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a little bit more snow oh that looks

great and I think that's a wrap

perfect all right now I'll email these

off and just keep my fingers crossed

do you think you'll get into the contest

this year Kylie who knows maybe this

year I'll have a Christmas miracle oh

thank you for your help ladies speaking

that's terrific Holly can I the tree I

thought you might ask her that

so I made these I want a star me too

well I actually maybe Sri sama but you

know what if you even really fast I'll

never know Julie I saw all right have a

seat the great thing about pretend

baking is that it can happen just as

easily in the living room far away from

real hot ovens Kylie this is even better

than that sleigh you made a few weeks

ago

you think you talk about the one for the

American gingerbread competition let's

hope so cuz that one didn't even get me

a rejection letter you still haven't

heard back

ah that's a shame you really could use

that prize money oh come on who needs

$25,000 okay don't tell me that you made

this for the hockey Holmes Christmas

party yeah I love baking and it it's

kind of part of my job to make sure the

office looks festive as the receptionist

in temporary receptionist who spent too

much money on culinary school to be

answering phones have you heard me

answer the phone

ahem good afternoon hockey Holmes we

make dreams come true don't you think

every time I pick up the phone I wish I

was picking up a pastry bag there's only

eight restaurants in this town only one

that could afford a pastry chef Oh Shay

Phillippe you were amazing there I'm

just wish amazing gonna kept the owner

from selling the place or you know if

you're cooking school debt oh you've had

an unlucky years.this I'm lucky I'm

unlucky

I was sister he lets me live here for

free you have to pay me in cookies and

an amazing boyfriend Alex who can throw

me some receptionist work temporary so

temporary that I actually applied for a

start-up loan yesterday for your cake

business yes if it's approved

Kylie's cakes calm will be up and

running by June and I note I may not

have to live here for very long because

I really feel like things are things are

gonna change this Christmas alex has

been really dialing up the romance Alex

mr. business yes he's being very

suspicious about our anniversary dinner

oh so you think he has something planned

I mean when it's meant to be it's meant

to be right

what is with this coffeemaker

how is it the best boyfriend ever is the

worst coffeemaker ever nonsense Kylie

I'm a builder are known for our

handiness make it a double

today's nuts got three building

inspections to plan reviews lunch when

the new investor not to mention our big

event yes that was all that coming along

great I bought some new heels and my

dresses in the car but the Christmas

party isn't until next week Christmas

party

let's see the invites are out we've got

50 confirmed so far you booked a string

quartet yes and gave them your setlist

brilliant I have full confidence in you

Kylie this is gonna be the best party we

have ever had

without a doubt Alex I was actually

talking about tonight you know our

anniversary dinner a plan

aa dinner of course I hope you worked up

an appetite you are going to love this

restaurant

uh-huh yeah where we going

he won't tell me he's doing everything

himself he says everything has to be

perfect

really yes yes enough whispering you too

oh we have a lot to pack in before we

all go home for the holidays tomorrow

but I know with your help we can slay it

get it

slay cuz it's Christmas

Oh like slay slay of course

good thing he's handsome uh he's

adorable there are only eight

restaurants and Helen and I'm gonna

figure it out hold on more step oh I

smell garlic Oh

I've narrowed it down to six no

narrowing but you forget that this nose

has been to culinary school I mean this

know this has been it's been your is

inside Michelin star restaurants where

are we going almost and here to the

right okay the world every time you walk

into one of these places knowing that

that's all behind you oh actually I'm

really passionate about baking but maybe

eating good yeah what's wrong

you said pizzas your favorite no it is

just this restaurant is five-star

pizzeria that we've never been to before

what's the problem we've never been here

before because it's actually a menus for

allow me lobster to Lazio truffle

fontina and a nice bottle deserve am I

wrong

hello we have a reservation under hockey

the special yeah it's already let me

know if you

hi-hi-hi neck

Kylee Watson in my restaurant the guys

are gonna have to up their game there's

a real chef in the house tonight you two

know each other

it was a million years Alex do you

remember the guy in the prom photo I

showed you you're that guy in the flesh

- about 10 pounds of hair product Nick

this is uh this is my boyfriend Alex

hockey of hockey Holmes you must be the

luckiest guy in Helen well I can't take

credit for Crested Manor that's a team

effort

no man builds an artificial lake on his

own oh I'm lucky because you know what

let's just get you to your table

well I'm sorry Kylie it's the buyers

from that lakefront property who closed

us tomorrow so much surprise sorry I

feel ridiculous yeah we do but honestly

I thought you left town once a Philippe

closed down uh no no I actually got

lucky cuz Alex was able to give me a job

in socks steady work yeah it's not as

exciting is working in kitchen but I

hope that doesn't mean you stop baking

no I still enter a contest every now and

then but you know with so many celebrity

chefs these days it's well amateurs

don't really stand a chance

amateur please you're a pro oh come on

you can't let one close restaurant get

you down you have a real talent you

gotta work with what you got you've

obviously done that I mean look at this

place look at what you've done with our

old high school hangout when this was

her dad's place it was $2.00 slices and

arcade game little claw machine can't

break it down you know the one that you

busted open to give me that teddy bear

dude you've met Bobby right no I met a

little baby at a church picnic a few

years ago you've turned into such a

don't say little don't say

as a large boy can I show you my

invention of course

Pizza spinner Wow are you kidding that

is genius do you know how many times I

have had to lean over the pizza to grab

the last slice you're gonna make

millions careful it's gonna ask you for

