I'm hoping,

I'll be able to build more places like this

and what could be better than that?

All right my friend let's-- - Hey, hey, hey,

don't eat the merchandise.

♪♪♪

(Car rumbles up)

(Door opens) - Hey, hi. Sorry I'm late.

You're not the only one with other things to do.

You know, I got some priorities.

- Basketball?

- Well, they're predictable priorities

but I said I'd be here at 10. - It's 10:19.

- Something else came up. I see you finished the shopping.

- Uh, most of it since someone is so easily distracted.

- Your family invited me to stay last night,

I wasn't gonna be rude. - Mmm.

Wait, wait-wait-wait. Is Jane home?

- No, she's away.

She's on a business trip, she's in San Francisco.

- How do you know that? - Because she called me.

- Jane called you personally?

- She likes me.

Hey, I keep telling you,

you can learn a thing or two from me.

- Wait, what did she say exactly?

Chris, what did she say?

Thanks for helping out here.

- Well, I have a lot invested in you getting that promotion.

- Yeah. - My reasons are very selfish.

- (Chuckles) Okay.

Um, why don't we start by hanging these lights

while Chris and one of the interns goes to get the trees.

- No. - What?

- You need to go with him.

You can't give him the opportunity to take sole credit

for anything, Rebecca, this is war.

- I mean that might be a little dramatic,

but you're not wrong.

I was just looking forward to a break from him.

- Well, take a break in seven days,

after the job is yours.

- Mmm, if she makes her decision then.

- All right, we're gonna go get some trees,

we'll be back in an hour or so. - Uh, hold up Chris,

I'm coming with you. - Why?

- We should both be involved in picking the trees,

especially the main one.

- It's just a tree, I think I got it.

- It's the centerpiece of the room,

it should be a committee decision, okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

- Um, well... you can stay here and help Amy

do whatever Amy's doing

and Rebecca's gonna come with me.

Lucky me.

So we have to power through

if we're gonna finish early enough

for the Hoffman family dreidel off.

- You're not really coming? - Oh are you kidding me,

I wouldn't miss this for the world

the way your family's talked it up.

In fact, I've already cancelled on a very important thing

for this Hanukkah celebration. - Girlfriend?

- Oh, why do you ask, you jealous?

- Are you kidding, jealous? No.

(Doors open and shut)

- Let's just say it's a very important person in my life.

- Now look who's being all secretive.

Maybe you shouldn't cancel your plans,

wouldn't want to upset her.

- Well, no that's not gonna work, I'm coming.

- It gets pretty intense in my family,

think you can handle it?

- Watching you attempt to hold onto your title,

oh I can handle it.

Yeah, see I know all about it, your dad told me

that you've won year after year.

- Yeah, I don't lose...

in life or in work. - Same.

Chris: My family always preferred to get our tree

from the tee farm.

- I've never picked out a Christmas tree before.

I mean, I've helped friends decorate,

but where do you even start, they all look the same.

- Hold on a minute,

are you saying that this is a task

that you're not fully equipped for?

- No that's not what I'm saying.

- Ah? - Okay, yes it is.

Okay, just how about you take the lead but we both decide?

- Okay, yeah okay. - Okay.

- Ask me. - Ask you what?

- Well, for my help, it'll be a first and I,

I wanna hear you say it.

- Chris? - Mm, yes Rebecca?

- Could you please kindly explain to me

how one would pick out the perfect Christmas tree?

- I would love nothing more.

How did that feel for you because I really liked it?

(Laughs)

So you got your fir, your pine,

your spruce, cypress,

but really it's just a matter of what catches your eye.

Uh, what we're after is a commanding tree,

I would think, for the entryway

because it's gonna be the first thing that the guests see.

- Mhmm.

And how do you know so much about Christmas trees?

- Um, I used to work on a Christmas tree lot

when I was a teenager carrying them

and loading them in the cars, and--

- Hmm.

So how does one make the leap

from Christmas tree connoisseur

to property development?

- You really wanna know?

- Sure, yeah why?

- Well, I mean we've been working together

in the same cubicle for a year and this is actually

the first time you've ever asked me about myself.

- No it isn't. - Yeah it is.

- Is it?

- In college I was studying to be an architect

and then I changed routes to business manager

because I'm a pretty active guy

and being on a job site was a lot more appealing

than being stuck behind a desk all day, you know?

Then I bounced around from firm to firm,

smaller firms,

and I landed here eight years ago

and been here ever since.

- So I guess when you find your thing,

your place, you stay put?

- I don't know if this is my place.

It's a good job, pays well.

- You don't love it?

- I like it.

- So why would you even want this promotion?

The job comes with a lot of pressure.

- Building youth centers for the Jensen Foundation,

I haven't been this excited about a project in a long time.

Why do you want it so badly?

- (Sighs)

I love watching an open space become a building.

You put all the pieces in place

and then suddenly it's a home

for people to live in,

or, or a store that's someone's livelihood.

Making something out of nothing.

Though... despite all my efforts

I still can't seem to make the leap to the next level.

- Well, that might change with this party

'cause I think we just found our Christmas tree.

May I present to you Douglas fir.

- You named it? - Seriously?

Wow. You don't know anything about Christmas trees?

(Exhales) I've got so much to teach you.

a true white Christmas party

where everyone wears white.

I can compose an email informing our guests.

And oh, I found the most amazing string trio online,

they play every Christmas song

and they'll wear white too.

I'll send you the link.

What?

- It sounds... uppity.

- It's not uppity, it's elegant.

- Um, I guess I'm just more of a jeans

and sneakers kinda guy.

- Well, it's not about you

and it's not about me,

it's about making an impression.

- Yeah, but you gotta make the right impression.

- It is the right impression,

I know what I'm doing.

But you were right about this tree.

- I was what? - Hmm?

- I was what? - I'm not saying anything.

- (Small laugh)

- You were right. - Ahh.

- There are no droopy ornaments here. So well done.

- Let's see what you're doing here.

Oh, are you serious? - What's wrong?

- Your symmetry's all off.

