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be

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J

Bar the

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ancient I know this trip didn't work out

as we hoped but I don't want you to be

worried not one bit

every no from an investor gets us one

step closer to a

yes I know with all my heart that lane

Cosmetics is going to be a big deal

someday thank you sir there you go you

are very welcome much I would rather

spend Christmas Eve with the people in

this room than with the finest people I

know to the town count to the Town

Council but for now we're going to take

a moment to regroup and start fresh once

you're here

can't wait to meet

you now for the big

question what are we going to name

you what about

Kate k

ow okay that's a big no on

Kate I'm going to get us some help

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sorry like this the snow is really

coming down and I think I'm going into

labor okay okay believe it or not you've

come to the right

place I'll grab my emergency bag I'm Dr

Austin let's get you laying down so we

can see what's going on can you get some

hot water and C yeah I'm on it what's

your name dear Elizabeth Elizabeth Lane

how far along are you a little over 8

months the baby wasn't supposed to be

here till the new year well you and I

know that but I think this baby has

other plans is this your first yeah it's

um a little girl oh all right good

well the good news is that your little

girl is going to be here in time for

Christmas the even better news I have

personally delivered over a hundred

babies since I started my

practice you're working with a

pro deep breath one more push that's it

that's

it have you given any thought to a name

yeah I was going to go with Alex but

under the current

circumstances I think I'm going to have

to go with

Eevee Eevee Lane it's perfect would it

be all right if we document this special

occasion a Keepsake for when Eevee is

old enough to appreciate it yeah I like

that very

much you've all been so wonderful

I can't imagine a better Christmas

present okay everyone say Merry

Christmas Merry

Christmas let's get one more just in

case okay always the lawyer playing it

safe yeahhuh well you can thank me later

Merry

Christmas I just need to do Eevees for

check up okay okay okay come here sweet

girl hello sweetheart okay come

on

okay how are you doing it's hard to let

it go oh I can't imagine we did so

good I'm going to need an escort to the

hospital the roads are still pretty bad

out there Roy I'll drive with you wait

what Elizabeth

what Eevee may have an abdominal

obstruction stay with me what you need

to be strong for your baby I'm going to

be right by your side the entire time I

promise hey it's

okay so instead of spending Christmas

Eve at home with my Grandma Helen I was

at a hospital while my daughter

underwent emergency

surgery if it had happened anywhere else

along the

way I would have blost her those

generous thoughtful people delivered my

baby got us to a hospital and took up a

collection to cover my bills their

support helped keep my dream alive and

that dream became Lane Cosmetics a

billion dooll multinational company that

pales in

comparison to my greatest success no

please stand up

sweetheart everyone please welcome my

daughter Evee to her first ever trail

laser talk

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Sor thanks

Mom on my journey I realized that

overcoming challenges doesn't have to be

a solo act it's a collective effort

strengthened by the support of my

friends my daughter and the good people

that I met on that night let's be a

community of support and help each other

fulfill our dreams together we will

continue to shatter ceilings build

female driven businesses and create a

world where every woman's voice

matters thank you

as thank

you so what did you think my tril bler

talk equal parts inspiring and

embarrassing odd no idea you were going

to talk about me it's only because I'm

so proud of you wasn't too sure after my

la la Lane Fashion Wear sales well the

main thing is you were able to express

yourself

creatively thanks

Mom I do love my fashion design you've

always been so supportive well you

deserve every opportunity in the world

uh do you have time for coffee of course

great I have an early birthday gift for

you Mom seriously you spoil me trust me

I know

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this is for you

Mom a Polaroid taken the night you were

born I found it last week in my old

sample

box it triggered a lot of memories and

I'll admit some soul searching about you

and myself as a parent you've been an

incredible mother I say this to you with

nothing but love I have always done what

I thought was best for you but you've

been spoiled spoiled no I'm just F cared

for you're almost 35 and you still

depend on your mother that is

spoiled I didn't realize it was a

problem you never said anything it isn't

a problem I just worry that in trying to

give you a better life than I had I've

given you two good life I protected you

from reality you don't know what it's

like to be around normal people doing

normal

things I need you to prove that you are

ready to handle the responsibility that

comes with the fortune you stand to

inherit mom I want you to experience

what I experience I want you to find out

who the people are in this photo and try

to repay their kindness why would they

even care they're strangers to me

they're willingness to help this

Stranger in need is the reason you're

alive

today why not build them a library or a

school or something you know make a big

to-do get impressed for the brand this

isn't about me or the brand this is

about you understanding where you came

from and meeting the good people that

are responsible for the Blessed lives we

lead I have made your reward in their

kindness a condition precedent to you

taking charge of your trust

fund seriously this will explain all the

rules including using and Alias while in

brookswood you must keep your true

identity

hidden all to be completed before

midnight on Christmas

Eve on my birthday you've got to be

kidding me you're going to have to give

to get Mom this is crazy this could be

some wild goose chase trust me it won't

be you are kindhearted and you are

generous but you never follow through

with anything I'm hoping this will

properly motivate you do you even know

if these people are still alive if you

fail to meet the deadline your trust

