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Happy New Year

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thought you might want a cookie before

we leave thank you

hey check this out

I'm here in the town of Saint Drexel

Illinois where they'll be attempting to

break six World Records this Christmas

they believe that with enough Christmas

spirit they can make the impossible

happen

my first time working the Christmas beat

and I'm gonna see six records broken no

you won't

Jen only four percent of world records

are broken at the bureau we adjudicate

and award world records from the largest

Christmas pie to the highest stacked

candy cane tree and I've been working

the Christmas beat for seven years and I

have yet to see a single successful

attempt oh you're kidding I wish I was

at this point I give anything to C1

Saint Drexel already broke the record

once maybe they can do it again yeah

that was 35 years ago before big

corporations started sponsoring record

attempts Jen I don't mean to dampen your

enthusiasm for your new job but my

experience tells me that there's no way

that the little town in St Drexel is

beating a world record this Christmas

no matter how desperate I am to see one

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okay now remember it is essential to the

plan that we break at least one record

preferably more now the media is already

here phase one complete thanks to mayor

Hubble

never underestimate the power of social

media folks I'll tell you the cafe was

bursting with

die working yes yes we're all very

excited mom but we need to stick to the

plan okay everybody knows their

assignments

right the world record adjudicator's

name is Leah Hoffman winning her over is

my job phase two lay on the charm you

know I will

okay everybody bring it in bring it in

let's save Main Street by making Saint

Drexel a tourist destination once again

world record Christmas on three one two

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three

we should hit the road St trucks was

only 45 miles out but I don't want to be

late your rental is outside anything

else you need I don't think so okay

Jen you are being trained by the best of

the best no one knows the manual like

Leah

take notes there's gonna be a test when

you can attack will do sir

ah Without You Leah I'm not sure what I

do always willing to cover the Christmas

world record-breaking attempts

safe travels call if you need me

Jim awesome

hey I think that's it anything else I

should know before we leave

I come with kids for some very

very

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oh Jen

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what's it called again

pogonophobia fear of

beards

well hopefully there's not a lot of big

beards on this Trail decantophobia

uh fear of I get a little weird it out

when large groups of people

sing

and you usually faint Ow like a light

yeah well how do you feel now good great

in fact it

only hurts when I move oh okay well

maybe we should find a doctor in town

before we hit town hall

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sir are you lost you look lost uh oh no

I was just checking to see if there was

a long lineup inside for a doctor

oh my calling here has a bump on his

head and well we're kind of in a rush uh

man

hey

let's have a look at you

okay

look up

good look down okay any headaches weird

vision

foreign

I think you're fine but uh that is quite

the bump was it a right hook or is she a

South bar oh oh no she's um uh well

actually the thing is I saw this beer

and so uh okay are we done here done uh

um trust me your friend here is gonna be

fine but just to be safe and I'm not

sure how far you're going you should do

the driving

uh I gotta go in a bit of a hurry myself

in the future you should learn to Bob

and weave

okay

take it easy on the poor guy

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welcome to St drexelia Hoffman

and

Merry Christmas

come on with me

and this is where the kissing will

commence

mayor Hubble the longest kiss under the

mistletoe is a very popular holiday

record hundreds of people from all over

the world try to attempt it every year I

know

and this is the sign that will track the

numbers of hours while they uh do you

know what the current record is 46 hours

and 24 minutes that is why we chose a

couple of Crazy Love Scott McDougall

Josie Stetson hi

okay before I begin I have a couple

rules we need to go over the first is

the Rudolph rule hello hello

hi hi Josie hey Scott good to see you

you're uh you're not Leah Hoffman from

the world record Bureau and you're not a

janitor no no I'm not Dr Bancroft let me

introduce you to miss Hoffman and her

colleague Mr Lynn how's that I'm feeling

great dog yeah

a little inside joke uh give me a minute

I'm going to check on the couple before

they start smooching great I was just

about to go over some rules everyone

knows Rudolph right

let's think about his experiences

go on I'm listening there's a

stethoscope in your ear

uh something about Rudolph

I took the bureau's three most important

rules and tailored them to Christmas

record attempts I renamed them the

fruitcake rule

wise man rule and the Rudolph rule page

104 section 5.2 of the adjudicator's

manual states adjudicators must manage

all participants expectations before any

record-breaking attempt begins hence the

Rudolph rule think about Rudolph's story

born with that weird nose bullied by the

other reindeer and needed just the right

circumstance in his case on foggy

Christmas Eve in order to go down in

history Lake George Washington

the point

my point is record-breaking isn't easy

and people often try over and over and

over again before they succeed it could

take years

well miss Hoffman this is Saint Drexel

prepare to witness The Impossible yeah

wonderful are you guys ready

let's start the countdown five

four

three two one

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excuse me

what happened uh something decantophobia

okay oh

okay he's just gonna need a couple

seconds I'm all good it's all good

he kissing keep singing come on come on

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don't worry gin will be fine but thank

