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jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the

way

all i find

bells is bells jingle all the way

oh what fun it is

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two snowflakes

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jingle bells jingle all the way

this is all she's been talking about all

day wanting to get a christmas tree with

you for the bakery

i'm just running a little behind on my

orders

wow are these all phone odors

yep and i still have to fill all these

wow there's got to be a better system

it's just because you don't understand

it

you got that right it's simple the green

ones are sugar cookies

lime green is gingerbread the red ones

are oatmeal ornament balls and the white

ones are bread orders for local

restaurants

and if someone wants sugar cookies and

gingerbread well

that is what a stapler

is for

i think someone should get it molly a

computer for christmas i think that's a

great idea

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oh nice job now it looks like rudolph

well i'd say we're ready for the final

touch you want to do the honors

really yeah first christmas in a new

house

calls for a new tradition yes

looks pretty good it's perfect

hello neighbors hi aunt jamie

wow i have lived in this neighborhood my

whole life and this is by far the best

job anyone has ever done decorating this

house

ah thanks my dad helped wow

cross it off the list oh what list would

that be

we created a list of things to do to

make this the best christmas ever

what a good idea look at you bro

embracing small town christmas and to

think that this time last year you were

in arlington running software patches 24

hours a day

charlie remind me

was snowball fight on the list oh yeah

i thought well

ambush

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i've never seen you this busy all thanks

to a glowing article someone wrote about

me in their magazine

it was all true and you can thank my

editor for putting you on the cover

right i should send her a box of cookies

oh it's been hectic but i'm so grateful

for the business

i'm getting so many christmas orders

that i may be able to hire help soon

please let it be summoned with a better

order taking system

my system works just fine thank you very

much

hello being able to take orders online

through my website

would be great i will add that to my

to-do and all that spare time i

don't have list

moles you've worked so hard to get here

i think it's great

but but you're worried that i'm gonna

get buried in all my work

and miss out on all the wonderful things

that life has to offer

no okay yes i'm just saying you're

young and i don't want you to be too

busy for anything or anyone

else are you guys ready yet

you know what maybe the two of you

should no this is your and zoey's annual

tradition and we won't break it now

so how about zoe and i pitch in help you

with these orders that way you get a

good tree before they're all taken

yeah yes i will take you up on that

offer thank you

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okay

i don't know it hurts more my elbow from

throwing snowballs

or my pride after being pelted from my

seven-year-old nephew

but nothing a little coco won't fix

we have a surprise for you one for you

oh thank you and one for charlie

really but it's not christmas yet just

open them

both of you

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wow these are something

we're throwing a crazy christmas sweater

slash welcome josh and charlie to town

party

tomorrow you guys have been here for a

few months now it's time you met some of

the locals

i have a lot of friends that are excited

to meet you

you'll be great right charlie yeah and i

can add that to our list

and not to give anything away but

mine might light up

you wanted help with the party i was

gonna bake christmas cookies for the

kids to decorate but

i'm so busy with this tree lighting

festival say no more

i will bake the cookies how many do you

want

two dozen three

you sure you know how to bake cookies

do i know how to bake cookies tell them

charlie

i mean i've never seen you make cookies

i know how to bake cookies this kid's

gonna help me

okay i'm putting bacon christmas cookies

on the list too

thank you that is a big help this is my

first year being in charge of the annual

tree lighting festival and

i'm a little behind on some of the

details you want some help with that too

really if you're serious i just might

take you up on that

can i help too absolutely the more the

merrier

okay you're both hired now i do have the

ingredients for tomorrow night's cookies

so i'll go home and get them for you all

right

me and this guy we gotta we got a big

errand to do top of the list item

right buddy

how about this one hmm

you know this spine looks kind of

crooked

true that one's

awesome if i put that one in the store

there won't be any room for any

customers

look at that one check the needles

not very soft yeah you're right the

search

continues check out that one

all right let's see what we got here

oh sorry i didn't see you there

i was just checking to see if the

needles are soft actually we just walked

up ourselves

but why soft needles oh

just means the tree won't dry out it's

well hydrated

interesting yeah and if the needles are

too soft they uh won't hold ornaments

wow you know your trees

and how does this one stack up well i'd

say it's perfect

so who's treason

well we could uh cut it in half we want

the top half for the bottom half

or we could cut it long ways that way we

each have a tree that can go

flat against a wall great space saver

what do you say buddy

we get in the tree i think we should

take it

you know or in the spirit of christmas

we can do the kind thing and get them

true i thought you were going to say

something like that

so okay you guys can have the tree

well if you insist that is so kind of

you thank you

hey there i think the ladies are gonna

take this one

sorry that one's sold

oh what i was going to say is always

check for a sold sign before you check

for soft needles

good idea well i um

hope you find your tree you too

happy hunting

and we go the same way good trees are up

here

you know what we're gonna check back

there don't forget to check for soul

sign

hey merry christmas

merry christmas

over here cookies smell good

well let's hope they taste as good as

they smell

i think we got the best treat in the

whole place

that's no question do you think those

other people ended up with a good tree

who that lady and her daughter i'm sure

they did

i thought they were really nice did you

i did seems like there's a lot of nice

people here

yeah i'm glad we moved being close to

uncle jimmy and

jamie and grandma me too

well looks like we're done with ornament

been one

don't forget this one bad oh

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your first picture was santa looks like

i'm hurting santa's ears

remind me to apologize when we go seem

this year ah

it's all part of the job

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i miss her yeah me too buddy