starter money what's this oh okay but is

this just your company logo no it's for

my friends should we sit down yeah okay

follow me an amazing meal with an

amazing guy in a restaurant that is

Christmas itself

Alex this is why I love you I know how

much you love Christmas Cheers with that

holiday spirit this is gonna be the best

Christmas party we've ever had I was

actually hoping for I love you too but

no you know I do but lately it's so much

more than that

in the past year you have filled gaps

that I didn't even know existed Alex

that is so sweet

I I feel the same way I know this isn't

the job you've always dreamed of but

that's why I want to give you a bigger

role in my life a role I didn't think

anyone would ever be able to film

Kiley

I want you to be my office manager it's

a lot of work but I figured with your

culinary school debt you could use a

raise and I'm sorry did you bring me

here to tell me about a promotion well I

wanted it to be special I was very

impressed with that video conferencing

system you installed

Alex that's something I did at work I

I'm your girlfriend I I thought that

dinner was about us what is it we're a

team a team that's going places

hockey homes just had its best year yet

thank you for the promotion Alex and I I

will do my best to make your party a

success so we're good as boss an

employee I was hoping for a little more

than that so was i Alex I can't come

home to just bread sheets I don't want

to just be part of a team I want to be

part of a couple the same thing no Alex

they're not

I'm sorry but I don't think we can be

together anymore

oh hey Oh Nick just grabbing some

decorations from my car are you okay

I'm fine yeah I'm fine I just missed

dinner wasn't exactly what I thought it

would be

I guess Alex and I are just on different

pages oh sorry it was really nice to see

you yeah

what happened there I don't know the

blindfold the rose petals the special

table

I have to fix this

good luck

listen I realize Alex checked a lot of

boxes on paper but a lot he was the

first boy friend I've ever had you used

a calendar okay so I realized that might

not make it into a country song why

can't you take me seriously well it

might be the reindeer slippers didn't

you just let me mope tonight would have

been the worst night in my life if Nick

Mazzanti hadn't been there oh we were

just at his restaurants it's no biggie

no biggie you two were inseparable back

in high school and you did kind of break

his heart I have no choice Tina I mean

when life puts that many obstacles

between two people you just have to

accept it accept what that it wasn't

meant to be

you broke up with Alex oh don't worry

about them so how are you doing are you

okay no I have to be I mean I need this

job so I have to be professional can't

be the girl who's who's crying in the

eggnog oh maybe I should take care of

the Christmas party or no no I can't

give Alex more reason to demote me have

you seen him yet today he's hiding in

his office he doesn't handle no well I

mean I know he respects my work so I

just have to believe that things won't

get super weird hey Alex

miss Watson great it's weird

maybe I should look for a new job no

don't do that no one's hiring at

Christmas anyway you need to stick it

out save money for your kid come home I

won't have to worry about that if this

phone call goes my way

hi this is Kylee

oh no III yeah of course I'd understand

thank you so much weed first Alex and

now you know there's the big just

decided to deny my start of business

logic I'm so sorry can I do anything

just distract me what is that oh just

some old invoices but this came for you

the cleaners found it behind me mail bin

it's not important

oh my gosh

do you remember this Lambie yeah i got

in i got in i am a semi-finalists in the

american gingerbread competition the

entries are g next to me next week you

better get going girl

I've really appreciated to you ASAP what

happened is everybody okay

what's that smell oh the girls decided

to make long story endless the oven is

ruined

oh no if the ovens gone how am I gonna

win when what the American gingerbread

competition the winner here in Helen I

don't understand I never got a rejection

letter because I got in I'm a

semi-finalists

Kylie that's huge that prize money would

be unbelievable good news we will have a

new oven by Christmas Oh Christmas okay

calm down that's only seven days there

are the competitions in six days what am

I gonna do

well what about the Muslims they live

right next door they would let you use

their oven in heartbeat but I feel weird

a scam it's holidays they have three

kids I'm gonna be working around the

clock I think it's too much to ask what

about Michelle Michelle lives in a

bachelor apartment

she's a stove in a microwave I mean I

really don't know what I'm gonna do what

can we look here for Mateo

what is that I have been waiting for

this cookbook to come out for months I

didn't even know there was an English

translation yet I'm gonna breka near the

art of gingerbread you could have

written that oh no no she's the master

her her books are amazing her videos are

incredible us with such attention to

detail it's just inspiring hey hey what

are you doing here

am I really running into you twice in

one week yeah it's just too weird it's

slightly weird wait Nick do you remember

my sister Tina hey hey anybody who loans

me their car to get to prom gets more

than a handshake that old truck I'm

surprised you guys made it there in one

piece well we did have to fish it the

last fall we did what's with the

cookbook oh I'm just doing some research

Kylie made it into that baking

competition up as a Helen in it Tina

nobody cares the gingerbread contest

yeah yeah do you know that how could I

know I mean that's huge congratulations

oh I don't think so buddy she's got

bigger fish to fry well I'd love to stay

and chat but his karate teacher does not

miss around Merry Christmas ladies

Christmas I just got a new teacher and

she's having a Christmas potluck his

regular t-shirt went on maternity leave

and the new one wants to do something

nice for the kids well that sounds like

fun it's not I have to make a homemade

dessert and I don't know what to make

don't sweat it

I'm usually better about this stuff but

one of my managers quit without notice

so I've been working double-time

but hey we're gonna have a great

Christmas anyway right Bobbi Nick I'd be

happy to help it's really nice hue Kylie