fund will become forfeit through a

charity of my choosing I feel like I'm

being punished quite the opposite you

have an obligation to use your good

fortune to promote the well-being of

others not just to support your own

Lifestyle the act of giving is a

powerful tool spreads kindness and makes

a difference in this world the town that

you were born in seems to me the best

place for you to start now I know this

is difficult

but as a parent the greatest gift I can

bestow upon you is faith in your own

potential

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the Four Seasons it is

not there she

is well welcome to brookswood I'm Mrs

King owner sole proprietor Chief cook

and bottle washer thank you uh checking

in the name is Mary Mary Dawson Mary

Dawson booked through Christmas Day I'm

not sure how long I'll actually be

staying I'm eager to wrap up my visit as

soon as possible oh are you here for

business or pleasure oh definitely not

for pleasure we're going to have to do

something to fix that these are our

signup sheets we have all kinds of craft

and other festive holiday fun going on

around here for the next few weeks well

I'm sure they're wonderful I just don't

expect that I'll have much free time

while I'm here well why not sign up

anyway just in case oh they're very

popular and they do tend to fill up

quickly I wouldn't want you to miss out

I'll tell you what I'll be sure to think

on it and if I change my mind you'll be

the first to know all free of charge

just a little something to make your

stay with us more memorable I'm certain

my visit will be something I won't soon

forget

I'll need your credit card for

incidentals actually I will have the

company call in a credit card number

sure whatever

works sweet number six thank

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you I just knew you would change your

mind no I haven't changed my mind I just

a thought of something you might be able

to help me with I'm in need of an

attorney there seems to be only one

listed in brookswood a Kyle Newman

that's right is he any good oh the best

a real fighter after my husband passed I

didn't think I could keep the B&B going

on my own Kyle petitioned the state to

grant us historical status oh they made

him jump through so many Hoops but he

never backed down it came with a huge

relief on the property taxes great thank

you he's also brookwood's most eligible

bachelor oh we held a contest I was one

of the

judges of course you were um well I will

keep that in

mind thanks

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I'm wonder what that's all

about you're not putting this place up

for sale are you Jack make me an offer

you couldn't give this place Away Paul

be nice it's Christmas time maybe she's

one of those tourism influencers I would

hate for this place to become a culinary

Hot

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Spot well there she

goes she did not buy that outfit here

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this can't be

right do you know where I can find Kyle

Newman out there

wow you guys you guys are going to win

whoever

team that is one eligible

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bachelor uh hello there are you Kyle

Kyle Newman got be kidding me uh all

right

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boys look I already told you on the

phone we can't give up any more rank

time we're barely getting two practices

a week as it is I'm afraid you have me

confused with someone else

are you not Mrs Carter the coach of the

figure skating team my name is Mary

Dawson and I'm in need of an

attorney oh sorry my apologies uh let me

just uh finish up my hockey practice and

then we can move on to my law practice

all right

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hey sorry about that can I get you

something from the snack bar the coffee

is not much to write home about the hot

chocolate is fantastic this isn't your

law office is it yeah I'd like to keep

the overhead low so I can pass on the

savings to my clients well I'm not

exactly in the market for Discount Legal

Services well I can assure you that I am

the best lawyer that brookswood has to

offer you are the only lawyer in

brookswood I stand by by statement of

the facts now now why do you need a

lawyer H wrongful injury traffic cord oh

I am in brookswood on behalf of the lane

family of Lane

Cosmetics I I've never heard of that

lane Cosmetics founded by Elizabeth Lane

it's a billion dollar multinational

company

wow I'll have to take your word for it I

don't know I would like to enlist your

services in order to locate these four

people in the

photo for what purpose to reward them

for saving the life of a little girl who

was born in the diner on Christmas Eve

35 years ago remember this story when I

was a

kid the woman in the photo holding the

baby is Elizabeth Lane the founder of

Lane Cosmetics I have been tasked with

locating the other four people in the

photo in order to fulfill their

Christmas

wish to fulfill their Christmas

wish forgive my skepticism it may just

be the lawyer in me but this whole thing

just seems a bit farfetched to be real

notorized documents from the lane Family

Foundation to verify this is indeed for

real well this is as complicated a list

of conditions as I've ever seen Miss

Lane is well known for her

unconventional way of doing

things and why are you here instead of

Miss Lane the lane Family Foundation

seeks to increase the amount of kindness

in the world without the need for

recognition and if the recipients were

made aware of our involvement greed

inevitably would impede the true Spirit

of our

Endeavor listen the people of brookswood

are a humble Bunch they helped this

young woman because it was the right

thing to do not because they wanted

anything in return I'm sure your

intentions are good but this just seems

like a case of misplaced generosity Mr

new

Kyle please call me Kyle Kyle I'm not

asking for your permission I am asking

for your guidance on the legal aspects

of the Endeavor transfer properties gift

taxes what have you and as selfless as

you claim the people of brookswood to be

it has been my experience that everyone

absolutely everyone has a

prise not everyone Miss

Dawson I'd like to thank you for your

interested my services but unfortunately

at this time I'm not going to be able to

take you on as a

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client hey walking away from the