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you know your mom loved you more than

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anything

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okay time for the cranberries

cranberries are so yucky why do we even

put them on christmas trees

why not strawberries or

cookies because if we strung cookies you

would eat them all before christmas

besides cranberries are an old tradition

i guess it's what they had available

back in the olden days

like when you were my age sure

right after i churned the butter i would

string

the cranberries

reach that's it

best christmas tree ever

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let's uh let's take a photo

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are christmas cookies supposed to smell

like that

oh no

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watch yourself i'm not sure we can cross

christmas cookie baking off our list yet

maybe you can scrape them like you do

when you burn the toast

i think they're bad scraping

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[Applause]

wow i think this might be one of the

prettiest ones you've ever had

feel the needles

wait a minute what am i feeling for and

molly's friends said

they're supposed to be nice and soft zoe

yes you did such a good job on the tree

this year that you get to pick

any cookie in the store that you want

any as long as it's okay with your mom

just one yes

so who is the friend you saw

oh he wasn't a friend just a fellow tree

shopper being helpful

and did this helpful tree guy happen to

be cute um

i didn't really notice why because

you're blushing

because it's hot in here

from the ovens molly

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do you have any undecorated sugar

cookies sure why

because amy my friend she asked me if i

could bring her over some she's having a

bit of a cookie emergency

um take as many as you want

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is

you having fun best crazy christmas

sweater party ever

that's a tongue twister look i decorated

this one to look just like our tree

i love it hi honey

mom

you just might win craziest christmas

sweater

what do you mean i i didn't know there

was a theme

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[Laughter]

are you enjoying the party are you

kidding me this is

amazing if it wasn't for you these kids

would be decorating charcoal

thank you for trying yeah come on hey

josh come and meet someone

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this is our friend jessica morris

hi i'm josh hi jessica's also helping

out with the festival

she's getting together all the

decorations for the town tree

that sounds like a big job oh it is and

we still have to sort and count all the

lights

i've already roped jimmy into that job

and

maybe josh could help him

what sure yeah

yeah um jimmy

told me that you're a big tech

entrepreneur it's more like i have a big

brother who exaggerates

he's being humble well welcome to

colbyville

thank you it's nice to meet you there's

a bunch of us going caroling

in a few days you should join us

i'm not much of a singer everyone

can sing it'll be fun i could get your

number and text you the details

what's your number

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the crazy christmas sweater thing was it

was a good idea

i'm glad you had a good time and i liked

your friends too

were there any friends that you i don't

know

liked better than others oh well let's

see yeah

um i thought that mr blanchard had a

really nice handshake

i know what you guys are doing sorry we

just thought you could use a little push

you're just such a great guy with so

much to offer

vincent it's a new chapter in your life

maybe it's time to get out there again i

appreciate that but it's not just a new

chapter in my life

it's charlie's too look

when christy didn't come back the only

thing i could do to stop thinking about

her was to work

hour after hour i coded night after

night

and then charlie he came to me one

morning and he said dad i'm

afraid of losing you too

and that's when i knew i had to change i

had to sell the company and i had to

move here

to do what's best for charlie so my

dating life

can wait that little guy is so wise for

his age

look i love you guys i don't really

appreciate what you're doing but you got

to stop with the awkward setups

fine besides you're going to be

way too busy with

all of this

what's this this is everything i need

help with for the festival

there are notes in each file but mostly

it's just calling up all the vendors

who've agreed to make a donation and

arranging for pickups and deliveries

be honest is this too much to ask it's

my pleasure

thank you so much and we'll find charlie

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that was a great party dad yeah it was

i saw you playing with some kids your

own age yeah we had a lot of fun

i'm good you get some sleep now so we

can be fresh tomorrow for operation best

christmas

ever

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well this guy's seen a lot of love

me and your mom got him for you before

she went away

do you think he ever gets lonely well

he's got you he's got me got uncle jimmy

and amy grandma well that's his family

but he has no friends here hmm

maybe we should get him a friend really

yeah everybody needs a friend

why not every bear another covers

good night

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uh

thank you for your offer to donate

cookies i'm checking in on behalf of my

sister-in-law amy harling to arrange for

pickup or delivery

merry christmas

we'll start setting up around 10 anytime

after that

i still have a few more cooking streams

if it's not too late i can probably

answer your questions better on the

phone

can i call you sure

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hello sweet life bakery molly speaking

hi

this is josh from the tree lighting

festival

thanks for getting back to me so quick i

can't even believe you're up this late

well if i'm not baking in the middle of

the night

there are no croissants for breakfast

i never thought of that that's okay

i didn't know the middle of the night

was when most festival organizing

happens

good point i'm used to being up late for

my last job

security guard computer programmer

writing code and exciting stuff like

that

well it's nice to meet a fellow night

owl

well i'm ready to answer your cooking

questions so long as none of them have

to do with how to bake them because my

last attempt did not go so well

well if you play your cards right

i might share some of my secret cookie

tips with you

my son would love that how old is he

seven oh i'm such a great age

i don't have kids myself but my niece is

10.

