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okay

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don't touch oh jen come on it's okay i

don't mind if they're not iced yet

there are 24 people in my office carla

if everyone has two and meal and

accounting will totally have three

there won't be enough to thank my boss

tony for recommending me for the head

game creator position

or you could tell tony that you got up

at 4 am

showered got dressed nailed your

grandmother's sugar cookie recipe all

before 7 am i mean they should give it

to you for just organizational problems

alone

except my friend jennifer holloway

doesn't exactly speak up at work

i speak up when

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today

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in the kitchen

hi thank goodness sir oh no

you look so nice i'm super important

that you're supposed to be fine

this is sorry i just couldn't afford to

call a plumber for the tenth time

that's not a problem shannon just give

me the thing

how am i gonna do the hammer haven't had

a coffee yet today or a shower because

the house decided it was more important

for it to have a shower

than me and the water heater is making

weird noises again so that's probably

gonna be okay it's done

done really yeah it's okay

i got you

let's go get you one of dad's shirts

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i won't keep calling stop call any time

seriously

you have a job and you have a full-time

business and a child

speaking of that child yeah emma you

were supposed to be dressed ten minutes

ago we're gonna be late

why are you here on clayton did

something else break down

no your house is perfect and beautiful

just like you

why you want to go break something okay

that's enough let's go come on missy a

funny little tiny human

but you're coming back to do the reads

tonight and whatever else needs doing

yeah

hey wait you're not the only big deal in

this family i'm also a big deal a very

important meeting today wish me luck

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you didn't get my email what email the

one i sent this morning to everybody

announcing that tony quit

what that company minneapolis called on

friday and offered him the job

alistair was so ticked that he paid tony

severance and let him go on the spot do

i smell cookies

grandma sue sugar cookies my favorite

tony's too

they were supposed to be a thank you for

putting in a good word with alistair

richard you should talk to him yourself

and say what

since you've started you've worked

really hard you're detailed

people love you and your scavenger hunts

and i mean you would be the perfect

person for the head game creator

position oh

annie can you just talk to him i mean

say exactly what you just said there is

nothing wrong with standing up for

yourself

and asking for what you want see that

rolled perfectly off your tongue

jennifer you're a people person i mean

you're so good in front of people until

they're in charge of you

you've told me over and over how much

you want this job and i mean allister is

gonna make its decision before christmas

so it's speak now or forever hold your

peace time

you're right i don't need tony

i'm going in there right now not a girl

so i

will hold on to those

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i'll just send an email big bill you

ready to go

i know honey just try to stay

comfortable and hey if

anything changes just text me okay

i love you too goodbye everything okay

heather's do any day

she's having braxton hicks contraction

so i don't even know if she's in labor

should i go home

no presentation's important and she's

not actually in labor

right i don't know anything about what

you just said

but do you want to go to this meeting

yeah can't believe i'm going to be a dad

none of us can what i'm kidding you're

going to be an incredible father

you can't think of a better christmas

card you good yeah absolutely

good do i look okay yeah you're a

superstar just a little bit distracted

no no i'm 100 focused

hold up it's heather what are you doing

are you up for this or not yeah i'm good

don't worry

diaper's my specialty what huh

diapers are your specialty no clients

clients are my specialty

aiden bill morning alastair morning

morning

great wanda simler vp of marketing for

devonshire hotels pleasure to meet you

wanda me too bill and i are very excited

to hear about the event

i look forward to hearing what you got

absolutely oh sorry

gotta get this ah well uh shall we get

started then

please

better than this come on

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i'm writing because i would like you to

consider me for the head game creator

position

the reason i should be head game creator

is

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i should just go talk to him right

so the way an online scavenger hunt

works is the participants download an

app that we create on their phone

on the day of the hunt on the day of the

hunt they receive an alert the game is

going live and a clue pops up

i've been down this road the head of the

devonshire has also been down this road

she fired our last game company on

friday and our event goes live this

saturday

yeah uh why don't you guys walk wanda

through some of our biggest campaigns so

she can get a feel of what kind of hunt

she's after and then we can uh dive

right in

great we're gonna run you a demo of one

of our recent successes

if you just open up the app on that

phone do you need to go

oh my wife uh bill uh how about you step

outside aiden perhaps you too walk

wander through the rest of the app

absolutely here

should take mine hardly ever pings at

all what

you sure okay i'll be right there don't

worry

if you'll excuse me aiden you got the

room

okay yeah i gotta go stop she's having

contractions for two minutes apart

i gotta go thank you excuse me

jennifer

so the woman in my office is the

marketing director of the newly restored

devonshire hotel downtown

they've already spent 18 months

restoring every inch to preserve its

history another one open with a big

splash

they've already fired two companies for

not meeting their standards and now she

has the impossible deadline of a

christmas scavenger hunt to promote the

opening

this saturday jennifer

this is our shot to finally attract

luxury brands

if we rescue this campaign from wanda we

get a chance at the entire chain

that's 86 hotels across the country any

reason you can't step in

me um personal commitment no going on a

trip no

ghost in the house no what any reason at

all you can't work with aidan this week

and help make this happen

no i mean yes no and and yes bingo

you're in

let's go

so bill's gone home meet jennifer

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what

since our brand already appeals to

tourists our goal is to focus on locals

and broaden our clientele

staycations let chicagoans enjoy their

time off in the comforts of the city

they know best

or introduce those who think they know

the city to places they didn't know

before

what's that who

me

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well it's just that chicago is filled

