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This program is rated G and is suitable
for general audiences.

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Way up north, nestled in the heart of
Vermont, there's a little town called

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Evergreen. Oh, but you know all about
Evergreen.

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It's where... Excuse me, I can take it
from here if that's okay.

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Oh, by all means, be my guest.

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And so there's Evergreen, Vermont, the
place that knows how to shake a snow

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globe, send a letter to Santa, and where
Christmas trees are often delivered in

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a big red truck.

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My story started on the train.

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Come to think of it, that's where it
ended, too.

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Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

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I'm so sorry. I was just looking for a
plug.

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Well, good luck with that. This train's
been running long before

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anyone needed a plug in India.

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Well, that makes sense. Yeah, this train
is like the Polar Express combined with

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the Hogwarts Express and ended up... The
Evergreen Express. Yeah, we do a pretty

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good job of promoting Christmas cheer.
We?

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Are you from Evergreen?

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Born and raised.

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Wow. I've been reading a lot about it.
It's getting a lot of press.

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Mm -hmm. Yes, yes, yes. Look. With its
world -renowned Christmas festival,

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Evergreen, Vermont has become a must
-see destination for anyone seeking the

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magic of the Christmas season.

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All true.

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Okay, so what? Does this town just
magically disappear after Christmas and

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magically reappear at the first
snowfall?

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Like Brigadoon? Yes.

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No. They're the next town over, but
they're a competition because we do

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musical numbers than them. But our
football team's better.

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I'm Ben Baxter.

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Hi. Katie Connell. Nice to meet you.

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What brings you to Evergreen?

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Some time off, actually.

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I published a novel a few years ago, and
since then I've been working as a

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freelance writer. I've been doing a lot
of reading, and I read about your town.

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Thought I should come check it out.

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Are you also going to be writing about
this place?

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No, you know, I plan on experiencing
Evergreen.

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See, at some point, I have to work on my
second novel, and I think it might be

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good for me to take a break, clear my
head, change the scenery.

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Well, you're in luck, because scenery we
do have.

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Wow!

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Thank you.

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Wow.

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Look at this.

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Can I offer you a ride to town?

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Oh, thank you, but everything I read
mentions it's a beautiful walk. It is a

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nice walk.

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So the center of town is pretty much
that way, and that's where all the

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takes place.

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All right. Okay. Well, I guess, uh,
Merry Christmas.

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Merry Christmas!

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Oh, my goodness. Wow.

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Welcome to Evergreen.

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Oh.

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Hey, Mom.

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Katie, hi.

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You made it okay?

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I did.

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Smells like pine.

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There's light snow falling.

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Not gonna lie, already feel pretty
relaxed. How are you?

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Well, I wouldn't say it's been my best
day.

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I need to find a writer to help fill the
cover story for our next issue.

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Wait, I thought you had that sports
reporter doing the story about inventing

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new sport.

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I did.

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He broke both of his hands.

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Yikes. Okay, so you're... I'm wondering
if you wanted to throw your hat in.

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To write a cover story?

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But I just started a vacation.

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I know, but it possibly could lead to
something bigger.

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We're going to be hiring some new staff
in the new year, and this would help

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move you to the front of the line.

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But, Mom... I really, really love
freelancing. And I am so excited to

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second novel.

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I know, but you're really good at this.
And it would be nice to get you

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something, you know, stable.

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Mom, thank you, but I don't think I can
right now. Take a few hours and see if

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an idea occurs to you.

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Hello? Mom?

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Are you there? Hello?

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Oh.

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly.

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It is the season to be jolly.

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Donning now our gay apparel from the
ancient Yuletide carol.

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See the blazing yule before us.

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Strive to hop and join the chorus.

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Follow me in merry measure.

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Well, I tell of Yuletide treasure.

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Excuse me. Hi.

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I was just looking for a... Wow.

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Fifty years, huh?

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Yeah. That the town has managed to pull
it off that long feels like a miracle

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sometimes.

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Crooked? You say that every year, Ezra.
And every year, I'm right.

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Which is the most frustrating part.

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Yeah, it's crooked.

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Well, if Thomas was here, he'd have it
done in no time.

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Yeah, don't remind me. They're racing to
close that logging camp before

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Christmas, before that storm rolls in.

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So, for now, we can just keep the
tradition and hang in on a weird angle.

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You know, Ezra, it's not going to be the
same around here without you. It helps

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that the new mayor won by a landslide.

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Stop saying landslide. I was the only
one running.

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Well, that's because nobody wanted to
run against the woman who had the best

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plans on how to run a town.

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All right, you two.

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Can we just take this side up a little
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Oh, you needed something.

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Oh, I just need a phone charger, but
congratulations, Madam Mayor.

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Call me Michelle. It's fine. I'm Katie.
Hey, Katie.

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You want Daisy's Country Store? Just
across the square, they sell everything.

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Phone chargers, wool socks, you name it.
How's that?

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Well, if it were perfect, it wouldn't be
charming.

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Katie, the store is right over there.
Thank you so much. You're welcome.

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So this is Brutus.

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Brutus has a touch of arthritis.

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So I wrote you a prescription.

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Putting it in your pocket. And then this
is Max. Now Max has a clean bill of

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health, but he just needs a lot of
cuddles.

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Oh, well, I love cuddles too, Max.

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Oh, well, I hope you guys are going to
love being with your foster mom.

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And if you need anything while I'm gone,
Dr. Myers in Montpelier.

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He'll handle all your patients. He'll
help deliver the cows and then go into

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labor. We got it. We got it. Yeah. And
you also have my cell phone number.

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You have to stop worrying. You're going
to Paris.

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And Ryan is going to be so excited to
see you there when he accepts that

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I know. I've just never been out of
Evergreen for Christmas, and it's going

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be tough thinking about it with my
parents later. And you always talk about

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big the world is and how you want to go
see it. So seriously, Allie, go be with

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Ryan and Zoe. I've got your truck keys,
and I'll feed your fish.

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That's right, and I've got these two
good little boys. Right? We're going to

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have fun, guys.

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You know she's going to end up adopting
them. A thousand percent.

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Excuse me.

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Hi. Hi.

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Sorry, here.

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Hi. Welcome to Daisy's Country Store.
Thank you.

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I'm actually looking for a charger.

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Just a charger?

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Sure. Nothing else? Because we are just
filled with all kinds of cute little

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quaint things made right here in
Evergreen. Like, do you see those hats

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there? Are they right?

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Hannah made those hats.

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Yeah. And they're so cute.

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Like everybody that comes to a general
store, you're looking for something

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practical and general.

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Oh, Lisa, don't worry. Tourist season is
just right around the corner.

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Well, that's true.

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Actual tourist.

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Well, careful now. A lot of people come
in here as tourists and end up as

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residents. Yeah, that's true.

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Actual residents.

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I'll go get you that charger. Thank you.

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Do you guys happen to have directions to
Barbara's country inn?

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Yeah.

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I'm dropping off decorations over there.
Do you want to look?

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Are you sure?

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Welcome to Evergreen. People are a lot
friendlier than you'd imagine.

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Yeah. All right. Here is the charger.

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Here are the decorations. Okay.

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And the hats on me.

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Wow.

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Thanks. You guys really are nice.

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Thank you. Come on. Bye. Thank you.

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It's a terrible way to run a business.
Whatever.

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Be nice.

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Christmas.

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Just in time to turn on the lights.
Yeah, well, at least I have some

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for you. Katie, this is Elliot. He runs
the art center in town.

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I told you I'd like to keep calling it
the Turner Tinker Shop.

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It's really sweet of you, but it's an
art center, too.

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I mean, the Turner Tinker Shop used to
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go get things repaired.

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And I still like fixing things.

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Plus, there's so much history in the
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I just set up a new area for crafts and
a glass ceiling studio.

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Plus, the rumor around town is that the
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something to do with a secret Christmas
time capsule. A Christmas time capsule?

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Really? Really. I used to hear my
parents talking about it, but it's one

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things that people aren't sure actually
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Ah, little help?

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Oh, yeah.

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Excuse me a minute. Welcome to
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Well, you two are the cutest couple I've
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Huh? You!

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Oh, us?

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Where's his friend?

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Oh. Sorry, I just, the banter and the
back and forth and just the overall

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demeanor, it felt okay.

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You know, oh, we should get you checked
in. Yeah. Megan?

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Get me to check in. Okay.

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Hi,

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Mom. So, I don't mean to rush you.

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But I have reached out to just about
everyone I normally rely on. You know, I

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was thinking, there might actually be a
story here.

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In Vermont?

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Well, this town, every business has a
Christmas theme. There's even this

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Christmas time capsule. You are hired.

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Okay, Mom, slow down. At least let me
send you a pitch or something. See if

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like it. I already like it.

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Christmas town turns Christmas profit.

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Well... Uh, that's not the angle
entirely, but I can try to... Honey,

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me something as soon as you can.

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Katie, thank you. You really are helping
me out of a bind.

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Oh, you're welcome, Mom.

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Just do your best.

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Okay. Bye.

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Merry Christmas, Bob, said Scrooge with
an earnestness that could not be

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mistaken. As he clapped him on the back,
and a merry Christmas, Bob, my good

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fellow. Now, Ebenezer Scrooge, at this
time of the year... Not my favorite

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Christmas story, but it is crowd
-pleaser.

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Louisa May Alcott was much better.

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Now, Ebenezer... Can I help you find
anything in particular? Yes, actually,

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um... Looking for some local history?

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Oh, yes, yes. We have a whole section of
Vermonters from Rudy

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Vallee to Alison Bechdel, Robert Frost,
Ben and Jerry.

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But what about Evergreen specifically?

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Oh, well, we do have a lot of
newspapers.

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Look at that. So old and beautiful.

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And we have one hat from the very
famous...

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Evergreen Hat Factory was our first
industry, which changed, of course. You

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know, I think there might be a good
article here.

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You are a reporter.

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Oh, well, um... It's hard to say.

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Except for on the train, you said that
you weren't writing about Evergreen,

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so... Because on the train, I wasn't.

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But with all the Christmas goings -on
and this rumored time capsule... Oh, you

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should see our choir.

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These articles people write, they make
us all seem like we're just a bunch

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Oh, my grandson is very protective of
Evergreen, and I keep telling him

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Evergreen is a town who takes pride in
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Hi. David.

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Hi, Ben. Hi, Mrs. Baxter.

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Hi. David, you're early.

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Karen wanted to know if it was okay to
have today's meeting.

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At the Kringle kitchen.

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So she can see Ali off. Oh, it depends.
I don't know if Nan can spare me. Oh, of

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course I can. Go off to your stuffy old
historical society meeting.

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And bring back pie, please.

242
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And thank you.

243
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Historical society, huh?

244
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Can I come along?

245
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It's more of a members -only society.

246
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I see.

247
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Do you know how one becomes a member?

248
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Just go to the meeting.

249
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We've been trying to get more people to
participate all year.

