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You do realize,

we've past half a dozencoffee places to get here?

And some of them

you can actually sit insidewhere it's warm.

This is the best coffeein town.

Sure.

What's a little frost bitefor the sake of good coffee?

I just love this time of year.

Everyone getting readyfor the Christmas Festival.

Setting up decorations.

You may have mentioned thatonce or twice over the years

since we were kids?

Didn't want you to forget.

Hey,

shouldn't they be setting up forthat ice sculpture competition?

There's still a couple weeksbefore the festivals starts.

That's not a lot of time.

I mean, they still have toregister the contestants,

approve their designs.

And you wouldn't believe all theice that has to get trucked in.

I see law school

hasn't put a damper on yourpassion for ice sculpting.

I've missed working with my Dad.

We haven't got to sculpttogether in three years.

(phone chiming)Oh.

Yep. I got to go.

Let's do dinner tonight.

I can't tonight.

I promised the folks.

But I'll text youand we'll set up a day.

Say hi to your mom for me.I will.

Carol:Uh-huh.

Well, I will speak to the Judge

and see if we canmove your hearing.

But we only have a couple weeks'til Christmas,

I'm afraid it might alreadybe too late.

Sorry. I met Sarah for coffee.

Ms. Kincaid, can you justhold for just a moment please?

Who handles Judge Pettis'schedule over at the courthouse?

Ms. Kincaid needs topush her hearing back and I--

June Whalen.June.

Let me talk to her.Oh, okay.

Ms. Kincaid?

Hi, it's Emma.

Let me see what I can doand I'll get right back to you.

Thanks. Merry Christmas. Bye.

Give me 10 minutes.

Take a look at these,

I red-lined the changesfor your approval,

I can have a final draft readyfor signatures in the morning.

Great. And Ms. Kincaid?

The Judge had an openingtwo weeks after the holidays.

We're all set.

Thank you, Emma.

We make a great team.

Yes, we do.

And it's going toget even better

once we get the resultsof your bar exam.

Assuming I pass.

Half the people failthe first time they take it.

Those people are notEmma Parkers.

And with that resoundingvote of confidence,

I'll get back to work.

Oh, dinner tonight at seven.Is that okay?

I'll be there.

Oh, hey-- what's going on withthe Ice Sculpting Competition?

I don't know. What do you mean?

I was at the park with Sarah,

they haven't startedsetting up yet.

They put Harvey Norris in chargeof the Festival this year.

And it is his first termon Town Council.

So, he's probably just ina little over his head.

You're probably right.

There's a lot to dowith the the Festival.

(sighing)

Can I help you?

Oh, hey. Hi.

No, I'm just, you know,browsing.

Uh, what do you think?

It's beautiful.

Yeah?Good choice.

Well, thank you.

See anything you like?

Actually, I do.

This is...beautiful.

Who did this?

Uh, my brother.

You should put it out front,

it'll really helpdraw in a crowd.

Yeah, you know, he's not reallyinto showing them off.

Oh. Well, I've been icesculpting since I was little

and this is really good.

I'll tell him you said so.

There used to be a ClaiborneTree Farms outside of town.

Mmm-hmm.

This nice couple ran it and theyalways gave me this candy cane

every time we didour Christmas tree.

Those were my folks.

No kidding.

Yeah, one and the same.

They, uh, they retired last yearand I took over the business.

I'm Nick Claiborne.

Hi. Emma Parkers.

It's nice to meet you.

And the candy cane thing,that was my idea.

Clearly you had a head forbusiness even at a young age.

I just really like candy canes.

(laughing)

Listen, about before...

I don't know, there's justsomething about these trees

that Christmas smell,I can't resist.

That's not the first timeI've heard that.

(laughing)

Browse to your heart's content.

Thanks.

I got to go.

You got to go.

See you around.Yeah.

Oh.

Hey.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

(sighing)

I can't believe they cancelledthe ice sculpting competition.

They don't call it ChristmasFestival of Ice for nothing.

I mean, people in Westfordhave been sculpting ice here

since practically forever.

I mean, it's the reason

the whole festival got startedin the first place.

You've been gone.

Okay, but I come homeevery year for Christmas

and there's alwaysice sculptures in the park.

Well, the last few years

the festival hasn't drawnas well as it used to.

Yeah, and I don't know why

people don't want to comeall this way to sit in the cold

and watch your father chip awayat big chunks of ice.

Hey.

I love it.

Okay, but those ice sculpturesare works of art.

Oh, unfortunately they arebecoming a lost art.

I just...I can't believe it.

Oh, did you tell Emmayour big news?

The, um, county hasofficially chosen my design

for the new library branch.

Dad! That's great!

Isn't that wonderful?

So once you get the resultsof your bar exam

we will all have somethingspecial to celebrate

this Christmas.

To the Parkers.

To a new design,to a new lawyer,

and I get a new partner.

Hear, hear.

(glasses clinking)

I almost finishedcarving the new model.

What do you think?

Too bad we don't get tosee it full-size.

I was looking forward to gettingthe Parkers family team

back together too.

Why does this bother me so much?

Well.

It's been a part of your life

for as long asyou could remember.

When other kids were learningto skate on ice

you were learning to carve it.

Yeah, well...

Mom's right, I should be focusedon my career right now.

It's what you saidyou always wanted.

Be a lawyer.

I know.

You worked very hardto make it happen.

Then how comeall I can think about

are some of the best timesof my life

were spent carvingthese sculptures?

That is a good question.

I feel some fatherly advicecoming on.

You know me so well.

Dug these out the other day.

Thought you weregoing to need them.

My tools.

Why don't you take them out?

See if you still got the chops.

You don't mind?

Like I said,it'll give you time to think.

Thanks, Dad.

(ice chipping)

Hi, I'm hereto see Harvey Norris.

Oh, he's not in yet.

Schedule's been pretty crazy,

what, with theChristmas Festival and all.

Actually I wanted to talk to him

about the ice sculpturecompetition.

Oh, that's been cancelled.

I know.

Could you just tell him thatEmma Parkers stopped by?

Ask him to give me a call?That's my number.

I sure will.

Merry Christmas.

You too.

Vera:And what I'd like to do is setup some sort of small endowment

or a scholarship at the college.

Put it in Sam's name.

Kind of a Christmas presentfor my husband.