yeah he's a he's a great kid he and i

just moved here

a few months ago and i really want this

christmas to be special for him

so any cookie baking tips would be

greatly appreciated

speaking of which do you know

what type of cookies you want and how

many

that is a good question to which i do

not have an answer

same as last year maybe that i also

don't know

okay um where at the festival will you

be

handing them out you know i just went to

a cookie decorating party

and it was a huge hit with the kids so

what about a booth

where they could do that kind of thing

oh that sounds fun

i could mix in some of my new oatmeal

ornament balls with the traditional

cutout sugar cookies

and provide the frosting and sprinkles

you know what i better check in with my

sister-in-law about this

would you mind if i got back to you no

not at all i will be here

unless everyone goes gluten-free and

stops eating bread

okay well until then

sounds good bye

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would you mind moving that a bit closer

to the corner

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[Applause]

thank you perfect

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you're sure it's not too cold for ice

cream it's never too cold for ice cream

which reminds me why do ice cream cones

make good reporters

please no jokes there's people around

because they always get the scoop

oh come on that's a good one no more

jokes okay

all right no more daddy

i guess i'll get the chocolate you can't

just get plain old chocolate dad

look at the special christmas flavors

hmm

when you're right you're right tis the

season

gingerbread cookie rum raisin candy cane

phew

who holds raisins in their ice cream

what do you mean maybe i want raisins in

my ice cream

no then we can't share bites come here

i can't decide between gingerbread or

candy cane

i really like gingerbread but candy

canes are really good too

it's a tough call happy holidays

ready to order

no i think we need a minute come up

hey we know you yeah

the christmas tree stand looks like

we're on the same christmas activity

schedule

it sure looks that way my niece and i

are on the hunt for the perfect gift for

her parents

ah oh cute bear thanks my other bear

needed a friend

he was kind of lonely oh did you make a

christmas list yet

not yet i'm still not sure what to wish

for hmm

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could it be for anything in the world

yeah

think so definitely

go ahead of us we're not ready you sure

oh yeah thank you

of course so eat you're up i'll tell you

what

i'll forego the raisins just for you we

get the candy cane i'll get the

gingerbread cookie and

we'll share bites okay okay

thank you bye bye maybe we'll see you at

the next

christmas activity i sure hope so

merry christmas merry christmas

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this is so good at molly

so i'm thinking a little too much

vanilla oh no way it's perfect

if it came alive i'd have to marry it

i might have something to say about that

but i definitely vote that this should

go on the menu in fact

i'm going in for a second piece can i

have another piece too please

you may not a little birdie told me

you've already had a double scoop of ice

cream today

aunt molly's not a little birdie yeah

she's more like a stool pigeon

hey it or the tort disappears

well if i can't have another maybe

excuse

you may

so anything interesting happened today

nope really i

don't know what you're talking about

zoe told us you ran into some guy from

the christmas tree stuff

what happened so much for the pinky

swear of silence

still seems really like a lovely

coincidence yes yes it was

just a coincidence and that's all it was

he seems like a really nice man and um

a great dad you can tell his son just

loves him

maybe you should have invited this great

dad to dinner

i'm sure there's a really great mom at

home

hmm who is it i don't know business

probably hmm

hey i can't believe she did i think

you've had enough

hello sweet life bakery hi there it's

josh

uh fellow night owl josh oh

hey i didn't recognize your number

i'm calling to tell you i got to go

ahead to do the cookie decorating

station

great it's such a good idea i know the

kids are just gonna love it

but i gotta admit that's not the only

reason i'm calling i have ulterior

motives

oh intriguing my son

and i are uh we're still trying to cross

cookie baking off our christmas list

and as i mentioned before my last batch

was not a success

how much not a success but we set off

the smoke alarm oh

no maybe there's something wrong with

your oven

well it works when i bake lasagna

lasagna wow you're a jack of all trades

except baking cookies apparently well

what did the recipe say uh

350 for nine minutes and how long did

you chill the dough

oh you did chill

your dough right i was in a little bit

of a hurry

that's probably the culprit if they're

warm and soft when you bake them they'll

just spread and burn because they're

thinner

always ask a pro

well um good luck

and let me know how it goes

well if you hear the fire engines you'll

know it's me

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i shouldn't have shared my secret tips