250
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Great. Lead the way.

251
00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:39,900
Great.

252
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You gonna come along?

253
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I don't want to be late. And I hear
there's pie.

254
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That's a Kringle kitchen.

255
00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:02,840
Oh, hey!

256
00:15:04,130 --> 00:15:06,570
24 hours in Evergreen and I'm already
joining society.

257
00:15:07,290 --> 00:15:08,610
Oh, is this the famous snow globe?

258
00:15:08,870 --> 00:15:11,070
It is. Want to make a wish? Yes, thanks.

259
00:15:14,350 --> 00:15:16,450
I know there's a second book in my snow
globe.

260
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Don't let me down.

261
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Magic. I hope so.

262
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Shall we come to order?

263
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David brought a guest.

264
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We have a new face.

265
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This is Katie.

266
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Hi, Katie.

267
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I'm Carol, and that's my husband, Joe.

268
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Hello. Thank you for letting me crash
your meeting.

269
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Glad to have you aboard.

270
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Ben has just been telling us you're
writing about Evergreen.

271
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I'm not entirely sure just yet what I'm
writing about, but I'm taking a few

272
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notes. Thank you.

273
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I keep hearing about the time capsule.

274
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,940
Oh, we haven't talked about that for a
while.

275
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But maybe some fresh ice can help us
figure it out. And now we have two

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journalists for the price of one.

277
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Who then has a journalism degree, wrote
for a paper in Chicago before coming

278
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back here and working here? Okay, well,
my parents used to run this diner when

279
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it was just a bakery.

280
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And they were best friends with my
parents, who of course ran the town

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shop. Which is also the town arts
center.

282
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Yes.

283
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When we were kids, We'd always hear them
talk about a Christmas time capsule.

284
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But then every time we'd ask our parents
about it, they'd just kind of smile and

285
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say, oh, you'll know one day.

286
00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:45,160
And then a few years ago, we found this
archive of newspapers and found

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this article.

288
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Yes, the Christmas blizzard.

289
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Fifty years ago, a blizzard kept
everyone in town for almost the entire

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December. If you read right there.

291
00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,160
Some residents of Evergreen also packed
the time by making a surprise time

292
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capsule to be opened in 50 years.

293
00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,880
Meaning this year?

294
00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:06,119
Mm -hmm.

295
00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:09,740
Yes, but the problem is there hasn't
been any other articles written.

296
00:17:10,180 --> 00:17:11,960
And our parents have passed.

297
00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:14,099
There's really nobody that remembers
anything.

298
00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,440
Wow, nobody?

299
00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:19,260
Well, Nan said there might be another
box to look through at the library.

300
00:17:19,660 --> 00:17:20,760
Keep at it, buddy.

301
00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,099
Is there anything else that you'd like
to discuss?

302
00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:30,640
Well, let's start the meeting and talk
about our plans for... Oh, that's Allie.

303
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:31,640
It's our daughter.

304
00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:35,740
Michelle is driving her to the... We can
be brave about this.

305
00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,520
Probably.

306
00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,360
Allie! Allie! Oh, honey! The great
world...

307
00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,420
Tell Ryan and Zoe Merry Christmas. I
will, and I'll be back after New Year's.

308
00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:52,940
Everything's going to be fine. I
promise.

309
00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,640
I mean, I hope.

310
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Oh, we love you.

311
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Love you, baby.

312
00:17:58,980 --> 00:17:59,980
Love you. Merry Christmas.

313
00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,080
Have such a good time. Thank you. I'll
bring you some croissants. Please.

314
00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:06,240
Thank you.

315
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,140
Have a great adventure.

316
00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,120
I'm sure you'll have easy travels and
all kinds of fun Christmas surprises.

317
00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:14,960
Thank you, Nick.

318
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,150
All right, moment of truth.

319
00:18:21,610 --> 00:18:23,250
I guess the truck says we're a go.

320
00:18:24,250 --> 00:18:25,250
Yay!

321
00:18:26,470 --> 00:18:27,470
Enjoy your Noel.

322
00:18:28,370 --> 00:18:29,410
Merry Christmas.

323
00:18:34,350 --> 00:18:35,350
It's freezing.

324
00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:37,590
Bye.

325
00:18:39,950 --> 00:18:42,390
So, did you learn everything you needed
about Evergreen?

326
00:18:42,630 --> 00:18:46,550
If I'm being totally honest, feels a
little too good to be true.

327
00:18:47,370 --> 00:18:49,330
Okay, which part? I'm just curious.

328
00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:53,290
Well, first off, you have a guy who
looks exactly like Santa on vacation.

329
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:54,590
Yeah, Nick.

330
00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:57,750
He splits his time between Evergreen
and... North Pole?

331
00:18:58,130 --> 00:18:59,930
Burlington. He comes for December.

332
00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:02,190
Look, I get it.

333
00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:05,690
Even alleyways are decorated for
Christmas.

334
00:19:06,110 --> 00:19:07,810
But it makes sense. I'm for it.

335
00:19:08,010 --> 00:19:09,850
You have to put on a good show.

336
00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:12,390
It's for the tourists. It's not that.

337
00:19:12,770 --> 00:19:16,700
It's... People love to get out of the
city and enjoy a real Christmas. Wait,

338
00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:17,499
wait, wait.

339
00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:20,460
Are you saying that city Christmases
aren't real?

340
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,560
I mean, we're just not cynical here.

341
00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:24,960
Who says we are?

342
00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:32,420
I

343
00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:40,340
was

344
00:19:40,340 --> 00:19:41,340
just trying to make a wish.

345
00:19:56,470 --> 00:19:59,890
I'm partially to blame myself. I bumped
into Hannah and... No.

346
00:20:00,170 --> 00:20:04,390
No, I should have had a better grip on
it. I'm so sorry, guys. Accidents

347
00:20:04,730 --> 00:20:09,510
No, this globe has been an evergreen
tradition, and now... Now we'll just

348
00:20:09,510 --> 00:20:10,910
on getting it fixed. Yeah.

349
00:20:14,270 --> 00:20:17,410
Do you think Elliot might be able to do
something about it? Let's wait the shot.

350
00:20:19,150 --> 00:20:22,490
I should probably get back to the
library and check on Nan.

351
00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:28,660
So you're... You're masquerading as a
mild -mannered librarian, when

352
00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:31,780
it all, you're actually a mild -mannered
reporter?

353
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,120
Yes, I used to be a journalist, but it's
not what I do now.

354
00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:37,420
Why not?

355
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,780
What, too nosy? Yeah.

356
00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,020
But it also means you're good at your
job.

357
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,940
I used to be a journalist, and I was
actually pretty good at it, didn't I?

358
00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:53,460
came back here to help out for a little
bit and... And?

359
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,900
The library is sort of like my family.

360
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,480
After my parents died, Nan raised me.

361
00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:07,660
Oh.

362
00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:09,700
Sorry.

363
00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:11,380
Follow -up questions.

364
00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:16,620
Hey, so if I wanted to know about the
town history, who would I ask?

365
00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:18,300
That would be David.

366
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,520
Oh. That kids the eyes and ears of this
place.

367
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,600
I will keep that in mind.

368
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,800
He's usually in the library, though, so
I'll probably see you around.

369
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,020
So, what were you wishing for?

370
00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:37,260
Oh, I've had a complicated relationship
with this globe.

371
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,000
It hasn't granted your wishes?

372
00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:43,360
I mean, sometimes I think I'm not being
specific enough. Sometimes I'm being too

373
00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,440
specific, honestly.

374
00:21:44,780 --> 00:21:46,000
I don't know. Yeah.

375
00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:53,940
So, remember, a good Christmas ornament
has color. It evokes the feeling of

376
00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:56,780
nostalgia. And it's made with care.

377
00:21:58,460 --> 00:21:59,460
What are you making?

378
00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:00,580
Oh, this?

379
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,900
It's a key ornament for my Aunt Hannah.

380
00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:05,900
I really want her to know how much fun I
think she is.

381
00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:07,420
She definitely is that.

382
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,680
Elliot?

383
00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,360
Oh, hi, David.

384
00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:14,540
Hi. I was just leading a workshop on
ornament making. You can join if...

385
00:22:15,740 --> 00:22:16,740
Yeah. Oh.

386
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:19,660
Do you think you can fix it?

387
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,280
Absolutely.

388
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,580
Let's see what we got.

389
00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:28,500
Okay, let's have a look at this.

390
00:22:31,140 --> 00:22:34,600
Well, the two pine trees are intact.

391
00:22:34,940 --> 00:22:35,940
That's good.

392
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000
The horse is fine.

393
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,660
There's a little key carved under the
sleigh.

394
00:22:47,380 --> 00:22:48,920
But... Why?

395
00:22:56,980 --> 00:23:00,080
I'll get to work on this right away.
Great. If you'd like to help, you can

396
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,080
by tomorrow.

397
00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:02,700
Yeah.

398
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:03,760
It's a date.

399
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:10,360
I'll see you tomorrow.

400
00:23:11,860 --> 00:23:12,860
Okay.

401
00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:14,680
See you tomorrow. Bye. Bye, David.

402
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:15,920
Bye.

403
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,880
Oh, Megan, I have something for you.

404
00:23:24,660 --> 00:23:25,660
Look at this.

405
00:23:27,860 --> 00:23:32,740
We don't often have published authors in
town.

406
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,720
You have my book.

407
00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:40,700
Well, I have a library, so I have a lot
of books. Here. Thank you.

408
00:23:41,860 --> 00:23:44,800
How is the article going?

409
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:50,100
Tricky. You know, my mom works for a
business magazine, but honestly...

410
00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:52,380
I would rather write about the Christmas
time capsule.

411
00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:55,620
Don't give up hope on being able to.

412
00:23:56,460 --> 00:24:00,140
That time capsule was intended to be a
surprise.

413
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:05,240
And this town... I thought nobody
remembered anything about the Christmas

414
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,240
capsule.

415
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,400
Well...

416
00:24:09,030 --> 00:24:10,370
I guess. Ho, ho, ho.

417
00:24:10,770 --> 00:24:12,390
I was beginning to think you weren't
coming.

418
00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:15,170
Oh, we wouldn't miss it. It's my
favorite tradition.

419
00:24:15,670 --> 00:24:18,710
Well, with more guests coming for this
weekend, I'm going to need my first

420
00:24:18,710 --> 00:24:19,489
of cookies.

421
00:24:19,490 --> 00:24:21,350
If you'd like to help, we can always use
more hands.

422
00:24:21,670 --> 00:24:23,690
Oh, I... Hey, everybody.

423
00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:27,310
Yeah, sure, I would love to help.

424
00:24:28,330 --> 00:24:29,550
Yeah, cookie time.

425
00:24:29,830 --> 00:24:35,470
Ah, David, I found a few new news
clippings in the archive, and I know

426
00:24:35,470 --> 00:24:36,470
another search.