but we're fine it's no I could maybe

come up with some some easy to bake

recipes

swing by the restaurant later I'll be

there good the best would be happy to

help

okay stop I mean I keep thinking that

maybe I could know if it'd never work

could what but you know maybe if I

actually no I couldn't couldn't what I

mean I would but you know it's just it's

too much to ask you know I'm gonna

refresh this cookie plate and let you

finish this conversation or something no

no no no don't go please

was it promise you won't laugh at me but

I had this idea what if I asked Nick

Mazzanti if I could use one of his ovens

at his restaurant it's not your worst

idea but do you think you'd want to help

me sure why not

you two are old friends doesn't cost him

anything right right but I I just I

don't really know how to ask I mean like

how would I approach it can I use your

oven oh no way that is way too direct T

do you have any extra oven Sina come on

I mean that's not something that people

just have lying around I was kidding no

but this isn't funny

I have to win this contest if I'm gonna

start my cake business I'm all you can

do is your best

and I mean it's not really a big deal is

it it's just it's nothin sure yeah

it's just - nothin it's totally just an

oven

maybe you have an oven you don't use if

you don't use one of your ovens very

much

I could laughing oh oh oh no a third

there's no oven I I was just actually

practicing my list to Santa brought

those for me uh who's that that is ina

Bruckner and she is the godmother of

gingerbread you know I kind of learned

everything I know from her

I wish I didn't have to go to this party

what do you mean Christmas is the best

time of year and cooking for your

friends that's part of the fun but I

don't even know where to start let's

think what's your favorite kind of food

cupcakes

that's super Oh nonsense there's nothing

boring about cupcakes only boring with

knickers so you make me some cupcakes

oh no but I will help you come up with

an idea

Christmassy idea yeah Christmassy idea

know what why don't you take this and

you can write down everything that you

love about Christmas and then we'll go

from there

hey no running in the kitchen looks like

you gave them this marching order oh no

just just baby steps I just want to help

them come up with its own inspiration

hey I owe you big time for this ever

since her Shantae quit I haven't had a

minute to spend with him No

hey I'll tell you what order anything

you want on the house make it a double

your boyfriend's got to eat too

I mean provided he's still your

boyfriend okay you guys broke up yeah

I'm sorry but foot tastes really good

right now please get something for

yourself no you know what I had too many

chestnuts out of the Christmas market

mana come on you gotta let me repay you

there's got to be something I can do

okay so there is something shoot I seem

to be at a bit of an impasse with my

contest injury oh no there's a molasses

drought but it's more like an oven

malfunction

Tina's broke and I'm having a really

hard time finding another one that I can

use it's it's really around the clock

kind of job so I was hoping that maybe

there was a restaurant who could let me

use one of theirs

oh you want to use one of mine yes but

only if it's not a huge inconvenience oh

no you can totally use one but you got

to clean up after yourself I run a tight

ship back there oh no I've changed I'm

not messy anymore yeah no that was the

old Kiley Watson okay as long as I don't

find any gumdrops in my garlic nuts I'll

even use my own pans and honestly you'll

never even know I'm here

what do you want to start well the

contest is it's really soon so I was

kind of hoping for like today great give

me a couple hours uh we have someplace

we need to be hey Bambi no no no hurry

whenever you're ready Thanks so see in a

couple hours

great I'll grab my stuff and I'll be

back through come on buddy have fun

oh wow

Nick this kitchen is amazing it's

alright

you remember Ralphie and you look

exactly the same

oh is not a compliment you have only

grown more lovely that's a compliment oh

and I hear you made it into that baking

contest up at the hairline there you

know about it

know about going to the contest for the

last ten years you need any ideas I'm

your man

okay all right this dough counter work

oh this is perfect

well back to work Nick thank you so much

for bringing me back into this world

let's see how your enthusiasm holds up

when your gingerbread house gets

disqualified for bite works

Ralphie yours quite the snacker what all

right

you talking about me and Nick oh no

she's fantastic

no she talked Bobby how to make a hockey

stop yes seriously she's sweet and she's

good with Bobby but it's like I said

all right you'll tell it for me man well

she is not the one ah that girl from

earlier she did not make the nick

Mazzanti cuts it's too bad you see nice

yeah but she has no babysitting

experience it was a short-term gig to

help me out over the holidays but

everyone the babysitting agency sends me

has no experience what do you need a

babysitter for Carlos is with him right

now teaching how to make ravioli that's

a very important life skill I don't mind

keeping an eye on him back there

you're very kind tidy but you know what

kitchens no place for a kid but how

about we asked my wife Celeste she's

been dealing with kids all year at the

high school I'm sure she wants a

Christmas break no no no no she's bored

out of her man

besides whenever she's off work too long

all she does is make me to-do lists when

you put it like that thank you Oh for

your entry oh I'm all ears the Empire

State Building you went through all that

fanfare for the Empire State thing what

does that have to do with Christmas you

just light it up red and green do

everybody a favor and get back to your

pizzas hey you know believe it or not I

was asking for her thing Oh my opinion I

mean I like it I just think it's a

little tall for something native you

know cookie yeah so get some dowels and

don't you know anything about these

contests everything has to be edible so

get some of those super-sized candy

canes from the restaurant supply store

yeah solder them together with a

blowtorch that's a good idea

see I am known to have them from time to

time yeah you know what if I'm working

with something that's strong up I could

even go bigger the Golden Gate Bridge

yes we could use rope licorice for the

wires

and there's nothing more Christmassy