Aw, Vera,that's a wonderful idea.

Well, he taught therefor almost 30 years.

Carol:Sure.

I think he would've liked that.

Mmm-hmm. Emma?

Why don't you givethe school a call?

Find out who we should talk toto set this up.

I'll call right now.

Great.

Good idea, Vera.That's a really lovely idea.

Hi, this is Emma Parkers.

I was in this morningto see Harvey Norris.

Oh, he's still not in?

No, I understand that he'svery busy with the festival

but I just--

Could you let him knowthat I called?

Thanks.

They'll call back.

Emma?

Sam and Verawere clients of mine

from almost the very first dayI started this practice.

I remember.

And now that he's gone...

this endowmentmeans a lot to her.

We're a small firm.

We need to giveevery client 100%.

I couldn't agree more.

You're going tomake a great lawyer.

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Oh, those are great. We'll take10 for City Hall please.

Excuse me, Councilman Norris?

Sure, yeah.Call me Harvey.

Hi, Harvey.

Emma Parkers.I'm Carol Parkers' daughter.

Oh, sure. Hi, Emma.

How's your mom?Great.

I was hoping you have a minute.

I don't think it's a good idea

to cancel the ice sculptingcompetition.

I didn't want to.

But we didn't have the budgetfor it this year.

It was eithercancel the competition

or lose Santa's Workshop.

And I don't want to get onSanta's naughty list.

No. But you grew up here,

you know how importantthe festival is

to the people in Westford.

I sure do. I'm a big fan myself.

There must be somethingyou can do.

I'm sorry, Emma.

I'm afraid my hands are tied.

What if I could raise the money?

Excuse me?

To make up for the differencein your budget.

To pay for the competition.

$20,000 in less than two weeks?

$20,000?

I'm afraid so.

Oh. Wow.What if I could raise half?

Well, we can't exactly havehalf a sculpting competition.

No, I mean,

but maybe you could come upwith the money somewhere?

Squeeze your budget a little?

You're serious about this?

It's really important to me.

And to the town.

I mean, it's been a part of thefestival for so many years.

If you could just give me achance, that's all I ask.

I guess if I squeeze my nickelsa little bit.

I could come up with maybe...

$5,000.

But you'd have toraise the rest.

$15,000?

That's the best I can do.

It's a deal.

(chuckling)

Good luck, Emma.

I hope you can pull this off.

(sighing) Me too.

♪

What a beautiful morning.

Hey, what brings you out?

Just going for a walk,grabbing a coffee.

Best coffee in town,worth the walk.

Yeah.

I was just thinking.

My parents used to bring mehere every Christmas.

You know,to watch the sculpting.

Yeah?Yeah.

When I was old enough

my dad and I used to competeevery Christmas.

You competed?Yeah.

Yeah.

It was a lot of fun.

Wow. So, I probablysaw you competing.

Maybe we saw each other.

Maybe.

But it's too bad that they haveto cancel it this year.

I heard they didn'thave the money for it.

Yeah.

Yeah, I heard that too.

That's why I decided toraise the money myself.

Wait, what?

Yeah. I'm going to...

raise the money,put the competition back on.

And how much moneyare we talking?

15,000.

Dollars.

(chuckling)

You don't think it sounds crazy?

You got to try.

Yeah.

Morning, Nick.

Why, yes, I'd love a cup ofcoffee. How thoughtful.

(laughing)

Oh. You brought company.

Lonny, Emma. Emma, Lonny Barnesmy business partner.

Nice to meet you.Hi.

We try to keep an eye on himbut sometimes he wanders off

I hope he hasn't beentoo exasperating.

(laughing)Well.

It's so funny, isn't it?

(laughing) See what I mean?Total Grinch.

(laughing)

Customers.

Oh, okay. I got to go.

Okay.Come by anytime.

Thank you.

We've known each othersince we were kids.

You know, he gets a little jollythis time of year.

I'm the same way.

Hey, feel free to sniff aroundwhile you're here.

I should get to work.

But thanks for listening.

Hey, I hope it works out.

You could introduce meto your brother.

My brother...

Right. Why?

Well, I was just thinkingmaybe I could ask him

to use some of hisice sculptures

to help promote the competition.

You know, get peopleexcited again.

Yeah. I don't know about that.

Was he planning to enterthe competition?

No.

No, he'd never do that.No?

Why?

He's...he's very busyat this time of year.

And, um...

he's, uh...

he's not reallygreat with people.

Well, we're going toneed a lot of sculptors.

So, I don't know, maybe I couldget in contact with him?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, Emma.

I wish I could help.

What about all the stuff yousaid about hoping it works out?

Hey, I do hope it works out.

Right. No.

Uh, yeah.

I just, uh...

Emma.You know what?

I got some paperwork I got tofile down at the courthouse.

So if I don't see you,Merry Christmas.

Yeah, Merry Christmas.

That's right,

we'll be taking the depositionsfor the Simmons case

right here in office.

Yeah, it's a pretty big case

so we'll probably needthe stenographer all day.

Um, no, they're driving downfrom Concord.

I'll confirm the timebut we'll be starting early.

Okay. Great. Thanks.

Bye, you too.

♪

Of course.(sighing)

Nancy, did you know thatthe ice sculpting competition

has been a part of the ChristmasFestival for over 60 years?

That's why it's so important tohelp keep the tradition alive.

How much do you need to raise?

Um...

Thank you.

And Westford sponsored the firstcompetition over 60 years ago.

Uh-huh. Could you hold thisplease?

Which is why I'm askingeveryone in town

just to give what they can.

So you want a donation?

♪

$20,000?

Okay, I know it's a lot

but I get the five grandfrom Town Council.

Emma, new snow tires are a lot,this is a fortune.

But I think if I couldjust get their attention

the whole townwill get on board.

What do you have in mind?

Didn't you set upa JumpFunder for the school

to raise money forplayground equipment?

You want me to show youhow to do that

for the ice sculptingcompetition?

I'd be your best friend forever.

That's all I needed to hear.

The lunch rush is almost over.

How about I talk you through ittonight on the phone?

You're the best. Thank you.

You know, even if youraise the money,

the town already knows thecompetition's been cancelled.

How are you going toget anyone to sign up?

I have one idea.

You always do.

So, how'd you and Emma meet?