427
00:24:36,610 --> 00:24:38,680
Oh. Maybe this will be helpful.

428
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:42,580
Wow.

429
00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:44,360
Thank you, Mrs. Baxter.

430
00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:46,580
Yeah. You're welcome.

431
00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:53,140
No room?

432
00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:54,220
No problem.

433
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:06,650
I picked up a perfect... tree for out in
front of the library oh great yeah if

434
00:25:06,650 --> 00:25:11,270
you come by tomorrow yeah yeah great
i'll ask canna for the truck and and uh

435
00:25:11,270 --> 00:25:17,030
by sometime tomorrow yeah it's getting
busy out there so okay awesome people

436
00:25:17,030 --> 00:25:23,990
come from miles around to see the folksy
charm of henry miller's

437
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:29,190
christmas tree farm wow you're just
writing that article right in front of

438
00:25:29,190 --> 00:25:30,190
am that good

439
00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:39,340
There's a chill in the air, so crisp and
so fresh that Frosty himself would be

440
00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:45,120
proud. There's a cheer everywhere for
times drawing close when loved ones and

441
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:46,320
friends gather round.

442
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:53,020
It's a feeling of joy in every girl,
every boy, knowing Santa soon will be

443
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:59,840
It's the time, what a time, the most
magical time of the year.

444
00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:06,360
It's the time, what a time. And it's
finally here.

445
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,020
The most magical time.

446
00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:12,340
The most magical time.

447
00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:17,720
The most magical time of the year.

448
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,900
Don't worry about it. Have a good night.

449
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,820
Bye. Thanks for coming.

450
00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:29,320
You make sure to share, though. Man, I
can drive you home. No, no.

451
00:26:29,580 --> 00:26:31,360
I am fine. I want to walk.

452
00:26:31,740 --> 00:26:35,280
It's good for me. Yeah, I can walk with
her. Nana always has the best stories.

453
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,700
Okay. So tomorrow, when you go to get
the tree, I should come along, yes?

454
00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:46,080
I mean, what better way to prove that
this isn't all some, like, Christmas

455
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,780
hallucination than to see it for myself,
right?

456
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:50,440
You say it's authentic.

457
00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:51,940
I say prove it.

458
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,480
Okay. Fine. Tomorrow, then.

459
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,040
Right here.

460
00:26:57,780 --> 00:26:58,780
Okay.

461
00:27:18,060 --> 00:27:19,060
Come on in.

462
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:20,119
Morning, everyone.

463
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,860
I was just at the library looking for
you.

464
00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:24,560
I've been going through these things Nan
found.

465
00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:26,140
Look.

466
00:27:26,420 --> 00:27:28,240
Do you know where Grandma and Grandpa
are standing?

467
00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:30,460
I've never seen that mirror before.

468
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:31,699
Where'd you get this?

469
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:33,580
It was in a stack of papers Nan brought
me.

470
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:36,960
That's Pringle Alley.

471
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,720
Right outside.

472
00:27:38,820 --> 00:27:42,260
You can see the old bakery sign in the
photo. It's where I parked the cocoa

473
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,260
cart.

474
00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:46,720
Wow, this truck really makes it around.

475
00:27:47,290 --> 00:27:51,410
He may not look like it or act like it,
but he's one of the more reliable things

476
00:27:51,410 --> 00:27:52,109
in town.

477
00:27:52,110 --> 00:27:53,110
I'm sorry.

478
00:27:53,610 --> 00:27:54,610
He?

479
00:27:55,030 --> 00:27:56,190
Yeah, Ellie's truck.

480
00:27:56,670 --> 00:28:00,330
She loans them out, so you're really an
evergreen someone if you've driven the

481
00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:01,330
red truck.

482
00:28:01,570 --> 00:28:06,590
And what's more picturesque and
appealing to tourists than a big red

483
00:28:06,590 --> 00:28:07,610
hauling Christmas trees?

484
00:28:07,870 --> 00:28:10,970
Yeah, that's one way of looking at it.
What's the other?

485
00:28:12,730 --> 00:28:14,610
Truck's a good way to haul a tree.

486
00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:30,510
There you are. Hey, guys. Put that big
tree in the back. Yeah, I picked out a

487
00:28:30,510 --> 00:28:31,710
real winner for you. Wow.

488
00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:34,610
Looks like you've got a good operation
out here.

489
00:28:34,890 --> 00:28:38,410
Yeah. I always ask him, he's, what, you
worked here three winters in high

490
00:28:38,410 --> 00:28:41,650
school? Everybody worked here in high
school. Wow. My jobs in high school

491
00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:42,650
involved a lot more filing.

492
00:28:42,990 --> 00:28:44,510
I'm sure yours was more fun.

493
00:28:44,770 --> 00:28:45,770
That's right.

494
00:28:46,170 --> 00:28:47,270
It smells amazing.

495
00:28:48,690 --> 00:28:49,690
Terrapines.

496
00:28:49,870 --> 00:28:54,470
Well, each year someone asks me why
Christmas trees smell so nice, so I went

497
00:28:54,470 --> 00:28:55,470
the library, and guess what?

498
00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:01,420
Yeah, the tree gives off this scent to
protect themselves from bugs, and some

499
00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:05,500
people believe that the scent floats up
and sees the clouds, brings snowfall.

500
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,480
Wait, is that true?

501
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,160
Well, I leave the science to the
scientists. But all of it working

502
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,220
circle like that, just imagine.

503
00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:13,199
That's amazing.

504
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,159
Christmas trees.

505
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,160
How new.

506
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:16,320
Henry New.

507
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,860
Ben, would you mind? I've got a library
book I need to return.

508
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:19,639
You bet.

509
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,440
Oh, I'll catch up to you guys. Okay.

510
00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,640
So how's the article coming?

511
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,080
It's pretty good.

512
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,360
I'm actually at a... Great.

513
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,740
Because I'm excited about it and so is
our editorial board.

514
00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:38,200
But I'm calling to invite you to our
Christmas party at the magazine.

515
00:29:38,980 --> 00:29:43,740
Mom? I know. I know. I invite you every
year and every year you say the same

516
00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:48,440
thing. Well, I like our Christmas
traditions. I like that we keep them

517
00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:50,640
You're our SVP? No again.

518
00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:52,220
I understand.

519
00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:56,090
So when am I going to see something
about this article?

520
00:29:56,850 --> 00:30:00,510
You can expect an email with some first
story ideas within the next day.

521
00:30:01,130 --> 00:30:02,450
I appreciate that.

522
00:30:02,690 --> 00:30:03,690
Thank you, honey.

523
00:30:04,090 --> 00:30:05,090
Thanks, Mom.

524
00:30:06,290 --> 00:30:09,390
Henry picked these up from the tree lot
and brings them here to make reeds.

525
00:30:09,610 --> 00:30:11,450
Why do mine always turn out lopsided?

526
00:30:12,170 --> 00:30:14,730
Why, Allie always hangs mine at the
vet's office.

527
00:30:15,010 --> 00:30:16,230
The cats don't seem to mind.

528
00:30:17,290 --> 00:30:18,310
So cute. Thank you.

529
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,510
That sleigh is beautiful.

530
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:24,870
Yeah, we used to hook a couple of horses
up to it and take it through the town

531
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:29,190
square. All these years looking at this
sleigh in the snow globe, I always

532
00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:30,590
wondered if it was based on this one.

533
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:33,970
You should see if there's a key under
it, like the one in the snow globe.

534
00:30:34,510 --> 00:30:35,389
What key?

535
00:30:35,390 --> 00:30:36,390
I can look.

536
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:38,770
Underneath the miniature sleigh in the
snow globe.

537
00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:39,970
There's a key.

538
00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:45,330
If there's one under there, then maybe I
can... Well, go for it. Yeah, go for

539
00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:46,330
it.

540
00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:53,290
I don't see a... Wait.

541
00:30:53,690 --> 00:30:54,690
Hold on.

542
00:31:00,450 --> 00:31:01,450
Wow.

543
00:31:02,250 --> 00:31:04,010
I can't believe that. All these years.

544
00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:05,430
What?

545
00:31:07,330 --> 00:31:11,610
But this... But this looks different
than the one we found last year. The one

546
00:31:11,610 --> 00:31:12,810
that got the church bells ringing again?

547
00:31:13,110 --> 00:31:16,130
Yeah, but... What does this one go to?

548
00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:45,720
I can't tell you how much I appreciate
this, Elliot.

549
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,400
It's my pleasure.

550
00:31:50,580 --> 00:31:54,700
Now all that's left is to let the glue
dry, and then Megan says she'll help us

551
00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:55,700
get the glass blown.

552
00:31:55,740 --> 00:31:56,760
You're a lifesaver.

553
00:31:58,660 --> 00:32:00,880
I have so many fond memories.

554
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,100
Thomas and I, we would go on all kinds
of treasure hunts.

555
00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:11,400
Treasure hunts? Yeah, well, my mom, she
lost her wedding ring here.

556
00:32:11,870 --> 00:32:12,809
Oh, no.

557
00:32:12,810 --> 00:32:13,810
Yeah.

558
00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:16,170
We spent weeks looking for it.

559
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:18,030
Where'd you find it?

560
00:32:18,930 --> 00:32:19,930
Never did.

561
00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:21,590
No.

562
00:32:21,930 --> 00:32:27,070
She ended up replacing it, but she said
the ring would be here somewhere in the

563
00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:29,090
store, but somewhere.

564
00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:36,810
Should I call you when we're ready to
take the next step?

565
00:32:38,710 --> 00:32:39,770
The next step?

566
00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:47,380
Yeah. Oh, right. Yeah. Please.

567
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:48,700
Do.

568
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,320
Okay.

569
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,240
Calvin Coolidge.

570
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:54,920
Was from Evergreen?

571
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,760
No. Plymouth, Vermont. But he was the
first American president to light the

572
00:32:58,760 --> 00:32:59,760
national Christmas tree.

573
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,520
1923.

574
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:06,320
He ordered a balsam for not too far from
here. Just a fun little fact.

575
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,200
Calvin Coolidge. Super into Christmas
trees.

576
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:10,520
Got it.

577
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:11,600
Is that your article?

578
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:16,400
Yeah. Oh, it will be, yeah. I like to
get it down on paper first.

579
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,560
Oh, I am the same way.

580
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,400
Paper, pen, old school. I just like the
feel of it.

581
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,020
Yeah, but as I'm typing it and getting
ready to send it out, something about it

582
00:33:27,020 --> 00:33:30,020
just isn't working. Do you mind if I
print it again? See if I can figure it

583
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,600
Be my guest. Thank you.

584
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,480
So, did you get the Christmas tree all
set up? Yep. All that's left is

585
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:37,480
decorating.

586
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,240
And, uh...