than the Golden Gate Bridge okay so if

you're such the expert what's your big

suggestion okay well let me see um how

about Santa village mm-hmm I like that

yeah

yeah and I could do a big clock tower if

I find this giant candy canes oh but you

know what

I'd say Phillippe close I lost my

membership to the restaurant supply

place maybe I can find them online

no I don't do that we make a run on

Saturdays as in Saturday tomorrow yeah I

can make sure you get in I mean unless

you're busy no that'd be great yeah it's

the mushroom guy better normal everyone

else are excuse me I were a betting man

I'd say that sounded like a diamond and

if I were a betting woman I'd say that

sounded like a shopping trip oh good I'm

glad you feel that way because I was

afraid to be disappointed when you found

out I was the one who'd be taking you

but you do the show every week Oh pick

you up say six issue waited night No

hey remember when you pick out my basil

make sure it's fresh

no brown leaves okay

one no you know what what's due to

molasses good I'm gonna fuse if I don't

get a lot to a step Oh Ralph yeah no no

I just wish I had a little more time of

my entry you know cuz Santa's Village

that could go a few different ways oh

don't overthink it people that stressed

out about these contests are Gardens the

ones who really dig christmas those are

the ones who take home the gold and

gingerbread man hey look they have

ginger ale

thanks Bobby look I'm probably gonna use

the powdered kind as this product is so

big but we can use that for cookies

and where's my fresh basil plan favorite

huh remind me again why I brought you

here because my dad wordplay and your

wife wanted to sleep in hey you better

be running the produce oh that kid

cracks me up

yeah he's cute but he's a handful just

like his dad and that ain't Sep smarter

wait you you don't think Nick is smart

my books I mean they take Bobby you know

he's logical he's got that engineering

kid he he he thinks of his head Nick he

thinks with his heart then you

understand that with his folks gone I'm

all he has

I have to take care of it make sure no

one messes with its heart make sure

history doesn't repeat itself if you

know what I mean Ralphie why do I feel

like you're really trying to tell me

something right now tell you anything

I'm

I just remember all those years ago when

you broke his heart

and you know I didn't have a choice I

don't know anything all I know is one

day I was in school we were kids

nick was spending all of his time coming

back and forth to see me his dad

couldn't cope when his mom passed him if

Nick hadn't picked up the slack his

family would lost everything I didn't

want to be responsible for pulling him

away when his family needed him

that's why you left I'm sorry I had no

idea

but you did move back into town you

could have looked him up not me who's

married got a kid they want to rock the

boat and by the time I heard he was

divorced I would say not two ships

passing in the night

two friends passing in the night

that's my really thing people say

all right I'm sorry but your slight dogs

a little tired it's kind of early for me

Ralphie what's coffee's doughnut shop is

right over there on Saturdays they put

out samples I think could be a while I

see well since we have a minute hey do

you want to talk about your list we

could but only one thing that made me

think of Christmas

soccer balls yeah every year my dad gets

me a newborn nothing wrong with that

right I mean we all have different

traditions so we'll do soccer ball

cupcakes well why don't we think about

it a little bit you know when you were

making this list did you know did you

happen to think of any Christmas

ornaments come to mind or Christmas

decorations we didn't put any up this

year what about the ones on the tree we

have tree out my mom's house it's not

like that my dad's great she just

doesn't have time for all that stuff

this year when he's home he has to clean

shop pick stuff and help me with my

homework but I bet he still tries to

make Christmas special for you in any

way you can right I could find you that

soccer ball every year you know what I'm

not gonna let you go to that party

empty-handed okay we are gonna make you

the most Christmasy dessert that teacher

has ever seen right the cocoa express

has arrived don't even think about

touching the peppery one it literally

has my name come on let's go Christmas

tree

how Nick Mazzanti not gonna let that was

mine

do you think these are fresh enough Oh

what Alex will fixate on stuff like this

at the Christmas party uh hon I don't

think a holly bow is gonna get you out

of doghouse with Alex you know it's been

really hard to be around Alex especially

with all the office gossip oh come on it

can't be that bad oh it is

everyone knows even the water guy says

to me are you really coming back after

Christmas yeah that's all the more

reason to focus on the contest so I know

uh I could just win that prize money and

start me kake's company and saying

goodbye to hockey homes ah that's the

spirit hey um how's Nick's kitchen

working out oh it's so great it really

entertains me you know last night we

were brainstorming gingerbread ideas

he's suggesting brainstorming so you

haven't started your entry yet oh no I

started it I mean it needs a lot of work

but it started it oh oh there is it

office first

oh no honey we don't need to Christmas

trees again this year no this one's for

Nick you're you're buying Nick a

Christmas tree yeah his son said I

didn't have time to buy one yet

so well do you want some advice from

someone who's been around a little

longer than you man really but that

never stopped you before

oh you just got out of a pretty bad

breakup so you might want to slow your

roll a little was it really that fast

Oh frontier incoming I just remembered

mistletoes around don't do not leave

Nick tonight

hi Alan see ya early I could lie and say

I'm here shopping for a tree but truth

is Michelle told me you'd be here

listen I don't want you to worry about

the party that whole Hollywood scene

fiasco I heard happened last year won't

happen um you're getting a tree okay

there's a guy who'll do that I wanted to

talk to you

apologies

I was standoffish work everything just

kind of took me off guard the other

night me too I also hear congratulations

are in order

Michelle told me about the contest you

entered last year too didn't I yeah

fifth time's the charm clearly your

perseverance paid off um you know I've