(grunting)

She likes to smellour Christmas trees,

she was hanging around the lot,we started talking.

She's big into Christmas,I knew I liked her.

Yeah, you like everybodythis time of year.

Yeah, even my old pal Ebenezer.

So, when are you going tosee her again?

How can I see her again

when I haven't seen herfor the first time?

Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.

When are you going to see herfor the first time?

I'm not.

What? Why not?

Here's this very pleasant,very attractive young woman

who I personally think

would be a good influenceon my best friend.

Especially consideringthe circumstances.

There are no circumstances.

Oh, come on, Nick!

It's been almost a yearsince you and Tara broke up.

It's time to get back out there.

Oh, yeah. What are you,my social director now?

I'm talking about Christmas. Youknow, all is merry and bright?

Look, I appreciate what you'retrying to do, Lonny.

Okay? And, you know,you're right.

Emma's great.

You should hear the wayshe talks about...

saving the sculptingcompetition.

Well, that's somethingyou guys have in common.

I don't know.

It's just...

bad timing.

It's been a year, buddy.

You got to get back in the game.

Emma:I know it's asking a lot, Dad,but I could really use the help.

If you wouldn't mindgetting the word out?

Maybe askingsome of your old buddies,

tell them what's going on.

Absolutely, honey.

Anything I can do.

Thank you.

Saving the competitionwon't mean a thing

if I don't get anyoneto sign up.

I've known these sculpting folksforever, believe me,

they were just as disappointedas we are that it was cancelled.

The thing is though...

The thing is can I reallyraise that much money in time?

First thingthey're going to ask.

When you were teaching meto sculpt

you used to tell me to keepmy mind on the big picture

but my eyes on each little cut.

That's whatI'm trying to do now.

That works for me.

You got this.

I believe in you.

Thanks, Dad.

Emma:Yeah, it went up on JumpFunderthis morning, Sarah,

it looks great.

Thank you for all your helplast night.

No, not yet.

But there's still time,

I'm sure the contributionsstart rolling in.

Season's Greetings.

Christmas cookie latte.

Aw, Emma, thank you.

It's the least I could do

after being gonefor so long yesterday.

Oh, all is forgiven.

The thing is there's justso much going on right now

I feel like I'm being pulledin 10 different directions.

I know, I have barely startedmy Christmas shopping.

And with the Christmas Festivalcoming up and everything--

Well, we'll muddle throughsomehow.

Speaking of muddling through,you'll appreciate this.

Oh, sorry.

I almost forgot to tell youwhile you were out yesterday.

They called from Concordabout the Simmons case.

Good, I need toconfirm the stenographer.

What time are they going to behere for the depositions?

They can't. Opposing counselslipped on some ice

and has twisted her ankle and,I mean, she'll be fine,

but she's requestedthat we come there instead.

And, you know,I'd rather not delay this.

So I said, "No problem."

So you're going to driveto the capital next week?

We get to drive to the capitaltogether.

What?!

You've done all theheavy lifting with this case,

you know the issues,

you should be the oneasking the questions.

I, um...

Wow.I know, right?

It's a big stepbut I think you're ready.

So we'll be gonefor two days next week?

Is that a problem?

No. Um, no, no problem.

I just thought maybe witheverything going on here

I should stick around.

Honey, I think Westford can getalong without you for two days.

(sighing)

It's not even making a dent.

Sarah:Emma, these things take time.

Yeah, well I just found out Ihave less time than I thought.

What do you mean?

My mom wants me tohandle the depositions

on one of our cases,

so I'll be in the capitalfor two days next week.

But that's whenthe festival starts.

I know.

So I need to make sure

a lot more people know aboutthe campaign and fast.

How are you going to do that?

Go straight to the source.

Sounds like a plan.

(bell ringing)

Please tell me you're not herefor more money,

I've squeezed every penny I canfrom my budget.

I just have one tiny favour.

What's that?

People all over the country lookat Westford's Christmas website.

I think if you linked itto my campaign page

we might have a better chanceto raise the money in time.

Emma, when I brought this upwith the rest of the council

everybody talked about

all of their fond memoriesfrom the competition.

Well, that's great.

But the truth is,they're a little worried too.

What do you mean?

They don't want toget the town's hopes up

that we can bringthe competition back

and then have it...

well, have it not work out.

It's Christmas time.

The last thing we want to dois disappoint anybody.

You're right, Harvey,it is Christmas.

The time when miracles really do happen.

And who knows, maybe we can makeour own little Christmas miracle

happen right here in Westford.

Well, you definitelyhave a way with words.

Maybe you can come andwork with us at the town.

We've got some other miracles

that we could usesome help with.

Is that a yes?

I never wanted to cancel thecompetition in the first place.

I'll get you the link.

Thank you, Harvey.

(laughing)

♪

Hi. Emma.

Ms. Baxter, hi.

I didn't know you worked here.

Oh, I volunteera couple of days a week.

Gets me out of the housesince I retired.

Oh, by the way, I havea call in to the college

about setting up the endowmentin your husband's name.

I'm sure that they'll love it.

Oh, I hope so.

But, tell me,what brings you here today?

Oh, I saw onthe museum's website

you have some old photographs

from past ice sculptingcompetitions.

Uh huh.

Could I maybe look at them?

Right this way.Oh, great.

I've been watching themcarve ice since I was a girl.

Oh, it never ceases to amaze me.

Shame it all has to end.

Actually, that's why I'm here.

To try and keep thatfrom happening.

But I thought Harvey'd alreadycancelled the competition.

Well, if I can raise the moneyin time

he'll put it backin the festival.

I thought maybe some ofthese old photographs

might help remind people ofwhat a great tradition it is.

You're welcome towhatever you need.

Emma:Our client, Miss Simmons,

received notice that her car waspart of a manufacturer recall.

But when she took it inthe dealership said that

they were too busy and asked herto bring it back the next week.

Be sure when you ask that

they specify in their answerwhat day of the week.

Because Monday was a holiday

and Miss Simmons couldn'tcome back until Tuesday.

Good.Great.

I don't know,

I guess I just feel guilty fornot telling her what I'm doing.

Then tell her.

Your mom knows how much you'vealways loved ice sculpting.

Yeah, well I can love itall I want

as long as the lawalways comes first.

And that's why you went toschool for three years

to become a lawyer, isn't it?