- My symmetry is just fine.

- Yeah, look, look.

There's a hole, that giant hole, hole.

Here, look at this, you gotta step back a little bit,

you gotta take a look at the whole tree

not just your part,

that's, it's called being a team.

- Excuse me, I know how to be a team,

but I do have to leave in a little bit

because I promised my sister

I'd help her set up for tonight.

- All right, so I'll see you there.

- Well, unless you decided not to come.

- No such luck.

♪♪♪

♪ Baruch, atah, adonai ♪

♪ Eloheinu melech ha'olam ♪

♪ Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav ♪

♪ V'tzivanu ♪

♪ L'hadlik ner ♪

♪ Shel Chanukah ♪

- Happy Hanukkah. - Happy Hanukkah.

- Happy Hanukkah, thanks for having me.

Hey, by night eight, I'll be "off book."

(Everyone laughs) - All right. Let's eat.

- All right, here we go. - Okay.

- Oh, thank you, sir. - Oh!

- Okay, so before the game begin,

has everyone chosen their charities?

- Oh, hang on a second, I feel woefully unprepared,

I don't know what you're talking about.

- Oh well, clearly our daughter has not properly prepped you

for a Hoffman Hanukkah .

- Rebecca. It's only our biggest tradition.

- Okay, I'm sorry, it was a busy day.

Uh, we only do gifts on the first night,

we pick one night to volunteer,

and we donate the other six.

- Yeah, some of our best memories over the years

have been while volunteering

so now we're keeping the tradition going with our kids.

- Sweet. - Christmas with my family,

Hanukkah with Sara's, these kids are getting traditions

all over the map, I love it.

- Okay, so charities.

- Yeah, I'm gonna do Toys for Tots,

my office is having a drive. - Nice.

- I'm thinking American Humane again.

- Alzheimer's Research. - Okay.

- What about the Dorothy Jensen Foundation Youth Center

in Campbell Park.

- I'm not familiar with it.

- Well, they have a mentorship program for kids

who are looking for positive role models

and they need a few extra hands around the holiday season, so.

- You know, you're not the only one

who's done his research to get this account.

- I didn't say I was.

- I think that one night this week

the Hoffman family volunteers at the Youth Center

at Campbell Park. - Sounds like a great idea.

Thank you for the suggestion, Chris.

- You're very welcome.

- It just can't be the same night as Louie's show.

I know you're really busy with this party

but you're coming, right? - Yeah, of course,

I'm not gonna miss my little buddy's big performance,

so exciting.

Uh, okay, all right, currency. - Mm.

- Think of it as Vegas chips,

only more valuable 'cause you can eat it after.

- Yes, I was promised chocolate.

- Are you ready for this?

- Oh I'm, I'm ready for this, the question is, guys,

are you ready to see your sister's streak end?

- Oh. - Oh.

- Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. - I guess so.

- I can't believe you won. - Ah, you'll get over it.

I can't believe how much I really like your family.

Like they are-- - Yeah.

- I've always wished to have a big loud family

with crazy traditions.

- Our traditions aren't crazy,

they're unique.

- You know what I meant, they're great, they're great.

When I have a family,

I think they're gonna be a little on the crazy side.

- I don't doubt that for a second.

- (Chuckles)

- But I mean, you must have had some

traditions growing up, right?

- Yeah, when my dad was around we did.

Yeah, he died when I was nine.

- I'm, I'm so sorry.

- It's, my mom and I,

you know, we celebrate but it's, the traditions

are just simpler. - Mmm.

- We do cook together a lot though.

- That's how you managed to make a mean latke.

- Hey, they were better than your sister's, weren't they?

- Oh, I have to admit,

I really enjoyed how much better they were than hers.

- Ah. - Yes.

- Ah, yes.

You, you, you're,

you're a different person around your family.

- At work, perception is reality,

you wanna be the boss some day

you need to be like the boss now.

- Or some people say just be yourself.

- I am myself,

just a tamer version.

- Yeah. Well, for the record,

I like this Rebecca a lot better

than I like office Rebecca. - Okay, all right, okay.

Okay. - And?

- And?

- Well, I mean, you know, you can return a compliment,

I'm fun. - (Laughs) Okay, okay.

Um...

you are not as insufferable

as I thought.

- That is a start. - Yes it is.

(Phone buzzes)

- Hang on a second, my phone is ringing.

- Oh.

- Ah, it's Jane. - Oh.

- Hi Jane, you're on speaker, I'm here with Rebecca.

- Hi Jane. - I'm confused.

The decorations are beautiful, yes,

but what does it say about us?

I want Mel to walk to in here and say,

these are my people. - Yes, yes, yes, of course.

Um that, that is just phase one.

- Right, Jane, phase one of many.

- Yes, wait until you see phase 2,

it'll, it'll overwhelm you,

but, but not in like a, oh no I'm so overwhelmed,

like, like um, amazing overwhelming.

- Okay, fair enough.

I'm counting on you.

I told Mel to expect a lot from us, don't make me a liar.

- Would never. - 100 percent.

- Goodnight.

- Oh. - White, all white.

- Okay, it was bad, it was bad.

Amy: Hey. Rebecca: Hey, uh...

so I need to go over these condo plans

with the architect, the client had a few changes.

Then I'm heading to Jane's house,

she isn't very happy with the theme.

- What's wrong with it?

It appears to be having an identity crisis.

It doesn't properly represent

who we are at Bennett & Swanson.

Now she tells us this

after we've already spent our entire decorating budget.

- Maybe we can find some new way to make it pop.

- Yeah, yeah, Chris and I are gonna have to.

- How's that going? - It's fine,

except he did take great pride

in breaking my winning streak. - Your dreidel streak?

- Yes, yes,

but don't worry I will get it back somehow.

- You know what, let him have it,

you have bigger victories to seize from him

and our whole team has your back.

- Really? Well, then I owe you a latte.

- Hey. - Ooh hey.

Hi, did you say latte because I'm heading down there,

I can, I could pick one up for you.

- Oh, helping out the competition?

