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just think of it that's where it ended -

that's not gonna have ourselves

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I was just looking for a plug well good

luck with that

this trains been running wrong before

anyone needs to plug in India well that

makes sense yeah this train is like the

Polar Express combined with the Hogwarts

Express and ended up the Evergreen

Express yeah we do a pretty good job of

promoting Christmas cheer we are you

from Evergreen born and raised Wow I've

been reading a lot about it's getting a

lot of press yes yes yes look was its

world renowned Christmas festival

evergreen Vermont has become a must-see

destination for anyone seeking the magic

of the Christmas season all true okay so

what does this town just magically

disappear after Christmas and then

magically reappear at the first snowfall

like Brigadoon yes

no they're the next town over but their

competition because we do fewer musical

numbers than them but our I'm Ben Baxter

hi Katie some time off

actually I novel a few years ago and

since then I've been working as a

freelance writer I've been doing a lot

of reading and I write about your town

thought I should come check it out you

also gonna be writing about this place

no you know I plan on experiencing

Green see at some point I have to work

on my second novel and I think it might

be good for me to take a break

clear my head change the scenery well

you're in luck because scenery we do

have

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thank you

Wow look at this

can I offer you write to town oh thank

you but everything I read mentions it's

a beautiful walk it is a nice walk

since center of town is pretty much that

way and that's where all the action gets

that Merry Christmas

[Applause]