That was the plan.

You okay?

Yeah. No. I just, um...

the whole thing with raisingmoney for the competition.

Actually, I shouldcheck to see if--

No, what you should do

is stop checking contributionsevery two minutes.

I brought you along to help mewith my Christmas shopping,

remember?

You're right.

♪

Sarah, you said we weregoing Christmas shopping.

We are. We're shoppingfor a Christmas tree.

Who's Nick?

Some guy I met in town, he has aChristmas tree lot and I asked--

You know what? Never mind.

Can we just gosomewhere else please?

No way. Look at this place.

I came here to get a tree andthat's what I intend to do.

Good choice.

Excuse me?

The Fraser Fir is our mostpopular tree this time of year.

Do you, uh, have someone tohelp you carry it to the car?

I was just admiring it, it'sway too big for my apartment.

Where I live alone.

(ice scraping)

So this is whereyour brother hides out.

Gotcha.

Excuse me.

(ice scraping)

Hello? Nick's brother?

Sorry, I don't know your name.

Hello?

Nick?

Hi.

(scoffing)

Let me guess,you don't have a brother.

Uh...

no.

And the sculptures outsideand in town, those are yours?

Uh huh.

Unbelievable.

Hey, Emma, wait.

Emma, just...can you justwait a second?

I'm sorry I told you aboutmy fictitious brother.

But it's a reflex.

It's what I tell everybody.

What? Why?

It's a...

it's a long andvery predictable story.

And having an antisocial brother

just saves everybodya lot of time.

But your work is amazing.

And people should knowthat you're the artist.

You think I'm an artist?

Yes, of course.

I mean, anybody could see thatif you would let them.

But, I mean,

that doesn't make it okaythat you wouldn't help me

when I asked for you tosave the competition with me.

I'm sorry about that too,

but when I heard you talkingabout the JumpFunder page

I knew I had to dosomething to help.

I didn't...I didn'ttell you about that.

Well, actually, you were gettingcoffee, that place in the park,

I was in linejust right behind you.

Oh, you were eavesdropping?

Yeah, now, see,when you say it like that--

Okay, you know what?

Never mind. I've got way toomuch on my plate right now

to be doing this.

So.

So do I.

Great. So we're done.

We are so done.

Except...

you might want this.

Frank Duvall?

He's a friend of mine,he owns an ice company,

he's a big fan of ice sculptingfrom way back.

I talked to him aboutwhat you're doing.

You did?

I thought maybehe could help.

Throw it away if you want.

Thank you for this.

I really do thinkyou're very talented.

I don't know.

Seriously.You shouldn't hide it.

There you are.

Hey.

Check out the perfect littletree Lonny cut down for me.

Oh.I'll meet you at the car.

Ready?Yeah.

You okay?

I don't get it.

If he likes ice sculpting somuch, why keep it a secret?

I don't know.

I get the feeling it's aboutmore than just sculpting.

You two seemed to hit it off.

(scoffing)Yeah, right.

No, I saw the wayhe looked at you.

And I definitelypicked up on a vibe.

What?

Yeah, right. There was no vibe.

Okay,keep telling yourself that.

No vibe!

There was a vibe.

You know what?

Good luck with that.

Emma!See ya.

Get back here and help me!

Emma!

♪

Nick told me you were coming by

and that I should listento what you have to say

because saving thiscompetition's important to you.

He said all that?

But what he didn't say is why.

My dad started teaching mehow to sculpt

when I was a little girl.

He and I were in the competitionfor as long as I can remember.

The truth is, as important asthe tradition is to the town

I think it's just as importantto my family.

Let me think about it.

Great.

Thank you.I really appreciate it, Frank.

And Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Dad, I didn't know youwere coming by today.

I thoughtI'd surprise your mother.

Take her out to lunch.

Well, she's in the officeon a phone call,

I'm sure she'll be outin a minute.

In that case I shall sharesome good news.

I reached out tosome old friends,

we got six teams standing by,

just say the word,they'll be here to compete.

You're amazing, Dad.

Thanks.

What's up?

(sighing)

Nothing.

The festival's tomorrow and Istill haven't raised the money.

Keep the faith.

You never know.

You never know what?

I never know where I'm going totake my beautiful wife to lunch.

Hm.

I'll get my coat.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

You know I had coffeewith Emma's friend Sarah,

remember she was out at the farmthe other day.

Coffee, huh?That sounds promising.

Lonny:Yeah.

Kind of hit it off.

I mean, with the trees and all.

Way to go, Lonny!

Anyway, she was telling me about

how Emma works justa couple of blocks from here.

At her mom's law officeover there on Riverton.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

She seems real nice.

Maybe you should, uh, stop by,say hi.

Yeah, I don't think so.

Well, what are you going to do

just give up on Christmas forgood because of what Tara did?

Let's not go there,all right?

Whatever happenedto the old Nick?

The guy who used tolike to have fun?

And spent every night in hisbarn carving little ice statues

instead of getting onwith his life.

Look, I'm sorry, I just...

I miss my friend.

You're missing Christmas.

I don't know.

See? This is a nice change...

from our frostbit toeson our way to get coffee.

Thought I'd give you a break forChristmas on your first day off.

Speaking of.You don't look very festive.

I don't feel very festive.

I didn't raise the moneyfor the competition

and today's the first dayof the festival,

so we're out of time.

Oh, no. How close did you get?

It doesn't matter,it's all or nothing.

I mean, you know,

you don't raise your goal thenyou don't get any of the money.

What are you doing?

I'd still like to know.

Sarah, come on.

When was the last timeyou checked?

Does it matter?

Emma.

Yes?

Look.

An anonymous donor?

For almost $10,000!

He did it.

Frank Duvall did it!

You did it!

We did it!(squealing)

Little more volume please.

Um, Merry Christmas andGod bless us, everyone.

Testing, one, two, testing.

One, two.

Harvey!Harvey, we got the money!

We did it!

15?!

$15,000?

I know, it's unbelievable!

It sounds likeyou got your miracle!

We have to get ready,tell everybody to set it up.

Absolutely.

But where are we going to findteams at the last minute?

Don't worry, my dad's gotsix teams standing by,

seven including us.

You did it, Emma.

You did it.

Yes.

The ice sculpting competitionis back!

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Wow.

Nick!

