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this is my favorite story

it's a story about two people so in love

that anything seemed possible

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more than the clothes on their backs

across this country in search of a new

life

and when they got here it looked nothing

like it does now there was no trees no

Barn no house and with just a dream

they started planting Maple and

eventually my grandparents took over

planted more and same with my mother and

now four generations later Maple Valley

Farm is the largest maple syrup Farm in

Montana

a terrible joke alert

but when I am feeling sappy I like to

remind myself that patience and hard

work beget sweetness and speaking of

sweetness maybe you want to give some

for Christmas

so awkward Segway and Shameless plug for

our popular Barrel aged maple syrup and

other delicious Maple Source Products

now you follow me we will make our way

to the gift shop

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our wonderful Ranch hands Margot and

Ollie are here to help you and if you

need a Christmas tree be sure to visit

our neighbors at the Fernandez tree lot

just make a left out of the driveway you

can't miss it

and don't forget Maple Valley Farm hosts

an unforgettable week of Christmas

activities we have a giant tree lighting

we've got photos with Santa a maple

Christmas fair and the not to miss prime

rib Sleigh Ride dinner so check out our

website or just pester Marco

probably

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how's it going

pretty good I'm just about finished the

books I just need the sales from the

last few days of the quarter and then we

can go over into the numbers

what you got there oh my packaging and

gift wrapping for the maple shop wait we

already need more business is good and

so is your husband because I brought you

guys some peppermint bro my hero I know

that's good

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how long will you be staying

foreign

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something about a family meeting

when did you learn Italian oh I spent a

lot of time with your mother

Trevor's right and I do want to have a

family meeting don't worry no

everything's okay I just have some news

to share one's not going to be shocking

because as you know I've been pulling

back a little from the farm you know

working less no we've noticed

and you also know that I've been

thinking about retiring and

I've decided it's finally time I have

loved every minute of my life here of

raising you two here working alongside

you I mean it's been a dream come true

and uh

I'm

I'm ready for a new chapter and you're

ready to take the reins you know my

mother passed this land on to me and now

I get to pass it on to YouTube to run

together

but this place doesn't run without you

but you're our glue

I know that this is gonna be

a big change but I also know that

you too

you got this we're gonna be partners

partners

we're gonna miss you boss oh I'm gonna

miss you too

thank you

oh hey buddy Phoenix park that has the

old man's mood

oh you know how he gets over the

holidays I do and every Christmas I'm

hoping that this is the area is going to

change

the Christmas miracle ugh

dad

new tie all right let's talk about the

Phoenix property

so uh after reviewing the file it looks

like um well there's a lot of good

options for the land next to the retail

space affordable housing community

garden park show me the numbers

we're still we're still working on the

numbers so we're basically not meeting

our timeline

Aaron

lean on Dad

it's 10 days till Christmas

everyone's in Holiday mode

check in on Monday

we'll call yes but just to remind you

I'm out of the office starting tonight

heading home for the holidays what do

you do for Christmas Connor

oh my whole extended family comes to

town lots of cooking lots of eating

someone brings up old drama multiple

people cry beautiful family traditions

what about YouTube like today

Davenport's too for Christmas

it's the real estate agent who called

earlier

you buying another property hopefully

I'm glad I'm kept in the loop

tell them I'll call him back by the way

Dad I'm

out of the office at noon tomorrow I'm

going to Aspen so you're leaving the

office early long vacation must be nice

I'll be working remotely it's fine

I work hard so you

that's pretty crazy about mom huh I mean

I knew it was coming but still it's a

big change yeah I know

but sometimes change is good even taking

some risks

are you saying I don't take risks

I'm not not saying it

are you sure you're okay with us being

partners

of course

why

because we're sisters yeah but we'll be

good business partners

I mean you have the MBA I have the

technical know-how

we have complementary skills yeah plus

the farm runs like clockwork so

everything will be fine exactly

ah

there you go oh girls look what Andres

gave us

just a way of saying thank you for

sending so much business my way oh nice

try honey but you gift us a treat every

year well it's always my pleasure

and this will be the last year as uh

well the day you've all been waiting for

has arrived I spoke with my sister this

morning everybody's finally on board

you're selling your property oh you're

just so happy to not have me as your

neighbor any longer no no we we will

miss you and we will come visit you in

Florida especially in the winter you

know how much your land means to our

family and I know how long you're going

to get back we will have to discuss it

first so

I just want to give you a heads up about

a little issue if we're up to me I would

sell the property directly to you

but it's my sister's land too

and they want a public sale so you're

listing it yes but it's just a formality

of course

we understand

all right good well I gotta get going

okay

thanks

don't worry the land's as good as ours

I'm just gonna want a property in the

middle of nowhere Montana

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okay thanks so much yeah you have a