welcome to evergreen hey mom

Katie hi you made it okay I did it

smells like pine there's light snow

falling not gonna lie

I already feel pretty relaxed how are

you well I wouldn't say it's been my

best day I need to find a writer to help

fill the cover story for our next issue

wait I thought you had that sports

reporter doing the story about inventing

a new sport I it he broke both of his

hands

yikes okay so you were I'm wondering if

you wanted to throw your hat in its

write a cover story but I just started a

vacation I know but it possibly could

lead to something bigger we're gonna be

hiring some new staff in the new year

and this would help move you to the

front of the line but mom I really

really love freelancing and I am so

excited to write my second novel I know

but you're really good at this and it

would be nice to get you something you

know

hable mom thank you but I don't think I

can right now I'm take a few hours and

see if an idea occurs to you hello mom

are you there

oh man

you

hey I was just looking for a Wow 50

years huh

yeah but the town has managed to pull it

off that long feels like a miracle

sometimes crooked you say that every

year Ezra and every year I'm right which

is the most frustrating part

yeah it's crooked well if Thomas was

here you'd have it done in no time

yeah don't remind me they're racing to

close that logging camp before Christmas

before that storm rolls in so for now we

can just keep a tradition and I'm gonna

be the same around here without you it

helps that the new mayor won by a

landslide

stop saying landslide I was the only one

wedding well that's because nobody

wanted to run against the woman who had

the best plans on how to run a town all

right you two can we just take this sign

up a little bit

oh you needed something oh I just need a

phone charger but congratulations madam

mayor call me Michelle it's fine okay

hey Katie a you want daisies country

store just across the square they sell

everything phone chargers will socks

how's that well if we're perfect

it wouldn't be charming Katie stores

right over there thank you so much

welcome

so this is Brutus Brutus has a touch of

arthritis so I wrote your prescription

putting it in your pocket and then this

is max no max has a clean bill of health

but he just needs a letter cuddles oh

well I love cuddles to max oh well I

hope you guys are gonna love being with

your foster mom and if you need anything

while I'm gone dr. Meyers a mop here we

got it okay and you also have my cell

phone number

you have to stop worried you're going to

Paris I know Brian is gonna be so

excited to see you there when he accepts

that award I know I've just never been

out of evergreen for Christmas and it's

gonna be tough staying up the world is

and how you want to go see it so

seriously ally go be with Ryan and Zoe

I've got your truck keys and I'll feed

your fish that's right I've got these

two good little boys right we're gonna

have fun guys you know she's gonna end

up adopting them thousand percent excuse

me hi

sorry here hi welcome to Daisy's country

store thank you I'm actually looking for

a charger dad just a charger

sure nothing else because we are just

filled with all kinds of cute little

quaint things made right here and

evergreen like do you see those hats

right there you are they right Hanna

made those hats

yeah and they're so cute but um like

everybody that comes to a general store

you're looking for something practical

and in general oh Lisa don't worry turn

season is just right around the corner

well that's true um actual tourists well

careful now wow did people come in here

as tourists and end up as residents

that's true actual residents um do you

guys happen to have directions to a

barbarous country and yeah I'm dropping

off decorations over there do you want

to live well are you sure look I'm never

green you're a lot friendlier than you'd

imagine yeah all right here is charger

here are the decorations and I had

something no you're not thank you come

on bye thank you

it's a terrible way to run a business

whatever be nice it's Christmas

hey just in time to turn on the lights

lisa has some snowflakes for you Katie

this is Ellie and he runs her Art Center

in town I told you I'd like to keep

calling it the Turner tinker shop it's

really sweet of you but it's an art

center too

I mean the Turner tinker shop used to be

my parents store where people went to go

get things repaired and I still like

fixing things

plus there's so much history in the name

you should stop by and see I just set up

a new area for crafts and a glassblowing

studio

plus the rumor around town is that the

place has something to do with a secret

Christmas time capsule a Christmas time

capsule really really I used to hear my

parents talking about it but it's one of

the things that people aren't sure

actually exists

ah that'll help oh yeah

excuse me a minute welcome to Evergreen

thanks well you two are the cutest

couple I've ever seen huh oh no we're

just friends

oh sorry I just the banter in the back

and forth and just the overall demeanor

it okay you know um oh we should get you

checked in okay yes

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hi mom so I don't mean to rush you but I

have reached out just about everyone I

normally rely on you know I was thinking

there might actually be a story here in

Vermont well this town every business

has a Christmas theme there's even this

Christmas time capsule you are hired

okay mom slow down at least let me send

you a pitch or something see if you like

it I already like it

Christmas town turns Christmas profit

well that's not the angle entirely but I

can try to honey just send me something

as soon as you can

Katie thank you you really are helping

me out of a bind oh you're welcome mom

just do your best okay bye

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a Merry Christmas Bobby said taken as he

clapped him on the back and the bad

Christmas Bob my good fellow

now Ebenezer Scrooge at this time of

year

my favorite Christmas story

evergreen hat factory was our first

industry which changed of course you

know I think there might be a good

article here you are reporter oh well

it's hard to say except for on the train

you said that you weren't writing about

evergreen so cuz on the train I wasn't

but with all the Christmas goings-on and

this rumored time capsule and you should

see a wire these articles people right

they make us all seem like we're just a

bunch of oh my son

it's very protective of evergreen and I

keep telling him evergreen is a town it

takes pride in what it is David hi Ben

and mrs. Baxter

I see do you know how one becomes a

member just go to the meeting you've

been trying to get more people to

participate great

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you gotta come along I don't wanna be

late

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mr. Kringle kitchen okay

24 hours in Everdeen and I'm already

joining society though it is make a wish

yeah thanks

I know there's a second book in my snow

globe don't let me down

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let's should we come to order

David brought a guest we have a new face

this is Katie hi Katie I'm Carol and

that's my husband Joe hello thank you

for letting me crash your meeting glad

to have you aboard

Ben has just been telling us you're

writing about evergreen I'm not entirely

sure just yet but I'm writing about and

I'm taking a few notes thank you I keep

hearing about this time oh we haven't

talked about that for a while

but maybe some fresh eyes can help us be

a voice of one who then has a journalism

degree wrote for a paper in Chicago

before coming back here and okay okay

well my parents used to run this diner

when it was just a bakery and they were

best friends with my parents who of

course ran the town tinker shop which is

also the town Arts Centre yes when we

were kids we'd always hear this talk

about it Christmas time Gamson but then

every time we'd ask our parents about it

they just kind of smile and say oh you

know one day and then a few years ago we

found this our type of newspapers and

found this article yes the Christmas

blizzard 50 years ago a blizzard kept

everyone in town for almost the entire

month of December and if you read right

there some residents of Evergreen also

passed the time by making a surprise

time capsule to be opened in 50 years

meaning this year yes but the problem is

there hasn't been any other articles

written and our parents have passed

there's really nobody that remembers

anything Wow nobody well men said there

might be another box to look throughout

the library keep at it buddy is there

anything else you like to discuss start

the meeting and talk about that's Ali

it's our daughter

Michelle was driving me today we can be

brave about this

tell Ryan and Zoey Merry Christmas a

well and I'll be back after New Year's

everything's gonna be fine I promise

I mean I hope I'll bring you some

croissant leaves thank you have a great

adventure I'm sure you'll have easy

troubles and all kinds of fun Christmas

surprises thank you all right moment of

truth I guess the truck says where it go

[Applause]