you for officially Banning spontaneous

caroling for the next week no problem

mayor well Jen looks over the kissing

there are a couple rules I'd like to go

over you should explain them to uh Dr

pancroft he's going to be guiding you

through town this week

Dr Bancroft well I'm in charge of the

social media post you should follow us

at St underscore Drexel hashtag world

record Christmas he's cleared his entire

schedule for you unless there's an

emergency he's all yours

oh you two will get along just fine he's

from the big city too

well he's from here but he went to med

school at Harvard and then practiced in

Boston

really yeah

come with me you're gonna love Nell's

bed and breakfast she's got some

beautiful rooms prepared for you

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hi

you must be Leah yes she's all yours now

oh thank you Mira well come on in after

him go ahead welcome my dear

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here we are oh

that was great fun

the bakery wanted a winter scene painted

on a cookie with icing and of course

they called on me

wow and you managed to break a world

record no that record was broken several

years after

my uh commercial Bakery I believe in

Minneapolis

I believe that record's been broken 20

times since 1987. well I wish people

would remember that we were the first

town to do it with a homemade shortbread

cookie recipe and local talent and a

whole lot of Christmas spirit

what did you paint on the cookie ice

skaters at Jenkins Pond just outside of

town I used to take Devin there

Devin

Dr Bancroft yes my son he just lives up

the road oh

you know that cookie was on display for

the public in the town hall and folks

would come to visit our town just to see

it and they would go skating together in

Jenkins Pond oh there was some horrible

breaking records does draw attention to

a place yes

my bed and breakfast used to be so full

hey Mom

oh Devin sweetheart

goodness uh I see you met Leah yes Miss

Hoffman I was thinking about gin please

call me Leah

Leah did you know the root cause of most

phobias are events from the past no I

did not

any idea what Jen might have experienced

not well um let me see he majored in

engineering before joining the bureau

and

he's a really nice guy

that's all I got

okay well

that start uh mom uh did you get a

chance to see Scott and Josie kissing

yet we are really going forward well

positively I know how much those two are

in love but how can people be so long

impossible well you might want to

consult Leah here she's witnessed a lot

of impossible

I can't imagine what it's like watching

people break World Records all the time

it's um a lot more disappointing than it

sounds

well I should go relieve Gin from his

shift

mayor Hubble tells me that you're going

to take me to see some record-breaking

attempts in the morning yeah I'll uh

I'll come with you walk you through the

schedule Bye Mom okay I love you too

thank you okay have a good walk

and then on Tuesday we head to the mill

frankly it's more of a mini Museum now

that they've done Dr Bancroft oh please

call me Devin I feel they need to

caution you that breaking a world record

is a lot harder than people think only

four percent of attempts are successful

tomorrow I have to go over a couple

rules with you straight from the

adjudicator's manual it's important that

we follow all protocols on the outside

chance that you do succeed so I'm sorry

outside chance did you not feel the

Christmas spirit in town hall earlier

today Christmas spirit is irrelevant now

I see in order to be a good adjudicator

you also have to be a scrooge Scrooge

you do know how Dickens described him

don't you cold through and through I

prefer to call it realistic through and

through and if being a scrooge makes you

understand why I'm here then

thanks for walking with me I think I can

take it from here I think you and I have

a better understanding of each other now

I think we do good night

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Leah

don't forget in the end Scrooge had a

complete change of heart

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thank you

congratulations

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you know my mom might be right who could

kiss for this long it's a very popular

record to attempt lots of people try

perhaps you've just never been crazy in

love it's not this crazy

oh are you ready we should head out to

the next attempt

good luck

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okay so how many more rules two the next

is the wise man rule let me ask

something about the dangers of

Frankincense page 54 section 3.2 of the

adjudicator's manual states adjudicators

must never accept a bribe in any form I

get it people bearing gifts one time it

was literally gold

a man gave me his watch he wanted me to

overlook the fact that he was nine

snowballs short of the most projectiles

launched by senior citizens in a

five-minute snowball fight wow senior

citizen Dr Bancroft

Leah this is Ken Stetson he owns the

twinkle break company on the east side

of town they make the most beautiful

strands of Christmas lights hello Leah

need a Christmas light call twinkle

bright it's nice to meet you Ken I hear

your daughter is one half of the

mistletoe kissing couple yes Josie and

if there's anything you need while

you're in town anything at all don't

hesitate to ask thank you no I mean it

now anything

oh yeah I think Ken just tried to give

you his watch I told you

hello hello

good morning this is certainly exciting

but I need to ask you all to stay on the

sidewalk while I take Leah inside to

meet Francine all right wish us luck

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oh welcome to Hoppy's Cafe thank you wow