you could put me out of a job

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i'll grab one more to be safe yeah josh

is going to be there

you know i wish i had labeled everything

perfectly from last year but

things tend to get a little jumbled

with this being my first year as the one

in charge i just i don't want anything

to slip through the cracks

you're doing a great job are you kidding

me we got this

where are these lights well there are

these lights here

that's not bad oh and all of these ones

over here

that's a lot of lights and then there's

these new lights

that also need to be checked okay so we

should have this done by

next christmas

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we are really appreciative of the help

um

it's a really big tree and jessica got

the christmas store to donate all the

ornaments for it oh

if you want to help us up with that too

we we could use a few extra hands

i can't my hands are tied up

well uh check your schedule and and give

me a call

all right okay

thanks honey

decorating your christmas tree with a

beautiful woman what a horrible thing

is this what we're going to talk about

for all 20 000 light bulbs

fine don't drop it thank you fold me

it's just nice having you nearby okay

i'm sure it is free labor and all

i know this is a hard time of year for

you and charlie i was worried about you

for a few years in arlington yeah

and now you can worry from next door

okay

not worried exactly it's just that

something has me a little concerned

what are you concerned about i i got up

last night to get a drink of water and i

went to the kitchen window to see if it

was snowing

and and your lights were on and it

looked like

you were talking to yourself

in the middle of the night i was

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i was on the phone i was placing a

cookie order for the christmas festival

with the lady from the bakery

you were talking to the bakery lady in

the middle of the night well yeah

if she's not baking in the middle of the

night there are no croissants for

breakfast

oh right i never thought of that

what what what were you doing off are

you having trouble sleeping jimmy you're

my brother not my mother

we're gonna live next door to each other

we gotta have some boundaries

right boundaries or i need thicker

curtains

plug it in

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hey guys

hi dad graham's going to the community

center later to wrap christmas presents

for soldiers

it's organized by the uso operation

holidays for heroes can i go too

you said when mom was a nurse in the

army she couldn't come home for

christmas

and that made her really sad i

thought this might be a nice way to

honor christy's memory

i love that mom she'd love that too

i remember number nine on our best

christmas ever list

yeah didn't that uh build a snow fort

no silly that's eight nine is an act of

christmas kindness

one of my favorites

so can i go

you can go on one condition you do an

act of christmas kindness for me and you

help me get all those bulbs into those

lights

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deal deal

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are all these presents for the soldiers

yup

we want to make sure that they know

we're thinking about them at christmas

and once they're all wrapped we just

pack them up and we will send them

overseas

i think i'm better at opening presents

than wrapping them

oh let me show you you'll be a pro in no

time

okay now you just put some tape there

and

you got it hey

it actually looks pretty good pretty

good it's perfect

you know why don't you take these

wrapped gifts

put them on that cart and wheel them

over to that lady there with a santa

tablecloth

okay oh one more

it's perfect good work

wow did you wrap all of these my grandma

did most of them

but i helped

i have an awesome idea for you let me

see people hey i know it's a lady in

that booth

oh that's molly she's helping people

make special holiday message videos for

the soldiers

molly thought that by hearing how much

people back home appreciated their

service

it would make opening the presents that

much more special

it's called ho ho ho from the home front

she seems like a really nice lady the

nicest

always thinking about other people it

makes people happy just to be around her

yeah it does

hey can i make a video too well we're

just wrapping up for today but we're

here all week

you just need to come back with your mom

or dad

okay

i'll come back with my dad maybe he'll

want to make a video too

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the lumber for the booths will arrive on

schedule i called

uncle moe's hardware and asked him if he

would donate the supplies

that's a great idea he wasn't even on my

list

what did he say yes andy deliver it

himself

i get to help build it of course

counting on you

we can use the money we save on more

lights and mistletoe for the mistletoe

garden

how are we going to decorate the cookie

booth well

what if we made it just a big old

gingerbread house yeah and then

could we decorate gingerbread houses

instead

can we do that all right before we get

ahead of ourselves let me uh

get in touch with the bakery good idea

good idea

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oh hi i

love gingerbread well that's good

because charlie had an idea to turn the

booth into a big old gingerbread house

oh that's a great idea if i could live

in a gingerbread house

trust me i would wow you could just bake

your own house couldn't you

gingerbread does get baked right of

course gingerbread gets baked how else

would you make it

and not to brag but my gingerbread is

kind of out of this world well i'm glad

to hear that uh

and don't uh kill me but once we came up

with the booth

charlie had an idea what if instead of a

cookie decorating station we just let

the kids make gingerbread houses

oh that's a big change i can

make a bunch of squares and rectangles

and triangles

oh and mix a big batch of frosting oh i

don't want to make a bunch of extra work

for you

oh are you kidding that's fun for me

well we're going to need a volunteer to

help the kids with it

and i don't know much about gingerbread

house construction i can help out

really it'd be perfect i was saying i

wanted to get more involved this year

anyway

so i was planning on closing the bakery

and heading down to the festival

all right it's a date

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great okay um

look i gotta run uh i'll call you

tonight

yeah go okay

huh gingerbread house as it is

so do you know what you're gonna ask

santa to bring you yet

i'm still narrowing it down all right

well you better hurry up because

we are up in

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ready big smile

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i'd say deck the halls how come because