- No please, I need you caffeinated,

we have so much work we gotta do.

- I know, I know, but I'm gonna come with you

because we are getting coffees for the whole team

because we need them caffeinated too.

Just give me five minutes.

- Yes, five minutes, all the time you need.

- I'll be quick. I just have to call the architect...again.

- Aha. Yeah.

- How many coffees do we need to get?

Mm, four or five I think, oh wait, hold up, hold up.

- What? What? - Hold up.

- What? Oh, fancy suit guy? - Yeah.

- Why don't you find out what his real name is?

- Because you don't do that. - Yeah you do.

- No. - Yeah, people do.

You know what, we don't have time to dawdle.

- It's happening. - No, no, what are you doing?

- It's happening. - No, no, no, oh my gosh,

- (Giggles) I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. I clearly haven't had my coffee yet.

- Ah, don't worry about it,

you're uh, my elevator mate.

- Rebecca.

- Spencer, it's nice to officially meet you.

- Yes it is, it's nice, I mean it's nice...

it's nice to meet you too, yeah.

- Uh, my name's Chris, Rebecca and I work together.

Uh you work on the fifth floor, right?

- Uh, yeah I do,

uh I'm a real estate attorney at uh Dalebrook Law.

- There you go.

We're at Bennett & Swanson. - Yeah.

- We're a couple floors above you.

- Uh right, Jane Bennett is a client of ours actually.

In fact, it took my boss almost four years

of courting her after we moved into the building

to get her business. - Yeah, yeah.

Yeah she's a, she's a tough one to win over.

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, she is for sure.

- Yeah. - Sure.

- Oh it's my turn to order, I'm gonna do that.

- Uh so are you going to Jane's annual Christmas party?

I hear it's quite the event.

Uh, I just joined her team

so it's my first time snagging an invite.

- Mine too.

I've only been with the company since January,

and actually we're planning it, he and I,

not that I need his help

but I just, we were assigned the task

together by Jane, so you know.

- Well no, that's impressive,

I'm looking forward to it even more now.

Catch you on the elevator?

Okay. - Yeah, yeah for sure.

- Yeah? Ha.

- Uh, who are you Dorothy Jensen Foundation,

what do you stand for?

- You know, you're not gonna find anything about them

that we don't already know.

He's a philanthropist,

he's a giver, he loved his mother.

- How does that translate to a party?

- Well, don't focus on him, focus on us.

- Us? - Bennett & Swanson.

- Right, yeah, no I, I knew what you meant.

Uh, but we have to hurry,

I've got my nephew's show tonight.

- Oh you know what, I got something too,

I haven't been very present outside of work this week

and I'm catching some flack for it.

so you will be happy to know

that I will not be able to make it

to your nephew's holiday show.

- Well, a break from you for the night

doesn't sound terrible. - Ha, ha, ha.

- And I, I'd rather not be here when Jane gets home either.

I just, I can't seem to say the right thing around her.

- You know, I have a theory about that.

- Do you now? - Uh-huh.

- And I imagine you're gonna share this theory

whether I wanna hear it or not?

- You imagine correctly.

So hanging out with you and your family this week,

I got some insight into you.

- And here I thought you didn't know who I am.

- I think I do now.

- Okay, well then please,

Chris, tell me who I am,

this is information I need.

- Okay, you ready for this? - Mhmm.

- When you want something,

you really want something, you clam up,

and I think it's because you're pretending to be

something that you're not;

like at work with Jane or with fancy suit guy,

maybe even this party.

- Okay.

There's this vision I always had for my life,

Sara has achieved it all and, and I'm just here.

- What's the vision?

- I guess I, I always just thought that someday

I'm going to live this extraordinary life,

and I almost achieved it at my last company

and then they went under.

(Sighs)

And...

I'm so, I'm just, I'm so ready for my turn

that when the stakes get high I, I think I just,

I don't know, I lose myself a little bit.

- You say that perception is reality,

if people could see the person that you are

when you're around your family, ha.

- Well, it's easy around them,

Your family loves you, flaws and all.

- Yeah, Rebecca these flaws are in your head.

I'm sorry, your sister, she's not that perfect.

- Hey, you can't say bad things about my sister,

only I can say bad things about my sister.

- That's not what I mean, your sister's great,

but so are you,

when you're comfortable,

and if you could bring that energy,

that element into other aspects of your life

(whistles), game busters.

- Okay, I'll just bring my family to work

with me everyday. - Can you imagine?

- (Scoffs)

That's what we're missing here.

- Well, I'm, what, I'm-I'm not following.

- Family, we need to bring that into the party.

- Okay, I'm still totally lost.

- Which means we need to rethink everything

we've already done here.

- We're getting rid of the white

because that I can get behind. - Yes, high class and elegant

is not the reality of the Jensen Foundation,

but this is.

We need to run it by Jane. - All right.

I'm still totally confused but I'm in.

- Come on.

♪♪♪

♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪

- And to all the boys and girls of the world,

always remember to be nice.

You wanna get on the right list, dontcha?

♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪

- He gets that from me.

♪ And a Happy New Year ♪

(Applause)

- I wonder what they're gonna do with this set

now that the show's over.

- Break it down, sell it for parts, I don't know.

- Oh, I want it.

- Then you shall have it.

- Hey. - Hi.

- So Jane is here. - Okay.

- Uh, she's putting her stuff in her office. You ready?

- Yes, all right, all right. Okay, so when we present

I think you should take the lead.

Yes, yes, we need to be strong and convincing

and I just don't think she sees me that way.

But we, we also need to show a united front

so that she gives us more money.

United. Front. - Are you...

you worried that I'm gonna throw you under the bus,

because I was considering that and then I, I changed my mind.

- As did I. - Yeah, yeah.

- Okay, uh... - This looks good.

- Good morning,

client for the Fletcher Avenue condos left me a message,

do you know what it's about before I call them back?

- The designs um, have been approved.

- No more changes? - No, no, we're all signed off

and we're moving into the planning stage.