I see you collect Christmas cards oh yes

they're not just displayed here they're

in the kitchen the pantry even in the

walk-in refrigerator and when did you

start this collection oh well um I

openly Cafe 20 years ago someone sent me

the first card as a joke and as you can

see it kind of snowballed and do you

know what the current record is for most

Christmas cards featuring Foxes a

thousand and ten and you claim to have

how many well I had a thousand and six

but then my sister-in-laws have new ones

in a shop in Albuquerque is a big prop

town that Albuquerque she sent me three

with her best Christmas wishes now add

that three from my out of town friends

uh yeah I now have a thousand and twelve

you gotta count all these maybe but

first I need to check a couple of things

take all the time you need can I ask you

to stand outside with the others sure

even me

Scrooge was a solitary fellow ah the bah

humbug now that has a nice ringtone

yeah okay

all right

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as we all wait outside hopi's Cafe with

Saint Drexel hoping to break the world

record oh looks like we have an update

coming

Francine Devin can I see you both inside

I guess we'll have to wait and see

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the bureau adjudicator dictionary

defines Frog as a tailless amphibian

with a short squat body moist smooth

skin and long legs for leaping

I'm sorry to say but you did not break a

world record

let me explain

problem are these six cards

in this room

beside the coffee table and two hanging

from the dishwasher

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but oh that's not a frog

that's the turtles and this one isn't

even a Christmas card

yeah and this one looks like a lizard

with a Santa head

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it's easy to see that with 20 years

other amphibians snuck into your

collection without you even realizing

but because the rule requires frogs

there are six inconsistent cards that

makes you two cards short of tying the

record and three short of beating it

I'm sorry

it's not your fault but I will say this

is a really impressive collection

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that's my job you live here I'll be the

bearer of bad news

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Miss Hoffman was it close Barry

well there you have it St Drexel's first

attempt to break a holiday record is

unsuccessful but very close and if you

grew up in a small town like me you just

can't help but root for them

Xavier Sampson drxl news signing off

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hey

come here

hey I just wanted to

you're decorating a tree

by yourself no you're here here give me

your coat oh no no I haven't decorated a

tree in a really long time why not

well I'm never home for the holidays and

I usually volunteer to work the

Christmas beat okay well it sounds like

you need a course in tree trimming 101.

come here

okay but just a couple of minutes I have

to relieve Gin from town hall I see well

I must tell you there are some

decorating rules you should be aware of

oh what you thought you were the only

one who had rules no no no no I am very

particular about my Christmas trees okay

okay what are the rules uh

the first rule uh the 10 and vulnerable

I'm gonna need some

I'm gonna fully comply you know the song

Oh tenenbaumo 10 and bomb how lovely are

your branches exactly you must

compliment my tree while you decorate it

wait what allow me to demonstrate not

only green when Summer's here but in the

coldest time of year

I don't even know the lyrics to the song

yes you do come on do it

Mysterio Christmas tree much pleasure to

us now ring me okay wow

the English version

I just wanted to stop by and say I'm

sorry about today

Francine seems like a really nice lady

all those frogs Yeah well

rules are rules right

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yep I mean that's my

job we didn't do this on a holiday whim

Saint Drexel needs us

needs

uh the small business owners especially

on Main Street are

struggling to stay afloat

my mom has even considered

selling the bed and breakfast

yeah well Jen needs a break I have to

get back to town hall

when do you get a break

I'll see you tomorrow

hey uh

take it from a doctor

lack of sleep and freezing temperatures

are not a good combination

bah humbug

how are they holding up not even halfway

I've seen this before you're starting to

fade

fairly certain Josie actually fell

asleep at one point but Steve kept his

lips on hers I hope that counts the

adjudicating manual defines kissing as

depressed or touched with those well

that's good

I really want them to do well

Jen you can't get wrapped up with these

people or this place you have to remain

impartial

it's The Fruitcake

you know when you go to visit your

grandma and she offers you a slice of

fruitcake oh never ever eat fruitcake

terrible my gym sock sticks better

well that's kind of how you want to

think of adjudicating you can never ever

help advise or otherwise engage in any

sort of record-breaking attempt no

matter how you feel

or

who you meet

well I'm secretly working for them

did you hear anything I just said

go get some rest

thanks

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built in 1860 the mill provided grain

for all the nearby counties feeding

families far and wide the mill now

preserves the history of Saint Drexel

and today it just might break a world

record

we've amassed quite the collection of

Saint prexel artifacts I think it's

important to understand the past in

order to properly navigate the present

it's very impressive Roger so I'm glad

you appreciate it I feel lucky to

volunteer here

tell me about these

the founder of our town was Leopold

Jenkins you was particularly fond of the

holidays

these are some of his ornaments I've

preserved from 1858.