bargaining table is a childish

negotiation T I'm not negotiating I

don't want to work with you why give me

one good reason because this whole thing

seems like some hairbrain reverse

scavenger hunt designed by rich people

oh I see you take issue with philan

gratitude at Christmas time you sir are

a grinch are you this delightful with

everybody or do I just bring out the

best in you you know what I can name

everybody in that photo free of charge

that way you can be on your Merry way

and not have me involved at all well the

fact that you're willing to do that

tells me you're exactly the person I

need someone I can trust someone who

knows the town and its people besides

what's the worst that could happen

you're right maybe some good can come

out of this but there could also be some

unintended consequences I mean money and

gratitude don't always go hand inand

there is a condition on the gifts

stating that they must be personal and

relate to something that really matters

to the recipient doesn't necessarily

mean just throwing money

around all right okay fine you're right

Mary congratulations you've got yourself

a lawyer terrific I'd like to get going

as soon as possible who do we start with

well easy we don't just roll into town

and ask people what their deepest

desires are right we got to go slowly we

got to find a way to integrate you into

the

town sounds like you have some sort of

plan car to share yeah let's first start

with your

approachability how do you feel about a

makeunder absolutely do not need a

makeover I didn't say

makeover a makeunder

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well you know what they

say went in

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Rome so

Mary what's your background not exactly

sure what you're asking

me how did you get involved with the

lane

Foundation I'm very close with daughter

eeve Lane you could say we're

Inseparable and how about school where

did uh where'd you go to college I went

to several different

colleges

several oh did you major in

Mischief no nothing like that just get

excited about something and once I get

into the day-to-day of it I find out

it's not for me anyway tell me about you

how did you end up being the one lawyer

in this one lawyer

Town well I uh I

went I went to law school the University

of Virginia it's a top 10 law school

isn't it yes it is and I uh I did quite

well if I do say so myself I could have

signed with any law fir I wanted to in

the country after I graduated H why

didn't you because I was loyal to

brookswood when I I didn't have the

resources to pay for my tuition everyone

pulled together and helped fund a

scholarship for me so I wanted to give

back provide good legal services to this

town very Noble Endeavor similar to the

Lane family wanting to give back due to

the generosity that was shown to them

don't you

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think so why

law my father

actually best person I've ever

known I want to be just like him he told

me that to be an officer of the Court

you have to hold yourself to the highest

ethical standard he had the

saying you should engage in anything

that you don't want to read about on the

front page of the New York Times Like

winning the title of Brooks Wood's most

eligible

bachelor I see somebody's been gossiping

with Mrs King she did the gossiping I

did the

lisening well what do you think

oh it's just what I was afraid

of despite trying to dress you down

you you like

terrific we just do the best we

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can you sure you got all this you want

to hand oh sure thank

you uh listen if you uh if you don't

have any plant tonight I'd like to take

you to dinner

oh um well I'm flattered truly flattered

but I'd prefer to keep things between us

on a professional

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basis I wasn't asking you

out it's a working

dinner of course yeah a working dinner

yes great and I can try out my new

look great

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see the snow on your

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shoes what and don't let the appearance

toce you the food here is excellent

better than the snack bar you know the

owner went to culinary school in Paris

you're making that up highest ethical

standard remember yes I just have to

take your word for it that's the woman

that was taking pictures over here now

Mrs King says her name's Mary Dawson

doesn't know much else about her just

yet but uh says she's here on business

I'll go spot no you stay right where you

are Kyle's obviously here on a date you

wouldn't bring her here on a date unless

he never wants to see you again you're a

bad man

Paul pull up that picture on your phone

yeah Marsh of the diner 35 years

ago and that's Jack Marshall owner of

the diner present day a working

dinner

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yeah evening Kyle hey Jack um I want you

to meet Mary Dawson I think I saw you

ear earlier taking pictures of the

diner uh Mary uh and I are old friends

and she's here from New York to help me

with the project welcome to brookswood

Mary your first meal is on me oh please

you don't have to do that take the offer

as soon as you taste the food you're

never going to want to pay for

it don't mind Paul I I insist okay uh

well what do you consider your signature

dish chicken pot pie great I'll have

that when in Rome usual for you yes

sir yeah I don't know I would have

preferred a cover story with a little

more flare really well then maybe you

should have mentioned that little

sightseeing tour you did before you

hired me wait a minute you just flat out

lied to him about who I am Mr highest

ethical standard okay wait another rule

of law passed down by my father you can

bend the law you just can't break the

law m

is there anything else I should know

before we

proceed

probably

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what nice Clean Plate I like that you

must have been really hungry guilty is

charged I was actually telling uh Mary

here about some of the stories around

the town do you remember the one about

the little girl that was born here on

Christmas Eve do I I remember it like it

was yesterday so listen we were having a

small gathering here it was The

Unofficial Town Council there was a

young mother driving home to spend

Christmas with her family she went into

an early labor on the road Kate Austin

that's our town doctor delivered that

little girl right here in this Diner the

doc realized there was some kind of a

problem so Roy and Claire that's our

fire chief and our Sheriff rushed them

to the

hospital surgery saved that little

girl's

life that's that's some story and when

you think about it if that young mother

had gone anywhere else who knows what

would have happened now if that isn't a

genuine Christmas miracle I don't know

what

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is a lovely story made even better by a

wonderful meal my compliments to the

chef my pleasure come again anytime uh

you want those potatoes yeah no still

working well the good news is that the

rest of the people in that photograph

still live here in brookswood okay good

finish up let's get moving huh oh no no

no no it's there's no rush it's it's

it's pretty

late things move a bit slower here than

in New York how soon do you think we

could connect with them uh I got a

pretty good idea where we can find Roy

Garland the fire chief so why don't we

meet tomorrow afternoon wow that that is

slow yeah well you'll get used to it

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you

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well Welcome to our annual tradition