even if you don't know the words you can

still sing along with all the fa

la la

i like the 12 days of christmas

is that because you like 12 days of

christmas presents

yes but not if it's all swans and geese

and hens and stuff

i counted and there are 23 birds

including the partridge

that's a lot of birds

okay oh i got one

what's your favorite christmas tradition

does it have to be one we've already

done

or well i mean that's kind of what

traditions are but

i guess not then i would say ho ho ho

from the home front

interesting what's that it's part of

operation holidays for heroes

where you can send in a special

christmas video message

to soldiers who are away from their

families at christmas

sounds like a really nice idea i thought

we could do it together

i'd love that i really wish your mom

could see you now

she'd be so proud who you are

you still miss her a lot

of course i do but we're doing pretty

good aren't we

just the two of us

i feel bad sometimes she can't remember

that well

you're really little but trust me she

loved you like crazy

if you ever want to see her you just

look in the mirror you got her eyes

and her exact smile i do you do

now let's get this thing finished go get

that brace

i want it dad that one

there last one and the cookie orders are

done it's like having my own little

helpful elf hey watch it i'm taller than

you and i'm still your sis

that wasn't a reference to your size

well good

i was referring to your pointy ears

oh by the way guess who i ran into

yet again yesterday you didn't

christmas tree guy where in line to see

santa

you must have promised zoey something

really good because she didn't mention

it

oh she didn't see him he didn't see me

but i saw him and his son

and and his very lovely wife

oh i see well it's a good thing i didn't

take you up on your advice and invite

him for dinner

well i was just joking half joking

you lit up when you talked about him it

did not

light up you had a bit of a glow

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hi hey did i catch you at a bad time

no not at all charlie's spending time

with his grandma so i decided to come

out and get him a gift

the booth looks incredible so far i

can't wait to see it all decorated

well i'm going to toot to sweet

confections thursday at 3.

i was hoping you could give me a list of

the things we'll need to decorate the

gingerbread houses

oh fun um let's see we'll need

gumdrops obviously obviously and maybe

many candy canes chocolate buttons

cinnamon candies and peppermints maybe

red and green licorice

perfect that sounds like a good start

and i'm sure they'll have some

suggestions there as well

okay well uh i don't want to take up too

much of your time i'm sure you're busy

not really i'm just finishing up

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but i don't want to keep you well you

know you're not at all

uh i actually enjoy the company

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so what made you become a baker

did you go to school for that no i

studied finance i wanted to be a banker

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banker's to baker what made you change

your mind

um working in a bank

come on there's got to be more to it

than that well kind of a

sad story while i was working at the

bank

i baked a wedding cake would you do ruin

someone's wedding

no the room did that it was a big

wedding

half the town was there i baked this

huge

three-tier wedding cake and i was so

nervous about it being perfect that i

made

three practice cakes beforehand i even

matched the dress

on the top of the cake to the actual

bride's dress

but unlike the top of the cake there was

no groom

at the altar he just

well he never gave me a clear

explanation he just

had a change of heart

i'm sorry on the bright side everyone

loved my wedding cake

it was so good that my boss at the bank

offered me

a small business loan if ever i decided

i wanted to open up my own bakery or

maybe she just

felt bad that i was left at the altar

i didn't mean for you to have to tell me

all that that's okay

you're a good listener

i know what it's like to need to talk to

somebody

oh gosh i was rambling my point was that

i

love my bakery and i wouldn't trade it

for anything else

exactly it's not about what i don't have

it's about what i do have

like my son charlie that's so sweet

he's a lucky kid and how long has it

been just you and charlie

five years

christy was uh

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so she was amazing

she was actually the reason i got up the

nerve to start my own business

i met her while doing it work at the va

hospital where she was stationed as a

nurse

oh my mom was a nurse yeah

yeah she worked long hours but

she always made time for us it's such a

selfless career all christie wanted to

do was help people

then she got deployed

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she wasn't supposed to be anywhere near

combat but her convoy was targeted it

was just

bad luck for a while my mind was just

spinning it was like

being in the middle of a nightmare i

couldn't wake up from

then i just put my head down and i i

moved forward

charlie i'm sorry i shouldn't have

no no no look i don't get to talk about

this very often

and plus like you said it's nice to be

able to talk about this with someone who

listens

it isn't always just telling me to get

back out there

i know everyone means well i'm sure

but it's not like there's a switch

a person can flip yeah people don't seem

to understand that dating can be

complicated

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exactly

and and i have a business to run i don't

need complicated plus

charlie's my everything

charlie come on over come here

whoa we're getting too fast young man

i don't know i'm gonna keep up with you

anymore next time i'll give you a head

start

how about we get some hot chocolate

sounds great

thankfully i did not burn the cookies

wow look at zoey go she's really

improved i know can you believe it

she must get it from her outside you and

i are both hopeless

speak for yourself i was grace

personified

uh-huh i seem to recall you gracefully

spending a lot of time on your behind

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so for christmas dinner can you bring