[Music]

so did you learn everything you needed

about Evergreen if I'm being totally

honest feels a little too good to be

true

okay which part I'm just sure first off

you have a guy who looks exactly when he

splits his time between Evergreen in

North Pole

Burlington he comes for December

I I get it even alleyways are decorated

for Christmas

well it makes sense I'm for it you have

to put on a good show just for the

tourists it's not bad it's people love

to get out of the city and enjoy a no

Christmas wait wait are you saying that

city Christmases aren't real I mean

we're just not cynical here who says we

are

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I was just trying to make a wish

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I'm partially to blame myself I bumped

into Hannah and I'm so sorry guys

accidents happen

no this globe has been an evergreen

tradition and now now we'll just focus

on getting it fixed yeah

do you think I'll a I might be able to

do something I should probably get back

to the library and check on man so you

were masquerading as a mild-mannered

librarian when underneath it all you're

actually a mild-mannered reporter yes I

used to be a journalist but it's not

what I do know why not what you know

thee yes but it also means you're good

at your job I used to be a journalist

and I was actually pretty good at it

then I came back here to help out for a

little bit and yeah the library is sort

of like my family after my parents died

it man raised me

sorry follow-up questions hey so if I

wanted to know about the town history

who would I ask that would be David ah

that kids the eyes and ears of this

place I will keep that in mind he's

usually in the library now so I'll

probably see you around so what were you

wishing for oh I've had a complicated

relationship with this globe it hasn't

granted your wishes sometimes I think

I'm not being specific and I don't know

yeah so remember a good Christmas

ornament has color it evokes a feeling

of nostalgia and it's made with care

what are you making

oh this it's a key urnament for my aunt

Hannah I really want her to know how

much fun I think she is that's

definitely is that hey David hi I was

just leaving a workshop an ornament

anything you can join it whoa yeah do

you think you can fix it

absolutely let's see what we got okay

let's have a look at this hmm well the

two pine trees are intact that's good

the horse is fine

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there's a little key carved under the

sleigh but why

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I'll get to work on this right away

great if you'd like to help you can come

by tomorrow yes it's a date

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okay by omegan I have something for you

look at this don't often have published

authors in town you have my book well

now I have a library so uh I have a lot

of books you're super thank you so how

is the article going Turkey you know my

mom works for a business magazine but

honestly I would rather write about the

Christmas time capsule oh don't give up

hope on being able to that time capsule

was intended to be a surprise and this

town I thought nobody remembered

anything about the Christmas time

capsule well I guess we wouldn't miss it

it's my favorite tradition well with

more guests coming for this weekend I'm

gonna need my first round of cookies

you'd like to help we can always use

more heads

oh I hey everybody yeah sure I'd love to

help ya ah David I found a few new

research so maybe this will be helpful

Wow Thank You mrs. Baxter

you're welcome

no room no problem

I picked up a perfect tree for out in

from the library

oh great yeah if you come by tomorrow

yeah yeah great I'll ask Anna for the

truck and and Popeye sometime the one

yeah it's getting busy out there so okay

some people come from miles around to

see the folksy charm of Henry Miller's

Christmas tree farm Wow you know just

reading that article right in front of

me I am that guy

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there's a chill in the air so crisp and

you

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and I can drive you home I am fine I

want to walk it's good for me yeah I can

walk with her nan Alice has the best

stories okay so tomorrow when you go to

get the tree I should come along yes I

mean what better way to prove that this

is an awesome like Christmas

hallucination and see it for myself

right you say it's authentic I say prove

it okay fine tomorrow then right here

okay

you

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oven the oven hey Ben Katie come on in

morning everyone

I was just at the library looking for

you I've been going through these things

Nana found look do you know where

Grandma and Grandpa are standing I've

never seen that mirror where'd you get

this it wasn't a stack of papers nan

Brock that's Kringle Ali right outside

you can see the old bakery sign in the

photo it's where I parked the cocoa car

Wow this drug really makes the rounds he

may not look like it or always act like

it but he's one of the more reliable

things and I'm sorry he yeah at least

truck

she owns a mout so you're really never

getting someone if you've driven the red

truck and what for picturesque and

appealing to tourists than a big red

truck hauling Christmas trees yeah

that's one way of looking at it with

other trucks a good way to haul a tree

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a real winner for you Wow looks like