this is the Christmas tree jamere this

is quite the

operation who FS the bill for all this

there all

volunteers oh here's the king of

volunteers right

here Roy Garland how you doing great you

Roy I want you to meet somebody this is

Mary Dawson Mary is going to be working

with me up until Christmas oh welcome

man this is impressive it's getting

there we'll have everything up on its

feet by the weekend for the grand

opening hey Roy um I just wondering does

Santa have his elf yet he does not did

you have someone in mind I was just

thinking that Mary here would be a would

be a good candidate I could not agree

more oh well uh you know I I might be uh

underqualified yeah cuz I don't have any

previous Elvin experience so I'll teach

you everything you need to know it's all

about being friendly cheerful upbeat and

positive even when there's an overe

excited 5-year-old kicking in The Shins

with all of his Tiny But powerful

might how could I say now seriously H

there we

go nice huh yeah yeah it's very

Christmasy you know what maybe I'll just

order my own that way it's my

size okay well suit yourself it's only

for a few nights it starts on Friday oh

great can't wait nice to meet you see

see you hey uh counselor next time you

volunteer me for something else just

give me a heads up first what are you

talking about I'm doing exactly what I

was hired to do this way you're going to

be able to blend in and you might even

get an inside track on what Roy wants

for his Christmas wish you know I think

that we're doing pretty well you've

already met two of the people in the

photograph and you just got here

yesterday I think you hired the right

guy I sometimes have difficulty seeing

forest for the

trees well I have a I have a deadline on

another contract with another client so

uh I have to take off but maybe I'll see

you later sure yeah still have some more

exploring to do

oh have fun

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slow day oh it's always kind of quiet

after the lunch

rush nice

tree can I help decorate far be it from

me to turn down some free labor I'll

even make you a cup of cheer for your

efforts after we're done deal what's a

cup of Cher oh you're going to love it

and if you don't love it well you can't

beat the

price you know know when Kyle asked me

about the story of the little girl it

got me to

thinking about that

night we take photos of special people

who were passing through the diner

during the holidays and we make those

photos into Christmas

ornaments I thought this one might have

a particular

significance you look just like your

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mom you got me I am in fact Eevee

Lane what gave me away uh striking

family resemblance uh also the pendant

you're wearing is the same one your mom

was wearing that night so what brings

you back to brookswood it's a long

story perfect I love long story

come have a

seat here you

go I'm not sure if you know but my

mother has become quite the well-known

entrepreneur oh well good for her I

remember chatting with her about her

business plan when you were in the

hospital really yeah I could tell she

had a real passion for it yes she is a

very passionate lady right now her

passion is sending me here in an effort

to reward all the people who helped us

the night I was born

you don't owe us anything we were happy

to help oh well tell that to my mother

she insists I have an obligation to use

my good fortune to promote the

well-being of others not just support my

own lifestyle so why the secret identity

well whenever I get to know new people

it's hard for me to tell if they like me

for me or just my money the plan was to

get to know everyone without

preconception perform some Anonymous

acts of kindness and then then vanish

without anyone knowing why I was here

does Kyle know who you are he knows me

as Mary Dawson Kyle's pretty sharp I

think he's going to figure it out sooner

rather than later I will cross that

bridge when I come to

it that's delicious old Marshall Family

Recipe

wow tell me what I can do to help you

what do you have a Christmas wish I have

absolutely everything I need right here

okay well maybe you don't need anything

but there must be something you've

always wanted please indulge me think

big I have an unlimited bank account

make it the biggest Christmas wish you

could possibly

imagine my mother knows a lot of very

influential people maybe we could you

know create an opportunity for you to do

something you never had a chance to do

like take a trip or learn to play piano

from a concert pianist oh open a cup of

cheer coffee stand in Time

Square maybe when I've known you a

little longer you can pry it out of me

oh you've known me since the day I was

born you're a sharp one

too I take after my mother sometimes

more than I realize okay let me think

think on it I promise you I will keep

your secret identity a secret but here

this is for

you what is this early birthday present

you tuck that away no no no don't open

it

now not

now anyone born in my Diner is entitled

to free meals for Life signed Jack

Marshall why does it town have to be the

nicest place on

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Earth so I hear you're going to be

Santa's elf at the jamere oh news

travels fast in this

town telephone television

tcal I just knew you couldn't avoid

having some fun while you were here you

were

absolutely Jer bread 57 I repeat

gingerbread

57 Nutcracker

32 I repeat Nutcracker 32 Nativity 41 I

repeat Nativity

41 balls of Hy

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12 a

winner Mary wins the final prize of the

night

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congratulations wow a holiday gift

sampler from L Cosmetics oh you hit the

jackpot

honey look look at

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for nobody I know would call me this

early not a morning person I'll put that

on my log what log who is this this is

Kyle your lawyer Kyle Kyle Newman you

better have a really good reason for

this wake up call well I'm just calling

to let you know that Dr Austin always

eats breakfast at 7:30 at the diner so

so she is quite busy so unless you want

to fake a medical emergency this might

be our only way to get face to face with

her how lifethreatening would it have to

be it's not on the table I was being

fous can we do this when I'm a little

more put together why were you up all

night playing Christmas Bingo oh this

town you know what they say early bird

gift don't you dare finish that sentence

what about KP DM you snooze you lose uh

first come first serve fine you Inn no

more cliches I will be there

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ASA hello just going to make sure you

didn't fall back asleep you're annoying

in the morning some call it being

helpful oh this Rockstar does not need

any help see in

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five oh no no no no no no no