587
00:33:40,510 --> 00:33:43,530
When will you be doing that? Tomorrow
sometime, if you'd like to help. We're

588
00:33:43,530 --> 00:33:46,170
also going to clear off the pond for
some ice skating, if you want to help

589
00:33:46,170 --> 00:33:47,049
that. Oh, no.

590
00:33:47,050 --> 00:33:50,070
No, no, no, no. Hey, no, no. You didn't
even let me finish.

591
00:33:50,370 --> 00:33:55,010
We'll talk about this super cute,
charming winter thing, but then your

592
00:33:55,010 --> 00:33:56,010
freezing.

593
00:33:57,030 --> 00:34:00,810
Okay. What happened to the let me
explore everything in town so I can

594
00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:01,810
about it girl?

595
00:34:02,110 --> 00:34:05,530
Using my words against me is low, but
effective.

596
00:34:06,450 --> 00:34:08,989
Can't promise winter sports, but
decorating, I can.

597
00:34:09,389 --> 00:34:13,110
Oh, here. Don't forget your bag. Yes.
Okay. After you.

598
00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:31,850
Hey. Oh, good morning.

599
00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:33,290
You're out here early.

600
00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:37,190
Well, David insisted we take yet another
look at the Kringle Alley.

601
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,300
When I was a little girl, my dad used to
take his breaks from the bakery out

602
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:46,020
here. And sometimes I'd come out with my
chucks and I went right all over this

603
00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:46,978
wall.

604
00:34:46,980 --> 00:34:52,420
He'd put a milk crate down and I would
stand on it and I would design the diner

605
00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:53,940
that I would have someday when I grew
up.

606
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:59,900
I would put the door right here because,
see, there's that little knot in the

607
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:00,900
wood right there.

608
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,860
Oh, wait.

609
00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:13,620
Yes, just a few more tweaks, but I
wanted to start fresh this morning.

610
00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:15,940
Well, I can't wait to read it.

611
00:35:16,460 --> 00:35:20,580
Except that I grabbed the wrong paper
off the copier.

612
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,120
Sorry,

613
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,020
what? Oh, no.

614
00:35:24,380 --> 00:35:25,780
Mom, I'm going to have to call you back.

615
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:31,520
Katie.

616
00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:32,660
Katie, come over here.

617
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,540
What is going on? I absolutely don't
know. I just walked up and I'm talking

618
00:35:39,540 --> 00:35:41,880
about it. There's something they found.
They found something.

619
00:35:43,220 --> 00:35:44,220
Okay.

620
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,700
I don't know about all this. It's a long
shot, but I just have a feeling.

621
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,440
Come on.

622
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,700
Is it...

623
00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:06,970
Is this the time capsule? Yes, finally.

624
00:36:07,530 --> 00:36:14,270
I cannot tell you how many hints we had
to drop and how perfectly we had to

625
00:36:14,270 --> 00:36:15,069
time this.

626
00:36:15,070 --> 00:36:18,630
You knew about this? We've been dropping
hints for years.

627
00:36:18,930 --> 00:36:25,810
But the timing had to be just right so
that you'd all be curious. But not too

628
00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:30,990
curious. Until today, December 1st of
this year.

629
00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:32,290
Oh, Carol.

630
00:36:32,450 --> 00:36:33,450
Hannah.

631
00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:40,020
This was built by your parents 50 years
ago during the Christmas blizzard. That

632
00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:45,120
storm lasted for weeks. And since
there's only one road in and out of

633
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,860
were, for most of December, hunkered
down together.

634
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,920
And after a while, we were surprised to
find we were really enjoying ourselves.

635
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,340
It was more like Christmas than it had
ever been before.

636
00:36:58,740 --> 00:37:02,820
It was so rare to have a town come
together like that.

637
00:37:03,290 --> 00:37:04,710
We read books aloud.

638
00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:05,950
We talked.

639
00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:07,150
We laughed.

640
00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:14,430
Well, since we had a lot of time on our
hands, we decided to build a time

641
00:37:14,430 --> 00:37:15,430
capsule.

642
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,600
Why didn't you just tell us?

643
00:37:40,420 --> 00:37:42,440
That was your father's idea.

644
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:49,860
He wanted us to lead you all to it, but
then have you find it

645
00:37:49,860 --> 00:37:56,640
on your own. And look at this. It's not
just a time capsule. It is 24

646
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:02,120
boxes. It's an advent calendar, a
Christmas countdown. One box for each

647
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:03,380
between now and Christmas.

648
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:09,460
I don't know if I've ever used the
phrase Christmas magic unironically in

649
00:38:09,460 --> 00:38:13,720
entire life. But this, I mean... Should
we open the first box?

650
00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:15,100
Yeah. Michelle?

651
00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,420
Care to do the honor?

652
00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:19,140
Come on, Mayor.

653
00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:22,100
I'm going to go out.

654
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:26,880
Okay.

655
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:39,740
To the people of Evergreen, now that
you've found this calendar, it is our

656
00:38:39,740 --> 00:38:41,560
hope that you will enjoy the gifts
inside.

657
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:48,480
The first being... Carol, this is from
your mom and dad.

658
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,600
Really?

659
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:55,480
The

660
00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:04,620
first...

661
00:39:04,650 --> 00:39:07,310
being original Kringle recipes.

662
00:39:08,590 --> 00:39:13,990
We placed them here for our daughter,
Carol, so she always has a part of us

663
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:19,030
close. May the rest of you enjoy the
Christmas surprises for the next 24

664
00:39:19,410 --> 00:39:23,850
Merry Christmas with love, Mark and Sue
Fenwick.

665
00:39:27,820 --> 00:39:31,560
I have some new recipes to try out. So
I'm going to get them down to the cafe

666
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,720
and get some Christmas Pringles. Yeah.

667
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,580
Really? You know what? I think I'm going
to stay behind and take a few more

668
00:39:36,580 --> 00:39:37,580
notes. All right.

669
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,620
I'm going to go help with the lights.
I'm the guy that puts lights up. Yeah.

670
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:41,960
Stop by later.

671
00:39:43,220 --> 00:39:44,800
Oh, Ben.

672
00:39:58,890 --> 00:40:03,450
Uh, Ben, there is a paper that I left on
the printer that... Despite the warmth

673
00:40:03,450 --> 00:40:07,910
and honest connection these people feel,
it's hard not to wonder how much of

674
00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:09,650
Evergreen is an act.

675
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:14,090
First of all, those are just notes, and
they're for my mom, who is also my

676
00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:17,910
editor. No, I get it. I get how easy it
is to say, look at those oddballs

677
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:19,690
wandering around a Christmas village.

678
00:40:20,330 --> 00:40:21,430
That's not what I was doing.

679
00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:26,210
Do you really think this is all an act?
You have to trust me.

680
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,280
I am not out to write a hit piece about
your town.

681
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,160
Write it.

682
00:40:34,380 --> 00:40:35,480
Welcome, everybody.

683
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:39,040
Welcome to Story Hour. Please, have a
seat. Hi. Hi.

684
00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:44,420
Get settled in, and I promise to do my
most hilarious voices.

685
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,420
Ben, I... I should, um, I should get in
there. Look, I really have enjoyed my

686
00:40:52,420 --> 00:40:53,420
time here.

687
00:40:53,870 --> 00:41:00,170
Despite my vacation turning into a work
trip, I really like the

688
00:41:00,170 --> 00:41:05,690
peppermint hot cocoa and the way the
whole town rallies to put up Christmas

689
00:41:05,690 --> 00:41:09,590
decorations, and I really like...

690
00:41:09,590 --> 00:41:14,190
Write the article you want to write.

691
00:41:15,150 --> 00:41:17,630
I hope it turns out.

692
00:41:19,290 --> 00:41:21,450
Okay, gather around.

693
00:41:23,630 --> 00:41:24,609
This way.

694
00:41:24,610 --> 00:41:25,610
Ha ha.

695
00:41:26,970 --> 00:41:28,070
Christmas Eve.

696
00:41:28,510 --> 00:41:33,270
On the long, long day that was the 24th
of December.

697
00:41:39,550 --> 00:41:43,710
Well, good morning, everyone, and thank
you for coming out to see what is in our

698
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:44,710
second box.

699
00:41:45,310 --> 00:41:48,810
She's doing an excellent job of
marrying, don't you think?

700
00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:53,040
Like she was born for it. Now, I know
it's going to be hard to choose who's

701
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,300
going to open these boxes every day, but
I have a plan for that. Voting system.

702
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:57,840
That's what I do.

703
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,520
Nan has been so kind to lend us this
beautiful snowman's hat.

704
00:42:03,180 --> 00:42:06,480
It is from the original Evergreen Hat
Factory.

705
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,740
So if you're interested in
participating, write your name down on a

706
00:42:10,740 --> 00:42:11,920
paper and drop it in the hat.

707
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,540
So each day, I will draw a different
name from it.

708
00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:20,360
But I think we can all agree that for
the second box, it should be opened by

709
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,580
two people who kept the secret the
longest, Nick and Nan.

710
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:37,160
Oh, number two. There you go.

711
00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:38,380
Thank you.

712
00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:41,160
Oh, I remember this.

713
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,480
We know there won't be enough for
everyone,

714
00:42:45,770 --> 00:42:48,390
May you all enjoy the skating.

715
00:42:48,690 --> 00:42:54,110
Inside this box are some evergreen
scarves to keep you all warm.

716
00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:57,330
Love, Mike and Masha Stahl.

717
00:42:57,770 --> 00:43:01,790
Well then, everyone, please remember the
volunteer fire department is still

718
00:43:01,790 --> 00:43:05,670
clearing off the skating pond, making
sure everything's safe. So we'll see

719
00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:06,970
everybody down there a little later on.

720
00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:34,680
These decorations, Megan, they're so
beautiful.

721
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:35,920
Thank you.

722
00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:38,080
Hot glass is like honey.

723
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:40,340
Coordination is key.

724
00:43:40,740 --> 00:43:45,780
It's like a dance between heat, gravity,
and centrifugal force.

725
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,520
So where did you learn how to do this?

726
00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:50,860
My mother taught me.

727
00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:56,000
Okay. Time to put the globe back in snow
globe.

728
00:43:56,820 --> 00:44:01,080
I have never seen this process before.
It's absolutely mesmerizing. Yeah.

729
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,100
Oh, you're a natural at this.

730
00:44:10,140 --> 00:44:12,980
Well, I want it to be special, just like
the snow globe always was.

731
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:18,100
Hey. Oh, hey.

732
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,640
Hey. Cool.

733
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:21,419
And, ready?

734
00:44:21,420 --> 00:44:25,000
Yep. Yep. Now we let it cool and sand
down the bottom.

735
00:44:25,260 --> 00:44:28,140
Word is, Daisy's Country Store could use
a little help with their tree.

736
00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:29,540
Yeah.

737
00:44:29,820 --> 00:44:30,820
Let's go.

738
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:32,000
Okay, we'll see you tomorrow night.

739
00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:34,540
Whoa, the tree looks so good.

740
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,160
What do you think?

