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uh

good morning elmhurst is the first of

december so you know what that means

it's opening day of project christmas

wish

and on my show today i have santa's

favorite elf who makes all of elmhurst

christmas wishes come true

lucy keller thank you mike for that

introduction that sets impossibly high

standards

but yes project christmas wish begins

today

so come by be home design to make a wish

and listeners remember

there is no ask too big for project

christmas wish

that's true because i believe where

there's a wish

there's a way thanks lucy we'll be back

after these messages

uh new slogan yeah i'm trying it out it

was either that or

your christmas wish is my panic anxiety

and insomnia

i thought the first one had a little

more of a ring to it yeah

i agree see you later at the store well

that depends are you gonna bulldoze me

into buying another dozen kids christmas

toys this year

of course i'm not going to bulldoze you

i'm going to guilt you

even better yay merry christmas

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hey how'd it go

i've been waiting to hear your voice oh

i appreciate the support but the promo

doesn't air until 9 a.m

ah so i have some news don't tell me

you got the gig for the victorian on

pine you mean we did but yes they called

me last night

the owners want to completely redecorate

it's a huge job

and speaking of huge jobs i did not

think you could go more overboard than

last year but somehow you have proved me

wrong

overboard this was nothing lucy i

watched you work on this 24 7 for a week

barely

sleeping which by the way how do you

look so well rested oh you know just a

potentially lethal amount of caffeine

hi girls my mom joyce ooh

is that my new dress i custom made her a

dress for today

she's got to look her best for the press

as do you after all you are half of

project christmas wish

oh you flatter me but i'm an assistant

elf at best

you don't like it um it's an elf costume

you said elf no i said

elf inspired as in a prada-esque

nod to an elf like a classy elf out in

the town or a chic elf off to the

boardroom this is more

christmas in middle earth but

so appreciated and of course i'll wear

it

you don't have to no i'm

excited to wear it it's

fun good

okay i'm off to the shop lots of holiday

alterations to do

we'll see you girls later all right bye

mom bye

wow it's

so fun i guess you can never have too

much christmas

i've just had enough christmas why is

that so terrible

it's not so terrible honey it's just but

it's only december 1st

yeah i know it feels like the holiday

season will never end

lucas look we know that you miss

stephanie

and that just makes the holidays harder

but this could be an opportunity

to remember her keep her close and also

max wants a real christmas

hi grandma hi grandpa hey hey max nuts

hey look what we brought fresh made

donuts

grandpa even drew christmas trees on

them for you

thank you hey no ma'am i'll save you one

i'm writing daddy i'm warning come here

big hug too big

daddy can we get our christmas tree

today um

you know i think the christmas tree lot

might be a little busy today why don't

we

why don't we wait a bit when you start

your breakfast

here you go and i'll be right over there

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and next time ask me before bringing

donuts for max's breakfast

it's the holidays i have santa's

favorite elf

who makes all of elmhurst christmas

wishes come true

thank you mike come by be home design to

make a wish

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daddy can we go downtown today

sure

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what even donut sugar on your left over

there

okay you can have one donut but finish

your eggs first

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so tell us about your christmas wish

well last year

project christmas wish brought me elvis

here which changed my life

because of elvis i feel like myself

again oh

that's amazing so what will you wish for

this year

well you know i actually thought

mike here to make christmas wishes come

true again

oh my god each ornament was made by a

child with a hope for a special toy

beneath their christmas tree

that's a lot of toys that's a lot of

happy children

thank you okay the shopping list is

inside and i'll see you tomorrow morning

on air great wonderful thank you merry

christmas merry christmas

can we get a few words no comments

christmas oh hi cullen do all your trees

look great in here

where's joel she's around here somewhere

why what's going on

there's something important i need to hi

honey

hi darling hi hi

i have some trees to sell

okay your boyfriend's being weird

yeah yeah that's part of his charm lucy

time for a quick interview oh great let

me just find my mom to join us

perfect

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daddy can we go in there

i have a surprise for you but you can't

see so

can you go over there sure just don't

talk to strangers

be safe okay okay dad it's daddy

when did i become dad

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excuse me are you in charge oh i don't

know if i'm in charge

but i oversee project christmas wish do

you want to make a wish

okay just think about what would make

you happier than anything else in the

world

write it on this card pop it in the box

and we'll do the rest

thank you you're welcome

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can i help you with something no no

thank you

actually yes um what's up with all the

horses

oh it's the elmhurst christmas horse

it's a town tradition then why is it a

horse because it's elmhurst's mascot

why is that because it is so basically

because there's no actual reason

theoretically

elmhurst mascot can be any animal no

yes yes no it couldn't but it could not

really you see where i'm going with this

no i don't it's a horse it's a christmas

horse

okay it couldn't be any other animal

it's a christmas horse so may i interest

you in purchasing one of these christmas

horses for what i can only assume is

your beloved ornament collection with

which you so wholeheartedly celebrate

the holidays

no thank you mrs claus i'm good

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i'm a fun elf not so fun to me