been doing some research into the

contest it gets quite a bit of media

attention that kind of publicity would

be great for hockey Holmes I'm not sure

I follow

well there are four semi-finalists right

I'm sure all of them have big corporate

sponsorship you're an employee would

make sense for hockey Holmes to sponsor

you well how would that work it's easy

just wear a hockey Holmes apron I'll pay

for all your materials and you can use

the kitchen in the new model home make

the model home by the lake the one with

the chef's kitchen have a double oven

marble countertops beautiful view of the

way oh wow let's have to say no to that

don't look I should have done more to

show you I appreciate you but I

recognize your talents I'm not asking

you to change your mind about me I'm

just asking you to let me support you

besides miss having you on my team

I really appreciate your offer but

I think I have to do this on my own

thank you

good morning hi it's a Sunday I started

late on Sundays oh what's this word if

you want to get in the restaurant early

how about it thank you and I heard you

were a treeless thanks Kylie I've got

you've got Christmas covered really

because I someone would beg to differ

okay hi hi what's all this I was driving

past a lot and Bobby had mentioned that

you guys didn't have a choice it's great

you've taken an interest in Bobby but

it's taken me a while to get this whole

single dad thing down and work with what

I got I'm sorry I'm sorry I just get

carried away with Christmas and you know

what I'll take it back to the lot

they'll take it back what is this a

Douglas fir no it's a hand selected

perfectly symmetrical Douglas fir I'll

pay back

did he run Oh No okay

no Christmas tree so that's a good sign

right

yeah Bobby got his tree but you were

right I really blew it with Nick oh

don't beat yourself up Oh

especially when my children can do that

for you hey I saw that I'm gonna get you

later okay girls it's time for lunch

babe lunch what time is it it's almost

noon noon oh my gosh I was suppose to be

setting up the Christmas party an hour

ago I gotta go come on come come

you are amazing event planner well thank

you you might want to hold your praise

until after the food is here oh this

better be the caterers one second hello

where are you

alpharetta that is 16 miles away are you

I'm gonna have to just figure out

something else thank you don't tell me

those were those watch head caterers

that L expired

yes their van broke down outside of

Italy a tall pine sir in this room heads

are gonna roll

don't you think they're gonna survive on

a cheese plate 20 minutes max what are

we gonna do thank you seriously what are

we gonna do hey so let's be talking to

Bobby yeah I heard you got a Christmas

tree

what did you get a visit from the ghost

of Christmas future yeah more like that

goes to girlfriend past Carly I know

what you're gonna say but it's not like

look I'll be the first to admit I was

crazy about Kylie when I was a kid and

the break-up wasn't easy

I'm over it you know I got somebody else

to look out for now I don't have the

luxury of revisiting things that weren't

meant to be mmm and I forget you're

never wrong

plus I was such a jerk about the tree

and be surprised that she ever talks to

me

what can I do for you Kylie okay

sometimes I'm going what is this I've

been eating it all afternoon

that is the pesto feta sun-dried tomato

flatbread the Mediterranean mmm

otherwise known as pizza wants the food

to be fancy it's a good time you know

what whatever it is it saved me fun of

your service what how can we be out of

prosciutto already Ralphie

I don't get it the guy can literally

make a panini out of anything

why does he have to use the most

expensive thing on the menu you know

last month it was lobster panini listen

if you need to go and take care of that

don't feel obligated today thanks I

should get back before he eats through

everyone's Christmas bonus catch you

later

I don't know about you but I think we

can declare this party a huge success

I'm so glad you feel that way how's your

gingerbread masterpiece coming along oh

it's TBD but now that I'm off for the

holiday I can really get into it but

there's anything you need

yeah your friend left this in the

kitchen

oh I'll rent it out to him let me just

so he doesn't charge us I'll be right

back say yes this party is waiting you

better than one last year mm-hmm

Nick Nick you left this

these flatbreads whose idea was that

you're Kylie's friend what's gotten into

her cut um you got me no idea nada

why is she so into this guy it's cuz

they're both into cooking I don't know

how like I think he's just helping her

with her contests right

helping her two seconds after we break

up I think you're you're reading too

much into it you know she really cared

for you I know that has to mean

something right I've just got to be a

way to get back into her good books well

suppose hypothetically there's always

something one can do I need to do a

grand gesture that's not what I what I

said the grandest gesture of them all

you know I never would have bothered you

if I had known none of your delivery

guys are working today maybe they were

maybe they're just some jobs I prefer to

do myself is that so

it was the least I could do after I

snapped at you about the tree oh please

you know what I over stand there oh it

was a good wake-up call I totally put

Christmas on the back burner it's not

cared about it you know in a weird way

seeing him get so excited about the tree

kind of made me feel like a kid again

mm-hmm it's nothing are you kidding that

tree wasn't there you wouldn't even know

it was Christmas well it's not Christmas

yet I mean if you wanted to really go

crazy you could decorate the whole house

two dudes decorating alone are you

trying to depress me

I mean unless you felt like coming over

to help check my schedule I'm gonna walk

you know I'm okay

I mean YouTube did so well on the

ornament making we don't even really

need these yeah that doesn't mean you

can eat one okay maybe just one I mean

it is the least I can do considering he

made this a really really incredible

Garland and you to Nick who knew you had

such a catchy side yeah where'd that

come from that well I may have consulted

some online tutorials before you came Oh

is there a tutorial on on tree toppers

oh no but there's a chance the angel we

always use my being storage I just need

to find the key 10 I might have lost it

in the div orz