with incredible neighborhoods that not

everyone's had a chance to explore

each with its own history and holiday

traditions uh

little italy greek town andersonville

we could design the clues so that people

get to know the city better with the

last clue bringing them to the

devonshire

unless you all had a different it's

terrific it is terrific

the last clue can bring everyone to the

soft open where they can join our

christmas party

where the winner gets a prize which you

can wrap as a present under your giant

christmas tree

great idea maybe we give away a weekend

stay in the coming year

a real staycation they get the prize

that you want them to want

great is there a theme for this party i

thought we tied into the scavenger hunt

so

a winter wonderland white snowflakes and

fir trees covered in snow i've seen that

before

jennifer uh could it be

the 12 days of christmas each clue could

correspond with a line in the song

five golden rings a partridge and a pear

tree well partridges aren't really

native to the midwest but

uh the riddles don't have to be literal

a bird and a tree it could be a hawk

the chicago blackhawks hockey team which

isn't named after a bird are you even

from here

i'm from iowa oh do you have a counter

proposal do i have a

yeah i have a counter proposal um since

the song is about

gifts from a true love we choose

romantic locations in each of those

neighborhoods

the 12 dates of christmas there it is

the 12 dates of christmas

i like her alistair good call on the 24

christmas clues for the 12 dates of

christmas in my email by end of day

wednesday

24 clues they won't all be winners we

want to have plenty to choose from

you got it uh here let me walk you out

jennifer walk me out

of course jennifer okay

that is a win you can't take bill off

this project not with this kind of

turnaround

bill is on paternity leave as of 30

minutes ago and you need to learn to

partner with other people

don't like other people like bill listen

bill might be your work husband but he's

actually heather's real husband

and probably somebody's father right now

and if i was you i would take this

opportunity to get comfortable with

other people you know i work better

alone let me just i'm gonna handle this

myself

i got it don't worry no you will team up

with jennifer and not leave her side

until you guys come up with at least 36

good ideas

36 they won't all be winners

all right

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hey so that was a surprise yes it was

but i am really glad to have this

opportunity listen iowa

jennifer what are you saying i know we

haven't worked together before but i

assure you i've come up with some great

stuff

jerome's hardware i did their team

building hunt and they had so much fun

they wrote me a thank you card and all

the employees signed it

is this your thing you blurt things out

oh to tell you the truth sometimes i

just get really nervous

and i can't help it but wanda seemed to

like jerome's hardware was an in-person

hunt yes

yes around the beach for what like 20

people

this one's online for i don't know

hopefully a few thousand

you know why don't we just um meet in my

office

to brainstorm we uh i can put on the

song for inspiration

as lovely as that sounds and uh it does

sound lovely

bill and i usually work at our own desks

and we come up with our ideas usually i

like to just work in the what's the word

uh quiet so maybe we just reconvene

tomorrow

and we compare notes is that okay um

fine okay okay great i'm looking forward

to it

hey mr romano

need some help

okay then

tell me everything i'm gonna go make tea

so there's a one bow yeah then there's

two bows two both three bows slowed down

four bows

four quadruple bows there's way too many

bows you excited to come to the craft

fair

i'm so excited we're gonna sell so many

wreaths we're gonna be so rich

it's a fundraiser that's right i'm sorry

dad says we need to promote it more this

year last year we almost didn't make

enough money to keep the music program

going

you know your dad would be here if he

could right kiddo yeah

he was deployed at christmas three years

ago too remember that

i do did you know your mother was your

age when we spent christmas in okinawa

that's where our dad was stationed

actually when i was her age we were in

belgium

okinawa was oh yeah that's right your

mother's smarter than me remember that

is it true this house is going to be

condemned soon i take it back what are

you doing

she heard me and dave talking on skype i

was joking do you remember when i said i

was joking

it is falling apart it has its

challenges

but your great-grandpa jack bought this

house long before you and i were even

born and he restored it with his own

hands

he would never let anything happen to it

all right emma it's time for bed say

good night to uncle adam good night

uncle ayden jinx

make a silly face yes there it is

okay perfect these reefs are amazing

your fair is going to be a huge success

and we're going to make so much money i

mean be generous

better be they chose a super lame theme

this year winter wonderland

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i think my work partner hates me who

could

eat you this guy aiden he's all like

don't bother me i'm so busy look how

grumpy i am

uh maybe aiden just doesn't enjoy this

time of year

who doesn't enjoy this time of year look

maybe you should bacon something like

i see that plan is already in action

meltaways

now that'll warm them up this is the

shot that i've been waiting for

so if i blow it and i don't get promoted

to head game creator

my family's for sure gonna say it's time

to go back to being an iowa hawkeye

which is also not a bird really

grandma sue i'm making your meltaways

right now hi grandmas

and i just finished your ornament will

you be back home for me to give it to

you

are you kidding i wouldn't miss

christmas at the farm for

anything you know i just happen to have

a batch of meltaways dough waiting in

the fridge

roll them out together i love that

the sink today tomorrow who knows who

would have guessed that grandpa jack was

an architecture professor the house is

120 years old

happy birthday to the house i know i

probably shouldn't say this

out loud but are we gonna have to sell

you're not selling the house i know i

don't want to i'm just worried we might

have to

can't afford to keep fixing it and the

foundation issues

maybe the historical society is

interested chen or one of his students

remember how he used to have them over

for sunday salons they worshipped him

god could call dad we are not calling

bend

all right i'm not gonna stress him out

he's got enough to worry about as it is

we are just going to fix the house he's

going to retire here

just like we talked about i know and i'm

going to keep doing everything that i

can

until i get the promotion to head game

creator which should be

any day i should be able to make

everything

right okay okay

okay i gotta run i gotta come up with 18

clues for a scavenger hunt for the 12

days of christmas

great that sounds like six clues too

many exactly right and i got a new

partner to micromanage

a talker i know how much you love those

didn't alistair say you need to be more

open to working with others you know so

you can actually be considered for the

head game creator job

you're more of a people person you don't

have to remember everything i tell you

actually is your sister i do what

happened to bill

bill's wife had a baby that's nice an

early christmas present that's nice for

him

i'm stuck with a green partner what's

the new guy's name

jennifer don't make that face

what this is just my face all right give

her a shot

you never know she might surprise you

yeah

okay good night you said you were loving

that job

i do it's just hard to stand out well

you never had trouble with that before

or at your old job

it's different in chicago then come home

grandma plus your ornament is waiting

jenny there's nothing in chicago you

can't have here

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i have a big day tomorrow grandma can i

call you back you can call me anytime

love you

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good morning i brought you coffee wow

that's really nice come on in

wow you really go for the minimalist

five huh

yeah although that wreath is cute did

you make it

no it's uh my niece's she made it for a

fundraiser for her school like

you can take a seat

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yeah hey aiden i've got wando from the