you've got a good operation out here

yeah I like him easy way you worked here

three when tops in high school involved

a lot more filing I'm sure yours was

more fun that's right amazing therapy's

elite ears someone asked me why

Christmas tree smells so nice so I went

to the library and guess what Tara peens

yeah the tree gives off this scent to

protect themselves from bugs and some

people believe that the scent floats up

and seeds the clouds that brings

snowfall wait that's true not leave the

science to the scientists but all about

working together in a circle like that

just imagine that's amazing Christmas

trees oh no Henry knew a Ben would you

mind I've got a library book I need to

return you bet oh hi mom

so how is the article coming pretty good

I'm actually great because I'm excited

about it and so is our editorial board

but I'm calling to invite you to our

Christmas party at the magazine mom I

know I know I invite you every year and

every year you say the same thing well I

like our Christmas traditions I like

that we keep them small your RSVP no

again I understand so when am I gonna

see something about this article you can

expect an email with some first story

ideas within the next day I appreciate

that thank you honey Henry picked these

up from the tree lot brings them here to

make

why did my now mister not lopsided why

alley always hangs mine at the vet's

office the cats don't seem to mind okay

thank you

that's lay is beautiful yeah Lisa hook a

couple of horses up to it and take it

through the town square all these years

looking at the sleigh and the snow globe

I was wondering if it was based on this

one you should see if there's a kindred

like the one in the snow globe lookee I

can look underneath the miniature sleigh

in the snow globe there's a key if

there's 100 there then maybe I can well

go for it

yeah I'm G we believe that all these

years but this well this looks different

than the one we found last year the one

that got the church bells ringing again

yeah but what does this one go to

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Oh

I can't tell you how much I appreciate

this Elliot it's my pleasure now all

that's left is to let the glue dry and

then Megan says she'll help us get the

glass blown you're a lifesaver

I have so many fun memories

Thomas and I we would go on all kinds of

treasure hunts treasure hunts yeah well

my mom she lost her wedding ring here Oh

No yeah we spent weeks looking for it

where'd you find it never did know she

ended up replacing it thought she said

the ring would be here somewhere in the

store but somewhere

um should I call you when we're ready to

take the next step the next step yeah

oh right yes please okay

calvin coolidge what's Rebecca president

to light the National Christmas Tree

1923 uh he ordered balsam fir not too

far from here just a fundamental fact

Calvin Coolidge super into Christmas

trees got it

cigarette oh yeah oh it will be yeah I

like to get it down on paper first

oh I in the same way paper pen old

school I just like the feel of it yeah

we as I'm typing it and getting ready to

send it out something about it just

isn't working so you might have it

printed again see if I can figure it out

be my guest thank you so did you get the

Christmas tree all set up up all that's

left is the decorator and when will you

be doing that tomorrow sometime if you'd

like to help we're also gonna clear off

the pond for some ice skating if you

want to help with that no no no you

didn't let me finish cause it's super

cute charming winter thing but then your

feet are freezing and okay what happened

to the let me explore everything in town

so I can write about a girl using my

words against me is alone but effective

can't promise with our sports but

decorating I can oh here don't forget

your bad after you

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hey oh you're out here early

well David insisted we take you yet

another look at the Kringle Ali when I

was a little girl my dad used to take

his breaks from the bakery out here and

sometimes I come out with my chucks and

I would write all over this wall

he put a milk crate down and I was

standing on it and I would design the

diner that I would have someday when I

grew up I would put the door right here

because see there's that little knot in

the wood right there oh wait yes just a

few more tweaks but I wanted to start

fresh this morning well I can't wait to

read it

mm-hmm except that I grabbed the wrong

paper off the copier Oh sorry what Oh

mom I'm gonna have to call you back

Katie Katie come over here what is going

on I absolutely don't know I just walked

up everyone's talking about there's

something they found they found

something okay I don't know about all

this it's a long shot but I

[Applause]