I promised I would help him I should

well they done oh there's only one way

to tell

here's to cotton center and we're done I

can stick this gnome into the moon

no we have to wait for him to cool first

well I got the fire going what come on

that doesn't give me any holiday spirit

points it's a gas fireplace I don't

think that counts for holiday spirit

points what is that smell cupcakes no no

the other smell um Oh a little burn on

what is it um it's oven dust because you

never cook not true I am well known for

reheating my food in the microwave okay

you want me to cook more huh

veal parmesan why this broccoli

casserole is a 99% broccoli it's pretty

loose gross yeah and you could follow it

up with your husband is cauliflower

pudding

all right never this let's see these

cupcakes they ruin my oven dust

collection I made them all by myself

all by yourself mm-hmm oh yeah how about

we consult the tickle of truth oh yeah

she helps you know she's here to help me

right can you finish the tree it's my

turn now almost finished there's one

more thing we want to put on it I think

I know where it is

okay watch your step here I should

really get a storage space for all this

stuff what do you mean it's not like you

have a jet ski in here no I keep that

out back with the RV in the monster

truck

I miss you Nick you know

but you know what I've missed more

beating you yeah

washing line I mean it's kind of the

inners luck

let's think this is the Sun to grab the

angel okay here we go tell me huh please

see that is hopeless in the Christmas

Department as you maybe thought let's do

this I'm up in my Christmas game what's

this is this so pretty

Tory about that well I'm gonna say I

can't open that it'll destroy your image

of me which is utterly unsentimental do

you think I would make fun of you I'm

gonna harp you okay then I definitely

need to see what this is Nick this is so

pretty why wouldn't you want to set this

out I don't know I got it a few months

after my mom passed that was a rough

time I mean you were finishing school

and managing the restaurant

you go fast huh

remember that one day right before the

holidays we snuck out of school went to

that kid's Christmas that's the one that

they kicked us out of we really were too

big for those rides

well not all oh the carousel

yeah yeah we did go on that that

merry-go-round we didn't just write in

we had our first kiss

you know I never really understood why

you took me there I think I just thought

maybe you needed to feel like a kid

you know just for a minute no one

understood that except you Hydra you did

you still know

I ruined it Oh buddy what you got there

pudding what happened to the cupcakes

Nick those are his cupcakes

Kylie told me to wait to ice them but

they want that hot but then icing can we

make more time buddy party starts soon

I'll tell you what we can stop by the

store pick some up take the wrapper off

and then we all take a blood oath of

eternal silence okay you know what Bobbi

I think we can salvage this are you sure

in the kitchen this is what we call a

do-over in the kitchen I've also heard

you say things like work what you got

what you see what well we've got an army

of marzipan snowmen and a stage come on

let's go in the kitchen and see what

kind of firepower we could track down

seems like Bobby really wants to impress

this teacher yeah she only started a few

weeks ago but he jumps how to beg can't

wait to get to school in the morning oh

I can't wait to taste that gravy and

those potatoes look divine these kids

get the easy stuff so guys go on in you

don't want to miss pin the tail on the

reindeer hello Bobby

oh thank you hi I'm Nick hi Eileen hey

thanks for doing this I know the kids

were really excited especially in here

well thanks for bringing him by and

hardly wait to see what you've made

melted snowman cupcakes that's genius

what a creative little boy you are and

did you do this all by yourself

nah I had some help well what a creative

family you are

you want to get some coffee

that'd be great it's a marshmallow world

in the winter when the snow comes to

cover the ground it's the time for play

it's a whipped-cream day a late

now those are marshmallow class it's

being friendly in the Braintree and the

Sun is red in hey it's shining sorry

your nose won't freeze oh the world is

no see huh bro

it's now

it's yummy whoa whoa does Santa have a

dog run it's more like a reindeer stable

huh makes sense

got to keep the reindeer out of the rain

really you are Wow you were just on fire

tonight but I thought you had the night

off I do I was doing some Christmas

shopping and Bobby call from Rafi's he

left his engineering kit somewhere we

can't have that

I'm so clumsy you burn yourself yeah

that's just the dangers of working in a

kitchen right well that hurt well like

working in a kitchen non-stop with those

sleep

do you wanna get some air yeah yeah some

air would be good yeah yeah cool that's

I really needed this neck yeah I figured

you needed to clear your head or you

might poke your eye out with pastry bags

it is nice to just even the world is

still going on around me you know oh it

has yeah there's a lot of new stuff been

going on since you started your

gingerbread house oh really do tell well

the coffee shop in the marketplace is

started to offering half off from

peppermint lattes

Santa's big parade got brand new

costumes that parade I can't think

they've been doing that since we were

kids it is kind of like time to stand

still it's kind of comforting you know

yeah remember that the bench that I

first asked you out on where it all

began

is that what you call it well do you

have a better name for it I don't know

maybe the bench of Terror what well I

didn't know you were gonna say yes oh

come on I asked if I could borrow your

lip balm and algebra man that's a

practically an invitation to ask me out

that's news to me although you should

know that I kept that lip balm way you

past its expiration

don't know it's just strange to think

that there was a time when my biggest

worry was asking a girl out on a date

yeah but that's my being kids all about

you know we supposed to have fun be

carefree you went through a lot huh yeah

but I got through it people do I just

had to put that kid part of me away

early yeah well you know what the good

news is you can always get that back

really are you really going there and

came back gonna play long I'm gonna make

this a match you make my Christmas