devonshire hotel on line one

are you ready i mean i i did some work

but um

i thought we had until tomorrow she's

probably just checking in

wanda hi hey youtube how's it going

great going good

yeah really good we've got the uh great

list of

possible places and clues to get us

started perfect

why don't you two come down to the hotel

get a feel for the place and pitch me

your ideas over lunch

lunch right um we were actually hoping

that we could have more time

to combine our list we thought we had a

day or two

uh restaurant's not open yet but uh i'll

let the chef know we want to do a late

lunch

see you too no no no not two o'clock

aiden was saying

we have five hours yeah

better get to work

i think you'll find a lot more

inspiration working from my office

where is your office here well it's like

santa's workshop

i know fun right

very fun what's that

mulling spices in a few minutes it's

gonna smell like apple pie in here

ah let me take the board sure

you want a cookie no thank you excuse me

carl

so is it like this all the time or just

in december it wouldn't be special if i

left it up all year

so how do you want to do this

uh what did you want to start sure uh

well for starters um

i thought the app could have a fun

christmas tree design

with um with 12 ornaments representing

each hidden clue

so the players uh open the clue and once

they solved it

they take a picture and post it online

and if it's correct they um

they get sent the next clue and then

everyone can monitor the game on our

social media page

yeah it's very good it's good thanks

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so did you come up with any clues uh

sure yeah uh

18 clues um should i

i can read them out loud no oh that's

fine

why not just take a look oh okay

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all right i can see you put a lot of

thought into it

it's just that some of them are

impossible for instance

11 pipers piping you suggest people take

a photo of piper's restaurant

best pecan pie ever closed about a month

ago

when i retired oh just crossed that off

um what else uh nine ladies dancing

yes so the radio city rockets do nine

shows a week at the chicago theater

until christmas eve

sold out since september yeah every year

look i know you don't really live here i

live here what do you mean well for the

last few months or whatever

it's a year and a half that was close

but uh you're a native so

you you know the city better i just

thought i i might have a good outsider

perspective that's all um did you

like any of them yeah eggnog milkshakes

for uh eight maids of milk and that's

clever

yes yes so we we send them to old

grainer farm because

eggnog originated from farms when

farmers had overages and that little

farming community off 94

is one that not many people every year

that's okay i got i got it

even anything else

uh should we should we read yours

yeah no i'm just gonna take a white

board back to my office but we're

supposed to work together yup you did

your part thanks for that

no those were just early pitches i can

actually do this job not saying you

can't

just saying i might want to go back to

my office and maybe i have more

experience

so let's read yours so i can learn

yeah i'm sorry sure

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that's it go ahead

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oh you've got some pretty good ones here

too um

five golden rings the onion rings of

portillos yeah that's one of chicago's

great treasures

it's not exactly a date though is that

eating onion rings together

onion broth yeah sure and none of the

portillo's locations are in out of the

way or historic neighborhoods like we

promised wanda so

aiden you don't have let's just regroup

in an hour or two we're at the hotel but

shouldn't we be working together yeah

there's just so much decorations and

music and

cinnamon who doesn't like cinnamon an

office shouldn't smell like pie

look i've been doing this for a long

time okay and i just

i know that i work better alone you know

i've actually done some really great

things here

jerome's hardware i know and the nurses

association and sprinter scooters

it's pretty scooters how's you

i've heard good things so one good thing

i did

i'll see you at 1 30. at least take a

cookie

thank you

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so

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hi wow luxury brand allister was not

kidding this place is incredible

yeah these gingerbread houses are real

made from pastry chests from all over

the city

who wants a staycation now

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oh wanda's meeting's running over

wanda's texting you yeah

she was scheduling 20 minutes walk the

property meet you in the restaurant

chef's testing the party menu hope

you're hungry

okay hope there's no cinnamon

only cold when i start biking with the

ice in the snow

it is chicago i was supposed to be in

the teens all week yeah

i avoid traffic never have to dig my car

out okay it's quiet especially in the

morning when no one's around ah

there it is what you like it best when

no one's around

i prefer to work alone bill and i go

back to our own desks you do your thing

should i go on oh you've made your point

plenty well

i don't mind people who bake cookies

in general or yours are very good i ate

them

thank you i think that's the first nice

thing you've said to me

is that true i'm sorry

that's terrible

okay

that is one beautiful blue spruce

wait you know trees

every christmas my grandpa jack would

take us to a tree farm up in lake county

we got pretty close with the owners and

i would always pick the tallest tree i

could find and we would chop it down

together

he would always pick the blue spruce

because his house was made from it he

put his heart and soul into that place

sounds like a special home yeah over 100

years old

acts like it too we used to always put

the tree right in the front window

so everyone could see and hang early

mornings

i'm sorry i'm rambling i just uh miss

the guy

sometimes well count on me getting a

blue spruce from now on

that's nice

hey speaking of ornaments yeah did wanda

say what kind of entertainment they were

having at the party

i don't think she'll know that 12th clue

the one that's meant to bring them here

12 drummers drumming i bet there's a

school in chicago with an amazing drum

line

maybe one with some kids that need an

extra boost around the holidays could

make some calls

get some little drummer boys and girls

and girls and the last clue could not

just bring them to the hotel

but bring them to the room where the

party is at

that's a good idea i know i'm full of

them

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can i ask you something um why is it the