We did it.

We raised the money and thecompetition's back on.

Oh.

Sorry.

Wow. That's...that's amazing.

Yeah.

Yeah. Way to go, Emma.

Congratulations.I owe it all to Nick.

What?

Yeah. I mean,you sent me to Frank Duvall,

I told him what we needed

and he made a donationfor the rest of the money.

Wow.Yeah.

Whoa. I always knew Frankwas a good guy but--

No, you are the great guy.

None of this would've happenedwithout your help.

Honestly, thank you.

I'm glad it worked out.

Well, um...

you know, there areseven teams lined up.

Which means there's still roomfor one more.

Yeah, no, Emma, it getsreally busy around here

around Christmas. You know?

What I do I knowabout big sculptures?

Anyway, you have fun.

And, uh, congratulations.

Thanks.Excuse me.

Hey. I'll see you later.

Yeah.

(sighing)

Look, Nick should be talkingto you about this, not me,

but I know him.

And I can tellhow much he likes you.

Hm. He's got a funny wayof showing it.

Yeah, well that's what people do

when they get their heart rippedout by someone they care about,

especially when it happensat Christmas.

What?

Just, uh...

hang in there.

Emma:Hi, it's Emma Parkers.

Is Frank in?

Oh, no. Could I leave a message?

Yeah.Could you just let him know

I called to thank himfor his generous contribution?

No, he'll know what I mean.

Thanks. You too.

Merry Christmas.

♪

(knocking)

Hi.

Hi.

Thought I might find you here.

You know, it helps me think.

Same here.

I thought about what you saidabout the competition

and how it's differentbecause of the size.

Yeah.

But it's not.

You shouldn't let itstop you from competing

if it's somethingyou really want to do.

Emma, look, it's not--

I mean, you shouldn'tlet anything stop you,

really, from anythingyou care about.

When you find something that youcan really put your heart into,

something that you really love,

you should hang on to itas tight as you can.

Sometimes you got to knowwhen to let go.

What do you mean?

Okay. Um...

it's kind of like you.

I started doing thiswhen I was pretty young.

And it was like, uh...

I could do it. You know?

The tools just fit in my hand.

I started entering somesmaller competitions

and...

it's never about winning,you know.

It's just because...just because it was fun.

Anyway, after a while you startrunning into the same people

and kind of get to know 'em.

I met this girl.

She was really nice.

And, uh, she couldwork with ice too.

You two startedsculpting together?

She's more competitivethan I was.

And started entering usin these bigger competitions.

We even talked aboutdoing this one in Westford.

You know,tackling the big sculptures.

Why didn't you?

Tara and I had beendating three years

and all of a sudden...

right before Christmas

she decided it's not workingfor her.

She already had a plane ticketto Los Angeles.

Never saw it coming.

Sorry.

I haven't had much interestin competing ever since.

My heart's just not into it.

Maybe you just need to findsomebody to make it fun again.

Maybe.

I got a V chisel if you want totake a shot at that corner.

I think a scoop chiselmight be the way to go.

Huh.

Well, I got one of those too.

Hi.Hey there.

Almost finished.

How was your day?

Oh, just trying toget everything together

for this deposition.

Have...have you heard from Emma?

No. Why?

Oh, it's just she wasn'tin the office this afternoon

and I left a few messages,I just haven't heard back.

This is an important case.

I'm sure she's on top of it.

I don't know.

Her head seems to besomewhere else half the time.

We barely seem to talk anymore.

Well...

two of you have a loton your plate right now.

My advice is for the both of youto throttle back a little.

Yeah. Maybe you're right.

Christmas Festivalstarts tonight.

We'll meet Emma there,enjoy the festivities...

together.

And everything will be fine.

Oh.

(sighing)

Yeah.

We make a pretty good team.

(phone chiming)

Oh.

Oh no.

I got to go.

What's wrong?

No, nothing, I just...

I should be at work, we've gotthis big case coming up

and I haven't even finished.

And my parents want me

to meet them at theChristmas Festival tonight.

Maybe I'll see you there.

Not if I don't get my work done.

Well then, get out of here,get to work.

All right. Thanks for...

thanks for letting me chip.

It's my pleasure.

All right. I'm out.

(mouthing words)

♪

Beautiful!

Oh, my gosh. This is gorgeous.

Oh, look at these.

Very nice.

I'm going to getone of these for you.

Yes, you are.

Can you see her?No.

Harvey:Good evening, everyone!

Welcome to the first night

of Westford's annualChristmas Festival!

(cheering)

I'm going to give her a call.Sounds good, yeah.

(phone ringing)

Hi, Mom.

Hey. What--

Oh, Emma,you don't have to be working

on the first night ofthe Christmas Festival.

I--

Okay. Five minutes.We'll be here.

She's at the office.

Harvey:I'm especially excitedto remind everyone

that because ofthe donations from you

the ice sculpting competitionis part of our festival again.

(cheering)All right!

(cheering)

That's great!

It certainly is.

Do you know what?If I know Emma,

that five minutesis going to take an hour.

So I'm just...I'm justgoing to go get here and--

Well, don't--You wait here.

I'm going to go get her.

Okay.Carol!

(knocking)

Hey, I was just headed over.

I'm sorry. Nick!

Hi.

Hi. Welcome.

Yeah, Lonny told meyou worked on Riverton Street,

your mom's law office, and Ifigured, "What are the odds?"

Right? More than one lawyernamed Parkers on the street.

You found me.

Yeah. Look, if you're busyI'll come back.

No, no, no. Come in, come in.

It's very lawyerish.

(chuckling)

Uh, this seemed like a good ideaa little while ago.

What did?

All right.

The thing is...

I've been thinking aboutwhat you said.

And maybe you're right.

Maybe it would be good for me totake another shot at competing.

And not to win, 'cause, youknow, that was never the...

the point of it all.

I just want to feelthe way it used to feel

before things gotall jumbled up.

When it was fun.

I think that's a great idea.

So, like you said,

I just need to findthe right partner.

Someone who knowsbig sculptures.

Someone...

like you.

I...

You already have a partner.

My dad and I have been sculptingtogether since I was a kid.

Sort of a tradition.

I'm sorry.

Hey, don't be sorry.

I, uh, I'll be thereto cheer you on.

100%.

Go, Emma!