I did tell them about Vanessa,

but I also told them that Rebecca and I

will be taking point.

- As long as everybody's happy. - Yes, I, I think they are.

- Good. You have me for ten minutes

until the direct reports meeting.

- Okay great.

- Uh, I, well I think Chris is going to explain--

- What I'm going to do is

I'm gonna let Rebecca tell you her idea,

and because it is all her idea,

I wish I could take partial credit for it but I can't.

(Hushed) She'll notice you now.

- Okay um... (clears throat)

Good, good, good. Yes okay.

Okay.

So one thing we know

is that the Dorothy Jensen Foundation

is a family run entity.

Every officer of that organization is a Jensen.

- True enough.

- So right now it's Hanukkah,

and one thing that's clear

spending this week with my family,

that's what makes the holidays so special,

no matter how you celebrate: family.

We are our best selves when we're with them,

so the perfect way to show Mel Jensen

what we stand for at Bennett & Swanson,

is to throw a traditional family Christmas party.

Like a holiday storybook come to life.

It'll still be a gala,

it's just one that the whole family can enjoy together.

Let's show the Jensen Foundation that we value

the same things they do 'cause it's the truth.

- It's a lot of money...

better be good.

- (Happy gasp) - What? Was that a yes?

- I think that's a yes. - That was a yes?

- That was a yes. - Oh.

- Because you were awesome.

- Thank you.

♪♪♪

(Elevator dings)

- Hello again.

- You know, we uh really oughta stop

these accidental elevator meetings

in favor of an intentional one I mean.

- You think so?

- Yeah. Could I steal you away for ten minutes

for a coffee before you go wherever it is you're going?

- Well, actually I was just heading to get a coffee myself.

- Oh, my timing's impeccable, good for me.

- (Chuckle) Uh, well sort of,

I have only about six minutes

before my colleague meets me down there,

we just have so much to do for Jane's party

and very little time.

- Well, I'm a lawyer, I can talk fast.

- Well, then yeah, let's do it.

- So after Tulane I went to UC Berkeley for law school,

which means in my life I've actually lived

in six different states.

- Wow, I've only ever lived here.

I mean it's, it's nice though,

I have my family nearby

and I get to watch my niece and nephew grow up.

- I hate to say it,

I don't think I've seen my nephew in person

since his baptism. - Mmm.

- You know, they're up in Albany,

and we're all so busy these days.

- How old is he? - Eight.

- Whoa... that's a long time.

I couldn't imagine

not seeing my family for seven years.

- So what about you, you know, tell me your story?

I've been doing all the talking here.

Sort of an occupational hazard.

- (Chuckles)

Um well... I'm uh,

actually out of time. Just one second.

- Um, how about a rain check then?

What about maybe you give me your number

and um...

we can set up something a little more definitive.

- Sure, I'd like that. - Great.

All right, here you go, see you soon.

- Count on it.

- All right, have a good day. - You too.

- All right. Well, let me ask you this,

on a scale of one to perfect,

where would you rank him?

- Um...

it was hard to tell in just a few minutes,

but he seems nice.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

I didn't really talk to him long either but I guess,

I don't know, I'd give him a uh, a two.

- What? - (Laughs) I'm just kidding,

like a solid eight with,

with option for upgrade, cool?

- Yeah, to be continued.

- Can you take down all the trees in the living room,

we're gonna set up the tables in there.

- Okay.

- Amy, are you all good in here?

- Yeah, I'm great. - Yeah? Okay, all right.

I am gonna go clear some space in that room

for Santa's village.

- You're building Santa's village?

You really are making changes.

- No, no, we're borrowing the set

from my nephew's holiday performance, it's adorable.

- This is so perfect, Rebecca,

promotion's in the bag. - Oh, I don't know,

I don't know it might go to Chris.

He's um, not who I thought he was.

Just one sec. Hey, so I'm gonna--

- Oh sorry.

- I'm going to cancel on my family tonight,

they can volunteer without us. - No.

- There's just, there's too much to do here.

- No, you have to go, this is your family's tradition.

All right, in all honesty,

I hired a holiday decorating service.

- Really? - Yeah, don't be mad,

don't be mad.

It was an executive decision.

We're not gonna get this done without somebody's help, so.

- No, that's a really good idea.

I just, I didn't know that was a thing.

I guess Hanukkah decorations are a little less elaborate.

- Yeah, well, I'm sure these people

could go to town on Hanukkah.

- Yeah, maybe next year.

Uh listen, Chris, come on,

you, you have to come tonight,

this whole thing was your idea.

- Yeah, no I'll make it if I can, I will try,

but you have to go, this is your family tradition.

(Door opens) - Thanks.

Ah, Santa's village has arrived.

- Oh! Isn't it completely perfect?!

So good. Okay, you guys,

uh if you can just bring it back here,

to the family room,

and then if you could please show us

how to put it all back together again.

♪♪♪

- Hey, it's getting late, do you need to get going?

- Yes, yes, thank you for covering.

- Yeah, of course.

- Well, it looks much better in here, don't you think?

- Oh my gosh, the kids are gonna love it.

- Yeah. - You know...

it's funny, this reminds me of when I was younger,

and it was the three of us, this, it means something.

One thing's for sure,

one of us is gonna get that promotion.

- I think so too.

See you later?

- Um, I will try.

Ruth: I am so glad that we're doing this.

- Hi. - Hey.

- Hey, Honey.

We're just waiting on, Daphne, the director,

to give us our marching orders.

- So sorry for the delay. Hi, I'm Daphne.

- Hi. - You must be the Hoffman's?

- Yes, I'm Ruth, we spoke on the phone.

- Yes Daphne. - Hi.

- Hi. We're so happy to have all of you here with us.

Come on, follow me. - Okay.

- Come on, kids.

- Okay let's go, let's go, let's go.

- Hey. - Hi.

- The sky's the limit, go to town,

but be careful it's hot, okay?

Kirby: Chris! Chris!

Hey you're late. - I'm late.

Hey, I'm here right, better late than never.

- Fine, you're forgiven.