ideas that you came up with on your own

were

so lousy not quite as good as the ones

you came up with with wanda

or say here now with me i work better

when i collaborate

i can't believe i've done it i found the

one thing you don't have in your office

a giant lantern filled with ornaments

you're right now you know what to get me

for

christmas well this is more your speed a

quiet little nook

away from any other human being yeah you

know what you're right

it's nice it's quiet it's intimate you

can actually sit

focus on the person sitting across from

you

you know whoever that is you can hear

what they're

saying you know i um i've been here

before with my dad he took me to the

roof

it's beautiful as before they restored

it you can see the

city i was maybe 14 or 15 but i remember

thinking that um

one day i want to bring my girlfriend

here you should get wanda to set you up

yeah i would if i had someone to bring

my nose

have a girlfriend okay it's about that

time you want to head to the restaurant

yeah let's do that

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wow oh uh

you don't have to do it wanda wanted me

to give the two of you the

full devonshire experience what do you

make of the ambiance

romantic yes very but also

great for a business lunch like this one

little work

little play may i bring you the wine

list no i think we're okay for drinks

just uh

work today exactly he usually works with

bill but bill had a baby

so here i am no baby just two co-workers

meeting a client uh how much longer will

wanda be

soon i'll be out with the food so do you

want to uh

um uh

you first look believe it or not the

very first turtle race

in the united states was right here in

chicago seriously deadly serious

1902 chinatown the chicago tribune

called it the

strangest race ever run there's a mural

on wentworth avenue on the side of a

chinese candy store depicting those two

turtles

in that fine race two turtle doves

amazing

plus dove rhymes with love for when

we're making the clues so that's

brilliant why are you here

excuse me i'm sorry i mean in chicago

instead of iowa

well if i said pizza or sports teams

very good answer but

you really want to know i do well they

don't have much of this in

clear lake iowa i mean i love it there i

love my family

all 80 bazillion of them practically all

on the same street

but they don't understand what i'm doing

here in the big city why i'd leave

everything behind to play games

that it makes people happy or helps them

grow as a workforce

tony had faith in me he said i'd advance

within a year

he was even gonna put me up for the head

game creator job but he didn't do it

before he left

head game creator you want that position

yeah well you know even if you don't get

that

specific promotion there will be other

ones that'll come up you know i suppose

but um if i don't make a show of

progress

and soon my family's just gonna keep

asking what the point was of leaving

home

my grandmother especially her whole

purpose in life is keeping her family

close

maybe if i don't get the job she's right

i mean i

i love the energy here and the creative

work i

love it but sometimes i

i do miss home and sometimes i feel like

i

don't completely belong here

right

cranberry breed tartlets

roasted brussels sprouts with candied

walnut

beef wellington and toasted

lobster ravioli thank you this all looks

amazing

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i mean i want to dive in i need every

last thing but shouldn't we wait for

wanda

what wanda we only talked about turtles

we didn't compare notes on

any of the other clues okay uh you've

got the

drummer core and the eight maids and

milken yeah and you

nailed the turtledoves so that leaves us

with nine nine more

and wanda hi here i am

doesn't this look amazing been looking

forward to this all day

oh good nice too

ready let's dive in and hear what you

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got

i think the nine ladies dancing turning

into couples dance class

with samba or tango or folk or belly

dancing is

my new favorite all right i think uh

we'll just flush out the final four does

that sound good

sounds good okay i'm gonna go get the

coach okay

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you're good at this uh well aiden and i

have

gone into rhythm of working together you

you're good at this

thank you so why don't you speak up more

what can i tell you a secret

when i started in this business there

weren't too many women at the top of my

field

i didn't speak up not because i didn't

have confidence in my ideas

i did but because i was intimidated into

staying silent

but you know what that was on me you

don't lack confidence in your ideas

no i i know i'm good at this

then why aren't you claiming that

all right so the ones we have left are

three french hens

five golden rings eleven pipers piping

and a partridge

and a pair not doing that again

well why don't we get a jump on it head

back to the office i can work late

tonight is actually skype night at my

sister's skype night

yeah my brother-in-law is deployed it's

his one time on the computer it's

time difference it's a whole thing

that's that's fine of course um

thanks we can regroup later maybe

tonight why don't we do it first thing

tomorrow

does that work okay sure uh

we'll have a safe ride okay safe drive

thanks

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alistair oh you caught me

your cookies are here uh yeah i made

those for aiden

next time make enough for the rest of

the class will you you bet

aleister yeah

i just want to let you know that i'm

interested in the head game creator

position

jennifer i already have four candidates

why should i throw you in the mix

well um in addition to coming up with

fun scavenger hunts uh

uh i connect with i connect easily

with people um all kinds of people so

it's important when you're managing

teams yeah uh

okay i'll put you on the list thanks

jennifer wait

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i also love this job

i love everything about the way we

inspire people to connect

with others and have fun and i know that

fun isn't typic metric in the corporate

world but i mean you know what it's

worth just by the titles you've given

everyone the wizard of this and lord of

that

because fun allows people to relax and

be fully themselves

which makes them productive and more

engaged and and that affects the bottom

line

okay i know that i'm from a small town

and i know that some might consider that

a disadvantage but

you know actually that's just the

opposite

because i know the value of a tight-knit

community

that feeling of being a part of

something special no matter how big or

small

something personal inspiring

fun

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goodnight jennifer

see the tree looks good right dad well

it looks great

m i put this on myself i wish i could

see it in person

me too we got you presents we're gonna

ship them out this week

oh thanks em i can't wait to open them

you ready for the next chapter for

christmas carol

yes merry christmas bob

he's a good dad he is on the back

a merrier just like how dad used to read

to us i talked to dad today

he's been walking the halls of the

hospital every day getting his strength

back

i think he's really excited about coming

back here in the new year yeah of course

he is

that's really good news i wish we could

have gotten all the repairs done around

here before his return though

it'll work out chen maybe not by new

year's but it'll mom

there's something wrong with the wi-fi

i'll check the router no i'll do it

don't stay stays just taller when it

works again

everyone remain calm i'm gonna fix

everything i've got french fries

best in the city french bulldogs french

language lessons so one really doesn't

seem effective

it could be romantic though i got french

bread french pastry french wine french

cheese there is

far too much eating in french none of

these are the one

well we could try it from the hen side

chickens poultry clucking

fried breaded freakish sheet what is

fricating

i don't know you're the cook baker very

different

also it's more eating maybe we're just

hungry i know i didn't eat breakfast oh

hello annie

we just got this great gift basket from

our happy clients that's the opera oh i

remember them

yeah artisanal christmas cider from that

new distillery up in our lincoln square

ogle house got cinnamon apple cider

pear cider pear cider yeah supposed to

be delicious

and they make it there too they actually

just opened a new tasting room what kind

of bird would you say that is

are you thinking what i'm thinking only

if it involves partridges and pear trees

lincoln squares in that old german

neighborhood right that's exactly where

it is what are you guys talking about

talking about an early lunch don't tell

alastair

[Music]