great holiday season as well okay

bye-bye

Aaron hey pal

no no no whatever my dad has sent you

here to tell me no my flight to Aspen is

an hour yeah about that teeny weeny

change of plans your dad needs you to

look at a property in Maple Valley

Montana tomorrow what

Maple Valley why does that ring a bell

and why does this have to happen on my

vacation well because the property just

got listed and supposedly your dad has

had his eye on this location for years

and you know how he gets when he wants

something oh yeah yeah I do

and right now what he wants is for me to

not go on vacation

he always gets what he wants

right

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how's it looking good

thank you

I think this one can use a new tap

and we've got two little tadpoles here

and we let her heal

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thank you

oh no Hershey got out again gotta go

check the trail form do you want me to

go

I got it did you get out of here

okay

hey there boy

all right

you lost

where did you come from

let me get on your back all right we're

gonna get you home

come on Archie where are you

foreign

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that's your name gossip running off

buddy

thanks for finding him a pleasure

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surprised you're having such an easy

time with him good

grew up around horses

anyway thanks for saving the day

what are you doing out in these Woods

anyway

I was I was just driving by and I saw

Archie here looking like a lost puppy I

figured somebody must be looking for him

I need to find my car

um

do you know where Tilden Lane is yeah uh

you know why don't I get Archie back in

Milwaukee

it's the least I can do sure America by

the way Erin

where am I you're on my family's maple

syrup Farm

beard

what is it just familiar

huh

come on

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this is a maple farm

where's all the syrup

and The Lumberjacks with the flannels

carrying the big buckets well the maple

syrup doesn't exist yet because this app

is still in the trees

it doesn't flow until late winter early

spring

and we'll Harvest this up boil it down

grate it bottle it as for the

lumberjacks

they're probably with the other outdated

ideas about farming this Farm driven by

my mom

actually now it's run by my sister and

me

so you're female Lumberjacks Lumberjack

keys

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foreign

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what is this

oh it's part of our Christmas themed

horseback ride

we take groups through the candy cane

Forest past the twirly swirly Gumdrop

planes to here the mistletoe Meadow it's

a social media favorite

I know why this is familiar to me

I've been here before

family vacation I was uh probably seven

or eight years old

is that possible yeah

my mom or grandma would have been your

guide wow

wow small world

come on

so this is your job you take people at a

horseback ride to bring them to the

mistletoe so they can kiss

it's what it says on my LinkedIn

no I obviously do other things than that

but yes part of my job does entail

trying not to watch Happy couples kiss

while building questions from strangers

about my dating status

oh I'm sure that never gets old no never

I love twice a day five days a week

people ask me why am I single

sure it's tough though

to date here you know it's a small town

small pool but you can date tourists

yeah I don't date the tourists

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almost back

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so you're from out of town

yeah San Diego

that's not too far

what brought you out here

just uh just here for business

just passing through

it's a nice hat

we're gonna get something like this

you don't get a cowboy hat

earn it

set the cars on Tilton Lane yeah yeah

it's uh it's right past the turn off

it's not too far

oh okay

oh there you are hon eggnog's ready

mom

uh who do we have here hi I'm Erin oh

or she got out Aaron found him oh

well let us thank you with some eggnog

okay

come on in Aaron that's good

this is my younger daughter Heidi and

her husband Trevor this here is Aaron

he's our honorary ranch hand for the day

Archie got out and he found him

oh hi nice to meet you howdy

would you like that eggnog now I am

definitely ready for that eggnog so were

you guys doing something now we're just

hanging out just voluntarily hanging out

with relatives

for fun

I've heard of this but I've actually

never never witnessed it pretty shocking

to me the first time I did it too

but you know this is incredible eggnog

oh thank you old Family Recipe a very

old one my great-grandma perfected it

we've toned down the bourbon Winters

used to be colder

so Aaron

where are you coming from born and