- Come here, I want you to meet somebody.

Oh, ooh.

- Um, what's the deal, Chris?

- Oh. Well, you know how invested I am

in the Hoffman family traditions.

- It's not what I meant.

- Oh you mean this guy? - Yeah.

Kirby: Hi.

- Oh I'm a mentor, I didn't tell you that?

Kirby: Do you mind putting me down?

- It's funny. Yeah, I thought I did.

Kirby, I would like you to meet Rebecca,

Rebecca this is Kirby. - Hi Rebecca.

- Hi, do you want a hot chocolate?

- Yes please. - Nice.

- Okay. - Thank you.

♪♪♪

♪ I look out the window ♪

♪ The ground is covered in white ♪

- Take care. Bye.

So you're 11,

that makes you a fifth grader?

- Yup. - Yeah.

- And Chris is helping me with my science project.

We're growing bacteria and Petri dishes, it's neat.

- That sounds kinda gross. - But cool.

- It's kinda cool, and gross.

Santa: Ho, ho, ho, ho.

I just flew in from the North Pole...

- Dude, it's Santa Claus.

- I believe there's a gift in this sack

for each and every one of you,

so come on, everybody gather around.

- Hey Kirby, don't let this guy put you to work,

go get in line. - Yes.

- Get out of here, kid. Thanks, Bowie.

Hey. Shall we?

- Oh no, I have a job to do here.

- What? No, go, go, go, go, go. It's all right,

your mom doesn't need me at the pizza station,

I came over to see if you needed me.

- Ah, see. - Okay.

Uh, I haven't skated in a while so I might be shaky.

- Yeah? Well, lucky for you I am not shaky.

I tell the kids that I coach,

lean on your teammates, come on.

Thank you Mr. Hoffman. - Marty.

- Bye Dad. - Bye.

- Oh! Sorry. - You all right?

- Yeah.

So...

how long have you been a mentor?

- Kirby is my second.

- (Laughs)

- My first uh moved to Ohio with his grandparents

but we're still in contact all the time.

- I had no idea you had this secret life.

- I don't advertise it,

I mean it's for me and Kirby.

- Yeah, fair enough.

And what made you wanna start?

- Um, when I was a kid,

my mom, she worked all the time,

you know, single parent.

She was around but she had to make ends meet

and so a place like this gave me a place

where I felt like I belonged.

My mentor is still a part of my life,

he's gonna stand up for me at my wedding someday.

- Everyone can I have your attention please?

Thank you.

A very special guest has dropped in for our event,

our generous benefactor, Mr. Mel Jensen

of the Dorothy Jensen Foundation.

Let's have a big hand.

- Thank you, Daphne, thank you.

Ah thank you, thank you so much for that warm welcome.

What, what a beautiful occasion this is,

haven't they done a fantastic job?

A big hand for everyone.

(Applause)

Now, my mother raised me alone

and she cleaned houses to make ends meet.

She always felt it was very important

that I have a strong role model in my life

so after she became self-made

when she invented the super mop.

Well, she realized that had caught lightning in a bottle.

And because of that,

she felt a great responsibility to give back,

and that is exactly what this foundation

is going to do in every park in this city in her name.

- Wow. (Applause)

- And I know looking out at you all here tonight

that she would just be so proud.

Thank you.

(Applause)

- I'm gonna go talk to him.

- No wait, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go too,

I'm not gonna let you outshine me.

- You sure you're not gonna clam up?

Isn't that the thing that you do?

- Oh no, you awoke a sleeping giant

in the conference room the other day.

This lady, she's about to show you how it's done.

- I knew I should have presented to Jane myself,

why am I such a nice guy.

- Don't, don't, wait, wait for me, wait for me.

- Come on.

- Okay. Thanks.

- Mr. Jensen, hi. - Hi.

- Uh, I'm Rebecca Hoffman,

and this is Chris Coulter from Bennett & Swanson.

- Ah, did Jane Bennett send you?

- Uh actually no, no.

I'm here with my entire family

we're all here volunteering. - Oh.

- It's a Hanukkah tradition we have in our family.

- Terrific, it's important to give back,

especially during the holidays.

And we may celebrate differently,

but we're all in this together, right?

- Yes. - And I'm one of your mentors.

- How did you hear about our program?

- Well, we actually have very similar stories you and I;

being the only child, single mother,

uh, finding kindness and guidance

in a Big Brother type figure.

- Oh, very similar indeed.

- And I actually have a few suggestions

for the centers that you're building.

For example, if you put adjustable hoops

in the basketball courts for the littles,

I think it would go a long way, you know, I coach.

- I'll look into that.

- And I have also noticed that half of your tennis courts

are never ever used

so if you were to take out a few of those

and put in a rink for roller hockey,

I know there's more than enough interest for a league,

very little upkeep.

- I'll have to look into that as well.

- What you're doing means so much

and it would be our honor at Bennett & Swanson

to help execute your plans to build more facilities.

- You're already in the running,

you don't need to sell me so hard.

I'll see you two at Jane's party?

- Yes. For certain. - Yes sir.

- For certain? Is that even a saying?

- No. - I totally oversold.

- You? I just told the man

that his late mother's passion project needs improvement.

- No, you gave a suggestion,

every good leader is open to suggestions.

- I don't know how open he was.

- (Exhales) I know.

All right, we just keep doing what we're doing

and we let the party speak for itself.

And maybe we should keep our mouth shut from now on.

- Yeah, that too.

♪♪♪

(Door shuts)

- Mm, look who's the early bird today.

- Yeah, well throw a couple points up on the board for me.

- No, I went by the office earlier

to submit the strip mall schedule

which I finished last night

because this party is not the only thing on my list.

- Ha, well then I stand corrected

and award yourself nine points.

- Thank you very much.

Oh here, uh this was on your desk.

- Oh.

(Toy whirs)

It's from my mom.

This is how we do Christmas.

Uh, it's pretty different from your family's celebrations,

my mom's a nurse and she works every Christmas, so.

- Hmm.

- Ah, this little guy is fixed.