oh good morning you backed up without

checking your rearview huh I did I did I

am terribly terribly sorry and you were

driving while on your cell phone

yeah yeah I

was oh wait a minute are you Sheriff

Bedford indeed I am oh it's so great to

meet you

I'm Mary Mary Dawson you sure about that

yep yep that's

me AR aren't you Kyle's friend I am Yes

actually I'm headed to meet him at the

diner right now

so how your day going so far quiet

morning until you almost smashed into me

yeah again I am I am terribly terribly

sorry I'm normally really really good

driver so

um what happens now do I do I get a

ticket pay fine I'm what you would call

a three strike Sheriff oh one strike for

almost hitting me right two strikes for

the cell phone so I'm going to let you

off with a warning just need need to see

your license for the record yes of

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course I am terribly sorry sheriff but I

only just realized that I don't have my

license with me this

morning unfortunately that's three

strikes so is that bad

no smiling

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man hey Miss J the diner this is not

funny not funny at all cup of cheer

compliments of Jack everyone around town

knows I was arrested don't they oh yeah

what were you doing driving without a

license H must have accidentally left it

behind in New York well don't worry

about it you're being released on your

own recognizance and as your lawyer

instead of a fine I got you community

service community service yeah it's

going to be fine it's easy come on I'll

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drive well on the plus side you're going

to be supervised by Sheriff Bedford so

it's going to give you a chance to fish

for some information well I have to give

you credit where credits you well I'd

rather have cash or check when it comes

time to tally up your bill I was trying

to pay you a compliment you seem to find

the silver lining in every

situation

thanks appreciate

that sheriff got a repeat offender over

here please don't call me that Miss

Dawson Kyle nice of you to give our

repeat offender a lift yeah my pleasure

can we just call me a I don't know

volunteer Kyle before you leave we have

to discuss your parking tickets oh H

well the the meter was broken so I think

we can let that one go there was 16 of

them so how about a little community

service

welcome to the Brooks Christmas

walk no cash transactions only trades

something we set up for the community so

that everyone has access to anything

they need during the holiday season this

is really a terrific idea what's our

part in it I am deputizing you both as

peace

officers our job is to keep the peace

and facilitate the trades some of the

transactions can get a little heated so

it's best to have adult supervision

should anyone get a little unruly oh

here I can take a Cod thank you

yeah so how long have you been sherff

Sheriff coming up on 36 years now 36

years W that's longer than I've been

alive well at this point in my life I've

come to favor experience over youth have

you lived in brookswood all your life

mhm born and raised were you always

interested in being the sheriff you ask

a lot of questions are you doing a true

crime podcast or something oh no I just

making friendly

conversation serving in law enforcement

has been a time honored tradition in my

family my great great-grandfather was

the first Lawman here over 200 years ago

wow 200 years that's it's

impressive well sadly the family line of

law enforcement ends with me well I'm

sure you can find a way to keep your

family's name alive somehow I hope so hi

Sher

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hi job well done we've managed an entire

day at the swap meet with only one

outbreak overly aggressive haggling

thank

you good

job

hey see something you like

yeah

huh my dad used to make these when I was

a

kid wow I I don't have anything to trade

for it

though bracelet for the jar seems fair

oh that that looks expensive oh no it's

costume jewelry can't be worth more than

100 bucks

thank

you that was really nice I'll pay back

no cash transactions you have to trade

it for something of equal value

later

okay thank

you thank

you that was a really fun afternoon and

maybe I should get in trouble more often

so I can do some more community

service joking just just a joke people

tend to take volunteering very seriously

around here they value time over money

the most valuable resource anyone can

give it themselves that's a lovely

thought thank you again Sheriff Kyle dve

safe and Mary try to stay out of trouble

for the rest of your trip I will I

promise byby

hi hey what do you think about having a

Monument made for the sheriff

in honor of her and her

family I think that's a great idea yeah

yeah I think it's very

thoughtful hey you uh you went to high

school here didn't you uh yeah yeah I

did any of these trophies

yours uh yeah

actually that one right there 2006 state

spelling be Champion pretty impressive

huh I r e SS i v e impressive almost as

impressive as you being the brookwood's

most eligible

bachelor yes well yeah it's going to

haunt me for a

while although truth be told my practice

does well just not well enough to settle

down and have a family just yet what if

you won the lottery you know what if you

didn't have to work to earn a living

well then I have a whole new set of

problems might have to find somebody who

loves me for me and not for all my money

you know what I

mean yeah yeah I know exactly what you

[Applause]

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mean hey Kyle yeah there's something

about me I want you to know okay how's

it going hey what's up doc oh how is

brookwood's favorite son doing this fine

evening very well very good Dr Kate I'd

like you meet somebody this is Mary

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Dawson Christmas in a bookstore that

could

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work it's a pleasure to meet

you what are you doing here just paying

a house called Evelyn Evelyn it's Mrs

King

and it's freezing out here why don't we

go inside yeah

yeah hello you are all just in time to

join us what are you working on

Christmas gift bags for some of the kids

in town well you are my last visit for

the day so I can stay for a while but

first let's do our checkup uh checkup is

everything okay just have to monitor my

blood pressure nothing too serious why

don't you two teach came

up why not that sounds like

fun good let me take your coats thank

you have fun you to

yeah no witty push back I've reached the

if you can't beat him join them stage of

my visit surrender to the

festivities oh there's some really nice

things

here oh

do you know does m King pay for all this

herself you know I'm actually a little

curious about that myself I'll have to

ask her all right well I will handle the

decorating you fill the bags when

they're

ready yes

ma'am so why did the doctor refer to you

as brookwood's favorite

son uh well

um I was raised by my

dad until he died when I was a teenager

I'm so sorry to hear that I was raised

by my mom I just I can't imagine being

on my own at that age well you see

that's the thing though I never I never

felt like I was on my own Jack Roy

Claire the doc I mean they all came

together

and they raised me I mean Mrs King and

her husband they were my legal Guardians

until I was an adult brookswood really

is a special place isn't it I mean it is

to

me the people here they

just they look out for each

other I mean take the doc for

instance she's had her practice here for

40 years solo just her yeah just her I

mean she could have gone off and made a

fortune working at some City

hospital but she decided to stay here

bandage up kids scrape knees console

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families deliver babies in

snowstorms I couldn't imagine this place

without

her I couldn't agree

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more I think we did it yeah yeah looks