bring any wreck home with you yeah I

have most of the baking done now it's

just the embellishments I figured I

could just knock out the Clocktower this

morning not to pull a thread but why

would Sam this village have a clock what

why I went in it's always Christmas time

huh it's a joke I'm trying to loosen you

up

yeah I'm just I don't know I'm getting

so stressed out about this contest well

it looks like you're making progress

yeah but anyone to make progress I need

to make progress on something that's

mind-blowing that could become amazing

become amazing but you don't think it

looks amazing now cuz it's almost

finished don't you think you're being a

little oversensitive yeah probably just

there's so much riding on this I mean

winning this could mean living the life

of my dreams versus ordering office

supplies Kylie you have a gift

and winning or losing one contest is it

gonna take that away from you

are you coming a Christmas Carol how

long have you known me you could hum all

you want but don't be harmonized sorry

I've been a little distracted lately

Oh have you I had noticed take a look at

this

hey isn't that that lady that's on

Kylie's cookbook because there's a chill

in the air outside now this property

won't stay on the market long because

along with in its Elf dormitory and a

state-of-the-art coal cellar this gym

also boasts a working Ranger table it's

kind of a must-have for any savvy Santa

hey buddy

Ralphie's outside putting up the

inflatable Santa not that you'd want to

help with that

I do okay don't freak out Oh

not your best opener it's that German

lady inna una I know Brock she's

entering the contest what oh she doesn't

even live in this country I know it's

big news don't panic don't panic fun you

got this it's just one contestant you

know she's entering last-minute she'll

probably have jet lag I don't think you

understand she's the godmother of

gingerbread

I mean she's written like six cookbooks

she's got three TV shows she's got his

entire brand behind her and you got all

these people who care about you behind

you I do yeah we better have one of our

own in the winner's circle okay

I would love to have your confidence but

I have no idea if I can win this

competition and other than I and III

don't even know who I'm competing

against until the press conference

tomorrow if you spend too much time

thinking about the future

the president will slip through your

fingers now who was it

Toby done Jenna we'll worry about the

contestants when we know they are we are

you going with me yeah in case you

haven't noticed I'm a little invested in

this thing half of the Georgia Culinary

Association we would like to welcome you

to the 25th American gingerbread

competition

now we have some new rules this year

contestants are now allowed a double a

battery-powered device within their

submission so long as the remaining

structure of the house is entirely

edible see put some lights in Santa's

workshop

and now the announcement of our

semi-finalists first we have Jim Olsen

Milwaukee and he's sponsored by SK

footwear alex is right people are

sponsoring up no one person is

sponsoring up we have last year's winner

Jill go yet there she is she's a pastry

chef from Montreal and she is

representing herself and we are also

very proud to present a former pastry

chef from right here in Helena Georgia

Carly Watson give it up everybody

yeah and you're gonna take home the

grand prize $25,000 very special

contestant joining us this year all the

way from Europe won't you please put

your hands together and give a big round

of applause with a godmother of

gingerbread herself

ina Bruckner

be in the hometown favorite goes a long

way

thank you all for having me while I am

NOT from here I know how important this

contest is to Helen so instead of

working independently I've teamed up

with a local business as my sponsor I am

entering as team hockey Holmes

okay now you can learn it

I've heard of guys doing crazy things to

get back at their exes but this takes

the cake

sponsoring the grandmother of

gingerbread the godmother of it you know

what I like grandmother better is that

edible stained glass yeah you know if

there's one thing I learned from this

press conference it said I gotta up my

game if I want to win and I have to win

look if you put all of your eggs in one

basket you know what other basket do I

have I mean I've spent the last five

days living the most wonderful dream and

I'm terrified that I'm gonna wake up and

it's all gonna go back to the way things

were

do you really think you feel like this

just because I'm a contest you're right

I just never thought that hanging out

with Nick would bring up all these

feelings that I tried to bury

I have to tell him tonight yeah um don't

don't tell him in a text I'm not I'm

just asking if he has time talk to me

Kylie I have two pieces of good news

first of all Bobbi's teacher emailed me

the cupcakes were such a hit she wants

him to come in and do a demo for

Valentine's Day that's great

what's the other news just a little

something to say thank you Oh

tickets to the competition my Christmas

bonus came early but there's like ten of

them here yeah I got one for me for

Bobby for Ralphie to use the kitchen

staff that's really sweet I don't know

what why not

I just want to drag everybody out there

to watch me lose I'm just feeling

overwhelmed can we just dial back the

pressure a little please yeah yeah um

I'll tell the kitchen staff not to come

but honestly I really think you could

whoa what happened in Santa's Village

huh my niece's thought it was delicious

I don't know Nick I just wasn't feeling

like it was enough and with the opponent

that I'm up against I just needed that

wow factor what do you think about this

I think it's a perfect imitation of

someone else's work

you don't understand I mean Ines my

competitor I I have to I have to get

into her shoes I have to think what

would I to do really well I'm more

interested in what would Kylie Watson

here and that's a nice thought but you

don't understand the pressure I'm under

Kylie I've known you your entire life I

get you I get that you can make

Christmas out of a pool of melted

frosting I get that you can make people

feel something with what you make you

just need to trust your talent well you

don't get as my entry has to be up at

the end by tomorrow morning I mean

everything is at stake here

you're right I don't get it you sent me

a text you wanted to talk to me about

something