it's really nice good atmosphere

hiya can i help you uh a colleague told

us about your pear cider we thought we'd

come check it out

yes you are in luck through christmas we

operate mold

with our signature spices let me give

you a little sample she does enjoy

herself a good mold spice

my sister and i we actually make it

ourselves our last name is vogel which

means bird in german

bird partridge what's that over there

ah that is our cider and brush class

that just started

let's do it watch out paint yeah i don't

think

well me neither that's actually a great

date

for the 12 dates you know paint a canvas

have a nice glass of piercing that's

totally okay for beginners you'll have

so much fun

come on oh i guess we're leaving

do you mind if we by all means thank you

so

you being from chicago you must have

family here your

sister and your niece oh my sister's

here yeah mother passed many years ago

and my dad's been stationed overseas

most of our life my sister

shannon and i were army brands

grew up all over the world so how did

you wind up settling here

all of our best memories are in chicago

the one thing that was consistent in our

childhood was uh spending every

christmas at my

grandpa jack's big old house on the

south side

he was a professor at chicago university

so that was home

oh but that's not the house that has

falling apart yep that's the one

shannon moved in after my grandfather

died and the upkeep has been brutal

hey great work on your tree fine

yeah well both of you i think she met

yours

she did me mine she did who wouldn't

know

i wasn't even paying attention well

that's the secret from now on

okay hey uh we should take a selfie if

we have pictures of all the locations

um we can put it in the presentation for

wanda to help her visualize what our

participants will do

okay and we should probably get close

make it look like an actual date

yeah should probably get the art in here

huh

oh yeah no yours yeah my picasso hey

thank you oh wait the partridge center

paraslider parasite what did i say i

don't know

okay smile

[Music]

yeah so just up this block

there should be a bunch of places we can

grab a quick bite thinking maybe uh

steaks what do you think steaks how you

feeling aiden

dominique's cafe the home of chicago's

famous cockove

which is chicken which is hen french

hens

you're a genius

that is the greatest lunch i've ever had

that was really good

they offered cooking classes at both

their locations that's romantic

wanted to make kokuva together cockle

man might be a bit complicated what

about uh

a chicken leg to go you want a pitch

wanda a chicken leg to go three chicken

legs then

three french legs

i hope everything is to your liking oh

it was delicious

we loved every bite it was excellent

dominic thank you so much

glad to hear it uh actually we were just

wondering about your cooking classes

actually they just started but they

haven't been as successful as i'd hoped

people are intimidated by french cooking

like you have to be some sort of master

chef

well we're creating a scavenger hunt

which will take people to cultural and

romantic places around the city and we

would

love to include your restaurant it would

be great promotion for you guys

yes that sounds interesting question for

your cooking classes do you have

anything a bit simpler than cocoa bay

something that a couple could make

together on a date maybe a french

christmas cookie

something well there's always love bush

to noel it's

quick and doesn't have many ingredients

oh wow that's fun are we sure that's

not harder than chicken

okay we can't overfill if we do the

buttercream squirts out besides listen

to your girlfriend she knows what she's

talking about

no no we we're not we

ready to roll it works better with two

pairs of hands

come on the perfect experience for

couples we have to show that

mm-hmm okay so we just go yeah just roll

it

yes have fun all right hold on go find

it okay feel like i'm breaking it

okay we covered it with icing it's fine

okay not bad

not bad at all bravo peter that was

quick or i'm very good at this

hey is it bad if the clues are around

the corner from each other we don't want

to bring people back to the same

neighborhood

dominique where's your other location

pine street ukrainian village

all right now we just have to turn

french hens into a bouche de noel clue

what rhymes with noel sal hell

bell bell could work smell does smell

really good in here smells really really

good in here they could take the l

to where the swell hens dwell

roll up their sleeves for a spell and

make a bush in a while

that's good i think we got it excellent

thank you

are we ready to taste it yes oh hold on

wait let's take a photo right a selfie

yeah okay how do we do this can we just

have her today

yeah yeah of course no i don't mind

thank you so much all right

how do you say formage in french

sure excellent

thank you so much let me see

[Music]

hey mr romano do you go for a hike

okay bye

what do you think looks pretty darn good

for a chicago cake

huh i thought you had to be at work all

day this was my work today

i will never understand your job we're

putting together a scavenger hunt it'll

take people all over the city

you should follow it on saturday when we

launch see a little more of chicago

sounds like things are going well ah

grandma

the things i ate today the new parts of

the city i saw

i think you'd really love it here like

this guy i'm working with

aiden i thought he was one thing but

he's actually something

else it's just different here

in chicago is amazing but sometimes i

just

i feel a little lost with people you

just follow your heart

kiddo that is the only compass you will

need

[Music]

thank you yes big fundraising hey oh wow

fun which one is he

that one right up top

boom now we're both silly he did not

tell me he was so cute

it's no it's not like that he's my

co-worker it's not

then why am i here to denise's middle

school trying to check him out

because you're a musical and this is a

fundraiser for the music department

jennifer i write jingles for an ad

agency that's musical

so what has he taken you know he told me

he didn't have a girlfriend

let me just get this straight so you

know the other day you told me that

you two had a great time eating and

drinking and painting and baking and

you've been getting along tremendously

at work lately and he went out of his

way to tell you that he doesn't have a

girlfriend

no it's yeah no you're taking something

i think

you know you come with me let's go no

what come on

also the electrician came by he thinks

it'll be about 10 grand

he also found wood rot which is usually

caused by plumbing problems

lovely mm-hmm

excuse me sir how much is this wreath

what are you doing here i just thought

i'd come show my support

thank you i'm carla hi carla i'm here

because i'm a big supporter of music

and for no other reason whatsoever

oh i'm going to uh go and

find musical inspiration among the

children

don't bother introduce me hi i'm shannon

i'm aiden's sister

i'm jennifer aiden's co-worker oh

nice to meet you look mom it's styrofoam

pipe cleaner snowman oh nice score

well this must be the young artist

herself yes this is the tiny talented

emma hi emma i'm jennifer hi do you like

the wreaths

i do they're beautiful how much are they

they're five dollars

salt oh thanks

do you want to come see my friend

riley's reindeer ornaments i'd love to

she made them with real tools wow follow

me

have fun come on

so that's the new bill

all right stop i'm gonna go read the

snack table while emma upsells jennifer

okay i'll be here doing all the fun

wrestling yeah you will enjoy yourself

emma's uncle right that's right i

recognize him as designs anywhere

i'm her art teacher miss taylor mr

taylor you've done an excellent job

emma has been gluing and sticking things

all over the house for a long time now

she told me about her house sounds like

you guys have your hands full

she told you about the house yeah

a little bit you know your grandfather

taught my older sister

she still talks about those sunday

dinners at jack's place yeah i remember

those

what was uh your sister's name corey

taylor she now runs a contracting

business

taylor custom remodeling

merry christmas merry christmas

shane yeah grandpa used to have those

salons at his house with all the

students right

so so they were architecture majors

one runs a contracting business i just

found out the others must be architects

or designers or at least in construction

and they all love grandpa and this

hundred-year-old house

they might be able to help us out i mean

it's worth a shot right

[Music]