741
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,040
I think he agrees. Yeah.

742
00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:43,820
All right, guys. Oh, my gosh.

743
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:46,839
Here you go.

744
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:47,840
Oh, thank you.

745
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:55,160
So, you came here on vacation and ended
up staying for good?

746
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,700
Yeah, I did.

747
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,020
It's the best decision I ever made.

748
00:44:59,260 --> 00:45:00,260
Really? Yeah.

749
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,980
And you don't, like, miss the, I don't
know, the...

750
00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:09,360
City and that kind of life. Yeah, I mean
sometimes but you know what to be

751
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:14,820
honest with you I had to learn how to be
surprised like for instance I never

752
00:45:14,820 --> 00:45:18,880
thought in a million years that I would
be dating a guy who essentially is

753
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:25,760
running a logging camp Okay, or or that
I would own my own store Or better yet

754
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,560
that I'd be hanging out with these two
little dogs that I'm probably most

755
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,460
definitely things about oh, yeah It's
just been one big surprise after the

756
00:45:34,010 --> 00:45:35,230
And that doesn't get exhausting?

757
00:45:36,230 --> 00:45:37,230
Surprises? Yeah.

758
00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:42,710
No, no. Surprises are great. I mean,
think about it. That's why we wrap

759
00:45:42,830 --> 00:45:44,510
right? We don't just hand them to
people.

760
00:45:45,650 --> 00:45:48,210
Surprises are, you know, they're
exciting.

761
00:45:49,050 --> 00:45:51,290
I don't know. I think they add a little
bit of magic.

762
00:45:53,310 --> 00:45:54,310
Oh!

763
00:45:55,330 --> 00:45:56,330
See,

764
00:45:57,130 --> 00:45:58,430
it gets your heart racing, doesn't it?

765
00:45:58,670 --> 00:45:59,629
Actually, it did.

766
00:45:59,630 --> 00:46:00,630
It really did.

767
00:46:10,410 --> 00:46:14,650
Then winter sports attempt at the
skating pond 7 p .m.. Katie

768
00:46:14,650 --> 00:46:32,790
Ready

769
00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:39,640
to give this a try I am

770
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:45,580
telling you, no matter how many dance
classes, gymnastics, even vigorous

771
00:46:45,580 --> 00:46:47,380
practice, I'm going to fall down.

772
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,600
So I was kind of tough on you yesterday.

773
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,680
Yeah, me too.

774
00:46:54,980 --> 00:46:56,720
I'm sorry about that.

775
00:46:57,420 --> 00:46:59,060
You really love this place.

776
00:46:59,260 --> 00:47:01,220
I get why you'd be protective of it.

777
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,520
Yeah, but I also get if someone's not
from here, how it would look.

778
00:47:06,220 --> 00:47:10,940
And I don't believe that people who live
in the city are... Cynical?

779
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,300
Yeah. Cold?

780
00:47:14,340 --> 00:47:19,640
I love it, actually. I used to live in
the city. Five years in Chicago.

781
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:21,380
So why did you leave?

782
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,040
Oh, hey, guys.

783
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:24,300
Hey. Hey.

784
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:25,920
Headed down to the ice?

785
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,640
Yes. About to face my worst fears.

786
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:30,440
Are you joining us?

787
00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:34,800
Uh, yeah, I have to bring David his hat.
He keeps forgetting it. Usually Thomas

788
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,060
brings it to him, but... Michelle!

789
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:40,840
Thomas? Thomas, what?

790
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:42,480
You're early.

791
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:44,580
Well, I wanted to surprise you.

792
00:47:45,220 --> 00:47:46,220
Surprise!

793
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,440
Okay, Thomas, wait right there. Wait
right there.

794
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:54,140
Come on, let's go. Yeah.

795
00:47:57,220 --> 00:47:58,220
Hey.

796
00:48:02,930 --> 00:48:06,590
I was worried you wouldn't make it.
Well, I almost didn't. I got here right

797
00:48:06,590 --> 00:48:07,590
before they closed the door.

798
00:48:08,550 --> 00:48:09,550
Dad!

799
00:48:09,890 --> 00:48:10,890
Hey!

800
00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:12,150
You're back.

801
00:48:12,630 --> 00:48:15,970
Wow, look at you, huh? You're taller
than when I saw you a few weeks ago.

802
00:48:17,010 --> 00:48:18,730
Who wants some hot chocolate?

803
00:48:18,990 --> 00:48:25,830
Me! I told you I'm not

804
00:48:25,830 --> 00:48:26,830
very good at this.

805
00:48:27,050 --> 00:48:28,370
Nobody's very good at this.

806
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:32,000
They are. They're great at it. Yeah,
they're pretty good at it.

807
00:48:32,460 --> 00:48:33,460
Mm -hmm.

808
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:34,640
Whoa.

809
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:35,900
Whoa.

810
00:48:36,820 --> 00:48:38,360
You left Chicago because?

811
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:41,280
I needed a change.

812
00:48:41,780 --> 00:48:45,000
I was at a job I didn't love, and I had
just gotten divorced.

813
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:46,760
Wow.

814
00:48:47,220 --> 00:48:48,220
Breaking news.

815
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:53,520
So I came home for a visit, and while I
was there, Nan broke her foot, so I

816
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:56,600
stuck around to help her out, and...

817
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,860
Figure out what's next after, so... Back
to the question.

818
00:49:00,140 --> 00:49:05,220
What does a dating scene like in
Evergreen? Is there a magical snow globe

819
00:49:05,220 --> 00:49:07,660
comes out at Valentine's Day, too?

820
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:12,040
Are you kidding me? We're still seeing
Christmas carols by then. And we didn't

821
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:13,620
take our trees down until Easter.

822
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:20,820
Our dating scene is small, which is a
shame because it's fairly romantic

823
00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:21,820
here. Yeah.

824
00:49:22,420 --> 00:49:24,680
Nice place to build a snowman with
someone.

825
00:49:26,090 --> 00:49:27,530
Sit by the fire after.

826
00:49:35,470 --> 00:49:37,470
Sorry, you have that.

827
00:49:37,990 --> 00:49:38,990
Oh.

828
00:49:40,270 --> 00:49:41,410
Great. Great.

829
00:49:42,090 --> 00:49:45,230
Thank you.

830
00:49:57,550 --> 00:50:02,550
on his way Been waiting all year long
for Christmas Day

831
00:50:02,550 --> 00:50:09,190
I feel alive when I look up to the sky

832
00:50:09,190 --> 00:50:15,870
Knowing I might see him on his way Soon

833
00:50:15,870 --> 00:50:22,510
I will see lots of presents by the tree
Think of all the joy

834
00:50:22,510 --> 00:50:23,890
that's on its way

835
00:50:33,620 --> 00:50:36,480
Okay. Okay, I...

836
00:50:51,230 --> 00:50:53,930
Added in the thing about Eisenhower
inventing the Christmas calendar.

837
00:50:54,210 --> 00:50:57,130
Also mentions that in addition to the
tourism growth, there's also the

838
00:50:57,130 --> 00:50:58,089
population growth.

839
00:50:58,090 --> 00:51:00,110
And I think... You're done.

840
00:51:01,990 --> 00:51:04,890
I mean, it's due tomorrow, but there's
something that doesn't feel quite right.

841
00:51:05,190 --> 00:51:06,430
What, are you worried they're not going
to like it?

842
00:51:07,310 --> 00:51:09,050
No, I think I'm afraid they will.

843
00:51:09,830 --> 00:51:12,890
What, they're liking it? Is it a bad
thing?

844
00:51:13,190 --> 00:51:15,970
I want to write my second novel, but
it's harder.

845
00:51:16,590 --> 00:51:18,050
Oh, when are you going to start working
on that?

846
00:51:18,570 --> 00:51:19,990
When I turn this in, I guess.

847
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:25,180
You know, what's interesting to me is
how many people have told me so many

848
00:51:25,180 --> 00:51:29,340
stories. I even talked to the twins that
live on that farm outside of town.

849
00:51:29,580 --> 00:51:34,280
Twin Pines Farm, yeah. So I guess I just
need to do a final pass on this

850
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:35,440
tomorrow morning on the train.

851
00:51:36,220 --> 00:51:37,220
Tomorrow?

852
00:51:41,020 --> 00:51:42,500
That was my plan, yeah.

853
00:51:43,180 --> 00:51:44,180
Yes.

854
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:49,340
So I guess I should go get packed.

855
00:51:50,350 --> 00:51:51,350
Wow. Wow.

856
00:51:52,370 --> 00:51:53,970
Hi. Hi.

857
00:51:54,730 --> 00:52:01,170
Well, you know, this is my mother's
caroling scarf and

858
00:52:01,170 --> 00:52:07,490
her angel pin. The Christmas calendar
has everyone so excited about traditions

859
00:52:07,490 --> 00:52:10,530
that we even fired up a few from long
ago.

860
00:52:10,750 --> 00:52:14,110
Well, you look and that sounds amazing.

861
00:52:14,770 --> 00:52:15,770
Thanks.

862
00:52:16,510 --> 00:52:18,410
So I guess I should get back to the inn.

863
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:24,200
Oh, you know, we're going to be caroling
right that way. Why don't you come and

864
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:24,879
join us?

865
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:25,578
You should come.

866
00:52:25,580 --> 00:52:27,640
Really? Okay, yeah, sure.

867
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:29,400
Do I need to know all the words?

868
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:33,480
We know all of the words very well. You
can just hum along.

869
00:52:33,940 --> 00:52:36,840
Okay, well, I'll meet you outside. I
just need to reshuffle. Great.

870
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:47,340
So the secret to get just the right
mixture of water and oil.

871
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:57,320
And then, oh, I saw some white glitter
somewhere in a jar over there. Would you

872
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,040
mind looking in the bottom cabinet?
Yeah, sure.

873
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,520
Some of this stuff must be decades old.

874
00:53:07,580 --> 00:53:08,880
Wait, do we think glitter goes bad?

875
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:17,100
I remember when my mom would use this

876
00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:18,100
stuff.

877
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:22,200
Jeff?

878
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:23,760
Yeah.

879
00:53:26,060 --> 00:53:27,060
Oh,

880
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:31,260
I think... I think a little bit more.

881
00:53:36,940 --> 00:53:37,940
Whoa.

882
00:53:39,980 --> 00:53:40,980
Elliot?

883
00:53:42,860 --> 00:53:43,860
Whoa.

884
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:47,700
Whoa. We just found my mother's wedding
ring.

885
00:53:48,970 --> 00:53:51,350
She was still out there in here all
these years ago. Oh, my gosh.

886
00:53:51,830 --> 00:53:54,330
Ellie, we just found my brother's
wedding ring. I can't believe this.

887
00:53:54,730 --> 00:53:56,290
I've got to go tell my brother about it.

888
00:54:15,839 --> 00:54:18,320
I gotta go. I gotta go lead the
caroling.