ready go sweetie

do i look like mrs claus to you

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mr mittens it's the most successful

project christmas wish yet

maybe first let's see how many of these

wishes we can make come true

all right i'll sort you make a list

we'll divide and conquer yes

okay dear project christmas wish

christmas means home and it's not quite

home without family

so what would truly make this christmas

for me is for my son to come home from

base who's it from

cheryl wallace her son parker is

stationed at a base in san diego i know

last year flights were too expensive to

bring him home then why didn't she wish

last year i don't know

every year she runs the wreath making

event to benefit project christmas wish

but never actually wishes

let's make this a priority

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just a couple more carols to get your

morning started right

and then i'll have lucy on my show with

a project christmas wish

update grandpa

can you please take me to the radio

station why honey

because the project christmas wish

people are there

and i have a wish i want to make please

i'd be super happy and it's all i want

for christmas

okay max max really really i wanted to

go grab your jacket and meet me by the

door

i really don't think lucas will agree to

this not then maybe

we don't ask him i know i know but look

how happy max is

isn't that what really matters it's time

for lucas to get on board it's christmas

and how can you say no to max's wish

i think he'll he'll see this is for the

best and he'll come around

like this

excuse me looks like we got some guests

grandpa that's her the elf in the store

i remember

you did you make your project christmas

wish not yet but

i'm here now why don't you just

tell lucy your wish on air really

can i it's okay with me if it's okay

with your grandpa

you're gonna be on the radio all right

you ready

come on grab that chair

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this is morning mike coming to you with

a special surprise guest here to make an

in-person project christmas wish

welcome max hi

tell us about your wish um you're doing

great

well my family used to have the best

christmases

we decorate the tree and the gingerbread

and go ice skating

it was perfect and my dad was always

happy

but then three years ago my mom died

and now we don't do any of that my dad

seems kind of sad

so my project christmas wish is for

christmas

like we used to have with my mom

so my dad will be happy again

your wish is my command sounds like we

have

our project christmas wish of the season

boom

more coming up right after this make

sure you guys stay tuned

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that was fun i'm so glad you came

wait a second what are you doing here

i'm project christmas wish

what are you doing here i'm max's dad

the parent that should have been asked

permission before granting max's wish

i'm sorry i assumed she had your

permission to broadcast our personal

lives all over the radio no

she did not could you excuse us just a

moment lucas

this could be a good thing oh yeah to be

the focal point of town gossip could be

a

great thing hey don't flatter yourself

buddy regardless of what knox said on

air this isn't about you

it's about max

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let's go home and talk okay

i am so sorry about all this i did not

see it going this way

it's okay i understand that was

a surprising wish plus he lost someone

that's really hard

yeah it is especially this time of year

but i do think he'll come around

muffin why didn't you tell me any of

this because i know it makes you

sad and i wanted you to be happy

and i just i want christmas like it used

to be

i know

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i know me too

he comes storming up screaming

well me not screaming per se but his

tone

was quite severe so are you gonna pick a

new big wish of the season

of course not i'm doubling down

that's much more in character i already

made a whole plan operation

chris maxwish goal

make christmas magic again how'd you do

this already

what's that luck i know what this means

to you and i know why it means it to you

but max isn't you

of course i know that

i know you had max's best interest at

heart but you should have asked me first

we know we messed up we

but really we're so sorry

so what are you gonna do what can i do

i'm between a holiday and a hard place

i mean max is beyond excited and i would

be the biggest grinch of all time if i

took that away from her

plus the town is already buzzing about

christmas dad

christmas dad oh yeah that's what

elmhurst is nicknamed the new focal

point of their gossip

it's catchy

how can i say no but also doesn't it

seem kind of weird to have a stranger

celebrate christmas with my daughter and

especially that stranger

hun lucy isn't a stranger in the five

years we've lived here we've gotten to

know her well

she's the town gym and maybe exactly

what you two need right now

how do you figure because i know max's

wish was for christmas like she used to

have

but maybe instead of trying to relive

what used to be

lucy could help you create something new

maybe maybe

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thank you

back for the horse ornament i'm back to

say i am sorry for how i reacted

and you're super excited to make max's

christmas wish come true

no no it's uh you know it's complicated

i understand but it's christmas and

christmas should be a relief from the

complicated especially for a kid

i know you and max lost someone

and remembering is hard

believe me forgetting is harder

okay fine you can do one christmas

activity with max

that should scratch the edge how's that

gonna scratch the itch plus she's the

christmas wish of the season but you're

the boss

so i assume you don't have a christmas

tree yet

nope okay well then meet me at the lot

on lowell street tomorrow afternoon

by the way did you start this christmas

dad thing what christmas

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dad

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is joan here good morning colin no she's