So in a couple of days we'll go back to only having one job.

- (Exhales) And sleeping, I miss that too.

- Yeah? Well you know, whoever gets this, this promotion,

the stress level it rises exponentially.

- Mhmm, this stress I would welcome.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

- So would I. (Door opens)

- I cannot find a single bakery willing to make 300 cookies

on such short notice.

- (Sighs) Cross one thing off,

three more pop up, that's, that's all right,

I'll handle it, Amy, thanks.

- What have you done? - Oh no.

- What? What? - I just got a phone call

from Mel Jensen. - Okay.

- Oh we are so sorry. - So that was just--

- Why are you apologizing?

He said he met you, you're spectacular,

and he's really looking forward to this party.

- Uh that. Yeah um,

we, we volunteered to help out at the youth center,

both of us. - Yeah.

- Above and beyond,

that's how you land an account.

I may not have to wait till after the start of the year

to fill that VP position after all.

- Well, thank you, Jane.

- Thank you, Jane.

- And that is how you land an account.

- Wow...

(Quietly) Yes.

- I am starving.

Do you um, do you wanna go get some dinner?

- Are you kidding? You may have time to eat

but I'm no slacker and I have to go home

and bake 300 cookies for the cookie decorating.

- Well, hold on a second, that's what you meant

when you said you'd handle it?

- Yeah, what did you think I meant?

- Well, you had some secret bakery stashed

in your back pocket and you were gonna call them

with an emergency order.

- Think about how plausible that sounds for just a second.

- Okay, that's fair enough.

So hold on, no, I'm gonna help you

because you cannot bake 300 cookies by yourself.

- Ah, you can if you don't sleep,

which seems to be my M.O. lately.

- Mine too, so I'm in,

I'm gonna help you. - Really?

- Yeah. I mean we're in this together, right?

- Right. Yeah, let's go. - All right.

- So Mr. Nice Suit.

- I believe his given name is fancy suit guy.

- Right.

- Also goes by Spencer.

- My mistake.

So has Spencer uh,

did he ask you to be his date to the party?

- What?

We're bringing dates to the party?

I mean my family's coming,

it's a family event, but I didn't know that.

- I'm bringing somebody.

- All right, ready for the next batch?

- Um yeah...

hold on a second. - What?

- Are you ser--you used a dinosaur cookie cutter

for Christmas cookies?

- You can decorate a dinosaur cookie, you know,

they're still delicious.

- No you, not for, you-you-

no, you, reindeer, snowmen, snowflakes.

- Kids love dinosaurs,

everybody loves dinosaurs.

- Not at Christmastime. - Why not?

- You, oh, you're right,

I forgot the story about Santa Claus

and his flying velociraptors.

- Okay, cancel the party,

I just ruined Christmas.

♪♪♪

- Hi. - Oh hey.

Uh, in the interest of saving time I ordered you a latte,

you know, if we only have six minutes.

- Well, actually, today I have about 15.

- Hey, that's like an eternity for us.

- (Laughs) Yeah.

Thank you. - Yeah.

So holiday's coming up, you stay in town?

- Mhmm, yeah,

uh I'm one of the few in the office Christmas week

since my family is here. What about you?

- Well, you know, you wanna make partner at my firm

by the time you're 40,

you gotta sacrifice a few holidays.

- So what do you do on Christmas?

- Work usually,

sometimes I'll-I'll go to a friend's,

or you know, maybe take-out Chinese food.

- That's what we do. - Oh yeah.

- My family, yeah.

- Thank goodness they're open, right?

- Is it ever hard for you being away from them?

- You know, uh, my list of priorities holidays

are kinda low.

Maybe they'll bump up once I make partner.

- Yeah. I don't know.

I find that in the madness of, of my life,

it's, it's the traditions,

and the time spent with them

that grounds me.

I need it.

- Yeah, I have those moments with my parents,

but it's been a while. - Mmm.

(Clears her throat)

- Show me again. - Up, tap.

- Yeah. - Tap, tap.

- Tap, fists. - Fist, chest, shh.

- Shh. - Kirby, Rebecca,

I think it's almost time to light the menorah.

- Well, look at that,

you're the one reminding me to light the candles.

- Is it okay if I light the match?

- Yeah, of course.

(Match strikes)

- Thank you.

♪ Baruch, atah, adonai ♪

♪ Eloheinu melech ha'olam ♪

♪ Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav ♪

♪ V'tzinanu ♪

♪ L'hadlik ner ♪

♪ Shel Chanukah ♪

Amen.

- Amen! (Clapping) - Yes! (Laughs)

Thanks, Kirby.

♪♪♪

(Elevator dings)

- Good morning, Jane.

- Rebecca, what are you doing here?

- Uh I, I work here.

- I thought you'd be at the house finishing up

while Chris was having his meeting with Mel Jensen

at the youth center.

- Uh, Chris is meeting with Mel Jensen?

- Yeah, Mel had some ideas he wanted to discuss

about his youth centers,

I take it as a good sign.

- Yeah, yes it's, it's great, it's great.

Chris didn't tell me. - It just came up.

- Okay. Hello. - Hey, sorry uh...

I didn't mean to sneak up on you,

we just had a meeting with Jane.

- No it's fine, it's fine, hi.

- Hi. Uh look, I, I gotta get back to the office

but I wanted to ask you,

I know you're gonna be busy working at the party,

but um...

I thought maybe you could save a dance for me.

- Sure. - Great.

- Okay.

♪♪♪

Chris: Look, I'm just saying, you gotta play D, Kirb.

What, what am I always telling you?

- Keep your eyes on the man and the ball.

- Right, and you gotta try to stay one step ahead.

We're gonna work on it at practice this week.

- Hi Rebecca. - Hi.

- (Surprised) Wha...

Hi Rebecca. - Hi.

Making ornaments for the party?

- We sure are, we're putting our pictures on it

for our parents, and look it, I made this one for you.

What are you doing here?

- That was my question for you. - Ah...

you heard about the meeting. - I did, I did.

And uh...