the bread and rolls

of course and what about dessert oh

harold has been begging for another one

of those chocolate torts

actually better make it too

so what's next well

we still have a snow fort to build plus

we haven't gone sledding

don't forget about my idea to make the

video message for the soldiers

there's still a few things i got to do

for the uh christmas tree lighting

festival which

reminds me

oh

who's texting you is that gingerbread

man again

last time you called him the cookie guy

can we at least be consistent

gumdrops candy cane

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let's do it

good job today honey thanks mom hey who

wants a snack

my treat i do yes you do

so what kind of ice cream flavor do you

want this time

cookie dough please oh cookie dough's

good i'm gonna get bubble gum

there you go thank you see you again

merry christmas

how are my favorite sisters mr blanchard

good to see you again molly all you ever

do is

work you really have to come by the

restaurant and try the bruschetta my

wife makes with your bread

it is so good what a great idea maybe

you can invite a friend

the two of you have conversation over a

nice dinner and don't forget the wine

and candlelight

i'll make it very romantic for you

thank you mr blanchard merry christmas

merry christmas to you bye-bye bye

see even mr blanchard is totally on

board with you inviting josh to a

romantic dinner

i mean are you just gonna keep talking

on the phone

for now it's complicated

he's a single dad oh

that's wrinkle he's totally devoted to

raising his son and

i respect that he basically said that

he's not interested in dating

anyone right now that's fair enough

and that can change clearly you like him

no

maybe okay just a little

when i talk to him it's easy

there's something freeing about not

being face to face that i can't describe

we tell each other things that we don't

tell other people

i don't think that'll change if you meet

in person and if there's no chemistry

well you have a new friend but if there

is

chemistry

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well i mean we'll see i am going to be

meeting him at the tree lighting

festival

but aren't you curious to see what he

looks like first

actually i know exactly where he's gonna

be at

three o'clock hey

no no no no no

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thank you so much for coming

oh hey wow

right on time you know

punctuality is a rare quality these days

thank you hug so it's great to see you

it's too bad that you missed the

christmas caroling the other day

yeah i'm sorry i've just been so busy

with the festival

thank you for your donation i think the

kids are gonna be so excited about the

whole gingerbread booth thing

wait to see what i pulled for you got

some great stuff

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this is a really bad idea should not

have let you talk me into

this

i can't get a good look at it maybe we

should just head back to the bakery

what are you doing to get up here look i

don't want to meet him

i just want a quick peek we can't even

see him from here

besides he doesn't know what you look

like remember

what if he recognizes my voice honestly

no

no can't take any chances just

be patient i'm sure you'll turn around

fine

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oh my gosh what

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it's him well it must be he's the only

man in the store

oh no no no no it's him him what

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so wait joshua calls on the phone and

the guy you keep running into are the

same guy maybe it's just a coincidence

text him yes okay

hey have you

made it to the candy store yet

he's getting his phone out that could

totally still be a coincidence

these are so fun perfect for spring

clean around you know just sprinkle

sprinkle sprinkle you can add as much

color as you want it's sprinkle sprinkle

sprinkle

it's not a coincidence just him

make sure you get the gum drops

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uh

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doesn't make any sense josh is a single

dad

but i saw that man at santa's village

with his wife

wait there must be something that we're

missing

do you know joshua's last name um hard

hardware no no no harley harling

yes harlan is his sister-in-law in

charge of the christmas festival

um yeah hold on

that's her that's my friend amy harling

it's josh's sister-in-law she's married

to his brother jimmy

his sister-in-law i think i need to sit

down

this is so exciting

yes you said you had a strong connection

over the phone

and chemistry in person

i did i do

we do you know what this means

that i'm gonna be sick no

this means that i'm going to buy you the

most beautiful dress

for when you meet josh at the christmas

festival

good night buddy when we wake up it'll

only be

three days till christmas morning we've

done so many fun things this year we're

gonna do a lot more fun stuff

like the tree lighting festival

christmas dinner with grandma

and amy and uncle jimmy what's on the

list for tomorrow

well we still have to record our video

message for ho ho ho from home from

i can't wait me neither

i'll see you when the clouds turn

i love you dad

i love you too good night

good night

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hi molly josh

i just call to let you know that the

gingerbread is

almost finished that's great

how was uh your day

my day was interesting

how so

oh you know just had some interesting

stuff how was yours i went to the

candy store checked out the decorations

oh right that was today you know

tooth sweet confections is pretty close

to my bakery

really i wish i would have known i would

have stopped

how would've been neat well since we

switched to

gingerbread you want any help getting

that to the festival

oh no no my van is plenty big enough to

deliver it

great so

see you there yes yes you will

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see me bye

okay bye

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hello there charlie hurling hi we're