not here yet she's still on site but she

should

actually i'm here to see you i want to

make a christmas wish

do you tell i want to propose to joan

yes oh how exciting how can i help well

believe it or not um not the most

romantic so

i was hoping you had some ideas i have a

million ideas

oh hi

uh what's going on i

well i was just telling colin that

christmas dad came

around and he's allowing me one

christmas activity so

colin has graciously offered to gift max

a tree she picks out from his lot

wow cullen is very sweet and generous

and one holiday activity is

progress well i see it more as a jumping

off point for negotiations

you think he'll budge we'll see all i

know is i have a can-do holiday spirit

and too much caffeine and sugar running

through my vein so what does that spell

catastrophe no the answer was

it was christmas magic christmas magic i

don't know about that

okay i'll see you later see honey

hi max this is awesome can i run ahead

and look

oh yeah just make sure i can see okay

pick us out a good tree

i'm trusting you

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so you recently moved here yeah about

six months ago from boston

i grew up there max was born there my

parents just retired here and i wanted

to be close

plus i can work remotely oh what do you

do software engineer

that explains it explains why the sense

i got of a

logic based ring because of the

christmas horse

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never mind so any hobbies or interests

ah mainly just trying to juggle

stop it you juggle i mean juggle life

being a dad work personal time wow

it's a lot less fun than actual juggling

but definitely more meaningful

what about you are you from here yep i

grew up here

left for college moved to austin and

worked for a children's non-profit then

came back home

oh is that when you started project

christmas bush yeah

i'm not just the founder i am also a

member

my mom helps but it's a full-time job

granting wishes

and preparing for the christmas carnival

fundraiser it's a

big two-day event we host at funds

project christmas wish

it's the two days before christmas eve

you'll have to bring max as the wish of

the season she'll be the queen of the

carnival

yeah we'll see hey luce

hey hey oh

you must be christmas dad you know what

you

are in great hands with lucy he's

actually helping make

my christmas wish come true too and

your tree's on me oh that's you know

that's not necessary oh

come on of course it is christmas dad

why don't you when you put it like that

thank you

i found our tree can we take it home and

decorate with lucy

please

this is from where we used to live

that's pretty

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do you miss boston i miss my friends

have you made any friends here

everyone in my class already has friends

ready all right here you go it's for you

hold on tight oh you are

getting heavy next year you are going to

be lifting me

there you go

shall we plug it in

all right here we go

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oh so pretty i love

it so what are we gonna do next big

gingerbread

go ice skating ah guess it didn't

scratch that hit

this isn't gonna end this a little over

two weeks until christmas eve and then i

promise it ends

but until then

project chris maxwish

a detailed no fail plan for the perfect

christmas for you both the christmas

where what used to be

meets what could be okay

fine that's spirit christmas dad

so what do you know about wreath making

nothing but i'm a quick study

shouldn't we be focusing on wishes

instead of the fundraiser we still have

two weeks until the carnival

i know but i told max she was carnival

guest of honor

i just want to make sure it's extra

special but you're right we should be

focusing on wishes

any updates well we have all these broad

wishes this season

folks wanting friends to spend the

holidays with and wishes for love

and i'm not sure how to grant those well

you could

start dating again oh are we talking

about people dating again

and what's happening with bringing

cheryl's son parker home from this

it's happening i put the word out and

people started donating airline points

and then josie from the travel agency

pulled some strings for a discounted

airfare

love it well i wrangled a dozen tablets

for the elementary school that was

principal wilson's wish

and jessica almond wished for a car

taking the bus to work was adding hours

to her commute so tegan franks

is gifting an old car she doesn't use

anymore yay yes

and um how's our big wish of the season

well it's just ramping up

but max is really enjoying it and she's

just adorable

the sweetest her father on the other

hand

i've met prickly people before but he's

a walking cactus

it's just a christmas tree maybe or

maybe it's youtube bouncing back

celebrating christmas building a home

finding love again it's okay to be happy

again lucas

maybe it's time to start the date daddy

are you gonna date

what no no grandpa didn't say date he

said

mate it's not better i'm in hate making

it worse

situate hibernate

that's all i got max please go get your

shoes we're gonna go to lucy soon okay

really mate

that was truly a legendary

accomplishment making a bad situation

worse we all have our strengths

you are ridiculous

i'm excited i'm very excited

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welcome come on in

you really like christmas that just

become clear now

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you have a cat meet mr mittens your

cat's name is mr mittens

no it's spike he is vicious so i'd keep

the distance

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are you ready to bake cookies so

tomorrow is the wreath decorating event

i told you about and i invited my

friends and their daughter sonia who i

think you'll really

like and i thought we could bring

cookies to break the ice

there's no better way to make a friend

than with a cookie

mr mittens and i have a lot of time on

our hands i thought this should fit you

it's perfect i didn't know if you had

any food allergies so i found a

gluten-free soy free egg free dairy free

nut free of course

christmas cookie recipe just like

grandma used to bake

max want to start on the dry ingredients

all right let's make these cookies very

sweet are they fine they should be fine

there's four

what we'll do is we'll put a little bit

like that

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muffin

what is it mommy and me used to do this

together

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you know max my dad passed away when i