[Music]

this is time capsule yes finally I

cannot tell you how many hints we had to

drop and how perfectly we had to time

this you knew about this we've been

dropping hints for years the timing had

to be just right so that you'd all be

curious but not too curious until today

December 1st of this year Carol this was

built by your parents 50 years ago

during the Christmas blizzard that storm

lasted for weeks and since there's only

one Road in and out of town we were for

most of December hunkered down together

and after a while we were surprised to

find we were really enjoying ourselves

it was more like Christmas than it had

ever been before it was so rare to have

a town come together like that we read

books aloud we talked we've laughed

well since we had a lot of time on our

hands we decided

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why don't you just tell us how that was

your father's idea he wanted us to lead

you all to it but then have you find it

on your own and look at this it's not

just a time capsule it is 24 boxes

it's an advent calendar my Christmas

countdown one box for each date between

now and Christmas I don't know if I've

ever used the phrase Christmas magic on

ironically in my entire life but this I

mean should we open the first box yeah

care to do the honor

come on there I'm gonna go out

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okay to the people of Evergreen now that

you've found this calendar the first

beam Carol this is from your mom and dad

[Music]

the first being original Kringle recipes

we placed them here for our daughter

Carol so she always has a part of us

close may the rest of you enjoy the

Christmas surprises for the next 24 days

Merry Christmas with love mark and Sue

Fenwick

guess I have some new recipes to try and

get some Christmas Pringles yeah you

know what I think I'm gonna stay behind

and take a few more notes alright music

I'm gonna go help the lights I'm the guy

that puts lights up yeah stop by later

oh man wait

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been there was a paper that I left on

the printer but despite the warmth and

honest connection that you've evergreen

is an act first of all those are just

notes and therefore my mom who is also

my editor I get it I get how easy it is

to say look at those oddballs wandering

around the Christmas village that's not

what I was doing

do you really think this is all an act

you have to trust me I am NOT out to

write a hit piece about your town right

welcome everybody welcome to story on

please have a seat

hi hi get settled in and I promise to do

my most hilarious voices then I should

um I should get in it look I really have

enjoyed my time here despite my vacation

turning into a work trip I really like

the peppermint hot cocoa and the way the

whole town rally is to put up Christmas

decorations and I really like

right the article you won right I hope

it turns out

okay gather around this way Christmas

Eve on the lung thank you for making

Hallmark Channel the number one well

good morning everyone and thank you for

coming out to see what is in our second

box she's doing an excellent job of

marring don't you think like she was

born for it now I know it's gonna be

hard to choose who's gonna open these

boxes every day but I have a plan for

that

voting system that's what I do nan has

been so kind to lend us this beautiful

snowman's hat it is from the original

evergreen hat factory so if you're

interested in participating write your

name down on a piece of paper and drop

it in the Hat so each day I will draw a

different name from it but I think we

can all agree that for the

second box should be opened by the two

people who kept the secret the longest

Nick and man

[Applause]

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number two there you go thank you

I remember this we know there won't be

enough for everyone but may you all

enjoy the skating inside this box are

some evergreens Scott Mike and Masha

stop well then everyone please remember

the Volunteer Fire Department is still

clearing off the skating pond making

sure everything's safe so we'll see

everybody down there a little later on

[Music]

these decorations Megan they're so

beautiful

thank you hot glass is like honey

coordination is key it's like a dance

between heat gravity and centrifugal

force

so where did you learn how to do this my

mother taught me okay well time to put

the globe back in snow globe I have

never seen this process before it's

absolutely mesmerizing yeah

oh you're a natural well I wanted to be

special just like the snowglobe always

wants

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oh he's ready and we let it cool and

sand down the bottom board is Daisy's

country store could use a little help

with their treat yeah go

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[Laughter]

here you go oh thank you so you came

here on vacation and ended up staying

for good yeah I did

it's the best decision I ever made

really yeah and you don't like miss the

I don't know that city and that kind of

life yeah I mean sometimes but you don't

want to be honest with you I had to

learn how to be surprised

like for instance I never thought in a

million years that I would be dating a

guy who essentially is running a logging

camp okay or or that I went on my own

store or better yet that I'd be hanging

out with these two little dogs that I'm

probably most definitely things you're

not oh yeah I would say it is it's just

been one big surprise after the next and

that doesn't get exhausting surprises

yeah no no surprises are great I mean

think about it that's why we wrap gifts

right we don't you know they're exciting

oh I think they had a little bit of

magic it's for heart racing doesn't it

actually it did it really did

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then winter sports attempt at the skiing

pond at 7:00 p.m. Katie

[Music]