so

i have a call to grandpa's old student

corey taylor hopefully

she can connect us with some of her

classmates yeah thanks jen

i'll talk to you uh talk to you later

bye

[Music]

are you an ice skater

my grandma sue's farm has a pond i

couldn't wait till it froze up every

year

i got good enough to do an axle oh i

would pay a lot of money to see that

11 pipers piping that couldn't be half

pipe bobsleigh couldn't

and the five golden rings could be the

olympics will be done that's actually

kind of brilliant

but nothing to do with chicago yeah

you're right

yeah so what are we doing here well it's

a christmas market

there's inspiration on every corner

come with me

[Music]

click click click down to the chimney

with good

thank you

that was great thank you we're in front

of the church every afternoon

merry christmas merry christmas merry

christmas thank you for that merry

christmas

thank you so much come on i'll buy you a

treat oh i like treats

[Music]

this is for you thank you very much

that's for you thank you for very kind

best top coco i found in the city

[Music]

this is the best hot chocolate i've had

in my life

hey there's a tree lot somewhere in this

area right wait you don't have a tree

your office is the north pole i've been

working so hard i haven't had the chance

to aid him what was it

church bell speak

a golden bell that's not actually golden

steel they didn't

it's perfect it's perfect yeah

but wait what's the task people just go

and listen to the carolers where they

could sing along

take a walk through the square have a

hot chocolate take a selfie with the

bell

it's a good date right that's a good

date i think we have our clue number

five

we might have our number five

and we have a reprieve i want us too

tied up to meet with us today she'll see

us tomorrow

wanda texted you again yeah so we have

the rest of the day and only 11 pipers

piping left that shouldn't be too hard

you want to go back to the office be in

your own space no we're on a roll

i got just the place come on

what yeah this is it put it in parking

let's go

you said you didn't have a tree yeah but

then you were gonna go to a tree lot in

the city really an iowa girl

well i didn't know about this place what

better place to get inspiration for our

final

clue come on

[Music]

all right what size are we looking for

well it's from my apartment so not too

tall okay well how are these

yeah yeah yeah well find a tree

well i have to get a blue spruce right

that one that's the one yep positive

mm-hmm all right cut it down

what i'm doing it i don't have trees in

iowa well sure but

where i come from if you don't cut down

your own tree you get a good

old-fashioned illinois shaming

well we wouldn't want that would we i'm

just messing around i can do it no no

you sit back

i got this hold my purse

pull in the purse

what was that notched a hinge at the

base

wouldn't want this whole spruce to fall

in your direction now would we

wow very nice island

take it to go chicago

[Music]

and one for you too won't you put that

down mr romano

well hey neighbor are you here buying a

treat too

no no this is my tree farm oh so

triple r is for robert and rachel romano

oh rachel was my wife's name

well she passed a year ago that's when i

moved into the apartment next to yours

you know i was gonna stop by and thank

you for that wreath you left

i i think you probably knocked but i

take my hearing aid out as soon as i get

home

i i don't really have anyone to talk

with that's okay mr romano

robert aidan wait so you two know each

other

yeah my grandfather and i used to come

here every year i told you that

oh how do you two know each other well

mr romano is my neighbor

well your lumberjack neighbor here cut

down one of your best today well that's

good

how's business oh busy as ever hey

here my cell number is on the card oh do

you ever need anything you just

give me a call thank you merry christmas

jennifer

aiden give your sister my best will do

merry christmas

what you're different than i thought

you actually like people not everybody

is who you think they are

that's a good thing

hey um would you want to decorate this

tree with me

well it'd be me and my roommate but

will there be mold cinnamon no but if

you're polite

you might get eggnog with nutmeg i'm not

playing no it's even worse

okay so we do have a few more holes left

and i

can't believe i'm saying this but is it

possible that you do not have any more

orders those

are the spots for the most important

the gram is too special what is a

grandmaster special

every year my grandmother makes salt

dough ornaments

freeze for grandkids salt though what is

that

they're all specially designed the only

thing is you have to go pick them up

from our house

[Music]

blackmail grandma sue she's crafty and

territorial

thank you so much

so i have to go to my christmas party in

an hour so

i have to get dressed but um it was

really nice seeing you getting

merry christmas merry christmas yeah see

you around

thank you that's for me right yeah so

take a look at our handiwork what do you

think

oh it's great i think we make a pretty

good team

okay let's put the skate right

yeah oh i've actually got a run to go

see uh shannon and emma

we're gonna go skating at the pier

tonight great okay

um thank you for your help wondering if

you wanted to come

oh if you have plans that's okay no no i

can come

for inspiration right

[Music]

[Applause]

you having fun yeah

what are we gonna say what oh you know

what rhymes with

maxwell i got a pain in my

axle okay you asked for it

oh let's see it look out i'm coming for

you oh

you're ready to do something cool

watching

[Applause]

[Music]

wow how do you do that well the first

thing you need to learn

is the bunny hop bunny huh can you lift

your knee really high like this

there you go first level of cheese now

let's try it with a hot

you got it she's a sweetheart

is she always looking out for everyone

[Music]

um

you did it great you were so good you're

a great teacher oh

thank you we're gonna go get some hot

chocolate get out here

okay you realize you fully just

dethroned me as the funkle

i really did i ain't no longer the fun

uncle no you proud of yourself

you want to go get some uh hot chocolate

yeah

okay i'll ratio bye

oh

gingerbread why how are you making all

these cookies

i like baking for others

hey what if the 11th clue is doing

something nice for someone else

the song is about gift giving but what's

a nice task for piper's piping

bagpipes i said nice not punishment

oh you pipe icing on cookies we could

get them to make cookies

i know you like cookies but we already

have the bush in the well is that not

similar

yeah what if

they buy a piping hot coffee for a

stranger

in any of the historic districts that we

list

i love it really yeah yeah i guess it's

pretty good

are we finished i mean if you like it

yeah i like it

hey we're gonna head out thank you again

for teaching emma how to do the bunny

hop

of course she's so excited she can't

wait to go tell pop pop

that rhyme good luck with him bye

hi

okay ready to go

yeah i'll take your cookies

[Music]