889
00:54:18,660 --> 00:54:19,660
How?

890
00:54:21,060 --> 00:54:22,060
You should come.

891
00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:26,660
No, I... You don't want to hear my
thing. Yes, I do. Come on. It'll be

892
00:54:26,780 --> 00:54:27,800
It'll be fine. Come on. Okay.

893
00:54:41,580 --> 00:54:43,960
Down through the chimney, he bought the
toy.

894
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,660
All the little ones, Rick and his toy.

895
00:54:47,140 --> 00:54:49,560
Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go?

896
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,420
Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go?

897
00:54:52,700 --> 00:54:55,080
Up on the top, click, click, click.

898
00:54:55,380 --> 00:54:57,700
Down through the chimney, it was the
same thing.

899
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:03,220
Thank you. Look at how crispy they are.
I think that's done. Crispy. Oh, that's

900
00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:04,218
right.

901
00:55:04,220 --> 00:55:10,560
Many people I interview said the same
thing.

902
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:15,000
They came here for Christmas, and
evergreen captured their hearts. They

903
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,880
forever. You could stick around, too,
you know.

904
00:55:18,460 --> 00:55:20,840
Well, I'm looking forward to spending
Christmas with my mom.

905
00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:28,220
I think if we start changing our
traditions, do they then become

906
00:55:28,220 --> 00:55:31,760
less special, like the ones we always
have?

907
00:55:32,660 --> 00:55:37,060
Not as long as you keep some of them,
you know, the ones that you really love.

908
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:40,000
Our traditions are amazing.

909
00:55:40,460 --> 00:55:41,359
Really? Yeah.

910
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:45,640
We watch Christmas movies, and we have
these blueberry pancakes from this

911
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,520
restaurant in town. We have them all
season long.

912
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:49,680
So good.

913
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:52,540
You want to know a secret?

914
00:55:53,220 --> 00:55:57,760
The day I met you on the train, I had
just come from a job interview.

915
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:00,420
I just applied on a whim.

916
00:56:00,700 --> 00:56:01,499
How did it go?

917
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:04,780
Terrible. It was the worst. All my
bylines were too old.

918
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:06,100
Well, are you going to try again?

919
00:56:06,580 --> 00:56:07,580
Oh, no.

920
00:56:11,759 --> 00:56:16,480
The other day I was walking by the
library and the town tree was up.

921
00:56:17,740 --> 00:56:19,420
It was snowing a little bit.

922
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,840
I just heard Do You Hear What I Hear?
You know, that's my favorite song.

923
00:56:26,380 --> 00:56:31,820
And, you know, I thought to myself, why
am I so happy?

924
00:56:34,420 --> 00:56:35,520
Then I saw you.

925
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:40,120
It hit me.

926
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:50,780
I realized I'd fallen completely head
over heels in love with you.

927
00:56:53,220 --> 00:56:56,560
I think I fell in love with you the
moment I saw you.

928
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,300
You could stay.

929
00:57:08,460 --> 00:57:14,700
I mean, for a day. You could stay and
find out what's missing from your

930
00:57:16,140 --> 00:57:17,680
Stay in Evergreen another day?

931
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:18,880
Yeah.

932
00:57:19,300 --> 00:57:20,300
Yeah.

933
00:57:20,980 --> 00:57:21,980
I can do that.

934
00:57:34,940 --> 00:57:39,900
So, once I started reading my dad's
recipes... I changed just a few little

935
00:57:39,900 --> 00:57:40,900
things.

936
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:46,480
I never thought I would learn so much
about Pringles, but I am so glad I did.

937
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:49,720
Thank you. Thank you so much for doing
the interview.

938
00:57:53,860 --> 00:57:54,860
Perfect!

939
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:57,360
Thank you!

940
00:57:58,220 --> 00:57:59,220
Well,

941
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:05,240
that was determined.

942
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:09,300
Can't help knowing what it is I want, I
guess.

943
00:58:11,140 --> 00:58:12,160
I'll catch up to you later.

944
00:58:12,460 --> 00:58:13,460
Okay.

945
00:58:15,780 --> 00:58:16,880
Allie would have loved this.

946
00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:19,700
Everyone ready to open another calendar
box?

947
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:21,280
Yeah. Yeah.

948
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:22,680
Get your coats. Let's go.

949
00:58:22,980 --> 00:58:23,980
Oh, yeah.

950
00:58:24,060 --> 00:58:25,240
Good as new.

951
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,060
Thank you again.

952
00:58:28,340 --> 00:58:29,460
Thank you. Of course. Guys.

953
00:58:30,420 --> 00:58:32,420
I know, right?

954
00:58:32,660 --> 00:58:33,660
Yeah.

955
00:58:40,780 --> 00:58:41,780
Okay, you.

956
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:48,020
I've made a few wishes in the past, and
they've sort of come true, and then kept

957
00:58:48,020 --> 00:58:52,980
not working out. So, just surprise me.

958
00:59:10,350 --> 00:59:12,370
Good luck. Okay, 15.

959
00:59:20,750 --> 00:59:27,410
Dear Evergreenians, one of the nicest
gifts of building this calendar was how

960
00:59:27,410 --> 00:59:29,250
nice it was to spend time together.

961
00:59:29,630 --> 00:59:33,110
And so, today's gift is a little bit
different.

962
00:59:33,850 --> 00:59:39,390
Whoever opens today's box should name
the Christmas activity they love the

963
00:59:39,740 --> 00:59:40,920
But do the least.

964
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:45,580
It's our humble request that the whole
town spend a few hours together doing

965
00:59:45,580 --> 00:59:46,600
that activity.

966
00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:49,680
Okay, that's a lot of pressure.

967
00:59:50,300 --> 00:59:53,620
I don't know, that red letter does look
legally binding.

968
00:59:54,000 --> 01:00:00,240
There is one thing I really love doing,
and definitely not often enough.

969
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,660
Ready? Yeah. Okay, there's the middle.

970
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:08,960
I've got to hand it to you, Katie.
Building a snowman as a whole town.

971
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:13,760
Great way to spend the morning. Ah, you
see, my favorite thing. I would run down

972
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:15,820
to Prospect Park for a sign of snowfall.

973
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:17,660
Oh, haven't done it in years.

974
01:00:17,940 --> 01:00:19,140
Hey, you want to help me roll the head?

975
01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:20,480
Definitely.

976
01:00:21,700 --> 01:00:22,800
Ah, look at that.

977
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:25,980
Oh, it turned out to be a beautiful day,
huh?

978
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:30,380
Ezra, I've never seen you like this.
It's like you're floating.

979
01:00:30,860 --> 01:00:33,040
I am factually very happy.

980
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:38,040
One day, Lisa introduced me to someone,
and wham, I'm moving to Boston.

981
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:43,020
My long -distance romance is two blocks
away, and all because I took a little

982
01:00:43,020 --> 01:00:44,020
risk.

983
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:50,240
Oh! Do you ever wonder how much risk is
too much?

984
01:00:51,540 --> 01:00:52,700
Well, what's too much?

985
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:57,660
I mean, even if you don't know how
something is going to end, it's worth a

986
01:01:09,110 --> 01:01:10,430
What? Merry Christmas.

987
01:01:11,290 --> 01:01:12,209
What's this?

988
01:01:12,210 --> 01:01:13,210
It's an early present.

989
01:01:13,230 --> 01:01:19,730
It's a little early for... I found it.

990
01:01:21,330 --> 01:01:25,550
I think Mom would have wanted you to
have it.

991
01:01:26,950 --> 01:01:31,730
You know, just in case you're thinking
of, oh, I don't know, using it sometime

992
01:01:31,730 --> 01:01:32,730
or other.

993
01:01:37,260 --> 01:01:38,260
That's a carrot.

994
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:41,180
Always have to have one handy.

995
01:01:42,060 --> 01:01:46,020
Are you glad you stayed?

996
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:48,480
Yeah, I am.

997
01:01:49,340 --> 01:01:50,920
Doesn't make it any easier to leave,
though.

998
01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:55,840
You okay?

999
01:01:56,280 --> 01:02:00,220
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Just cold.

1000
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,600
Thanks so much for choosing this, Katie.
This has been great.

1001
01:02:04,860 --> 01:02:06,100
Thank all of you.

1002
01:02:06,830 --> 01:02:09,430
You really know how to make a girl feel
at home.

1003
01:02:09,790 --> 01:02:14,310
And as much as I would love to miss my
train, I have to go.

1004
01:02:15,110 --> 01:02:16,110
Bye. Merry Christmas.

1005
01:02:16,390 --> 01:02:20,350
All right. Merry Christmas. Merry
Christmas. Thank you.

1006
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:46,720
I was, uh... It was beautiful.

1007
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,140
I didn't know you could play so well.

1008
01:02:50,500 --> 01:02:55,960
I figured you've spent so much time at
the art center, I thought maybe I should

1009
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:56,960
help out with the choir.

1010
01:02:57,980 --> 01:02:58,980
You're incredible.

1011
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,980
Hey, uh... Do you remember this one?

1012
01:03:09,420 --> 01:03:10,420
Do I?

1013
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:11,920
Hold on.

1014
01:03:35,150 --> 01:03:38,670
I don't know how to say this, so I'm
just going to say it.

1015
01:03:41,970 --> 01:03:42,970
I like you.

1016
01:03:44,730 --> 01:03:45,730
A lot.

1017
01:03:48,050 --> 01:03:51,450
You're on my mind all the time. I like
you too, Hannah.

1018
01:03:54,450 --> 01:03:58,570
I've been wanting to tell you that for a
long time, and I just, I didn't know

1019
01:03:58,570 --> 01:03:59,570
how.

1020
01:04:01,830 --> 01:04:02,830
Oh.

1021
01:04:03,070 --> 01:04:04,070
This is...

1022
01:04:07,340 --> 01:04:08,380
You're my best friend.

1023
01:04:09,260 --> 01:04:11,760
What if things don't work out? What
happens if they do?

1024
01:04:15,780 --> 01:04:20,860
Then how about we start with some hot
cocoa?

1025
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:23,800
To date.

1026
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:27,940
I said that to you.

1027
01:04:29,060 --> 01:04:34,460
But look, if you ever make it to New
York, maybe... Yeah, definitely. Or if

1028
01:04:34,460 --> 01:04:36,160
you're ever back in Evergreen, you want
to spend a...

1029
01:04:36,510 --> 01:04:37,570
Christmas here.

1030
01:04:37,890 --> 01:04:41,110
Don't I have to come back for the
snowman building event next year?

1031
01:04:41,370 --> 01:04:42,450
Yes, you do.

1032
01:04:43,130 --> 01:04:49,230
If we weren't in such different places
in our lives, such different actual

1033
01:04:49,230 --> 01:04:54,830
locations, maybe we would be... Sitting
by a fire after building a snowman?

1034
01:04:58,270 --> 01:04:59,450
Thank you.