ready to give this a try I am telling

you no matter how many dance classes

gymnastics in a rigorous Pilates

practice I'm going to fall down so I was

kind of tough on you yesterday

yeah you too I'm sorry about that

you really love this place I get why

you'd be protective of it yeah I also

get her some ones enough from here how

the other book and I don't believe that

people who live in the city are home I

love it actually I used to live in the

city five years in Chicago so why did

you leave oh hey guys hey Katie headed

down to the ice yes

about to face my worst fears are you

joining us

yeah I have to bring David his hat he

keeps forgetting it usually Thomas

brings it to him but yourself

[Music]

well I wanted to surprise you surprise

okay Thomas wait right there wait right

there I was worried you wouldn't make it

well I almost didn't I got here right

before they closed the business dad hey

Wow look at you huh you're taller than

when I saw you a few weeks ago huh who

wants some hot chocolate

nobody they are pretty good at it

Chicago because I needed to change I was

at a job I didn't love and I just got

divorced

Wow breaking news boy came home for a

visit and while I was there damn broke

her foot so I stuck around to help her

out and figure out what's next after so

what does it dating scene like in

Evergreen Sarah magical snow globe that

comes out at Valentine's Day - are you

kidding me we're still singing Christmas

carols by then and we'd take a trees

down till Easter our dating scene is

small which is a shame because it's it's

fairly romantic

it's nice place to build a snowman

by the fire after

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sorry you

oh great Henry Miller Santa's on his way

been waiting all year long for kripp I

feel alive

to the sky knowing

[Music]

lots of resin

think of all the joy that's on its way

that's what she was

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

okay I added in the thing about

Eisenhower inventing the Christmas

calendar also mentioned that in addition

to the tourism grow there's also a

population growth and I think you're

done I mean it's due tomorrow but

there's something that doesn't feel

quite right I do worry they're not gonna

like it no I think I'm afraid they will

what they're liking it it's a bad thing

I want to write my second novel but it's

harder don't when you're gonna start

working on that when I turn this in I

guess you know what's interesting to me

is how many people have told me so many

good stories I even talked to the twins

Barney so I guess I just need to do a

final pass on this tomorrow morning on

the train tomorrow

that was my plan yeah yes so I guess um

I should

well you know this is my mother's

caroling scarf and and her angel pin

yeah the Christmas calendar has everyone

so excited about traditions that we even

fired up a few from long ago

well you look and that sounds amazing so

I guess I should get back to the end oh

you know we're going to be caroling

right that way why don't you come and

join us

you should come okay yeah sure do I need

to know other words we know all of the

words very well you could just come

along okay let me go outside I just need

to have reasonable great so the secret

is to get just the right mixture of

water oil

then in a jar over there would you mind

looking in the bottom cabinet yeah sure

some of the staff must for decades hatha

wait do we think order goes bad I

remember what Mike

my mom would use the stuff

just yeah I think I think a little bit

more whoa whoa

we just found my mother's wedding ring

oh she was so lost in here all these

years ago my gosh

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I gotta go I gotta go

he should come no locks you don't wanna

hear me say yes I do come on it'll be

fine

come on come on

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so many people I interview said the same

thing they came here for Christmas and

Evergreen captured their hearts they

stayed forever you could stick around

too you know

well I'm looking forward to spending

Christmas with my mom's I think it's

just if we start changing our traditions

do they then become less special

like the ones we always have as long as

you keep some of them you know the ones

that you really love Christmas run in

town we have went all season long oh

good you want to know a secret

mm-hmm a day I met you in the train I

had just come from a job interview and I

just applied on a whole him how did it

go terrible it was the worst

oh my violence to old what are you gonna

try again the other day I was walking by

the library and the town tree was up it

was snowing a little bit

I just heard do you hear what I hear you

know that's my favorite song and you

know I talk to myself

why am I so happy

then I saw you

it hit me

I realize I'd fallen completely head

over heels in love with you

I think I fell in love with you the

moment I saw you

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you could stay

and find out what's missing from your

article stayin evergreen another day

yeah yeah

I can do that

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so once I started reading my dad's

recipes I changed just a few little

things I never thought I would learn so

much about kringles but I am so glad I

did thank you thank you so much for

doing this in Korea

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[Laughter]