(laughing)

Nick:So, I should go.

I'll walk you out.

I'll see you then.

Okay.

♪

Dan:Emma.

What are you doing out hereso early?

Well, if the Parkers family teamwants to win this year

we better busy.

Yeah, I've been, uh...

I've been thinking about that.

Good. We don't have much time.

As much as I have loveddoing this with you, kiddo.

I am...snowed under with work.

I think you're going to have tofind a new partner this year.

Really?

But, um...

this is our tradition.

And I have...I've lovedevery minute of it.

And I want you to carry on thattradition with someone else,

someone who loves thisas much as we do.

But I've never done itwithout you.

Well, that's why...

this time around you canmake it your own.

That's my girl.

Man:Hey, Nick!

Hey!Hey.

Isn't this crazy?

When I was a kid I used to think

this must be whatSanta's toy shop was like.

So much to do before Christmas.

So, you and your dad all set?

Mm, he can't do it this year.

Work.

So.Oh.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, me too.

So you don't have a partner?

Did you?

Did you find someone?

That's a lot of work.Yeah.

Not much time to prepare.

On the other hand--

It could be fun.

It could be fun.

Partners?

Partners.

(laughing)

Emma:All right, we don't have muchtime so I'm going to give you

the CliffsNotes versionof the rules.

Each team has two members,we're given six blocks of ice.

Sculptures have to beat least five feet tall

but no more than 10 feet.

And we can only usethe ice we're given.

How do you remember all that?

Cute.

Competition lasts three days,72 hours,

during that time eachteam member is only permitted

a total carving timeof up to 36 hours.

That's to make surenobody gets too tired.

And that's it.

Got it.Got it.

Got it.

(sighing)

Wow. That's someserious hardware.

Thank you.

(grunting)

So, where are your power tools?

I don't use 'em.

Okay. Well, uh,then we'll work on that first.

Why?

Nick, these aren'tlittle sculptures

you put on a tableat a wedding.

These are huge.

If we just use hand toolswe'll never finish in time.

You're smiling.

Why are you smiling?I'm not.

You are smiling.I'm not.

Seriously, we don't have timefor this.

It's just, okay, look,all of a sudden I--

I could see thisgangly little girl

all serious about this stuff

who had no idea that she'd growup to be someone so amazing.

(sighing)Come on, we have work to do.

See?

You can't get a cut like thatwith a power tool.

Yeah.

It's nice.

And who knows? Maybe we couldfinish by next Christmas.

Is that sarcasm?

(whistling)

What? Whoa.

Okay. Now, just remembernice and easy.

(gasping)

Oh, boy.

Wow.

All right.

I guess we'll start again.

Sorry.

Now, that's eight feet.

So that's how tallour sculpture should be.

Wow, that's big.

We still have to come upwith a design.

Look, we can't justsettle on one thing.

Right? We have to...

I don't know, think of somethingthat tells a story

with one image.

Okay. What do you suggest?

That's the thing, I don't know.

What we need right nowis some serious inspiration.

Well, we'd betterget inspired soon

or we're going to have the onlysculpture in town history

called the block of ice.

(laughing)

All right. It's been a long day.

Why don't we justcall it a night

and we'll come upwith something tomorrow?

Sure.

Great.

This was good.

Yeah.

Yeah?Yeah.

Okay, then.

Nick, it's Emma.

Remember what you saidabout town history?

Trust me.

Emma, welcome back.

Hi, Vera,this is Nick Claiborne.

He and I are partnering up forthe ice sculpting competition.

Nice to meet you.

But shouldn't you two besharpening your chisels?

Well, we have to decidewhat to sculpt first.

Do you mind if we look atthose pictures again?

I'll go get them. Oh, take alook at the new display.

(gasping)

I can't believe they madeall these with just hand tools.

Pretty amazing, right?

No kidding. But...

I'm still not sure how thisis going to help us.

Well.

All these sculpturesare special in some way

and just want whatever we doto mean something too.

It's not about the town, is it?

It's about you.

(sighing)

My mother doesn't even knowI'm doing this.

I, uh, I didn't tell herbecause she would just say

it's a distractionfrom my legal career.

I thought you saidyou weren't a lawyer.

Oh, I said not yet.

I took the bar exam,I'm waiting for the results.

And when you do?

When I do I hang out my shingleand go to work with my mother.

In the meantime, I'm supposed tobe soaking everything in

so I can hit the ground running.

You don't soundvery happy about it.

(sighing)

This isn't helping usdecide what to sculpt.

(phone ringing)

Hi, Frank?

Yeah, thanks forcalling me back.

I just wanted to thank youfor helping us with the--

Oh, uh.

Okay. Uh...

(sighing)

Yeah. Yeah. No. Okay.

Thanks for telling me.

Merry Christmas.

Huh.

What was that about?

That was Frank Duvall,

he said he got my callabout the donation.

He said it wasn't him.

He didn't donate the money.

Who did?

♪

Why would someonegive all that money

and want to keep it a secret?

Maybe because that's thedefinition of anonymous.

Okay. Well, I'd like toat least thank them.

(phone ringing)

It's Nick.

Says he has an ideafor our sculpture.

And how's that going?

Good.

If we could justcome up with a design.

That's not what I meant.

Nick is a great guy.

Sounds like it.

But I just have so much going onright now with the competition

and work and--

I just reallyneed to stay focused.

Focused is good.

Don't give me that.

Don't even.

Okay. I admit I had my doubtsabout the museum

and getting inspiredand all that stuff.

But when you left it was like,boom, there it was.

Keep in mindI can't draw for beans.

Nick, just show me.

So.(gasping)

What do you think?

I love it.

Then let's get to work.

♪

(laughing)

Come on, put your back into it.

(laughing)

Wow, it's late.

Yeah, we've been at thisa while.

Thank you.

None of this would've happenedwithout you.

No, you made this happen, Emma.

I'm just...

just lucky to be herewhen you did.

(phone ringing)

Emma:Hi, Mom?

Hey, honey, I just wantedto remind you

that we need to getan early start in the morning

if we're going to make it ontime for the depositions.

The depositions.

You didn't forget, did you?

No, no, of course not.

I'm just, I'm a little tired.

Oh, well get some rest.I'll meet you at the office.

Big day tomorrow.

Yeah. Got it. Thanks, Mom.