Leopold started the saint Drexel

tradition of trimming a town Christmas

tree together

the whole Community still gathers in

town hall to do it two days before

Christmas

will you can help us this year she's

recently had some lessons that sounds

like fun but I'll be gone by then Roger

show it to me

voila

huh

and you believe this to be a 91 year old

fruitcake

Roger you are aware that a woman in

Detroit already laid claim to this

record I am but hers is only 89 years

old

this is Leopold's Personal Diary it was

found in the Attic recently as we

retrieved the Christmas decorations I'm

still getting through it let me read you

this entry from December 21 1931.

sister Catherine Drexel and her young

novice visited today she brought me a

fruitcake for me to enjoy but I think I

will keep it as a lasting reminder to be

philanthropic and generous Justice

sister Catherine is each Christmas well

there you have it

Mr Jenkins was quite old when he wrote

this

hitting betrays it yes quite advanced in

years

Roger I did a deep dive online last

night into Saint Catherine fascinating

woman on December 21 1931 before she was

canonized Catherine Drexel was

celebrating Christmas in Louisiana with

her students at a college that she

founded I believe Leopold wrote in 1937

but the seven looks like a one I can

easily see how that could happen

foreign

which means The Fruitcake is 85 years

old and four years short of the record

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sadly this is Saint Drexel's third

failed attempt at breaking a holiday

record but we're still all smiling here

in town hall because as we've witnessed

over the past couple days smiling is the

second best thing you can do with your

lips well good news is he still has a

pulse

Scott wake up buddy is it going to be

okay doc perfectly well maybe you might

need some lip balm

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Drexel bicycle packs around the west

side of town and he encounter best

friends but we're completely taken aback

when Josie and Scott started dating

that was last Christmas though both

authors are completely on board now

mothers too

we're expecting a proposal anytime now

we

how do you know all this I've been

watching them because for over a day now

everyone's kind of told me their story

looks like you could use some sleep too

why dinner at the bed and breakfast and

straight to bed

doctor's orders

let's go let's go

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is everyone good here oh yeah um thank

you for everything oh you're so hot

oh I'll clean up oh that's an offer I

can't refuse sweet dreams everyone okay

now night night I'm getting pretty tired

too I should probably have hey uh and

did you know basil Bagel sin could be

occurs when the body overreacts to

certain external triggers I should also

add that fainting is extremely

inconvenient as well well there there is

a treatment you know the exposure to

triggering stimuli if your game I think

I can help what about the records well

we'll go about our day tomorrow as

planned but we'll also get to the root

of the problem

we'll see

why not

anyways tomorrow could prove to be

challenging so I should probably get

some sleep also

thank you

I don't really think you can help them

we have less than a week left

knowing you can help someone and failing

to do it is well

I'm sorry did I say something wrong uh

no no no no uh

tell me this who who keeps a fruitcake

for over 80 years

I was a fossil of some sort

of adjudicator

I'm so tired I'm losing it

you have a great laugh

you promised your mom you'd help clean

up come on I'll help you

I did didn't I

all right let's go let's go

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I do the cooking cleaning and vacuuming

my mom used to tell me that she isn't

handing me off to my future love without

some skills she's right nothing sexier

than a man doing housework trust me I

thought women liked investment bankers

and lawyers and doctors

I was going to say CEOs but uh how do

you feel about doctors especially ones

in small towns who take out the trash

wash the dishes

well I will admit

when you offered to help Jen I found it

you found it

how are you gonna help Jen anyway

um I will show you

uh Jen's Gonna Love A Little Beard

sure you went to med school oh yeah

graduated and everything did you but

let's like it

oh yeah get a little clean that beard up

more yeah thank you all right well that

was my last dish I'm

gonna get some fresh air I'm going to

bed

company or no company

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um

company

okay

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so when you were a little girl did you

just lie in bed at night stare up at the

ceiling and dream of becoming an

adjudicator

uh

I mean how does that even happen

well it started just fell into my lap I

studied business in college

and when I found out about this job

I thought it might offer some fun and

adventure and does it

truth please

not often but since I'm usually working

over Christmas I often create a world

record of my own really for what

I mean I get to do a lot of fun things

yeah but

I miss a lot of important moments too

I mean

your family

yeah

friends

my parents separated when I was young

and since then Christmas has been

difficult

so I work solves the problem entirely oh

does it

I just want them to be happy and the

problem is I think that they're happiest

when they're with each other even after

all these years

have you told them that I try

it doesn't get very far

it's just been so many years of

misunderstandings and you are the one

common denominator that's

that's gotta be

hard on you okay doc let's leave the

diagnosing to Jin's tissues I am doing

just fine okay

all right you know what come on where

are we going you're not going to want to

miss it

okay let's go

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oh thank you you're welcome

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what do you think

ah

tell me the truth

you used to bring girls here when you're

a teenager didn't you yeah yeah girls

eat this stuff up

I'm just kidding I've never stood in

this gazebo with another woman up I just

uh

I didn't want you to miss another

Christmas opportunity

thank you

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and that is another missed opportunity