1035
01:05:08,110 --> 01:05:09,270
Merry Christmas Ben.

1036
01:05:09,890 --> 01:05:11,310
Merry Christmas Katie.

1037
01:06:08,300 --> 01:06:10,260
I came to talk to you about your
article.

1038
01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:13,400
As my mom or as my editor?

1039
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:14,820
A little of both.

1040
01:06:15,140 --> 01:06:16,140
Hi, honey.

1041
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:20,400
You brought a tree and all of these
decorations?

1042
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:23,180
I did. And have a look at these
ornaments.

1043
01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:26,780
You saved them. I did.

1044
01:06:27,160 --> 01:06:33,320
This is from when I was little. Some I
collected and some... Oh, you made.

1045
01:06:36,060 --> 01:06:40,470
You know, I keep... Trying to think of a
way to turn this story into something I

1046
01:06:40,470 --> 01:06:44,510
can print, but... And I think you should
print it, but not in the magazine.

1047
01:06:45,570 --> 01:06:46,930
Honey, those characters.

1048
01:06:47,790 --> 01:06:51,410
The town vet who stayed because she
found love.

1049
01:06:51,670 --> 01:06:54,310
The woman who moved there to run the
general store.

1050
01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:57,910
And those competing, anxious mayors.

1051
01:06:58,310 --> 01:07:01,650
I know, but you know, it wasn't meant to
be about... I know.

1052
01:07:02,210 --> 01:07:05,190
And don't worry, I already have my eyes
out on another article.

1053
01:07:06,190 --> 01:07:11,170
The point is, you were looking for
inspiration for your next novel.

1054
01:07:11,610 --> 01:07:15,490
And honey, I think you found it.

1055
01:07:18,690 --> 01:07:22,470
So is the invitation still open to your
office Christmas party?

1056
01:07:24,190 --> 01:07:25,310
It is.

1057
01:07:26,790 --> 01:07:28,310
Because you know I'm coming.

1058
01:07:29,830 --> 01:07:31,330
That's great, honey.

1059
01:07:42,060 --> 01:07:43,060
Strangest thing.

1060
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:47,700
Just got requested to interview you for
that job.

1061
01:07:48,180 --> 01:07:50,280
Oh, the one you left on the printer.

1062
01:07:50,540 --> 01:07:54,080
Yeah. Never actually applied for it.

1063
01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:55,440
That is strange.

1064
01:07:57,800 --> 01:07:58,800
Ma 'am?

1065
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:00,680
Did you send it?

1066
01:08:04,300 --> 01:08:09,460
Yes. It was me. I click send. I am not
prepared.

1067
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:10,680
I haven't written anything.

1068
01:08:10,940 --> 01:08:14,240
Well, then you better dust them off and
get started.

1069
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,100
Then, you know, this library is my
dream.

1070
01:08:19,859 --> 01:08:25,300
It's something I've wanted to do for
everyone my entire life.

1071
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:27,899
And you get it from me.

1072
01:08:28,140 --> 01:08:33,200
I get what from you? The part that makes
you want to stay here with me and help

1073
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:34,200
me.

1074
01:08:34,319 --> 01:08:39,279
But then, you only owe me.

1075
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:43,200
That you live the life you want lived.

1076
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:47,800
But if I even think about leaving, who's
going to watch over the... Me, me. I'll

1077
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:48,800
watch over the place.

1078
01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:50,140
And no,

1079
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:56,279
I know, I can't do it by myself, but
this is evergreen. I bet you we can find

1080
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:57,279
someone.

1081
01:08:58,520 --> 01:08:59,640
Okay, okay.

1082
01:09:00,020 --> 01:09:01,020
Okay. Okay.

1083
01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:13,080
Filling up my Christmas list with gifts
for girls and boys.

1084
01:09:13,540 --> 01:09:19,500
There's pretty things and candy, dreams,
and every kind of toy.

1085
01:09:20,380 --> 01:09:26,080
The tree is set up twinkling with my
favorite kind of light.

1086
01:09:26,500 --> 01:09:32,660
And faces glow because children know
that Santa soon will fly.

1087
01:09:34,189 --> 01:09:39,170
All around this happy town, good tidings
fill the air.

1088
01:09:39,689 --> 01:09:45,609
Cause everyone knows, they will soon
appear.

1089
01:09:48,750 --> 01:09:54,010
Filling up my Christmas list, my
favorite time of year.

1090
01:10:08,650 --> 01:10:10,510
Baby, you look so beautiful.

1091
01:10:10,950 --> 01:10:11,950
Oh, look at you.

1092
01:10:12,250 --> 01:10:14,070
Thank you. So this is it.

1093
01:10:14,750 --> 01:10:19,110
The famous ramping up to Christmas place
that has blueberry pancakes all day

1094
01:10:19,110 --> 01:10:23,750
long. Yes, and you owe it to yourself to
try that. I might be one step ahead of

1095
01:10:23,750 --> 01:10:24,750
you.

1096
01:10:26,730 --> 01:10:27,830
Thank you.

1097
01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:30,250
Beer? Look at that.

1098
01:10:30,570 --> 01:10:31,570
That's what I'm saying.

1099
01:10:32,950 --> 01:10:33,950
So? So?

1100
01:10:34,470 --> 01:10:36,270
You're applying for jobs in the city.

1101
01:10:36,550 --> 01:10:37,710
How is your interview?

1102
01:10:38,470 --> 01:10:40,290
I think they went pretty great.

1103
01:10:40,670 --> 01:10:45,210
You see, I got this friend who's really
got quite the career in freelancing, and

1104
01:10:45,210 --> 01:10:46,930
I might have been just a little bit
inspired by her.

1105
01:10:48,650 --> 01:10:49,650
How's the Christmas calendar?

1106
01:10:50,850 --> 01:10:54,450
It's good. There's still three days left
to the end. Everyone's still really

1107
01:10:54,450 --> 01:10:58,370
excited about it. The Cooper sisters,
they're giving free piano lessons. It's

1108
01:10:58,370 --> 01:10:59,209
whole big thing.

1109
01:10:59,210 --> 01:11:01,130
Wow. Yeah. What about you?

1110
01:11:01,930 --> 01:11:05,270
I don't know. Something about this
Christmas feels different.

1111
01:11:05,730 --> 01:11:07,550
Really? Anything I can do?

1112
01:11:11,780 --> 01:11:15,060
When does your train leave right after
this I want to make sure I could see you

1113
01:11:15,060 --> 01:11:18,020
Well, can you take a later one come to
the thing with me?

1114
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,420
What is this thing what is the thing

1115
01:11:41,480 --> 01:11:42,480
It's huge.

1116
01:11:43,740 --> 01:11:44,920
Can I ask you something?

1117
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:46,360
Of course.

1118
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:51,360
That article that you've spent so much
time writing, I haven't read it yet.

1119
01:11:51,660 --> 01:11:52,760
When does it come out?

1120
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:54,880
It's not, actually.

1121
01:11:55,940 --> 01:11:57,520
Turns out it wasn't right after all.

1122
01:11:58,020 --> 01:11:59,560
But I'm working on something new.

1123
01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:02,480
Great. I'd love to read it.

1124
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:05,080
Maybe we could swap.

1125
01:12:11,310 --> 01:12:13,530
I figured, what the heck, give it a try,
right?

1126
01:12:14,010 --> 01:12:16,070
Did some interviews, talked to people.

1127
01:12:16,450 --> 01:12:18,190
This is a great angle.

1128
01:12:18,490 --> 01:12:22,570
Yeah? Yeah. An entire town run by female
business owners?

1129
01:12:22,910 --> 01:12:24,650
Kind of bummed I didn't think of it
myself.

1130
01:12:25,370 --> 01:12:27,390
You should run this at your new job.

1131
01:12:28,010 --> 01:12:31,470
I actually just got an email from them
about a half hour ago.

1132
01:12:32,450 --> 01:12:33,450
I didn't get it.

1133
01:12:34,310 --> 01:12:35,870
Oh, Ben.

1134
01:12:36,750 --> 01:12:38,330
I know. I'm so sorry.

1135
01:12:38,730 --> 01:12:41,910
Yeah. You know, there are a lot of other
jobs out there.

1136
01:12:42,650 --> 01:12:45,590
I'll try again after the new year.

1137
01:12:52,290 --> 01:12:55,450
I should probably get going.

1138
01:12:55,990 --> 01:13:00,790
Great. Well, come on. I'll walk you past
my favorite enormous Christmas tree.

1139
01:13:01,030 --> 01:13:02,030
Okay. Right on the way.

1140
01:13:10,670 --> 01:13:12,850
That tree has a lot of life.

1141
01:13:13,290 --> 01:13:15,950
One of my favorite things about living
in the city.

1142
01:13:17,730 --> 01:13:19,110
So here we are again.

1143
01:13:20,230 --> 01:13:23,790
About to say goodbye and I'm on my way
to a train.

1144
01:13:24,190 --> 01:13:25,190
Yeah.

1145
01:13:25,310 --> 01:13:30,050
Should we say some confusing things
about our feelings before we walk away

1146
01:13:30,050 --> 01:13:31,050
again?

1147
01:13:31,210 --> 01:13:38,030
Sorry about that. I just got caught up
in spending time with you. It's okay. I

1148
01:13:38,030 --> 01:13:39,030
think...

1149
01:13:39,310 --> 01:13:45,810
In a lot of ways, no matter where you
are, some people just feel like...

1150
01:13:45,810 --> 01:13:46,810
Home?

1151
01:13:57,130 --> 01:13:59,470
Are you sure you don't want to come
back?

1152
01:14:00,350 --> 01:14:01,910
I can't leave my mom at Christmas.

1153
01:14:04,030 --> 01:14:05,670
Are you sure you don't want to stay?

1154
01:14:07,340 --> 01:14:11,540
as much as I could see myself here. I
haven't missed a Christmas in Evergreen

1155
01:14:11,540 --> 01:14:12,540
yet.

1156
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,360
Merry Christmas, Ben.

1157
01:14:32,180 --> 01:14:33,760
Merry Christmas, Katie.

1158
01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:04,050
So tonight is our Christmas Eve pick.

1159
01:15:05,570 --> 01:15:11,190
Hannah. All right.

1160
01:15:11,970 --> 01:15:12,970
Let's see.

1161
01:15:17,570 --> 01:15:21,950
This be.

1162
01:15:22,390 --> 01:15:23,490
Let's see here.

1163
01:15:30,060 --> 01:15:34,640
Dear Evergreen, as the mayor of
Evergreen, I...

1164
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:41,340
Ezra, would you like to read this?

1165
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:44,460
As outgoing mayor, I think it's only
right that you do.

1166
01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:45,740
Oh, Ezra.

1167
01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:53,300
Dear Evergreen, as the

1168
01:15:53,300 --> 01:15:59,440
mayor of Evergreen, I have been granted
the honor of bestowing both...