Everything okay?

I should go.

Okay.

Go. Get some rest.We got a bid day tomorrow.

Yeah.

Yeah, big day.

Big day.

Mom?

All set.

Oh.

I meant to ask you

to pick up some of thatgreat coffee on your way.

But never mind, we'll stop.

I need to talk to you.

Can we talk in the car?

Mom.

Oh. All right.What is it?

I know how importantthis case it to you,

and I know how muchyou want me--

(phone ringing)

Parkers Law Office.

Speaking.

Yes, yes, I did.

Oh, really?

Well, that's great.

I hope so too.Merry Christmas.

That was the endowment officeat the college.

They want to talk about

the scholarship Vera wants toset up in her husband's name.

That's wonderful.

But today's the last daybefore the holiday

and they need to meetthis morning.

So.(sighing)

And one of us has to be there,of course.

Mom, you don't need me therefor these depositions.

Yeah, but you'veworked so hard on this

and it seems like such a shameto not have--

And to tell you the truth, I waslooking forward to the drive.

Just me and you.

I miss spending time with you.

I know, Mom, me too.

All right, well, keep me posted.

I'll be back tomorrow.

All right.

Hey.Hey, where you been?

We got to get ready.We're starting soon.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry, I justhad to stop by the office.

But I just have one other thingI need to do.

Wait! No, no. What?

Don't worry!Emma!

I'll be back in time!

College Administrator:All right, Vera.

The Samuel R. Baxter Scholarshipwill be awarded every September.

Great. That's exactlywhat I wanted.

(phone buzzing)

Hey, how's it going?

Sarah.

You must be Nick.

Yeah?

I'm, uh, Dan Parkers.

Oh, nice to meet you.Emma's dad.

Uh, where is she?

Don't worry, she'll be here.

Oh, yeah, that's what everyonekeeps telling me.

Good morning, everyone.

Welcome to theWestford Christmas Festival

ice sculpting competition!

(cheering)

I'm here, I'm here.

Talk about timing.Sorry I'm late.

Good luck, you two.

Thanks, Dad.

Each team member is permitteda total carving time of...

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah. We're doing this.

Ice blocks that arein their area.

Sculptures must be five feettall but no more than 10 feet.

And then on Christmas Eve day,the judges will pick a winner.

Is everybody ready?

(cheering)

I said, "Is everybody ready?"

(cheering)

On your marks.

Get set.

Go!

(cheering)

Let's do this.

We just need to make sure

we have enough clearancefor the lights. Right?

Let's get started.Just like that, huh?

Do you know whatthey're sculpting?

I have no idea.

They said it was a surprise.

Come on, Emma!

Yeah, then we'll juststack it on top.

Double the checkthe measurements, right?

We're good to drop?

Okay, perfect. Got it.

Thanks. We got it!

♪

You have no idea

how enchanting you lookwith a saw in your hand.

Wow.

Is...is that what I think it is?

I caught her before she closed.

Oh, thank you, thank you,thank you.

I forgot how cold it gets.

Yeah. So, have you had a chanceto check out the competition?

Unh-unh.

You know?

I think we're holding our own.

Yeah?Yeah.

So, you know, if you want to,um, get warm, go home,

rest up for a couple hours.

I'm okay.

You really love this.

(sighing)

This.

This always meant Christmasto me.

I love all the rest,the trees and the...

lights, and the music.

But this...this iswhat made it special.

Ice sculpting has always beena part of who I am.

And now I needed it to help medecide who I want to be.

I like who you are right now.

Yeah. But there's alwaysbeen this plan.

And I'm just...I'm not sureabout that anymore.

So we'll make a new plan.

(phone ringing)Oh.

Oh.

They sent the results.

The results?

For the bar exam.

I passed.

You passed the bar exam!

Oh, my gosh! That's amazing!

Congratulations.

Yeah. No, than...thank you.

Yeah. Okay. I'm not an expert.

But, uh, it's supposed to bea good thing, right?

Yeah, no. I'm...I'm really excited.

Okay, well you don'tseem like it.

Don't you want to be a lawyer?

I do.

Of course. I mean,why else would I...

go to school and knock myselfoff for three years.

I don't know.

Maybe it's becausea part of that big plan,

the one you workedyour whole life for.

It is a great plan.

It makes a lot of sense.

I mean, my mom and I aregoing to be partners now.

So, what, you don't wantyour name on the door?

You know what? I...

I should take a break.

Emma.

Remember what you told meabout being an artist?

I don't hold a candle to you.

Thanks.

Thanks for the coffee.

That looks likea big block of ice.

(phone buzzing)

Hi, Mom.

Hi, honey. I'm just checking in.

How did everything goat the school with Vera?

Yeah. Um...great.

Great. They're all ready to go.

And she's really excited.

Wonderful.

Thank you fortaking care of that.

Of course. Um...

How did the depositions go?

It went really well.

In fact, we finished earlyand I'm leaving now.

I'll tell you all about itwhen I get home.

Sounds good.

You know, I just...I justwanted to ask you something.

Sure.

I was thinking aboutwhat we said

about not spendingenough time together.

And I was really hoping

we might have dinner at hometonight just the three of us.

I mean, I don't know, maybeturn on the tree lights.

And put on the music.

And maybe watch an old Christmasmovie like we used to.

How does that sound?

Uh, tonight?

Oh, unless of courseyou have other plans.

No, you know what?

Mom, tonight sounds great.

Okay, good.

(giggling)

I'll call your dad

and I'll tell him there'll bethree of us for dinner.

Great. I'll see you then.

Okay. Bye, sweetheart.

Sorry, I fell asleep.

That's okay.I thought that was the point.

That's...

Yeah. Did you get some rest?

Yeah, I got a couple hours.I'm good to go.

Great.

You tell your parentsthe good news?

Uh, not yet.

When are you going to tell 'em?

Tonight at dinner.

Tonight?

Yeah. No, don't worry.

I won't be gone long.We'll finish in time still.

Yeah, right. I'm sure they'regoing to be really excited

to hear the big news.

Emma.

Emma! Emma! Wait!

I was...

If you hadn't...It's okay.

We can fix it.stopped me.

Look. Lonny and Sarahbrought some cider.

Let's take a breakand then we'll fix it.

I wasn't even paying attention.