well that thought small town always on

call

Dr Bancroft is better

hold on I'll be right there

I gotta go

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hey

oh

so what happened to this ankle well I

thought I'd get some Garland up for the

secret santa world record it's fine

really yeah I'm okay

okay you're gonna go do this by yourself

Garland can wait till tomorrow

uh

your ankle needs an X-ray

no it's it's just Twisted yeah but I'd

like to be sure

there you go

ah stay here with Leah I'm gonna go get

my cards less than a block away oh

this better just be his brain

I haven't complete

I try not to think about the pain uh

tell me about your assignment well Devin

gave one to each Town person for the

record-breaking I got Xavier Sampson

here if you've seen her social media

step one of the plan complete but now I

have to post updates and we have a ton

of followers now ooh you're pretty Savvy

for a small town huh

well we each know what we have to do to

make this happen for Saint tracks that

Francine's got the Frog carts Rogers Got

The Fruitcake yeah and from what I've

seen so far here tonight the doc

Bancroft but he's completed his

assignment

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I don't understand well his job was to

charm the adjudicator

oh

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thank you

got the stopwatch right here good

morning good morning gin you ready uh

for what go on and have a seat on the

bench

all right

here oh God no

nice and

slowly hey you're okay take a deep

breath

there you go

you're all right there you go just keep

telling yourself it's only Devin yeah

there you go can you stand up

yeah

okay

all right hey there you go oh okay whoa

you're all right look you got it you're

awake yeah okay let's go and check on

that hula hoop record attempt here we go

here we go you're fine there you go

you're fine all right here we go off to

City Hall

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and there you have it most hula hoop

spins in one minute by people dressed as

reindeer also fails but that was a fun

one to watch

once more

manual states that I can allow up to 25

tries for any single record attempt that

was 26. see you can break the rules

um Leo what was wrong nothing's wrong

I'm just you know doing my job savior's

Hanson drxl news I'd love to interview

you oh I'm afraid that's not possible

it's a against Bureau policy but

but talk to this gentleman here at the

Bancroft the beard behind the entire

operation oh well I'd love to ask you a

few questions if you don't mind without

a human interest angle sure and if we

can get you on camera uh yeah no problem

okay thanks so Dr Bancroft you are the

town doctor hey uh I am how long uh five

years and what brought you to Saint

Drexel someone I love needed a doctor oh

I missed someone um he or she a she

how are you feeling about this latest

attempt not being successful yeah it's

it's heartbreaking but uh I am sure

we'll get the next one okay thank you

thanks

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hey

may I join you

if you want

write a little blanket you can't fool me

you know I know why you escaped out here

really

yeah I can't listen to Jen Regale my mom

the story of his beard success one more

time either

okay without painting

it's a great start that's for sure

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yeah

what's wrong are you upset with me like

I'm upset with me

I

I almost forgot why I'm here and just

like you have your assignment I have

mine my assignment

to charm the adjudicator

well technically my job was to win her

over but I can see that's not going so

well helping Jen

Beau

inexcusable Behavior yeah I understand

how you must be feeling okay but

what if I told you I have been

completely baffled from the first second

I saw you like today I I was so worried

what you were thinking when Xavier asked

why I returned to Saint Drexel I heard

a woman you love Leah

it was my mama

she got sick I was hundreds of miles

away in Boston no

sure recognize the symptoms earlier

every time we talked on the phone I

sense something wasn't right but of

course she

didn't want to worry me

I spent so much time at the hospital I

almost missed the signs completely my

colleagues in Boston thought I was crazy

when I resigned to return home and treat

her but if I hadn't the Devin I had no

idea

it's okay she's she's full of life you

see her yeah I feel like she's gotten a

second chance

that's why I wanted to have and enjoy

all the things she loves

running the bed and breakfast painting

after me

that's a lot of sacrifice on your behalf

what a question

um yeah I'm sure a lot of people wonder

but you're the first to ask it out loud

you know sometimes you have to give up

an important job in order to live an

important life

all these people insane tracks a lot I

mean I know them and not just their

blood pressure but in other hopes their

dreams

struggles

and that's why you have to break a

record to help them

exactly

lately

I

have lost my focus more and more time we

spend together I care less about

breaking the records and

more about being with you

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you thought I was Charming the

adjudicator

no I was trying to figure out how she

completely Charmed me

I stopwatch you're crazy rules crazy

yeah those rules put your town back on

the map have you seen how many people

have come to visit since we started yeah

and it's great but it's only a

short-term solution breaking the record

will make sure people come back year

after year well you have two more

chances

to break the record or

with you

break a record

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so Simone works all the kids birthday

parties in Saint Drexel she's a clown a

magician a princess multi-palented that

she is

oh Merry Christmas

come with me

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307 balloon reindeer in a family van

where'd you get these great Wheels

CarMax bought it online and they

delivered it right to my door they made

it so easy and I decorated it myself the

kids see it coming from a mile away

I'm gonna need to make a phone call

give me a minute

exciting

I must be the worst trainer ever have

you not learned one rule manager

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world record Bureau Doug hey hey Leah

how's it going in Saint Drexel no

records broken yet hey can you do me a

favor sure what do you mean can you look

up the specific parameters of fan in the

manual no problemo anything you want

cross-reference with that yeah

balloon reindeer

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And So It Begins and despite her