was about your age

really how would you stop feeling sad

that's a really good question can i

think about it a little get back to you

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okay

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she's eight years old they've only been

here for about a month and

i think i see

i'm them i think you're going to love

sonia

come on

lucas these are sonia's parents melania

nolan

max this is sonia hi hi

did you know that you both love unicorns

and rainbows

talk amongst yourselves sonya

do you want to make her eat sure

do you want a cookie

oh poor sonja's about to eat one of our

cookies

did you try them i did what'd you think

i think they tasted like a delicious

christmas cookie

if you removed all the ingredients

making it delicious and replacing with

cardboard and oat milk

you're really selling it little secret

before i came i filled up on eggnog at

the cart near bee home design

you have to try it as a town's seasonal

treasure seems like everything in

elmhurst is a seasonal treasure

does that mean you might be coming

around to the whole holiday spirit

unlikely i think i'm already pushing my

limits being christmas dad

but be honest with me

are you the source of my nickname i

might have

it and it happened to take off but come

on

it's cool it makes you sound like a

superhero you can do

heroic holiday things while wearing

underwear outside your pants

well any excuse for that right

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you just made a joke okay

ooh i hear the angels singing i'll have

you know that i can be quite charming

and delightfully hilarious

i will take your word for it daddy come

see me

time to breathe oh uh morning mike is

wondering if max can come on air

tomorrow we usually track the big wish

of the season on his show to keep the

town involved

if max wants to do it then it's okay

with me

wow sweetie it's amazing

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cheryl we were hoping you might be able

to record a short spot about the wreath

making event

why you started it what it means to you

of course thank you

just right over here

this is cheryl wallace tell us what's

going on here today

well um making homemade wreaths used to

be something i did with my son parker

and

now i host the event not because all the

proceeds go to a great cause

project christmas wish but also because

wherever parker is in the world it

makes me feel like i'm close to him tell

us what you wished for this year

well it's always

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you made my christmas thank you

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max fill this in how's your project

christmas wish going

amazing we just created the whole house

and made cookies and decorators and

maybe i made some new friends but

i want to change my wish you do why

well i thought having a christmas like

we used to have with my mom

would make my dad happy but now i

realize what will actually make him

happy

and so i have a new wish

i want my dad to be in love again

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you heard it here first listeners

christmas dad's available

and on the market keep it locked right

here christmas carol's coming up after

this all right

nothing to see here just keep it moving

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hey where are you coming back from oh

just making dreams come true left and

right no big deal

so what's next on the wish list peace on

earth

two front teeth mistletoe kisses

speaking of what did you decide about

max's witch for her dad

ooh that's a tough one i understand max

wanting her dad to have love

but lucas lost someone and i don't want

to be intrusive

you know since when ha ha but then max

had a great idea

she and sonia became friends at cheryl's

wreath-making event so she thought

what if we do something like that but

for adults and we had a bunch of project

christmas wishes for love

and i thought what if we host some mixer

that takes a focus off of lucas

right because wishes plus fundraiser

plus working here means you have too

much free time and needs something else

to take on

save me i can't help myself

uh i have a sudden craving for eggnog

grab me one of course

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hi why are we reenacting spy versus why

look it always seems like i'm with joan

or you are and i want to get working on

the proposal

so i was hoping to do over the holidays

while jones parents are back in town

perfect because i have an idea okay

imagine this most

romantic proposal ever i like the sound

of that

you propose at the christmas carnival

fundraiser when i invite joan to the

stage to thank her as a sponsor

so i propose in front of the whole town

you propose in front of our whole

community

everyone who loves her plus the

decorated stage will make a super cute

backdrop for proposal picks

okay okay so we'll decorate the stage

and have carol's plane and snow

falling and the whole town there to

witness you getting down on one knee

professing eternal love what do you

think doesn't that sound

completely over the top cullen you're

the first to admit you're not the most

romantic so

maybe take my lead on this you do know

that i have a crippling fear of public

speaking

great so also working on specifics we

can reconvene to discuss but i have to

get going i promise drone and eggnog

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and recognize that name

hello how are you doing oh you mean

since my eight-year-old daughter

once more broadcast my personal life to

the entire town

the upside is instead of being christmas

dad i am now

eligible in elmhurst did you start that

one too i have a knack for catchy

nicknames

hey you're good at it is max around

no uh sonia's mom took the girls ice

skating sonja and maxon become fast

friends

unicorns and rainbows for the win so i'm

glad i bumped into you because

inspired by max's new wish we are

hosting a singles mixer max told me

about it

i'm not so sure hi i'll do a small

eggnog please and whatever the lady will

have

oh you don't need to get my drink i'm

also ordering for joan it is the least i

can do i mean for all the attention

you've gotten me

okay i will have one small eggnog for

joan and

i would like to get one large eggnog

with extra whipped cream extra chocolate

syrup and crunch peppermint on top

please

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what you're uh

like a child i will take that as the

compliment you did not intend it to be

actually it was a comfy

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are you thank you

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so explain something to me you work at b