here to record our

holidays for heroes video message ah

just going back there

thanks

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you keep turning up like a lucky penny

you're not the video lady well i'm

i'm one of them we have a few that

volunteer

are you here to make a video message i'm

sure you're busy

maybe we could come back a different day

but we're

we're here now we've got lots of santa

hats and some elf costumes for your

video if you want to go check him out

okay sorry it's okay

he set this all up as a surprise not

sure why he suddenly wants to do it

another day

he's probably nervous he seems like a

sweet kid wow he

is and uh his father seems pretty

amazing

too wow

um i'm i'm i'm actually really glad that

you're here i wanted to thank you

for for helping me out with the light oh

it's my pleasure

well to show my appreciation i'd like to

take you out for dinner

dinner have you ever been to blanchard's

junction

not yet it's the best what do you say

i think that's really nice of you but

there's not

a need please i insist

wait now i'm having second thoughts

about the dress

i'm telling you it's perfect

so what did you say so

shocked i just rambled for a while

and then i told her i'd let her know i

mean she probably thinks i'm a fool

i don't know maybe she likes funny and

foolish

it's just dinner you know what i just

remembered

charlie and i are supposed to finish

decorating the gingerbread house today

dinner's not until five hours away

you've got plenty of time

plus we were gonna cross snow ford off

the list

i don't want to push it i think i'll

just text her and politely decline

anyways it's not like she made

reservations

oh jessica she made reservations

come on man allow yourself to have fun

sometimes

it's not about me it's about charlie

i just don't think he's ready for that i

don't want him to think anything comes

before him

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now this is what i call a snow fort

pretty cool pretty cool this thing could

withstand snowballs shot from a cannon

yeah except can't see over the walls oh

yeah good point

well i could be on the lookout for

intruders maybe but if you stand up you

might get pelted

ah yeah

i guess i got a little carried away i

have no idea

huh my periscope i love it

cause then we could see the enemy

advancing from miles away

well it's toy periscope so maybe not

miles

oh yeah right right okay all right so

where do i find one of these low powered

periscopes

upstairs in my closet i'm on it

i hope my dad can find someone that will

make him happy again

like he was when my mom was alive

and if possible could you please deliver

this by christmas

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i gotcha traitor sorry couldn't resist

well here's your periscope thanks

come on let's cross snow fort

off the list you go in i'll be in in a

minute

and if nailing your dad with snowballs

is on the list you cross that off too

okay

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you're doing pretty good with that thing

it's fun

maybe i'll be a carpenter when i grow up

well that's a good job

i mean not if i become a fireman

well you got plenty of time to decide

well good job on the lights

it's just one more thing the sign

in the back of the car

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wow booth looks great yeah she's gonna

love it

who oh you know everybody

okay yeah i better get home and shower

mom's coming over in a little while to

watch charlie that's right

dinner at blanchards yeah

any advice get the rib eye

you know what i mean you're thinking too

much

charlie wants you to be happy and so

would christy

you're right so lighten up and enjoy

yourself

it's dinner just go with it

and i mean it order the ribeye

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[Applause]

our families have had these doors next

door to each other for generations

i practically grew up here i've known

jess since she was a baby

must be something to grow up in a candy

store it had its advantages

but my parents used to make us do so

make sure you said it really did feel

like work

not free candy well listen i just wanted

to say hello and

enjoy your dinner thank you thank you

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so what about you have you always wanted

to be a computer programmer

no when i was a kid

i wanted to be a professional hockey

player

but it turns out my math skills are

stronger in my slap shot

your store has a great website oh

thanks now 75 of our sales is actually

online

wow yeah who's whose platform are you

running

i have no idea i usually

stick to the marketing and i farm out

the tech stuff

the tech stuff talking to a tech guy

well i didn't i don't need that one

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oh do you have to answer that no

good hey i just saw your text now

the finished booth looks incredible

i will probably be up for a while so

give me a call when you get this bye

oh no oh no mr blanchard's bread

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no no no no

mr blanchard i am so sorry i was just

about to call it's

not like you to be late i know my

assistant failed me

in 30 years i have never run out of

bread

and we were this close wow

restaurants packed tonight yeah i guess

with christmas coming everybody wants to

be

dining out well i am grateful for your

business and

this order is on me oh it's a christmas

miracle

listen why don't you come in and let me

cook something for you

i'd love to but i can't i still have a

ton of gingerbread to finish baking for

the festival i have something to go

there

look i absolutely insist it'll take me

five minutes

okay five minutes that'd be good

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um you know what maybe another time

ah how did it go sweetie fine

how was charlie oh he's fantastic

he reminds me so much of you at that age

and we did lots of fun stuff we

we even started the annual christmas

puzzle i always knew it was christmas

when the puzzle would come out

we made a good start but i held off i

knew that the two of you would want to

finish it together

thanks mom

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bye sweetie bye

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[Applause]