abundance of Christmas spirit Simone

Alexander's balloon reindeer fall short

of a record which I suppose is good

because it frees them up to Paul Santa's

balloon sleigh on Christmas Eve

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foreign

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the definition includes School transport

vehicles and apparently some high

schoolers in Pennsylvania filled a

school van with 382 balloon reindeer

last year as a prank on their principal

yep

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and Jen

I expect the town to be disappointed

I told you the chances of Saint Drexel

beating a world record was very very

slim you predicted all that is happening

well if you want to be a successful

adjudicator you have to be practical

bring in those hopes a little

I'm not

not what

I'm not gonna be a world record

adjudicator

my tendency to faint aside it's just not

a good fit

because no offense but

I don't think I could be like you

reigning in my hopes all the time

I like you a lot and I know it's a part

of the job but

I couldn't walk around pretending to be

all detached and dispassionate I mean

all this week all I've wanted to do is

is Cheer the town on and help them

succeed

I couldn't go from place to place just

waiting for people to fail I mean what

kind of a job is that I want people to

be successful it's just rules are rules

well

not for me consider this my formal

resignation

are you sure

positive well can you stay with me until

the end of the Christmas week

we'll tell Doug when we get back to

Chicago it's just of course I'd love to

hang out with you and

I wouldn't miss this last attempt for

anything

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got a good feeling about this one

let's go

here you are I wanted to ask what time

dinner is tonight oh six

perfect

wanna help oh no oh I don't remember the

last time I made cookies I'm more of a

eater than a baker let's get this

tapered on you

oh yes okay

and that cap into this pantry find some

sprinkles okay to work

jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the

way oh what fun it is

you ladies looking to go on the road or

well we could be the Christmas cookie

chorus

listen how's it going in town hall uh

the secret Santa gifts arrived tonight

and tomorrow then Leah can adjudicate

the inevitable record

but uh not before I adjudicate her

Christmas cookies uh which ones did she

make she made that whole tray

oh excuse me I get some tourists looking

for rooms I can't believe how many

people right now

section

2351.67 of the Christmas cookie manual

states that any single red sprinkle that

ends up on a Baker's cheek and not on

the cookie is a violation

yeah am I wearing sprinkles you're not

just wearing sprinkles it looks as if

you have bathed in them

well things got a little crazy around

here

your mom is

oh uh nutty I was gonna say Carefree she

finds the fun in everything

yeah well what's your mom like

I love her a lot

that that doesn't tell me what she's

like well we don't bake cookies if

that's what you're asking not that she

wouldn't but

Christmas can be difficult if I spend

time with one I feel guilty for not

spending time with the other even though

they assure me it's fine

did you ever think that that's why you

volunteer to work every Christmas okay

here's the thought maybe

maybe you work over Christmas so you

don't have to celebrate it

I

I celebrate Christmas do you yeah oh

okay you don't decorate Christmas trees

you don't make cookies with the

exception of today yes and you miss

opportunities with friends

okay but but this Christmas cookie made

is fantastic

there may be hope for you yet Scrooge

you're right

I hate that you're right but you are

even though my job immerses me in

Christmas I spend so much time avoiding

it

for years

here here

major life Revelations go down easier

with cookies

trust me

I can bake you certainly can

it's good yeah

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that's great nice shoe

thank you

oh that's great thank you oh to dog

Bancroft I guess I just drew the

surprise didn't I

um we know who your Secret Santa is now

Devin thank you

hi Devin oh hey I I was just thinking

about you I thought maybe you could

count these while we stacked them that

way I need to talk to you outside uh

yeah okay

what a beautiful rap gift

how many

2605. and you're sure

Doug just called a charity in Amsterdam

just broke the record last night largest

came a secret santa verified

but the previous record was only 1463.

you could have done it

but not now

this

is the last attempt

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okay uh

I'll go ahead and tell

you know what

let them carry on for the night

it's bringing them so much joy I'll uh

I'll tell them tomorrow

all right let's go

maybe we should wake Jenna to go check

on the secret santa record I think I'll

let him sleep Jen's been through a lot

this trip oh he seems better

Devin's been really great

he didn't have to help me but he did

he said to me knowing you can help

someone but failing to do so is

to think of it he never finished that

thought

he always goes the extra mile like to

help with breaking records and helping

the town

well actually it was my idea to have you

come

I remember 35 years ago when we broke

the record people came from all over

just to see where it happened

bed and breakfast was always full

especially at Christmas time

you can't sell this place now you love

it I know I do but you know the other

day when the doorbell rang it wasn't

guess it was an interested buyer and

it's getting foolish to keep saying no

but

if we break the record for the secret

Santa tonight that will change

everything

let me get us some more tea okay

foreign

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it might be a bit tricky to communicate