home design

yes my best friend joan is an interior

designer

and most of the year i assist her and

run the showroom but

come december i focus on the store's

holiday display

and project christmas wish which is my

real love i've been doing it for a

decade and building it ever since

how'd it start it's kind of a long story

i have all the time in the world you do

okay

do you want to sit love to

i mentioned my dad passed away when i

was young

yeah that's uh it's really tough it

happened right before the holidays

and my mom was looking for work but

we were really stretching a dollar

there's too much month at the end of our

money you know

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anyway i i knew

that santa would come for me but

i wasn't so sure that we'd have enough

money for my mom

or the rest of it like the tree or the

stocking stuffers or

a real christmas eve dinner

it was a really hard time

and the day before christmas eve the

doorbell rang

and i opened it to find

a tree and all these gifts

and stocking suffers and

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bags of groceries and a card from

santa's little helpers

the town didn't

i still don't know who or how but

elmhurst came together to make my

christmas wish come true

it's amazing so that is why i started

project christmas wish

to return the favor

but to clarify i didn't start project

christmas wish

because i felt like i needed to repay a

debt it's more just that i believe

in the power of a wish and i believe

you're never given a wish without being

given

the ability to make it come true i know

that about you

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i should uh get back to the store yes

thank you very much for the eggnog my

pleasure

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you know lucy what about you

what about me what's your wish

you look surprised

no one's asked me that in a really long

time well i hope you ask yourself

because if anyone's wish deserves to

come true

it's yours

good afternoon elmhurst back on my show

today is everyone's favorite christmas

health

lucy keller here with the project

christmas wish update

we've got a lot of wishes from elmhurst

residents looking for friends to spend

the holidays with

so if you're in the market for a new bff

then post on our website

or give us a call we'll be taking

callers speaking of which coming up

right after the break we're gonna have a

caller that's wondering why lucy has yet

to make their project christmas wish

come true yet

thanks for that mike and also stay tuned

to hear how mike is so

generously offered by a dozen more

children the christmas gift of their

dreams

can we convince mike to make it two

dozen i need your help callers

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got what merry christmas mike merry

christmas lucy you're killing me over

here

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what is all this

sonia saw brace hanukkah and invited me

to join so grandma and grandpa offered

to do it here

while we set up for the mixer fun what

are you guys doing here well we came for

lunch and then we stayed for max

guilting us into helping decorate not

that i'm complaining there are fresh

homemade latkes speaking

of which could you grab me alaka

sure hun

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i want to catch up on the proposal but

about eight days well we're going to do

the proposal on the second night so

technically

nine and don't worry i've got it all

under control are you sure

because i was thinking we could do

something

simpler no i've already got it handled

i've hired the vile nest

what violinist for the carol's plane in

the background you want romantic right

this is romantic as it gets

lucy what's going on

hey lucas have you met joan yet

um i have in passing but it's nice to

properly meet you you too

she's heard so much about you

really on

the radio

go eat your locker okay

daddy lucy look it's a friendship

bracelet

sonia made it for me for hanukkah that

is so cool i want one just like that

maybe you should wish for it

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come on max

she is so happy

thank you i'm sorry what was that

give me pizza so mature

thank you project christmas wish was

that so hard

yeah it felt a little taxing

should we tackle these lights yeah i

think max might have gone a little

overboard

where do you think she learned that one

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from

so would you give any more thought to

your wish oh i did actually

and i realized i have everything i want

a loving community

project christmas wish a stable job that

pays the bills why would i ask for more

i think if someone else asked you that

you'd respond by saying that they

deserve to ask for everything

you oddly know me very well we've been

spending a lot of time together

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so do you know whether you'll be going

to the mixer

hmm well you throwing it at the diner

was an ingenious way to force my hands

but i'm still not sure what about you

are you

going i'm hosting it well what i mean is

are you not just the founder but also a

member

oh if you're asking if i'm single then

yes i am i'm actually divorced

it's been a few years i met him in

austin and we moved back here

do you mind if i ask what happened

he had this best female friend a

childhood friend

and i used to always joke that they'd be

perfect together

but they assured me that they were just

best friends and then

somewhere along the way they became more

and

now they're married that's rough

it was rough it was a loss

a loss of love a loss of dreams a loss

of a whole

life i thought i was going to live

i get lost what was your life like

she was uh so many things

reserved and shy but she was also

so hilarious when she got to know her

and brilliant and

kind when we met it was like lightning

struck

laying on the feeling

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do you think it'll ever strike again

i don't know i don't know what do you

think

i asked you first

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um you know i was told that lightning

doesn't strike the same spot twice

right

what about you well i'm not looking to

fly a kite attached to a key anytime

soon

so that wouldn't be your wish oh you're

pushing this wish thing kind of hard

okay i guess if i had to make a wish i'd

say

that i'm so

grateful for my job at the store

but also it's joan's passion

i have tons of non-profit experience and

project christmas wishes what i live

more i would love to make it a

year-round

thing a real non-profit

and i feel like it's the one thing i

have to give

no no way what you have to give is you

and then it's very special

project christmas wish is just how you

give it

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so if that's what you want to do why