I can't I'm sorry about

what I say while we talk about it in my

office

kid is being called into the principal's

office that's because you are they said

um before your dad died

you asked me to look after well I don't

need looking after

I'm a grown man and I got work to do

okay but just just answer me one

question make it a fast one why are you

giving cars it's a hard time about the

contest I want her to trust her talent I

don't want this to end badly for her but

how about you clarify son that's two

questions

I think you're anxious I think you're

scared that once the contest is over

she won't see Kylie come on man no no

you come on

and you're crazy about her I can see it

in your face every time you say it me

you you want me to take a poll of the

kitchen staff what are you waiting for

tell her

I wanted to like a hundred times I just

I don't want to be that guy what guy

that guy who thinks this time it's gonna

be different well are you kidding me

if people didn't think this times gonna

be different they would never go on a

date you can call my wife and ask her a

whole marriage is based upon those words

those words should be engraved in

schools and churches why so we can get

people's hopes up do you want to live a

life without hope yeah yeah

hi Nick listen I'm up at the end and

I've been thinking about this contest

and how crazy it's getting I just have

to face the facts I think I was so

excited to be spending time with you

again that I actually convinced myself

that I could win and it's nothing you

did it's it's just me but I think we

both know it wasn't meant to be

Alex you're overdoing it it has to be

perfect

you must trust me Alex I assure you she

will love it no 11 Kylie what are you

doing here

what are you doing here stay away you

can't look inside this booth please you

guys don't have to be so secretive but

I'm withdrawing from the competition you

must come tomorrow yeah you'll ruin

everything I thought you'd be happy you

haven't even better chance of winning

now you think I need you to withdraw in

order to win no I'm sorry that came out

wrong it Alex what is going on here I

need I need a minute with Kylie um alone

Alex will you please tell me what's

going on it's probably better if I show

you

I gotta hand it to you you have a you

hitched your cart to a winner looking

fine

that is amazing it's so beautiful but I

don't understand it's not edible hey

you're gonna blow your chances it I

didn't enter this contest to win a

trophy

I entered win you

Kylee

I want you on my team for life

what what's wrong that word Nick wait

something tells me it's probably not a

yes oh this is so impressive but I

really hope you can understand I'm so

sorry

neck neck weight

Nik please talk to me I don't need to

talk Kylie I have eyes I have no idea he

was gonna do that I didn't exactly look

like a woman who was politely declining

but I did I did I told him no the second

you left maybe you should go back in and

say yes why would I do that Nik I nikka

don't want to be with him it was just

the wrong place wrong time

yeah that's how it always is with us

wrong place wrong time wrong you wronged

me the reason it ended then is the

reason it's ending now just wasn't meant

to be

Nick Nick okay so she's not here it

doesn't mean anything

people do sleep no Tina it doesn't mean

something

I mean you won't you won't pick up the

phone he won't return my texts okay

in the grand scheme of things a man

going bonkers at the sight of another

man proposing might be a good thing I

don't care about the grand scheme of

things tonight I want Nick now and

forever I don't think I ever stopped

wanting him in my life

so tell Nick that but I told him I don't

want Alex hon that's not the same thing

you need to tell him how you feel about

him you know he said it wasn't meant to

be

do you really think if he knew it would

change things yes

Rafi Oh Ralphie me this is my kitchen

occasionally I'm in it did you just hear

everything mm-hmm was I used wrong

perhaps but I have a vested interest in

what goes on between you and that

knucklehead aka I care and as a person

who cares I happen to agree with your

sister hey what's that who along with

myself seems to have a little bit more

knowledge of human nature than you and

we happen to think that with little

honesty you two could work things out

yeah but he's not listening to words he

won't listen to words

so I can't Thunderbirds I can't tell

okay so she's gone off the deep end and

has a relative I feel as though what no

no I'm not crazy but I have an idea what

you did I know what my contest history

should be you know Nick's been saying

that I've been focusing on technique and

he's right I've been focusing on

technique but what I really need to do

is just make something that makes people

feel something okay but you do realize

that they're judging this contest in

what twelve hours yes which gives me 12

hours to make my entry you guys go don't

worry about me I'll be fine

know what sometimes life comes down to

the girl in her oven Ralphie if you

could just please make sure that Nick

and Bobby come with you tomorrow

I'll do my best but I have to tell them

how I feel best way I knew how

a gingerbread the Helen based contest is

in its 25th year and the excitement is

building as the four semi-finalists are

about to get their final score now so

far

world renowned pastry chef ina

Bruckner's jewelry store is the day

standout however local favorite Thai Lee

Watson has still not revealed her entry

now tension is mounting with mere

minutes until the contest deadline

she'll be disqualified if she misses the

judges ceremony at exactly 11:00 a.m.

time is running out for the Helen native

contestants we are ready to judge your

entries time is almost up hey cookie bot

do I have I see no me this I think of it

as the snow angel look come on let's do

this

ah miss Watson you have the final entry

and we can't judge it unless you share

it with us oh oh right

very impressive but does it do anything

yes uh would you mind if my assistant in

this bitch

test get this right think we're gonna

have to just cross her fingers buddy go

ahead

and the winner of the American

gingerbread competition and $25,000 is

I remember making angels in the slow you

kissed a frozen taro whispered in my ear

oh baby you hey I thought you guys went

home I convinced Ralphie to watch Bobby

for a few hours

thought I'd stick around to be ride home

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