If you hadn't stopped me

I could've ruinedthe whole sculpture.

But you didn't.

It's all right.

It's not all right.

Nothing's all right.

I keep trying to figure outthe right thing to do

but I just keepdoing everything wrong.

The sculpture, my parents,my career.

You.

Look around.

Here.

Look at all these people

doing something thatthey thought they lost.

You did this.

You made Christmas a little morespecial for all of them.

And a lot more special for me.

Really?

Yeah, I was...

I was ready to give upon all this.

But you changed my mind.

And...I'm not letting you giveup on what you really want.

What I want...

it's not part of that plan.

Oh, yeah?

Then it's time for a new plan.

Okay?

Look inside your heart, Emma.

Find the thingthat you really love.

And that's how you knowyou found the right choice.

Carol:Oh, Emma, that's wonderful news.

Congratulations, honey,on passing the bar.

We are so proud of you.

Thanks, guys.

It's still kind of sinking in.

Well, I never had any doubt.

But this makes it official.

So, to Emma Parkers,attorney at law.

To Emma!

Oh, can I give it to her now?

It's supposed to befor Christmas.

Close enough.

Give me what?

(laughing)

Your mother.

What is it?

Open it and see.

Partners.

Just like we planned.

Just like we planned.

Emma?

What is it, honey? What's wrong?

I need to show you something.

Do...do you knowwhat this is all about?

Maybe we'll just letEmma explain it.

Mom. Nick Claiborne.

Nick, my mother.

It's nice to finally meet you,Mrs. Parkers.

Hello.Hi.

Hey, Dan.

Hey, Nick. Looks great.

Yeah. It's coming along.

Um, excuse me, I'm sorry.

Maybe because I'm freezing,but, uh,

I'd really like to knowexactly what's going on here.

I should've told you before,Mom,

but I decided to enter theice sculpting competition.

Nick and I are partnersand this is our sculpture.

(laughing) Honey.

You didn't need tokeep that a secret,

I think it's good for youto have hobbies.

And, I mean,

especially ones you can schedulearound a busy law practice.

(sighing)

That's the thing,I'm not sure I want to do that.

Wait? What do you mean?

Look, Mom.

I don't thinkI want to be a lawyer.

I'm not sure I ever really did.

But...

I mean, this has been our plansince...

since you were a little girl.

It was your plan, Mom.

And it was a good one.

It was. It just...

Not the right one.

Not for me.

Are you sure you want to

walk away from everythingyou've worked so hard for?

Dan.

Tell her. What...

Oh, honey.

We always said that the mostimportant thing we wanted

is for Emma to be happy.

And this is what I love.

But a career in lawhas a future.

And--

Mrs. Parkers.

It's not more than just afuture, it's about passion.

I mean, this wholeice sculpting competition

would've been cancelledthis year.

Yes. I know.

Well, if it wasn't for Emmanone of this would've happened.

She raised all the money.

Is that true?

Well, yeah. But I...I mean,I had a lot of help

with Sarah and Nick and Dadeven made a few phone calls.

Oh, so--

Oh, you did know?

Well, I made a couple of calls.

Emma, sculpting iceisn't exactly a career.

I know. But...

It felt right.

Working for a good cause,

bringing people togetherto help make it happen.

Seeing how happyit made everyone.

I mean, I know I still have tofigure out the rest of my life

but I like the way this felt.

And I'm just...

I'm not sure I'm ready to makeup my mind about being a lawyer.

But whatever I choose...

right now?

This is what I want.

This is my Christmas.

Well.

Your father's right.

The most important thingis your happiness.

But, oh, my dear, you could beone powerful good lawyer.

So, you're not disappointed?

Honey, we would never bedisappointed in you.

And let's face it,it's not exactly a surprise.

What?

Well, every Christmasfor all these years

you and your fatherhave been completely loopy

about this competition.

I mean, it wasn't like you werejust going to give it up.

So, you knew I had secondthoughts about being a lawyer?

Well, I mean, I had hopethat once you did the bar

you'd be ready to, you know,give it a chance.

But then I thoughtwhat you really needed

was the chance to finallydecide for yourself.

Am I missing something here?

You and me both.

How was she going to decidewhat she really wanted

if the competition wascancelled?

Wait.

You donated the $10,000?

I...

I just wanted youto have the choice...

to do the thingyou love the most.

Mom.

Thank you.

And besides, you were right,it was for a very good cause.

My daughter's Christmas.

Promise you guys will bothbe here tomorrow

when they announce the winner?

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

Oh.

But now, you two better get busy

because you'vea lot of work to do.

Yeah, we got a long nightahead of us.

I'm going to enjoyevery minute of it.

♪

How much time?

It's almost there.

Harvey:All right, ladies and gentlemen,let's hear it for the sculptors.

They've been working hardfor three days.

(cheering)

Send them some energy. Come on,ladies and gentlemen!

Give it to them!Give it to them!

Send them some energy!

(cheering)

I don't know about you,

but I think this has been thebest ice sculpting competition

we've ever had.

(cheering)

Look at those beautifulsculptures!

How much time?

Oh, it's getting close.

Hey! Focus.

We're on the last few minuteshere, folks.

What do you think?Aren't they beautiful?

(cheering)

We're getting down to the wire.

In five...

All:Four, three,

two, one!

(horn blaring)

And that's it, time's up,tools down!

Hands up.

Can I get the judgesto the stage

with their score cards please?

I just want you to knowthat no matter what happens

you made every Christmas wishI had come true.

Emma, you are my Christmas wish.

Okay, folks, the judges havemade their decisions.

And...

it's unanimous.

Unanimous?

Harvey:Folks, I'm pleased to announce

that the winner of the Westfordice sculpting competition...

is Emma Parkersand Nick Claiborne!

(cheering)

For their sculpture called"Memories of Westford".

(cheering)

We did it.

We did.

(cheering)

Oh, congratulations.

It's beautiful.

Well done, Nick.

(laughing) We did it.

I knew you could do it.

Way to go, Nick.

Oh, my gosh.

Congrats. Wow.

Congratulations.

And, listen,I meant what I said.

If you ever want to testyour talents outside of law

we can certainly use youat the town.

Oh.

Well, I just mighttake you up on that.

(laughing)

What are you doing?

Da da dun nah!

(singing fanfare)

(laughing)

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Nick.

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