don't you just do it oh i barely cover

wish expenses as it is

you know someone very persuasive once

told me that no one is given a wish

without being given the power to make it

come true

it's a very smart person

i think so

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so

not enough funding hello

i'm in here just popping by on my way

home

wanted to see what you were doing for

dinner oh i'm heading out on a little

wish business

i'm going over to lucas's to make a

gingerbread house with max like the ones

daddy used to make with me

wow i haven't heard you talk about that

in a long time

i thought maybe forgot i think maybe i

was trying to forget

like i believed somehow that would make

missing him

easier

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a little bit ago max asked me how i

stopped feeling sad

i didn't know how to answer i didn't

think i had tried to stop feeling sad

but then i realized how often i push

memories of dad away

or how especially this time of year i

keep every minute jam-packed with wishes

or carnival or a million other things

like

if i say busy enough somehow the sadness

won't creep in

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but it doesn't work like that

and i don't want to do it anymore

i'm so proud of you

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come in i

have everything we need for a

gingerbread house oh thank you

but we're actually going to make a

different kind of gingerbread house

do you still have those moving boxes

moving boxes trust me

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christmas is all around

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i think this is some of my finest work

it's written in the wind

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oh wow this is pretty cozy

we should hang stockings and build a

christmas tree and put some gifts

underneath it

yeah oh i just remembered

merry christmas lucy you didn't have to

do that

but i'm glad you did

now we have matching ones

thank you i love it

and thank you very much for building

this gingerbread house with me

i used to do this with my dad

hey max remember when you asked me how i

stopped feeling sad

yeah well i gave it a lot of thought

and i think everyone would answer that

question differently but

for me the answer is that you don't want

to try to stop feeling sad

sadness is part of life and we need

sadness because it makes the joy that

much more joyful

but we just have to keep our hearts open

okay okay thanks lucy

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oh i almost forgot i have something for

youtube but it's

mainly for your dad

the infamous elmer's christmas horse

i mean i still don't understand this

because of my logic based brain but

i definitely appreciate it i'll see you

tomorrow

to help finish signing up for the mixer

oh you don't have to do that

but i want to it's part of my wish

okay see you later

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what don't you want to make my christmas

wish come true

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hey lucy

see you at the mixer see you tomorrow

you happy now

i know you have your hands full so i

went ahead with the community matching

wish

i've already set up 10 people with

christmas eve dinners ooh

by the way six days until christmas eve

so we've got to set the menu

adding it's my scroll of a to-do list we

finished arranging all the snacks

anything else we can do no thank you so

much you've done more than enough you

could say a little prayer that people

actually show up tonight

you know daddy will be here

okay max max let's head home

have fun tonight thank you max

okay i think we're just about done here

we should go get dressed

speaking of dress i made you an early

christmas present

i was going for strong independent elf

getting back out there you nailed it

thank you mom i love it

okay should we go get dolled up and i'll

meet you back here

mom you want me to have love again right

i want that for you too i know

it's just is this really how i'm gonna

meet someone

over cheese dip and awkward conversation

maybe

maybe not but let's at least stay open

to it

okay

okay hold still what am i in the seventh

grade

are you my chaperone mom i'm just making

sure everything goes off without a hitch

i'm also making sure that maybe you're

okay are they doing okay

yeah yeah i mean i'm nervous and i feel

a bit rusty and

i don't know if i'm ready but here we go

right you look very handsome

thanks mom you did your tie really good

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you know i was hoping you were gonna

bring out your fun elf costume again

but this is so much better

you look gorgeous thank you cheers

cheers well done on the event thank you

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we're not really doing much mixing

i'm okay with that

it's only

oh i was meaning to tell you i ran the

numbers on making project christmas wish

a year-round thing

although i guess technically christmas

is just december so the rest of the year

i would just be a stranger meddling in

people's affairs

dream job that's your dream job come on

kinda yeah unfortunately

it's just not possible

what happened to where there's a wish

there's a way

it doesn't apply this thing

what about you what's your wish

oh what a christmas right now my wish is

to dance with you

would you like to make my wish come true

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to wish me greetings

once again

quiet

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please come home for christmas

please come home for christmas

if not for christmas

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would you mind if i joined project

christmas

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peace

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cause i'll be happy that it's christmas

once

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and we're back with lucy and project

christmas wish update

good news mary kay is out of the

hospital and thanks everyone for their

visiting heels

i will never tire of hearing your voice

on the radio cool hearing my own voice

is like nails on a chalkboard i can't

wait until christmas is over

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i didn't mean that don't ever tell