good wow it's going to be a few lucky

kids who get those

do you think you have it in you to make

a few more sure it's kind of fun

actually why not Evelyn I want to ask

you where do you get the toys and

supplies for these bags oh brookswood

has its very own secret Santa really oh

did you uh did you know about this no I

didn't this the first time hearing about

it well that's SC is a secret we we

don't like to broadcast it but every

year December 1st all unpaid pediatric

bills are suddenly paid and we get a

shipment of toys and other goodies to

share with the local kids mhm do you

have any idea who the secret Santa is we

have our suspicions but you know we

don't want to really look into it oh why

not well we we don't want to do anything

to spoil the

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match well we say we were going to do a

few more so uh

I'll go grab

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great excuse

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me hello my darling daughter uh Hey Mom

quick question are you the bookswood

secret santa bookswood has a secret

santa unpaid pediatric hospital bills

completely paid off in the month of

December Anonymous toy deliveries sounds

like you've been in touch with Dr Austin

wait wait a minute you told me you

didn't know who the people were in the

photo no I told you I needed you to find

out who they are in order to reward

their kindness okay what what are you

not telling me here I tried a long time

ago to reward everyone directly involved

for their kindness once I had the

resources to do so they all politely

declined so you sent me on an impossible

mission you knew was destined to fail

mom this will cost me my trust fund I

have faith that you are resourceful

enough and creative enough and motivated

enough to succeed where I could not I

don't understand why you wanted me to do

this what for you no for you I wanted

you to learn what I learned and see what

I saw sweetheart it's not about the act

of giving it's about learning to give I

have no words greatness is not measured

by what you have but by what you

give

eeve is everything okay yeah just a

typically unpleasant conversation with

my mother is there anything I can do to

help no no but thank you for offering

in that case do you uh you want to join

me for a skate I've been up to my

eyeballs illegal I I think we could both

use the break no thanks what why you

don't like you don't like the ice skate

oh I I just don't know how to ice skate

so you don't know how

no you want to learn

coast is

clear you're not going to be able to

skate from all the way over there how do

you know unless you

try let me

help come your

hands it's all right one two there you

go wow yeah it's one after the other

here you

go oh

doing

it let go

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okay where we

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going there's something I want to tell

you and I hope it doesn't spoil

everything

but well here it

goes my name isn't Mary

Dawson I'm actually Eevee lame I'm the

little girl who was born in the

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diner I know what I know who you

are you know wait how do you know did

Jack tell you no what oh Jack knows how

does he know yeah he he figured it out

but how do you

know when you traded that ,000 bracelet

at the swap

meat the vendor felt conflicted and

called me I just figured you had a

reason you tell me when you were

ready turns out I was right oh you're

going to think I'm ridiculous oh I think

we're past me thinking you're

ridiculous try

me whenever I meet new people it's hard

for me to tell if they like me for me or

for my money

and Alias let me leave all that baggage

behind it allowed me to see the world

from a different

perspective and I like what I see in you

and the people of this town I not only

that I like how you see me as a person

not just as a billionaire as you can

gain Advantage

from honestly when all is a sudden done

you may have more financial resources at

your disposal than I do

what what what is that supposed to

mean oh well if I don't find a way to

reward everyone that helped us by

midnight on Christmas

Eve my mother will transfer control of

my trust to a charity of her

choosing

so is about money

look I know what you're

thinking poor little rich girl and my

mother has feelings about the way I've

been living my life maybe she's not

entirely wrong sending me here is her

way of making me earn my trust fund

rather than just having it handed to

me I get

it I get it and uh time is ticking away

so I seem to remember somebody's

volunteered to be Santa's elf tonight

so you're not mad no not even a little

I'm not

mad yeah you should get on that yeah do

you want me to help you back to now oh

all good think got this

now okay I'm going

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to oh Christmas tree

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christmase boy have you heard of the

bookswood secret

santa I have not but only because it's a

secret what if I was to tell you the

secret santa reached out to us and they

want to do something for you

specifically really me yeah

no they don't have to doy that no Roy

before you say

no if you can make a Christmas wish just

one what might you wish for this for

real I can confirm that it is

yeah I don't know it still doesn't feel

right Roy it's real and you deserve

it okay wow I guess that's a lot of

stuff I would wish for make your wish

we'll see if the secret Santa can make

it come

true fire engine so old we can't even

get parts to fix it anymore I've

submitted a request to the mayor for

years but she just doesn't seem to have

it in the

budget look I know this is a big ass but

I don't think it's too big not at all

wouldn't you agree

car yeah say We'll reach out and see

what we can

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do feel it caring that

winter all

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the

[Applause]

together welcome all of brookswood to

the 5th annual Christmas tree

[Applause]

jambur the

festivities Merry

Christmas Merry

Christmas behind me Follow

Me

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2 all right ready big smile one