they're great yeah they're the best they

liked you a lot too

so is pop pop your dad yes pop pop

is my dad where is he now he is overseas

in germany recovering

his hypertensive heart disease uh he had

a heart scare a couple months ago

and had surgery is he okay yeah yeah

he'll be fine

you should be releasing him from the

hospital just after new year's

retiring him he has lived all over the

world with the idea being that

eventually

he would come back here and live with

emma and shannon and grandpa jack's old

house

the one with all the trouble yes that's

the one

that's falling apart to be honest i'm

really sorry to hear that

yeah me too my dad grew up in that house

and my grandpa left it to me and shannon

because

he knew that we would love and take care

of it and just trying to figure out how

to do all that

just trying to give my dad his wish

which reminds me jennifer um

there's something i've been trying to

figure out how to tell you

i also put in for the head game creator

promotion

oh maybe i should have told you sooner i

just didn't want

you to think that i presume that i'd be

getting the i know how much the

promotion means to you and to be honest

at this point i can't think of someone

who deserves it more

oh thank you that's very kind i just of

course

you know i wanted to my dad coming back

in the house being the way that it is

the

the raise for the promotion was kind of

a solution for all of us

i hope that's okay i hope you understand

of course you should fight for the job

i understand but hey i should get you

back

um presentations first thing

knock knock hey annie just came to wish

you luck

thanks i know you'll do great

morning morning morning hi

hi

okay so break a leg you guys thanks

i got you a coffee black to sugar right

yeah that's right

all right good night yeah

just want to say how good it's been

working with you

um i just hope whatever happens doesn't

get in the way of

us doing that again of course not

good

all right you ready yeah

let's do it okay we are very excited to

show you guys what we got

jennifer when the game goes live it'll

look like this on people's phones

the first ornament will open bringing us

to our very first clue wanda if you

would be so very kind

tis the season when pears overrun so

head to the square of illinois favorite

son

lincoln square you can paint a christmas

scene in a birdhouse of red and green

and sip a festive cider with someone you

admire house

not h-o-u-s-e

vole house in lincoln square yes after

solving the clue and completing the

activity

players will upload a photo that looks

something like this

fun and then they get sent the next clue

which we already decided is the

two turtle doves at the chinese candy

store right

i loved how the rhyme for hunker down

leads you to chinatown yeah it's a good

one that one was

all jennifer all right next

three french hens head to ukrainian

village where a heavenly smell

leads you to a christmas named street

where famous french hens dwell

the class offered there has you bake for

a spell as you finish your date full of

boost in a well

must be a french restaurant a street

with a christmas name

pine street what's on pine street that

has famous hens

french chicken famous coco van hot

dominiques

would you let the lady play the game

i love it it's fun interactive cultural

christmasy with a strong social media

component

you two have really knocked this one out

of the park thanks the ceo for the

devonshire train will be at the gala

saturday night i'd love to introduce you

both ah

yes they will be there i see potential

for international tie-ins with this

thing

she's gonna love it

[Music]

all right next we just need to nail down

the specs for i.t to upload the hunt

what do you think over lunch yeah well

there's a new greek place around the

corner sounds good

i'll see you at your office 15. okay

aiden yeah so wanda jess left

well done she's very happy and that

makes me very happy

can you meet me upstairs in my office in

15 minutes i want to talk to you about

that promotion

yeah yeah yeah sure

[Music]

hey sorry uh slight change of plans

uh i won't be able to make lunch

alistair is asked to meet with me

just you yeah

did he say it was about the job

i i don't know what to say

ah you don't have to say anything

you're great at what you do you've been

here longer and

if alistar chose you it's because he

knows you'll do a good job

i know you will too thank you it's

that's very nice to say uh maybe i

shouldn't have told you i just didn't

want you to think we're meeting behind

your back

i appreciate it really how about i put

together the material for it i'll send

for your final approval

no no i can still do that it's fine i

got it

congrats nice

[Music]

[Music]

aiden come on in please show why i

wanted to

before you say anything um

i want you to know that jennifer worked

really hard on this account yeah i know

she did to be honest she came up with uh

most of the clues really yeah i mean

obviously we work together

now it's great but uh if you're looking

who did the heavy lifting it was

it was without a doubt her i'm really

surprised to hear you say that aiden

yeah me too frankly i don't mean to

overstep but

if it's between us for a head gang

creator i think

uh it should be her

good good then i made the right choice

what i've decided to give the position

to jennifer

so then uh this meeting is

two find out if you'd be interested in

tony's old position

wizard of operations i mean you won't be

creating games anymore but you'll have

more involvement with growing the

business

increasing efficiency it does come with

the same salary increase as head game

creator it's just

better suited for you

did i not speak yes the obvious answer

is

perfect okay great i'll announce the

promotions at the next staff meeting

in january so uh can you please keep it

to yourself tonight yeah of course of

course

can i ask what do you plan on telling

jennifer i know

it would mean a lot to her yeah i'll

tell her at the hotel party tomorrow

night

tomorrow yeah after a big success i

thought it'd be a nice moment for her

she don't want to go tell her now i mean

our office is very far but we can just

you and i totally yeah yeah

you're the boss right okay

that's oh no no that's me

congratulations aiden thanks buddy i

appreciate it

[Music]

okay

she went home for the day she's doing

the i.t work from there but said you can

call her if you need

thanks annie yeah i'll do that okay

[Music]

hello hi is this aiden walsh yeah that's

me this is corey taylor from taylor

custom remodeling thank you so much for

getting back to me so soon

your grandfather was the best teacher i

ever had yeah

yeah he was the greatest i'm glad you

enjoyed his class would you be able to

come to my office this afternoon today

or this afternoon yeah okay i can do

that

so did you take an uber or did you take

a lift i just came by taxi

hello sweetheart

grandma sue i just happened to be in the

neighborhood

oh oh

i i don't understand what how are you

doing here

honey last we spoke it sounded to me

like you could use some family right

about now

in person family so i thought i would

bring you this to hang on your tree

[Music]