1169
01:15:59,660 --> 01:16:00,660
of today's gifts.

1170
01:16:01,260 --> 01:16:04,520
In this box, you will find savings
bonds.

1171
01:16:05,140 --> 01:16:08,260
Hopefully having now matured these 50
years. 50 years?

1172
01:16:08,780 --> 01:16:10,460
That must be a lot. Wow.

1173
01:16:10,780 --> 01:16:14,080
It's hard to say, but I think our town
budget just increased considerably.

1174
01:16:14,940 --> 01:16:16,380
Did you know about this?

1175
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:19,200
I most definitely did not.

1176
01:16:20,140 --> 01:16:21,200
Help the needy.

1177
01:16:21,780 --> 01:16:24,140
Welcome all travelers to Evergreen.

1178
01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:29,740
Just as the old saying goes, when you
have so much, You build a bigger table.

1179
01:16:30,580 --> 01:16:33,860
And hopefully build more than one road
in and out of town.

1180
01:16:34,460 --> 01:16:41,260
We want to be sure you all get to spend
Christmas mornings with your family.

1181
01:16:41,340 --> 01:16:46,940
And so, we have officially started a
Christmas festival to be held on

1182
01:16:46,940 --> 01:16:48,560
Eve each year.

1183
01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:51,960
Tonight,

1184
01:16:53,260 --> 01:16:57,060
on what we hope will be the 50th...

1185
01:16:57,310 --> 01:17:03,590
anniversary of that festival, you are to
open the final green envelope

1186
01:17:03,590 --> 01:17:07,890
with as much of the town presence as you
can muster.

1187
01:17:08,910 --> 01:17:10,310
Isn't that a tune, everyone?

1188
01:17:11,330 --> 01:17:15,070
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all
the way.

1189
01:17:16,570 --> 01:17:21,370
You know what? Don't give up. I have a
feeling things may work out.

1190
01:17:21,950 --> 01:17:26,190
Merry Christmas, Beth. Meet our new part
-time employee.

1191
01:17:26,830 --> 01:17:27,830
Nick?

1192
01:17:28,350 --> 01:17:33,130
When Nan mentioned the library budget
was expanding to add part -time help, I

1193
01:17:33,130 --> 01:17:36,170
thought it'd be a nice way to spend some
more time here.

1194
01:17:36,490 --> 01:17:37,490
In Evergreen?

1195
01:17:37,890 --> 01:17:40,130
Yes. In Evergreen.

1196
01:17:42,670 --> 01:17:46,270
And this way, Ben, you would have more
time to write.

1197
01:17:46,760 --> 01:17:49,840
Where is everyone? Are we not having
story hour today?

1198
01:17:50,120 --> 01:17:55,640
Oh, we have someone, but we decided
since it was Christmas Eve that it would

1199
01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:58,800
nicer to have story hour at the
Christmas festival.

1200
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:03,040
Okay, that sounds great, but who's
reading the story?

1201
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:05,120
Hmm.

1202
01:18:05,940 --> 01:18:12,260
And Effie fell asleep with a happy smile
on her lips, her one humble gift still

1203
01:18:12,260 --> 01:18:15,540
in her hands, and a new love for
Christmas in her heart.

1204
01:18:15,790 --> 01:18:19,470
that never changed through a long life
spent in doing good.

1205
01:18:20,490 --> 01:18:21,490
The end.

1206
01:18:22,410 --> 01:18:23,410
Merry Christmas!

1207
01:18:27,330 --> 01:18:30,050
Hi, guys.

1208
01:18:31,510 --> 01:18:35,970
What are you doing here? Well, someone
had to read them Louise and May Alcott.

1209
01:18:36,230 --> 01:18:39,650
Did you know that she also wrote A
Christmas Carol?

1210
01:18:39,930 --> 01:18:40,930
Mm -hmm.

1211
01:18:41,970 --> 01:18:43,650
I came back for you, Ben.

1212
01:18:44,940 --> 01:18:50,020
I just kept writing about Evergreen, and
the more I was writing about it, the

1213
01:18:50,020 --> 01:18:52,740
more I kept falling in love with you. I
didn't want to...

1214
01:18:52,740 --> 01:18:59,640
Does that mean you're staying

1215
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:00,640
here?

1216
01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:03,240
For Christmas, yes.

1217
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:07,260
But the city will always be my home.

1218
01:19:08,160 --> 01:19:09,160
Probably.

1219
01:19:09,660 --> 01:19:13,520
But I wanted to spend Christmas here,
with...

1220
01:19:13,770 --> 01:19:15,810
My mom and you.

1221
01:19:16,150 --> 01:19:20,430
It is pretty special. Hi. There might be
something else. Hi.

1222
01:19:20,790 --> 01:19:24,470
You were right about this cocoa, Katie.
It's incredible.

1223
01:19:25,010 --> 01:19:30,170
What else? There's something else? Ben,
I really enjoyed your article on the

1224
01:19:30,170 --> 01:19:32,090
evergreen female -owned businesses.

1225
01:19:32,890 --> 01:19:36,030
Wait, you read my article? On the train.

1226
01:19:36,630 --> 01:19:40,910
And while I have a few notes, I really
would like to run it.

1227
01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:42,240
If you wouldn't mind.

1228
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:43,880
Wow, really?

1229
01:19:44,020 --> 01:19:45,020
Yes.

1230
01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:50,280
Wow. And I'd also like you to come
interview at the magazine in the new

1231
01:19:52,140 --> 01:19:54,320
I don't know what to say. Yes.

1232
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:57,060
Yes. Thank you.

1233
01:19:57,640 --> 01:19:58,640
Hey, Hannah.

1234
01:19:59,260 --> 01:20:03,100
I saw the snow globe. You and Elliot did
a wonderful job.

1235
01:20:03,620 --> 01:20:06,080
And I'm sure it's still full of magic.

1236
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:07,760
Thanks, Nick.

1237
01:20:08,460 --> 01:20:10,040
You know, it's the funniest thing.

1238
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:12,060
I'm kind of glad I dropped it.

1239
01:20:12,580 --> 01:20:16,500
Everything that's happened since, it's
been a wonderful surprise.

1240
01:20:17,700 --> 01:20:20,040
Some things just take a little nudge.

1241
01:20:26,860 --> 01:20:29,500
Nudge? Wait, Nick?

1242
01:20:30,260 --> 01:20:33,360
We wish you a Merry Christmas.

1243
01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:37,300
We wish you a Merry Christmas.

1244
01:20:38,220 --> 01:20:44,900
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.

1245
01:20:45,140 --> 01:20:45,959
Hi, everybody.

1246
01:20:45,960 --> 01:20:46,960
Merry Christmas.

1247
01:20:47,340 --> 01:20:48,520
Merry Christmas.

1248
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:53,220
So before we open the final gift, I
would love it if you all would raise a

1249
01:20:53,220 --> 01:20:58,480
and join me in thanking Ezra Green for
all of his years of service as the mayor

1250
01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:01,460
of Evergreen. To Ezra. To Ezra.

1251
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:03,800
Ezra.

1252
01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:05,160
Are you ready?

1253
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:06,560
Ready.

1254
01:21:08,490 --> 01:21:13,450
And since he discovered the entire
calendar, we decided that the person who

1255
01:21:13,450 --> 01:21:16,370
would open the last gift would be David.

1256
01:21:17,150 --> 01:21:18,150
Get up here.

1257
01:21:21,510 --> 01:21:22,570
How's that? Fit good?

1258
01:21:22,830 --> 01:21:23,830
Yeah. Okay.

1259
01:21:26,370 --> 01:21:27,610
Oh, Michelle.

1260
01:21:28,850 --> 01:21:30,110
We forgot to ask.

1261
01:21:30,690 --> 01:21:31,690
Ask what?

1262
01:21:32,830 --> 01:21:34,250
Ask you to marry me, Michelle.

1263
01:21:38,380 --> 01:21:44,540
You are without a doubt the most
beautiful, special woman I have ever

1264
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:47,960
And I knew that the moment I first laid
eyes on you.

1265
01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:49,600
Yes.

1266
01:21:50,740 --> 01:21:52,100
I'm glad I haven't asked yet.

1267
01:21:52,860 --> 01:21:53,860
I know, yes.

1268
01:21:54,260 --> 01:21:55,260
Will you marry me?

1269
01:21:55,440 --> 01:21:56,440
Yes, I will.

1270
01:21:57,100 --> 01:21:58,100
Yes.

1271
01:22:13,340 --> 01:22:15,980
Oh, um, David, um, continue.

1272
01:22:17,400 --> 01:22:18,400
What does it say?

1273
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:25,000
It says, now fill the boxes back up,
seal up the wall, and send a Merry

1274
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:26,100
Christmas to Evergreen.

1275
01:22:26,640 --> 01:22:27,640
Fifty more years.

1276
01:23:48,330 --> 01:23:52,830
Those of us who were leaving Evergreen,
bound for new adventures, boarded the

1277
01:23:52,830 --> 01:23:54,610
Evergreen Express. It's only an
interview.

1278
01:23:54,810 --> 01:23:59,450
No. I want you to do the very best job
you can.

1279
01:23:59,930 --> 01:24:00,930
Of course.

1280
01:24:01,390 --> 01:24:02,390
Bye.

1281
01:24:02,910 --> 01:24:03,910
Bye.

1282
01:24:04,430 --> 01:24:06,250
Bye. Bye, sweetie.

1283
01:24:07,590 --> 01:24:09,430
Have a good trip. Oh, thank you. Bye.

1284
01:24:09,790 --> 01:24:12,530
Thank you all. See you. Bye. Okay.

1285
01:24:13,470 --> 01:24:16,310
And those who were just staying behind,
well...

1286
01:24:16,590 --> 01:24:17,590
They just kept celebrating.

1287
01:24:17,730 --> 01:24:18,669
Did you make this?

1288
01:24:18,670 --> 01:24:19,608
I did.

1289
01:24:19,610 --> 01:24:22,150
Oh. Do you like it? I love it. Fuck.

1290
01:24:30,870 --> 01:24:35,530
Ben moved to the city a few months
later, and I wrote a book about a town

1291
01:24:35,530 --> 01:24:41,210
Vermont where a veterinarian found love
in her hometown and a designer reopened

1292
01:24:41,210 --> 01:24:42,210
the general store.

1293
01:24:42,650 --> 01:24:48,230
And now I am hard at work on another
story for next year about twin pine

1294
01:24:48,530 --> 01:24:55,150
twin sisters, and, well, that's another
Christmas in

1295
01:24:55,150 --> 01:24:56,150
Evergreen.

1296
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:14,060
We want some snow globe wishes.

1297
01:25:14,300 --> 01:25:18,880
We want them right

1298
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:24,860
now. We won't leave until we make some.

1299
01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:30,920
We won't leave until we make some. We
won't leave until we make some. And

1300
01:25:30,920 --> 01:25:32,500
wishing right now.