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let your heart be filled with

light the days are

here tonight

[Applause]

c a che yes thank

you going figure you for a hockey

fan more of a hockey coach

fan oh yeah he's great with kids isn't

he he is what about you do you have a

family I have a son he's about the same

age as you oh are you planning on

spending Christmas

together not this year

[Applause]

weird around town is that brookswood

secret Santa is stepping up their game a

little bit this year as it turns out the

secret Santa is my mother yeah I had my

suspicions I guess that makes her Brooks

Woods not so secret

santa I was also informed that she tried

a long time ago to reward everyone for

their generosity and you all politely

declined you I I I didn't want to say

anything earlier I thought it might

discourage you from getting reconnected

with

[Applause]

everyone have you given any more thought

to your Christmas wish I have oh

terrific do you want to tell me what it

is well my wish is that I want to host

your birthday party in the diner on

Christmas Eve I think you have this

whole wishing thing wrong you're

supposed to wish something I can do to

help you

knowing that you're here and that you're

well and that the act of kindness that I

had a hand in all 35 years ago has

brought us all around to this moment

no that's a big enough reward for

me 7 6 5 4 3 2

how proud he is from over

[Applause]

there Jack used his wish to host my 35th

birthday party at the diner on Christmas

Eve wow that sounds like a hot ticket

hope I get an

inite You' be my plus

one I just wish there was something I

could do for

him do you know his son Jason yeah

he

uh they had a falling out yeah I thought

that might be the case Well Jack he grew

up pretty poor so everything he had he

put towards the diner try to give his

family a better life money got tight and

he had to pick between his house and the

diner

he he felt like the diner was more

important to the

community and his son never forgave

him do you think there's any way we

could find his

son I don't know where he is but I could

look into it I am your lawyer after

all right

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answer Jack Marshall is on the line the

owner of the diner in brookswood he

claims it's a personal call I'll take it

this is Elizabeth Lane hello there

Elizabeth this is Jack Marshall I don't

know if you'll remember me I Remember

You Well Jack how are you I can't

complain is there something I can do for

you no uh not for me there was something

I was hoping you might do for yourself

you have my undivided

attension okay

um I've met Eevee and through no fault

of her own I know why she's here um

she's made a really Big Splash in our

little community and well I thought it

might be nice for you to visit so you

could get to see firsthand everything

she's doing for the town it's important

that Eevee complete this challenge all

on her own I understand if you should

change your mind about paying us a visit

we're planning to celebrate her birthday

here at the diner Christmas Eve well I

appreciate the invitation thank you for

thinking of me I promise to let you know

if I can attend okay hope to see you

soon

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can't quite believe my

eyes here's the proper paperwork

granting full ownership to Brooks Woods

Fire Department

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thank

you and thank the secret Santa for

me he amazing you're amazing it's for

all you do for the community and all the

people you

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help just going to go check it out go

for it

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wow well well well I hear the cup of

Chip here is to die for hm coming right

up Elizabeth Lane and I do mean this you

look like a billion dollar as to

you wow does Eevee know you're here uh

not yet I thought I would surprise her

well I am glad you decided to come so am

I

wow wow this tastes just as good as it

did 35 years ago it does not disappoint

H well it rarely

does I can't help it feel as though I've

traveled back in time well I guess maybe

that makes me your own personal Ghost of

Christmas Past H so how is she she is

fitting right in I mean it's almost as

if she was born

here listen um I hope you don't mind but

I wanted to

ask why did you send her here on this

secret mission My Success has impacted

her more than

myself people are always trying to get

close to Eevee to gain favor with me I

was hoping that by sending her here

under cover she could meet some good

people that she could take at face value

and not always assume that they had an

ulterior

motive well for what it's

worth if Eevee were my daughter I would

be extraordinary terly proud of how she

turned out thank you Jack thank

you get in there go meet Santa 1 2

3 right this way you're next get in

there Hi I didn't realize how Charming

this town is at Christmas time festive

activities were not exactly on the

agenda the last time you were here oh

look her she is hey

great um you know what I'm going to I'm

going to be right back okay good well

there is my darling daughter mom what

are you doing

[Laughter]

here uh Jack suggested that I come and

see all the great things that you have

been doing and consider me impressed the

fire engine was a big swing oh I'm glad

you got to see that but shouldn't you be

in New York this is your busiest time of

year I wanted to come here and spend

time with you hey the the doc is here

somewhere oh great uh Mom this is Kyle

Newman my attorney Kyle this is my

mother Elizabeth Lane it's a pleasure

meeting you likewise we haven't had an

opportunity to get the doc's wish just

yet and well we're running out of time I

have an idea just leave it to me hey

Kate

Kate oh hi hey oh this is my mother

Elizabeth she decided to join me for the

holidays and this is Dr Kate Austin oh

nice to meet you have have we met

somewhere before I'm sure our paths have

crossed somewhere along line so Kate

how's it going with that search for your

understudy well not a lot of people

getting out of medical school are

interested in a small town practice

insurance costs staff it's a non-starter

I just wish there was some way to

provide quality Health Care to the

brookswood community for another 40

years well maybe you're just going to

have to do it for another 40 years I

would if I could

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how hard do you think it would be to