you brought my ornament to me don't look

so surprised

it's um a puzzle piece to reflect your

work and

um your decisions

i just thought it would be fun for you

it's perfect i love it

well i am just dying to try this big

city kitchen of yours

eggnog shortbread pecan buttercreams

you're on

your granddad was a great mentor to me

he's the reason i got into construction

really and you said his house is falling

apart

is that how i put it yeah that place

means a lot to me

i'd like to help you out if that's okay

yes yes that is okay thank you

i'd be happy to devote resources from

our offices and i

contract out for plumbing and electrical

but jim edwards from west electric he

was one of your granddad students

i bet there are plenty more who would

help out if they knew about it

what do you think what if we

posted about it on our alumni website

if you if you're willing i'm in

[Applause]

oh i just love this oven

please tell me we get to eat some of

these and buy some of these i mean all

of these

she's always getting them away as long

as we leave some for mr romano that's

what i mean

who's that our neighbor he's actually

quite lovely once he gets to know him

here take this one

really matches your shirt

[Music]

that's so good how bad it is

i have never been much of a city girl

myself

well i uh i i have a few acres in the

country at my farm

you have a farm and you live here it's a

christmas tree farm

oh jennifer did you know that robert has

a christmas tree farm

yeah you're looking at one of these

trees right now oh that is a

beauty she cut it down herself

i just have to send off this last set of

specs and i'll be all yours okay sweetie

[Music]

hi hi yeah you can go ahead and submit

i'm sure it's fine if you feel good just

uh

go for it thanks again for doing that

yeah okay

i will hey did you uh still want to

monitor the hunt together

when it goes live tomorrow actually uh

believe it or not my grandmother

came to town so i don't think i can i'll

have to do it remotely grandma sue

that's exciting

you guys must be happy to see each other

yeah it was a big surprise

a big surprise you're still planning on

coming to the party tomorrow night right

i mean grandmaster is not whisking your

way back to iowa

tomorrow is she no of course uh i'll be

there

good night aiden we need to try one of

our cookies oh you know i don't think i

could

i don't think it's an option

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hayden walsh yeah this is jack walsh's

grandson

what's that yes i would love

a plumber to come by and take a look

tomorrow sure

yes you just let me know what time works

best that sounds great thank you

so much we'll talk soon all right

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it's another one of grandpa's students

he saw the alumni post

he wants to do the work pro bono are you

serious i am serious

hold on aidan walsh

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yes i am jack walsh's grandson

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the electrician can start on monday he

says it'll take a week to get done

which should take us to the 27th cory is

going to be here this afternoon with her

crew to prep the walls

so plumbing can start tuesday we should

take us to the 31st which means we may

actually be able to get all this done by

the time dad gets here

it's happening okay look i gotta run

and track this scavenger hunt which went

live four minutes ago i want to play

can i play too mom i can coordinate

repairs if you take her

friend before she changes her mind thank

you

good luck okay

on the first day of christmas my true

love gave to

in me pear tree on the

second day of christmas my true love

gave to me

two turtles

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i'm doing an online scavenger hunt could

i buy you two a coffee

and maybe take a selfie come on let's

get a coffee to go we have a party to

get to oh yeah

making plans to get together

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excuse me miss

mom can i offer you an eggnog cocktail

with nutmeg

no nutmeg something

i saw you and emma did the hunt and you

and grandma shield

mm-hmm believe we beat you i think

that's debatable

ladies and gentlemen if you're here

you've solved the last clue

of our christmas scavenger hunt please

welcome

from lincoln junior high 12 drummers

drumming

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[Applause]

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good evening everyone and welcome to the

new devonshire we're so glad to have you

when you woke up this morning you had no

idea you'd be at chicago's greatest

christmas party did you

[Applause]

christmas is a time to reflect on things

that matter most

and the devonshire wants the people of

chicago to know you matter to us

we're not here only for out-of-town

guests but for the residents and local

businesses as well

and speaking of local businesses we did

not do this alone

big city quest organized our amazing

scavenger hunt for us

and i'd like to call out the two people

who made it happen

jennifer aiden

please show yourselves around the hotel

and enjoy your evening merry christmas

everyone

merry christmas

[Applause]

congratulations you guys want to go ride

the uh candy bar oh yeah

yeah you too we did it i know it sounded

like i can't believe it

neither okay i'm gonna go have a chat

with this handsome gentleman i'll see

you soon

okay

so that was aidan's yeah jennifer look

at you

honey just days ago you said you didn't

know if you belonged here or

if you would ever catch your dreams look

how beautiful this all is it is

magical honey

i am so proud of you no matter

what you decide or where you feel you

belong

grandma i i wanted to tell you but i

actually didn't

jennifer congratulations

uh may i introduce my grandmother sue

holloway this is

alistair kelly my boss nice to meet you

this is all mine

my granddaughter just loves working for

your firm

it's given me a great excuse to get to

know your city and we love having her

in fact do you mind if i steal her away

from you oh no

go ahead shall we

i mean wow what a whirlwind huh

amazing this has been such a great week

listen i wanted to speak to you about

the head game creative job

oh it's fine abe already told me he did

i asked him not to oh it's fine honestly

he deserves it and he'll do a great

job what exactly did he tell you that

you were giving him the promotion

i did to tony's old position

tony's uh so the head game creator

job is it's yours if you still want it

yes i mean yes i want it

great well uh we'll make the

announcement in the new year so keep it

on your hat until then uh

in the meantime i need to find the

devonshire ceo i have a feeling she's

gonna keep us a lot busier in the new

year

congrats jennifer thank you you deserve

that

oh that that ain't asking to give a seat

okay

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we're calling birds share our city view

and the memory of mine is your best clue

let's raise a glass and celebrate if you

would join me

on the 13th

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date

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you knew promised i wouldn't tell sneaky

believe me it was not easy you happy

very

i know i got a reputation of being a bit

of a

people person but believe it or not i

don't know quite what to say here so i'm

just gonna say it

i like you a lot i'm sorry if i didn't

make that clear at times

i'm also sorry because i'm happy that

grandma's school doesn't get to take you

back to iowa

i've had a lot of good christmases

jennifer

but this has been the best five days of

christmas i've ever had

me too we made one french log cake

one very bad bad painting two hot

chocolates

all those cookies you made that i ate

and something else that rhymes with

partridge and a pear tree please just

stop talking okay

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my christmas

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i can help watch the kids through

christmas i know what it's like to be a

kid alone at christmas

you look like a darlington it's been a

while since i celebrated

like this with family christmas with the

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