but hear me out okay go ahead watch Leah

carefully

uh you want to play charades in the

middle of the afternoon

whatever you're the boss okay uh great

let's break into teams no no one team

but we have to concentrate on what Leah

is trying to tell us

or I mean what phrase she is acting yeah

okay go for it

two words

okay that's cheating but a record

no no

no no wait

you're breaking something

thought of a record saying Drexel could

break but you can't tell us out loud

because it violates the rules

it sounds like it sounds like um

sounds like me B uh C tree tree tree

fireworks oh

lights on a Christmas tree

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you're you're you're you're you're

you're you're

carrying a plate of Christmas cookies

down the street

yeah what is it

uh she's riding a bicycle

Saint Drexel should break the world

record for longest time lighting a

Christmas tree using human power the

current record is 10 hours and 15

minutes and we have everything we need

right here the uh twinkle Brake company

and the Drexel bicycle Factory and not

to mention an unemployed engineer in

town happy to make it all happen Aaliyah

cannot hear our plans It Breaks the

Rules I didn't hear anyone say a word

did you

not a single one

so this means we're in town another week

right on oh yes

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how did everyone take it well at first

they were disappointed

until I told them there would be another

attempt

the place was buzzing with excitement I

plan on explaining the details tomorrow

I'm surprised they didn't want to do

another secret sand exchange anyway well

even though we didn't break the record I

kind of told them that we could deliver

some of these to the hospital on

Christmas Eve spread the holiday Joy

Devin how are you still single

how are you still serious oh I have

plenty of faults believe me uh me too

but uh I've been on my best behavior

since you arrived oh is that so yeah and

my mom wouldn't call them faults by the

way she calls them best worst what's the

best worst

it's when a uh characteristic is the

best thing in some circumstances and the

worst in others like like Jim you can be

impulsive right uh yep he quit in the

middle of training with no backup plan

he did he did but he's also impulsively

helpful and impulsively generous

he doesn't need to think about it he

just

jumps in with both feet

damn it his best worst

so what's yours

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being irresistible wow yeah

and in what circumstance is that worse

uh when a rule following adjudicator is

trying relentlessly to resist me

come on

thank you

still waiting to hear your real best

worst

dancing

here like this I'm fine but

take me to a wedding and yikes eggs yeah

it's bad really bad very bad up and down

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a little to the left

no I think to the right don't you think

hey

that's it that's it yes perfect perfect

yes hey guys here's the plan we're going

to take shifts pedaling the bikes Jin

has figured out how to use them to

generate powered and twinkle bright

lights in the tree

now we have to keep the tree lit using

only human power for 10 hours and 16

minutes break the world record I love it

how many bikes uh how many bikes

five and I'll bring our newest Lights of

the season they shine extra bright okay

great

thank you both couldn't have done it

without you

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oh I am so tired

at this point I'm running on caffeine

and Christmas cheer it'll all be worth a

mom one more day

thank you Jen your skills are

outstanding and so needed my pleasure

you know

I have some good friends in Chicago and

one of them owns an engineering firm

ready

let's give her a call see if she has any

openings for a great mind like yours

that would be great

thank you

okay you two go ahead Leah's probably

out on our nightly stroll I'm gonna see

if I can find her we sure and thank her

too because what she did for us couldn't

have been easy I will okay all right

all right

foreign

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hey

been looking all over for you oh I

avoided town hall on my walk tonight I

didn't want to see anything I shouldn't

right

I've said thank you

no records are broken yet

and it's your expectations think Rudolph

it's just I know how hard this is for

you you don't like to stretch the rules

frankly

I'm still wondering why you did

can I tell you something

never witnessed a single successful

record attempt you're kidding

not one what about witnessing The

Impossible never have well

same Drexel is going to change all that

I hope so you know I think St Drexel is

changing me how is it that one small

town can get under your skin so easily

well it's a condition oh yeah yeah I've

got it too no cure

please tell me there's a treatment I

mean otherwise

how will I go home

stay

at least until Christmas

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there you go you just witnessed

successfully time to kiss you

I've been trying to do it for days

talk about impossible I don't have my

stopwatch but

I don't think that was

me enough

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and in just five hours the entire town

of Saint Drexel will try to Pedal its

way into world record history take it

from this reporter you will not find a

place more full of Christmas spirit than

this wonderful town

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can

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Jen I'm leaving

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10.