I thought we were on a level playing field, a team.

- We are, but Jane,

she just called me early this morning.

Mel wanted to talk about my ideas for his centers

and I was coming here to play basketball anyway, so.

- And? - And that's it,

I told him again what I thought he needed.

Hey, I'm not hiding anything from you.

- Weren't you?

- I was gonna tell you as soon as I saw you.

Rebecca, it's still anybody's promotion.

You believe me, right?

- Sure.

- Are you, are you sure you're sure,

because you know, we have goodie bags

we gotta go fill, and...

- I'm sure, I'm sure.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

- All right, Bowie. - Go, go, I got this.

- See ya. - Bye.

- See you, Kirby.

- One more day.

- You know, we need to take a day off.

- I never take a day off.

- Yeah, I know, but you need to.

You know, I promised Kirby and the rest of the team

that I'd teach a basketball clinic

the week of school they're off for winter break

so I'm taking a week off, promotion or not.

- You seem really happy when you're with those kids.

- I am.

I wish that my landlord would accept happiness

as a payment for my rent but he does not.

And plus, I work hard, you know,

I'm good at my job, I paid my dues,

it be nice to see the fruits of my labor.

- Always moving forward. - Yeah, yeah.

It's a good way to live.

- What if you're moving forward into the wrong thing?

- Ooh, are you trying to scare the competition

out of the running?

- Not at all.

No, I think you'd make a great VP.

I mean, you pushed me out of my comfort zone with Jane,

that's what a leader does.

- It was easy, Rebecca,

I just brought to light what I already saw.

- Look,

(Exhales)

I'm sorry if I came in

with a bit of a chip on my shoulder.

- And I'm sorry if I was a little too in your face

from the get go.

- You with your feet,

they were on my desk every day.

- Yeah, but I knew I'd win you over eventually,

just in time for you to report to me.

- Or you to report to me.

- Ah ha, there she is.

- (Laughs)

- Hey Rebecca...

- Hmm.

- This week...

(Doorbell rings)

- Oh uh... yes, I know, I know.

This week you have found me insufferable, I know.

Sara: Becks! Ruth: We're here to help!

- No, not at all. Marty: Hello.

- Hi. - Put us to work.

- We brought dinner from the Ning Wahs.

- Hey. - Hey.

- Hey. - Happy Hanukkah, hello.

- Hi, thank you. - Hey. - Happy Hanukkah.

- Well, It didn't feel like Hanukkah without you

so we decided to bring it to you.

- Aw sis, thank you. - Hey Sara.

- Hi, Chris. - Hey, what's up kiddo?

- Nice to see you. - Hi guys.

- Hello. How are you? - Hey, what's up, Chris?

- How are you? - Okay.

- You like chow mein? - Yes.

- Yeah? - It's one of my favorites.

Marty: Let's do this!

All right let's get this party started!

- Hope you're hungry. - I'm hungry.

- What've we got? Hey kiddo, how are you?

- You like him. - What?

No, it's Chris.

Cubicle Chris.

It's, we work together

and we're up for the same promotion,

there's-there's no way.

- Look, success is great

but it's so much better when you have someone

to share the ups and downs with.

Don't forget about that part of your life.

- Yeah, I know, I know.

And maybe after this party is done

I'll make some time for my love life,

but uh, I've worked too hard to let anything or anyone

get in the way of this promotion.

It's my time, Sara, I can feel it.

So Chris and I are never gonna happen.

Sara: Come on, this is me you're talking to

and I don't, don't believe you.

- (Exhales) Okay.

But...

look aside from all the other complications,

I think he has a girlfriend.

He's bringing a date to the party.

♪♪♪

- That looks great.

Oh okay, so we'll keep those desserts refrigerated

until it's time to put them out

and I've cleared some space in the fridge.

Ah, the throne has arrived

fit for the man of the hour.

Uh, there's a space right

in front of Santa's village for it.

- All right.

- Tell me again why we're starting to early, it's 3 p.m.?

- It's a family event, Jane, kids, remember?

- Right, kids.

Yes, they do have a schedule of their own, don't they?

- Mhmm.

- Have we oversold?

Will Mel Jensen respond to this?

- How could he not?

Not only are we putting on a great party,

but at Bennett & Swanson we are all of the things

that we're portraying tonight.

- She's right, I mean, you know that, Jane,

the party is gonna be great.

Here, I'll give you that.

- Well, thank you for everything.

I know I don't say it often enough,

but I think it a lot.

- Why don't you go get dressed,

we've, we've got everything covered down here.

- Rebecca, you need to change too

so you can use the guest suite. - Okay.

You okay here for a little bit?

- Yeah, yeah.

I'm just, I'm waiting for my guest to arrive, so.

- Okay.

- You and Chris have done such a great job,

I swear I saw Jane smile.

I've worked here for five years and I'm not kidding,

that was the first time.

- Yeah, we made a pretty great team.

- Made?

- Party's over after tonight.

- Well, we're still on the same team at work,

but I see the way you two are with each other.

- We're friends.

I know, it sounds weird since we shared a cubicle

for a year and didn't exactly get along, but...

- I mean I always thought he was kinda funny.

- He is...

and smart, and resourceful.

And there's no one I would rather lose this promotion to.

- You should see your face when you talk about him.

- What? - It's a little bit glowy.

- It's-it's sweat.

I've been, I've been running around all morning.

- Sure, mhmm.

(Both chuckle)

I, I want this promotion so bad

but I don't want him to lose

so that I can win, is that weird?

- No, that's love.

- Stop it, it's friendship.

- (Chuckles) If you say so.

("O Christmas Tree" Playing)

♪♪♪

- All right I'm coming outside to get you, okay?

(Chuckles)

- (Small laugh)

- Ah... wow.

- Wow yourself.

- My guest has arrived.

- Right.

- Rebecca. - Hi.

- May I?

- Rebecca. - Yes?

- Mel Jensen has just arrived

with his grandchildren, four of them.

I don't know what to do with grandchildren.

- I do.

I'm sorry, Spencer, will you excuse me?