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well that was determined can't help

knowing what it is I want I guess I'll

catch up to you later hmm

Ali would have loved us everyone ready

to open another calendar box yeah yeah

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okay you I've made a few wishes in the

past and they've sort of come true and

then kept not working out so just

surprised me

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[Applause]

kv0 evergreen Ian's one of the nicest

gifts of building this calendar was how

nice it was to spend time together and

so today's gift is a little bit

different whoever opens today's box

should name the Christmas activity they

love the most but do the least it's our

humble request that the whole town spend

a few hours together doing that activity

okay that's a lot of pressure

I don't know that red-letter does look

legally binding there is one thing I

really love doing and definitely not

often enough gotta hand it to you Katie

building ready ah used to be my favorite

thing I would run down to Prospect Park

first sign of the snowfall Oh haven't

done it in years

hey you better help me roll the head

definitely

ah look at that whoa turned out to be a

beautiful day huh Ezra yeah I've never

seen you like this it's like you're

floating I am actually very happy one

day

Lisa introduced me to someone and laughs

I'm moving to Boston my long-distance

romance is two blocks away and all

because I took a little risk damn I

wonder how much risk is too much well

what's too much I mean even if you don't

know how something is gonna end so what

the tribe

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Merry Christmas what's this

it's an early present it's a little

early for

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I found it I think mom would have wanted

you to have it

you know just in case you're thinking

now no using it sometime or other

Oh who's got the carrot I always have to

have one handy for you glad you stayed

yeah I am doesn't make it any easier to

leave though

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okay yeah yeah absolutely just thanks so

much for choosing this Katy this has

been great thank all of you you really

know how to make a girl feel at home as

much as I would love to miss my train I

have to go

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sorry I was uh just it was beautiful I

didn't know you could play so well I

figured you've spent so much time at the

Art Center I thought maybe I should help

out with the choir

you know hey remember this one do I

I don't know how to say this so I'm just

gonna say it I like you a lot you're on

my mind all the time I like you too

Hanna I've been wanting to tell you that

for a long time and I just I didn't know

how oh this is you have my best friend

what if things don't work out what

happens if they do

and how about we start with some cocoa

okay I said that to you well look if you

ever make it to New York maybe yeah

definitely or if you're ever back and

evergreen you want to spend Christmas

here don't I have to come back for the

snowman-building event next year

yes you too if we weren't in such

different places in our lives except

different actual locations maybe we

would be sitting by a fire after

building a snowman

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thank you

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Merry Christmas man

Merry Christmas Katie

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congratulate mom

I came to talk to you about your article

as my mom or as my editor little oppose

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you brought a tree and all of these

decorations I did and have a look at

these ornaments you saved them I did

this is from when I was little some I

collected and some oh this you made you

know I keep trying to think of a way to

turn this story into something I can

print but and I think you should print

it but not in a magazine honey of those

characters the town vet who stayed

because she found love the woman who

moved there to run the general store and

those competing anxious mayor's I know

but you know it wasn't meant to be about

I know and don't worry I already have my

eyes out on another article the point is

you were looking for inspiration fair

next novel and honey I think you found

it

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so the sanitation still open to your

office Christmas pretty it is that's

great money strangest thing just God

requested to interview for that job the

one you left on the printer yeah never

actually applied for it that is strange

man hmm

did you send it yes it was me I click

send I am not prepared I haven't written

anything serious well then you better

dust some off and get started then you

know this library is my dream and it's

something I've I've wanted to do for

everyone my entire life and you get it

from me forget work for me the part that

makes you want to stay here with me and

help me but then

you only owe me that you live the life

you want lift if I even think about

leaving who's gonna watch it over the me

me

I'll watch over the place and and no I

know I can't do it by my knee to

someone

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filling up my Christmas list but gifts

for girls

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you

oh look at you

thank you ah so this is it the famous

ramping up to Christmas to try that I

might be one step ahead of you flip oh

[Applause]

thank you so so you're applying for

Johnson Smith oh how was your interview

I think they went pretty great you see I

got this friend who's really got quite

the career in freelancing and I might

have been just a little bit inspired by

her house the Christmas calendar it's

good there's still three days left to

the end everyone's still really excited

about it the Cooper sisters they're

given free piano lessons it's a whole

big

that article that you've spent so much

time writing I haven't read it yet when

does it come out it's not actually turns

out it wasn't right after all but I'm

working on something new great I'd love

to read it maybe we could swap I figured

what the heck I get it a try right and

did some interviews talk to people this

is a great angle yeah yeah an entire

town run by female business owners kind

of bummed I didn't think of it myself

you should run this at your new job I

didn't get it I'm so sorry

yeah but you know there are a lot of

other jobs out there yeah I'll try again

after after the new year

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I should probably get going

okay well come on I'll walk you past my

favorite enormous Christmas tree oh

comes right on the way

you're right that tree has a lot of

lights one of my favorite things about

living in the city so here we are again

about to say goodbye and I'm on my way

to a tree yeah should we save some

confusing things about our feelings

before we walk away again

sorry about that I just got caught up

and spending time with you it's okay I

think in a lot of ways no matter where

you are some people just feel like home

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you sure you don't want to come back I