no believes the children of Saint Drexel

should know that Santa came to see the

town break the record

besides I can't even see the beard

I can just feel it okay I know you

resigned already but honestly I must be

the worst trainer of all time look at

you in this get up

if this isn't the furthest thing from

impartial hey hey

great achieve

what you used to be

I don't know what's gotten into me

how's this after years of working the

Christmas beat you finally wanted to see

a record succeed

no you wanted to see Devin succeed

and now in all of Saint Drexel

hey

there should be no rules when it comes

to helping people Leo I see the Rudolph

rule had zero effect on you

oh these wild and crazy expectations I

know isn't it great it really is

come on give Santa a hug

and no need to tell Santa what you want

for Christmas this year I already know

what does that mean come on I've seen

the way you and Devin look at each other

real follower yes subtle

not so much

all right

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I'll get to go boss great

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five minutes folks five minutes

foreign

bribery well a real wise man would

insist on a kiss yeah but in these

circumstances I come bearing a secret

not a bribe

do you tell okay Leah Hoffman is not a

scrooge

she's smart she's beautiful she has a

fantastic laugh huh

and her Christmas cookies are to die for

but

she is no Scrooge three minutes

three minutes

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no matter what happens I will never ever

forget what you did for Saint Drexel

go get on a bike for a shift and last

it's gonna be a long night

there well yeah

how could you allow this gin appears to

be a full-flex participant in this

record-breaking attempt well he has

wasn't for the team immediately so we

don't jeopardize this town's chances of

breaking a record no he don't cover for

him I saw it on the news I'm sorry Jen

no Junior adjudicator can reach the

reputation of the bureau like this it's

all my fault leave Leah out of this okay

I take full responsibility for all the

rule breaking and

I accept your firing

Merry Christmas dog

what in the world is going on Doug did

you break the rules too

Leah

can you look me in the eye and tell me

that you follow the rules

explicitly

no

very well

heading to stop module will handle this

is the office you are my best

adjudicator but the town I will

adjudicate this record-breaking intent

myself so that their attempts are not

deemed null and void

you know you need to get far away from

Saint Jackson

a senior adjudicator cannot appear to

have undue influence it looks very bad

for the bureau

pack your suitcase and go home

immediately we'll talk in Chicago

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five four three two one

foreign

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ah hi who are you and uh where's Leah I

am Doug and I sent her home to Chicago

what oh you should be happy I did this

whole thing would have been jeopardized

if she stayed and seen Drexel

left

well she had to I can't break the

bureau's rules

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hey uh Leah call me

at least let me know you got to Chicago

safely

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oh hey

Kevin

I have to go go we're so close to

breaking the record you have to see I'm

gonna have to miss it I can't jeopardize

the town's chances you know I don't care

about the record right now well you have

too I have a feeling that tourists are

going to come from far and wide to watch

you light up that tree using bicycles

for many years to come I mean really

which is more fun than that

than that you did it

your hard work paid off

you want to know what my real best worst

is

for real

once I decide I'm in I am all in no

matter what

I was in Boston I treated people but I

overworked to the point of exhaustion

here in Saint Drexel I would do anything

for my patients but in the process I I

put my own happiness aside

somehow in the last three weeks I became

all in with you and

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the first time in my life I felt like it

was possible to me

now I I see that you don't feel the same

way no Devin I how could you even leave

without saying goodbye to me you're at

least telling me I had to

the rules state that if I was you know

what that

is your best worst

you are conscientious to the extreme you

are diligent and meticulous

but you keep adjudicating your whole

life like this you were gonna miss

so much

so yeah

sometimes the real Joy is found

outside the boundaries seven

this isn't about

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and we are five hours in and the energy

here is still electric literally

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I don't know if you can feel the

excitement on your TVs at home but in a

matter of minutes Saint Drexel will have

broken a Holiday World Records

I went tomorrow being Christmas Eve I

don't think you'll find a better example

of community cooperation Christmas

spirit and holiday Joy than in this

little town

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may I have a try honey

I think

down a girl okay come on keep going keep

going okay

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Josie

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will you marry me

of course

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laughs

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congratulations YouTube

Leah what are you doing

you want house chances of breaking This

Record well I was hoping I could watch

from the distance

I just don't understand why are you

jeopardizing your whole career like this

well I've never seen a successful

attempt and I want to not to mention I

would never have seen Scott and Josie

get engaged if I was following the rules

I would have completely missed a

beautiful moment well yeah it's just

another Christmas and just another town

you'll be somewhere in fire be there for

next year you and I both know your job

is a very important one wait

what did you just say the Christmas beat

it's a very important job

you know what doug

sometimes you have to leave an important

job to live an important life

I quit wait what you'll have to find

another person to adjudicate Christmas

because from now on

celebrating

well yeah but

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what these napkins 20 seconds

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the town of Saint Drexel has just

successfully broken its second world

record 35 years to the day after

breaking its first congratulations

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foreign

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American that's good tidings for

Christmas and a Happy New Year we wish

you a Merry Christmas we wish you a

Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year

relation to everybody

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Oh I thought you were gone not a chance

I wanted to see a world record

you did

and I didn't want to miss the

opportunity to tell you a few things

I called my parents tonight

and I asked them to come stay with me on

Christmas day all of us

together

we'll see how it goes it'll be great

hey good for you but

New Year's Eve you're all mine

well

I'm definitely free I have no job no

plan and no idea

okay wow it's the best worst place to be

and one thing I know I am all

oh that is incredible news because

there's a few world records I'm thinking

of breaking

wait you can't possibly want to break

yep just uh

how long was that world's longest

mistletoe kiss again

46 hours

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