- Of course, but I'll see you later?

- Sure.

(Train whirs)

- Wow. - Whoa, that's so cool.

- Oh Mom, Dad, hi. - Hey.

- Sweetie, you look beautiful. - Thank you.

- I'm so glad you could make it.

Excuse me.

Ah, there's so much fun to be had you guys.

Who wants cookies? - Rebecca?

- Yes, um I have to go do something

but there's cookie decorating in the other room.

- Bye. - Bye.

- That's great. - Look at this!

Jane: Your family must be so proud.

Speaking of which... - Yep.

- so many kids.

You're gonna help me out, right?

- I'm right by your side, Jane, every step of the way.

- Well, this is wonderful,

they love it,

and you saved me a trip to the mall.

- (Laughs) - Happy to be of service.

- You've done an amazing job.

- Thank you.

- We really felt that family is the spirit of the holidays

no matter how you celebrate, right?

And we consider our clients family.

- And our employees too.

At the very core of it,

it's our staff who defines who we are.

- Well, I've always felt the same way as well.

Chris: Sorry to interrupt everybody

but if you could gather in the living room,

I have an announcement that I'd like to make.

- What's going on? - I have no idea.

- So uh first off,

I just want to welcome all our friends,

our relatives, our clients,

and fellow employees.

But since tonight is a holiday party

and not everybody celebrates Christmas,

I also just wanted to celebrate another holiday

that's happening tonight.

Um, hey Kirby! Where's Kirby?

Here he comes. All right, everybody,

I want you to meet Kirby, he's my little brother

in the Dorothy Jensen Mentorship Program.

Right there.

Thanks, buddy.

All right.

So tonight happens to be the last night of Hanukkah

and I was hoping that Rebecca Hoffman and her family

would recite the Hanukkah prayer for us,

if, if that would be all right.

(Match strikes)

There you go.

- Say it with us? - Yeah.

♪ Baruch, atah, adonai ♪

♪ Eloheinu melech ha'olam ♪

♪ Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav ♪

♪ V'tzivanu ♪

♪ L'hadlik ner ♪

♪ Shel Chanukah ♪

Amen.

♪♪♪

- Your team's quite something, Jane.

- (Sighs)

- So will those two be handling my account

or will it be you?

I can't think of a better company to take on

this new task for the Jensen Foundation.

- We will give you our all.

I still haven't filled my VP position yet though.

Been waiting to see whether

one of my senior project managers would rise to the top,

but they both have.

- Since you haven't decided yet,

I have an idea I'd like to run by you.

- Thank you for being here.

(Low hum of chatter)

♪♪♪

- So um,

you and your partner in crime over there,

I'm guessing that's not the right term for you two.

- I'm sorry Spencer, I,

I really, I didn't see this coming.

- That's how it happens sometimes.

- Yeah. It, it just wouldn't be fair for me

to pursue anything with you.

- I get it,

and hey you ever find yourself needing a lawyer,

you know where to find me.

- Yes I, I predict you'll be a partner by summer.

- (Chuckles)

Happy Hanukkah, Rebecca. - Thank you.

♪♪♪

(Low hum of party chatter)

- So? - So?

- That was your date? - Hmm.

- Kirby?

- You see, you thought that I brought a girl

and you were jealous. - I was not jealous.

- Yeah you were a little bit jealous,

it's okay you could admit it, you can admit it.

- I need both of you to come to my study.

- Jane, you should just give the promotion to Chris.

- He has been here longer

and he puts so much of himself in everything he does,

everybody responds to him.

- Stop, let, Rebecca...

has much more experience than I do in this position,

this entire thing was her idea,

she's the reason why we were able to close this account.

- No the, it-- Chris is a natural leader.

- So is she. - Stop, both of you.

- Okay. - O-kay.

♪♪♪

- Mr. Jensen. - Mel, please.

So thanks to the two of you

as well as Jane's stellar reputation,

I have chosen Bennett & Swanson

to build the first 12 youth centers

for my mother's foundation.

- (Laughing)

- We will not let you down Mr.--

Mel.

- I believe that.

- And I have made a decision on the VP position.

I believe that...

Rebecca will be best in that role with Bennett & Swanson.

- It's the right decision, I totally understand.

- However...

- You like my youth center.

- I love your youth centers.

Yes, they are my favorite place.

- So I was gonna hire a VP to oversee

this new enterprise but then I got to thinking

why not get somebody from the developer side

who already knows my youth center inside and out.

- (Gasps)

- He means you Chris. - Really?

- Really, and this is just the beginning,

eventually I want a center in every park in the city.

So if you will accept we can work out the details later.

- I accept, I absolutely accept.

- And same goes for you, Rebecca.

- I also absolutely accept.

- Okay. Well, great, now that we've done that

I'm gonna go enjoy my party.

- Thank you, Jane.

- Congratulations to both of you.

- I'm gonna go enjoy her party too.

And I look forward to working with both of you.

- Absolutely.

- (Happy exhale)

(Laughing)

- Can you believe that? Congratulations.

I mean that is a scenario that I didn't even considered,

we both got promoted. - I, I, I guess so.

I mean, it couldn't be more perfect.

I'm so happy for you. - I'm happy for you.

- It wouldn't have happened without you.

You...

you helped me find the confidence to be myself.

For that I, I'm so grateful.

- It was easy, I just...

I said what I saw,

an extraordinary person.

You, you gave me the gift of hanging out

with your family all week,

with their crazy traditions.

Wait and, not crazy, unique.

- You were a welcomed addition

even if you did ruin my winning streak.

- Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

- No you're not. - (Laughing)

- What about fancy suit guy?

- He's everything I ever thought I wanted

before I knew what I wanted.

♪♪♪

- What do you want?

- I wanna create traditions with you,

the crazier the better.

- I would love nothing more.

(Small laugh)

♪♪♪

- (Small laugh)

- (Laughing)

♪♪♪

(Dreidle rattles)

- Put a coin in.

Looks like I might win this round.

- It's okay

because I have already won.

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

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