can't meet my mom at Christmas are you

sure you don't want to stay as much as I

could see myself here I haven't missed a

Christmas in Evergreen yet

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my Christmas Ben

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hmm Merry Christmas Katie

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so tonight is our Christmas Eve pick

Hannah

hey see this be dere evergreen as the

mayor of evergreen I

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esra when do you like to read this as

outgoing mayor I think it's only right

that you do dear everything as the mayor

of Evergreen I have been granted the

honor of bestowing both of today's gifts

in this box you will find savings bonds

hopefully having now matured these 50

years 50 years that must be a lot wow

it's hard to say but I think our town

budget just increased considerably did

you know about this

I most definitely did not help the needy

welcome all travelers to Evergreen just

as the old saying goes when you have so

much you build a bigger table and

hopefully build more than one Road in

and out of town we want to be sure you

all get to spend Christmas mornings with

your families and so we have officially

started a Christmas festival to be held

on Christmas Eve each tonight on what we

hope will be the 50th anniversary of

that festival you are to open the final

green envelope with as much of the town

presence as you can muster

you know what don't give up I have a

feeling things may work out Merry

Christmas babe

meet our new part-time employee Nick

when men mentioned the library budget

was expanding to add part-time help I

thought it'd be a nice way to spend some

more time here in Evergreen yes in

Evergreen and this way Ben you would

have more time to write where is

everyone

are we not having a story hour today oh

we have someone but we decided since it

was Christmas Eve that it would be nicer

to have story hour at the Christmas

Festival okay that sounds great but

who's reading the story and after you

fell asleep with a happy smile on her

lips her one humble gift still in her

hand and after a long life spent in

doing good

vn what are you doing well someone had

to read them louisa may alcott

did you know that she also wrote A

Christmas Carol mm-hmm I came back for

you then I just kept writing about

evergreen and the more I was writing

about it the more I kept falling in love

with you I didn't

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doesn't mean you're staying here for

Christmas

yes but the city will always be my home

probably but I wanted to spend Christmas

here with my mom and you well it is

pretty special

hi there might be something hey you were

right about this cocoa right it's

incredible

what else there's something up man I

really enjoyed your article on the

evergreen female owned businesses wait

you read my article on the train and

while I have a few notes I

Wow really yes that Wow

and I'd also like you to come interview

at the magazine in the New Year I don't

know what to say yes thank you

Hanna I saw the snow globe

you and Elliot did a wonderful job and

I'm sure it's still full of magic hey

thanks Nick no it's the funniest thing

I'm kind of glad I dropped it everything

that's happened since it's been a

wonderful surprise some things just take

a little nudge

naj wait Nick we wish you a Merry

Christmas

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you

Merry Christmas so before we open the

final gift I would love it if you all

would raise a glass and join me in

thanking Azra green for all of his years

of service as the mayor of evergreen to

Ezra and since he discovered the entire

calendar we decided that the person who

would open the last gift would be David

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how's that bigger yeah okay Oh Michelle

we forgot to ask

that's what asked you to marry me

Michelle

you are without a doubt the most

beautiful special woman I have ever met

and I knew that the moment I first laid

eyes on you yes I'm gonna haven't asked

yet I know yes will you marry me

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Oh David continue what does it say it

says you know filled the boxes back up

she left the wall and send the merry

Christmas to Evergreen fifty more years

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you

those of us who were leaving evergreen

bound for new adventures boarded the

Evergreen Express aluminum result you

can course thank you honey you okay and

those who were just staying behind well

they just kept celebrating did you make

this I did oh do I can I love it

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been moved to the city a few months

later and I wrote a book about a town in

Vermont where a veterinarian found love

in her hometown and a designer reopened

the general store and now I am hard at

work on another story for next year

about twin pine trees between the

sisters and well that's another

Christmas and evergreen