anyone i said that okay

but back on the topic

your dance with lucas it was just a

dance

maybe a friendly dance maybe he's just

thanking me for helping him with max

a fruit basket is a thank you a dance is

romance

and stop denying it you and lucas have

stars beaming out of your eyes every

time you look at each other you're like

cartoon characters oh that explains why

my stomach feels like an accordion

do you mean butterflies enjoy it what's

wrong

it's colin yeah he's withdrawn and

secretive and he's always running off

i'm just

wondering is he avoiding me

does he want to break up what no

of course not then what's going on with

him i'm sure whatever it is you'll find

out soon enough

but i have to get going i have to go set

up for the fundraiser

all my friends are weird

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cullen whatever you're doing stop please

try to act normal if that's it all in

your wheelhouse

this is lucy by the way bye

hi honey good morning ah don't worry

we brought fresh made donuts ah sorry we

should have asked okay it's fine

it is fine it is the holidays right why

don't you take this to the kitchen put

them on a plate sweetheart

wow that's so uh

over the top yeah that is her middle

name max and i made it with lucy

huh seems like you two been spending a

lot of time with lucy

yeah yeah well there's max's wish plus

we're becoming friends and yeah i think

there's something there

and max absolutely loves her

you know then it kind of feels like

we're forgetting about stephanie

and i thought the whole point of max's

wish was to remember her

not replace her lucas

stephanie was her mother no one can

replace her

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what is this it's for the carnival games

daddy and i made it

let's pin the tail on the christmas

horse

oh that's great she did all of it

thank you also lucy you know how you

said i'll be the queen of the carnival

does that mean i can make a speech

are you asking my permission this time

it's very thoughtful

you know if it's okay with lucy it's

okay with me

yes you want to bring that over here

sure by the way did you find out why

elmer's mascot is a horse

not yet but it is the next thing on my

to-do list after

sleep yes can i put you to work

actually i'm busy as the newest member

of project christmas wish

i uh that's something that i'm working

on

oh that's exciting what is it

just official wish business

if it's official you should probably run

it by

let me rephrase secret wish business

you'll find out be patient oh see

i'm not really known for my patience

i know come over for pizza tonight

sure

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hey

so did i say that i couldn't juggle

because i don't know kind of

doing a little juggling you stinker now

we need hot chocolate to do for snow

people

it's a good try but it's bedtime bedtime

is not part of my project christmas wish

well done kiddo it's a good try but no

so say goodnight to lucy

good night

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hey you don't have to go i'll just be

like 10 or 15 minutes

okay i'll see

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oh she went out like a light

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lucy

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i see you found the fireplace we found

it

just in case you're cold

it feels really nice to just sit

oh i forgot to tell you i did some

elmhurst

horse mascot research

tell me it's an incredibly romantic

story so it turns out

elmhurst's founding father he rode his

horse across the entire country

he was looking for the love of his life

that he had seen in a dream ah

but meanwhile elmhurst founding mother

was riding her own horse across the

country

looking for the love of her life that

only she had seen in a dream

and fate would have it that their paths

crossed right here in elmhurst

where upon laying eyes on each other for

the first time they ran

slow motion through a field of

wildflowers into each other's arms

[Laughter]

way to toy with my emotions i'm sorry

the truth isn't

that exciting there just used to be a

lot of wild horses here um

yeah that's substantially less romantic

i know

so the horse mystery is solved but

i couldn't find an explanation for the

elmhurst christmas horse

i made it up i just combined my two

favorite things elmer's and christmas

and added a catchy nickname

and it's you and your nickname

you are so beautiful

can i kiss you

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you know i'm sorry

i that um

i should go

oh you live here i'll go

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

pretty romantic stuff mr mittens

at least we have each other

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thanks for that hello

you're not dressed yet the fundraiser

starts in an hour let me help you with

that

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lucy no

i made this for the carnival volunteers

but i need it

honey how are you doing trying to eat an

entire yule log for breakfast how does

it seem like i'm doing just

call lucas no i'm not calling him he's

the one who freaked out not me

you know this is a lot for him and i

know you can empathize

i definitely empathize but also

i don't want to fall for someone who's

in love with someone else i've

already done that it's easy to move old

wounds onto new people but

try not to shut down okay

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hi lucy question why was a snow machine

delivered to the tree lot today how

could it arrived

well just in case it doesn't snow during

the proposal tomorrow

we have to have snow i don't know it

just doesn't feel right

you said you wanted romantic i meant

romantic for me and joan

not for a steamy romance novel hi

youtube

i'm gonna go see santa okay

do you see what i mean i i think he

wants to break

up no i don't i'm

gonna go find my parents okay

oh boy

lucy the queen of the carnival has

arrived

we're going to take her photo with santa

come me in it

no honey that's a family photo

why don't you take grandma and grandpa

and go wait line up there okay i'll be

there in a minute

hi hi

listen i'm i'm sorry for how i reacted

and for not reaching out to you

it's uh it's complicated i know

but i i think this is supposed to be a

relief from the complicated

yeah i wish it could be i really do

because i have a lot of feelings for you

i just don't know if i'm ready or if

i'll ever be ready

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oh

okay i can't just

wait around for you to figure that out

lucas you

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i know you're afraid so am i but

i'm a human being i have emotions and

i can't just give you my heart and hope

that one day maybe you'll do the same

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i have to protect myself

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it has been so wonderful spending this

time with you and max

you made my christmas but

i think we just let ourselves get swept

away

you're not ready and i don't want to get

hurt again

we should just be friends okay

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daddy they're waiting for you