find a new doctor I wouldn't say

impossible but maybe next to impossible

oh uh might I suggest offering

incentives based on the time they served

yeah couldn't we set up a scholarship

like what you did with law school to

guarantee someone to return that's a

nice idea but maybe we uh save that as a

backup medical school is like a 10-year

Endeavor yeah yeah you're right maybe

for the future we need something for

right now

okay uh what if we offered a competitive

salary guaranteed bonuses for every year

they maintain the practice permanent

housing we could pay their student loans

for every year that they commit well I

know the Commissioner of Health in New

York she might be able to help find a

candidate but the doc is going to want

to pick and train the candidate I mean

she has a certain level of care she's

going to want her successor to adopt

yeah of course that goes without

saying okay do you uh you have some

place to

be uh Yes actually

uh where are we

going the brookswood secret Santa is on

a secret mission H the

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road

okay uh big lineup we drove Two Towns

over for eggnog not exactly like I said

it's going to be a surprise hm huh

hey do you remember how we spend your

summer vacations in small towns going on

sales trips all across the country I do

honestly sometimes I miss us well not

having money wasn't easy but it

certainly made things less complicated

look Mom I didn't understand it at first

but you've given me a gift that no

amount of money in the entire world

could buy the people who helped us it's

like they stepped right out of that

photo and into real

life I can't quite explain it but but

feels like some sort of Christmas magic

at work a

sweetie okay so if it's not for the

eggnog is it the kiosk owner good guess

it's Jack's son I came here hoping we

might convince him to reunite with his

dad in time for Christmas okay is it uh

you have a little plan

or I think we'll just have to make it up

as we go oh Story of My Life

hi hi there uh my name is eeve Lane this

is my mother Elizabeth pleasure to meet

you what can I get for you today oh

actually I was hoping I could get you to

come to brookswood to visit your

[Laughter]

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Dad how can it be that 35 years gone by

since then snuck up on all of us one day

at a time you know it just occurred to

me I don't know why I didn't think of

this before Andrew Kyle's dad was here

that night you were born really a lot of

what happened that night is a bit of a

blur to be honest I don't have the best

recollection of it myself well why

wasn't he in the photo because he was

the

photographer it was also his idea to

take up the collection to help you and

your mother mhm that money kept me you

and the dream of Lane Cosmetics going

his act of kindness gave us both a

second chance Kyle's dad's been gone for

more than a decade now wait what does

this mean for the wishing project H not

exactly

sure well I me would only makes sense

that Andrew's wish gets passed down to

his next kin

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should be here pretty soon so we'll just

hang out oh hey how to go good yeah

we're in good shape I was just finishing

up some legal on those Christmas wishes

how are you doing oh yeah we're getting

close may have hit a minor snag but I'm

working on it did my tri on Jack Sun pay

off uh better than we could have hoped

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[Applause]

hello again well hello old friend how

you feeling about tonight uh about as

ready as I could ever be for the best

birthday party this town's ever

seen how about you how are you feeling

about having a 35-year-old daughter well

it feels basically impossible given that

I'm only 39 myself hey um how old is

your son now Jack um

well he's just a little older than your

Eevee I'm ashamed to say I've missed

more birthdays than I like to count it's

been years

now well maybe tonight could make up for

some of those

years hey

Dad Jason what I'm sorry I

that I don't know what to say

I missed you

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too look at that that's not not as much

gray as

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yours so bad to give you all your wishes

this is a Christmas Eve birthday

surprise party the surprise is our new

friend Mary is not who she claims she

is I am actually eeve

Lane I'm the little girl who was born in

the diner 35 years ago

tonight oh this wishing project that my

mother set in motion

is our way of thanking

you without your willingness to help a

stranger in need all those years

ago I'm not sure either one of us would

be here tonight celebrating with you

guys now um having said that I still

have a a few more Christmas wishes to

fulfill Dr Kate Austin

that is a list of 30 highly qualified

candidates all more than eager to take

over your practice whenever you decide

to

retire thank you for

everything I look forward to grilling

them in their interviews coming in the

new

year thank

you Sheriff badford you're next

we have commissioned an artist out of

New York that's going to work with you

to design a memorial to honor you and

your

family it's for 200 years of maintaining

a stable community people of brookswood

can rely on

oh thank you I I am I'm genuinely

touched by your kindness thank you

others who helped us that night have

already received their

wish thank you so everybody let's raise

a glass tonight to celebrate my

beautiful daughter's birthday and this

wonderful

town Cheers Cheers happy birthday cheers

so are you going to talk to Kyle about

his witch I

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will hey uh I was thinking maybe I could

use my trust fund to do this sort of

thing

full-time know find some other acts of

kindness to pursue in the New Year well

I would like that hey maybe that's

something we could do together I love

that

too well this couldn't get any more

magical it's your birthday it's

Christmas Eve and we're celebrating what

you have accomplished which is

truly truly

incredible

Mom thank you for this

opportunity I needed it I'm so proud I'm

really proud

my son at home

sick well you know I have to admit that

when we started this I had my doubts

but you really you really pulled it off

in a spectacular

fashion I could never have done it

without your

help you know I do have one last wish to

Grant what no we we we got everybody

there's nobody left Jack told me that

your dad was here the night that I was

born Not only was he the one who took

the photo but he was also the one who

started a collection plate for a young

single mother who was about to have a

whole lot of medical bills to deal with

I told you he was the best well seeing

as you're his son and you are also the

best I thought it was only fair that you

get to make a wish in his place no I

can't come on that's cheating no it's

the law well it's it's Elizabeth's law

mhm okay yeah no I I I

uh I know what I

want I

wish for a dinner with you a working

dinner no no no no this dinner is

100% a

nonworking

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dinner let a

picture oh I think you're the

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photographer um yeah I know everybody

get in

there all right everybody say Merry

Christmas Merry Christmas

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hello

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