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so

hey what's the emergency i need you to

deliver all this stuff to the festival

for me

why i thought you were gonna do it

because i can't

what are you talking about

last night i saw josh eating dinner at

blanchard's

junction when i delivered bread well

a man's gotta eat i still don't

understand the problem

he wasn't alone he was with jessica

morris

on a date are you sure

a couple of days ago you thought his

sister-in-law was his wife

there were candles and wine

and laughing

oh i know what a date looks like oh

boss

it's like such a fool

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i made up this entire fantasy in my head

but he wasn't flirting with me

and he's not too busy with his son to

date either he's just

interested in dating someone else

sorry come here

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it's okay it's okay

there she is

nervous why are you nervous the

festival's gonna go great

thanks you're great

hi molly it's me josh

oh actually i'm jane molly's sister oh

i'm sorry my mistake nice to meet you

nice to meet you

is she coming no she can't she's really

busy with

uh muffins muffins

yeah crazy big muffin order came in this

morning

okay well would you

tell her i said thanks yes of course

dad ready get set up yeah

i'm gonna need somebody to taste the

frosting see if it's any good

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yes

uh listen would you mind texting her and

saying that if she does decide to come

to the festival i sure would like to put

a face to a voice

i will yeah oh

thank you

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[Applause]

you're always on my side in a snowball

fight always sad

okay thank you

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was the night before christmas and

all through the house not a creature was

stirring

not even a mouse the stockings were hung

by the chimney with care

in hopes that saint nicholas

soon would be there

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oh the first one

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hi charlie and i are about to start in

on the gingerbread houses

if your muffin emergency is over we can

use your expertise

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you say jelly beans for the roof yeah

it's a glass one too

and that's one more too many

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who's that guy a soldier

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are you happy with how the video message

turned out today

not completely why

it was well written and you presented it

well on camera

yeah but i was hoping something else

would happen

what's that you promise you won't get

angry of course

i'm happy that i made the video there's

another reason why i wanted to go back

there with you

why because i thought we would see the

lady who works there

who jessica no the other one

the nice one that we saw when we were

buying a christmas tree and getting ice

cream

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she was the one that was running the

video booth the day that i volunteered

with grandma

she is a nice lady but why do you want

to see her again one of the other ladies

who works there

said that she makes everyone around her

happy

and that's true because you seemed

really happy when you were talking to

her

i am happy charlie you make me happy

you understand that yeah but like you

said

everybody needs a friend

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wow look at that gingerbread house oh

can i help

okay grandma you can help me with the

roof excellent

okay let me sit here hey josh yeah

do you have a second yeah want to finish

it up i will

i'll be back in a minute goody

let's get at her

why isn't it molly here she had

something come up

but she made all this gingerbread and

she bought a dress

and she loves christmas you're right

she should be here oh excuse me

amy okay jane thank you so much

this is the best christmas festival yet

oh well

it wasn't just me there were so many

volunteers i can't believe molly baked

all that gingerbread

that's heroic well she had a whole lot

of help in the planning i think it's

from your brother-in-law

yeah my brother josh that's

that's him over there he really jumped

in took care of about a million details

is he dating jessica no we're trying to

set them up

he humored us and went to dinner with

her but uh

we're 0-1 in the matchmaking game oh

you know at the very least he'll make a

new friend right yeah

you know i do think he's interested in

someone

he spends a lot of time talking to

somebody on the phone

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interesting

molly jane no time to explain what are

you doing here

just put the dress on and come with me

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i'm so excited

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okay who's ready for the big event

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a christmas wish for everyone here

tonight

everyone in colbyville and everyone in

the world

may of gift giving include the gift of

an open heart

an open heart that lasts not just for a

day

or christmas week but that lasts for a

lifetime

okay here we go ten

nine eight

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seven six

five five four

three two

one merry christmas

you probably remember me from tree stand

the ice cream store yeah but there's

something else that you should probably

know

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[Applause]

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merry christmas

i can't believe it's been you the whole

time

surprise

from the moment i met you i knew there

was something

about you

[Applause]

all those talks on the phone

felt like i knew you i couldn't wait to

meet you

i wasn't sure that you wanted to

that's cause i wasn't brave enough to

tell you that i did

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we both said dating is complicated

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this doesn't seem too complicated

no it doesn't

simplest thing in the world

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hi my name is charlie hello

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[Applause]

[Applause]

hi my name's charlie and i know what

it's like to not be with someone you

love at christmastime

so thank you for the sacrifice you're

making so that the rest of us back home

can have the best christmas

ever

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just a couple days of us being mr and

mrs cranberry lane maybe this is

destiny's way of pushing you two back

together

cranberry christmas premieres saturday

night at 10

only on hallmark movies and mysteries

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you