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mom martha what are you doing here

you've adopted me for christmas

i was one of those wishes for friends to

spend christmas with

and i promise to repay your kindness in

homemade shortbread

martha's gonna join us for christmas eve

dinner

your shortbread and your company merry

christmas to us

love what's wrong

i uh should go do my rounds but the

holiday punch is delicious

you two should go grab glass does it

have rum in it

it better

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you've been awfully quiet

something going on well

i think i ended things with lucy what

why'd you do that well based upon your

reaction because i'm an idiot

obviously son

i guess

it's like sometimes when i'm with lucy i

feel like everything is perfectly right

like lightning struck again

and then i just start to feel guilty

like i'm betraying stephanie

i'm just afraid that i'm gonna forget

her you could never forget her

lucas where there's deep grief

there was great love i may feel like

grief is the last way that we can love

someone we've lost but it's not

love doesn't end it just changes form

and stephanie and lucy are two entirely

different loves

hey muffins time for bed

um knock knock come in

okay oh

max what's going on i know you and lucy

got into a fight

where did you hear that grandma and

grandpa were talking about it

lucy and i we did not get into a fight

honey we just

we might not see her around as much in

the future but i love

lucy and i'll miss her i know i'll miss

her too

but we don't have to be sad about it

okay because we're gonna see her around

town

all the time plus we made her christmas

wish come true

what wish you know the the big surprise

daddy that wasn't her real wish

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[Applause]

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this

wow

what are you doing

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i'm sorry is that a snow machine

no i mean yes

i mean colin what is going on with you

are you breaking up with me what

no of course not okay then why are you

being

so weird i'm being worried because i

love you

it doesn't really explain it and i want

to marry you

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that's why i've been off because i asked

lucy to

help me plan out this big romantic

proposal

and it totally got out of here yes

everything with lucy does

yeah i learned that so what i'm trying

to say is

you're my soul mate

and you know we're lifers so

you want to make it official yes yes of

course

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i love you i love you

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oh shoot hey

sorry i was interrupting something yeah

lou yeah yeah

i i'm sorry if you're looking for lucy

she's

in there but it might be best to give

her some space

yes i understand she needs some space

but also

i could really use your help

really important

honey talk to me

i'm fine really

i mean focus on the positive

right it's our best project christmas

wish ever our most successful

fundraiser what more could i ask for

except that's the problem now i want to

ask for everything

you know after the divorce i just wanted

to forget

about the heartbreak and the loss

but most of all i wanted to forget about

the love

and i did forget i forgot how good it

can be

and lucas reminded me of that

he reminded me that i do want love in my

life

that i should ask for it i should ask

for everything

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so yes

things with lucas didn't work out how i

had hoped

some good came from it

i love you so much

i love you too now

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i should get to the stage to make sure

colin has everything set up for the

proposal

i'll pack up and meet you there okay

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all good have you linked up with a

violinist

okay hey perfect time

are you ready for your big speech kinda

you're gonna be great

here's your dad um he'll be here later

okay

let's go

hello everyone this is max our

big project christmas wish recipient of

the year

and she has a few words to share hi

i'm max and i just want to say thank you

to everyone for helping make my project

christmas wish come true

but actually my wish didn't really come

true

because i've learned that sometimes we

wish for one thing

but really want something else like how

i wish for christmas like it used to

but what i really wanted was to not feel

sad anymore

but now i'm glad that my wish didn't

come true because now i know that being

sad sometimes is a part of it

it's an important part because it makes

the happy times

like right now even more happy

and so thank you merry christmas

and lucy can you join us please

you can see it

what is it it's a gift from the whole

town

so you can do project christmas wish all

year round

what it's a charter for your first year

of project

wish that's what we called it

it's the support you need to set it up

as a non-profit

run it and do what you love full time

all

year round

i can't believe you did this i didn't

lucas did

oh no no no no no not yet not yet

no now is the perfect time

cullen did something equally romantic

but just a little more

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us

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what is it it's a real

what are wish doing why do you have a

horse

it's a christmas horse i can see that

but why is it here

because i feel like it's what you would

have done go overboard

and it's my way of saying that i want to

go overboard with you

i mean in in moderation

not so sweet

but i'm not actually keeping the horse

am i

this isn't about pores

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see i'm really sorry that i hurt you

and i get that you're scared i'm scared

too

but i think if we've been lucky enough

to get struck by lightning twice

let's take it burns and all

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[Applause]

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i knew that snow machine was clutch

actually the machine didn't work

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what are you smiling about back there

i'm thinking about my project christmas

wish for next year

it's a perfect

let's go on the big day is almost here

merry christmas and we're bringing you

24 straight hours of commercial free

cheer this might take a while

i've got a while commercial free

christmas on hallmark movies and

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mysteries