raised in San Diego just visiting Maple

Valley yeah I'm just I'm

passing through on my way to Aspen if

you if you're around tomorrow why don't

you come to the tree lighting starts at

dusk

if I'm still here tomorrow

I will definitely be there

hey

oh wow

it's so beautiful

and freezing hey you don't

have to walk me

oh I

thank you sure

just have some snow in your hair

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wow

I'm so sorry

I have no idea what just came over me

don't apologize

okay

uh Tilden Lane

uh yeah it's uh it's just behind the

parking lot okay

one more thing

Andreas Fernandez property okay it

starts just at the end of the train line

there why

it's the reason I'm here

I'm a real estate developer and we're

looking to buy his land

excuse me I work for a real estate

development company no what do I I heard

you

I don't know why I'm single

let's pick the wrong man

so what happened with Mr real estate

development guy what

nothing what what do you mean she means

you walked into his car and then uh

returned looking like he just stuck your

finger in a socket

I told you that was because I just found

out he might bid against us for the

property why is that such a shock we

knew there'd be other bidders

not like him

something definitely happened between

you two

fine

if it stays between us

I sort of

stem

seriously

no believe me

well how was it

was amazing

it was like

we had to kiss like I couldn't not

happen well that's exciting no it's not

exciting it's not anything

why not because

if we get the property I'll never see

him again

and if he gets a property I'll never

want to see him again

listen um

we should talk about the Fernandez land

what about it

I'm not sure if we should bid on it I

think that the money could be better

used somewhere else but that was always

the plan

by the land plant more Maple yeah but

plans change especially business plans

let's discuss it with Mom

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so instead of using the money to buy

more land and maple which takes 30 to 40

years to tap we could use some money to

build the business now buy our own

sugaring house vertically integrate we

could even go retail I mean people love

our syrup why be limited to a gift store

we could sell in grocery stores except

we can't sell more syrup if we don't

have more trees

okay well if we need more trees then we

buy more land later except the land's

available now we can buy other land

later but this is the land we want that

is an emotional decision girls there's

no right choice here I can't get

involved your partners now you got to

figure it out there's going to be lots

of big choices and you're gonna have to

find a way to make them together you're

gonna have to be patient communicate

with each other you'll be fine

Trevor can you please explain that oh no

okay let's just table this for now focus

on the Christmas tree lighting

foreign

I am not worried

but if I was worried

wouldn't be about the land

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hey

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hey

I didn't know if I was still invited

kissed me and then I totally bewildering

twist got upset and stormed off

all right

how would you accepted

I'm gonna want to tell me what's what's

up

my family has been on this land for

nearly a century

both this property and the Fernandez

land which we Stone

we came here it was nothing we planted

and we built and we turned it into what

it is now

that there were hard times and

it's bad weather sap didn't flow

Machinery broke and we needed money

so we sold what became the Fernandez

land

I've been waiting 30 years to buy it

back

wow

I wish you would have told me that

earlier

look

I mean there's facets of the land that

weren't ideal

I had my doubts and

maybe that's a sign

I'll just I'll tell my dad it's a no-go

really

yeah no problem

okay I'm very

grateful and definitely not trying to

change your mind but

you're sure yes yeah no the land it

wasn't right for us

and obviously it means a lot to you

now if you'll excuse me I

I'll go call my dad

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yup hey Dad did you put our offer in you

no I didn't I didn't put the offer in

well there's a

a lot of a lot of reasons

lots of reasons

um you know

the the land isn't really build ready

and we'd have to dig more Wells run more

power we'd have to also change the

zoning to get out of its current use oh

I see what's going on you don't want to

bid because you don't want to stay out

there

Dale and send the surveyors you want to

go to Aspen no no that is not the reason

the reason I don't want to bid is

because

the neighbors want the land and and it's

not worth our time or energy working

isn't worth your energy

then what is Aaron because this is your

job

company okay well it will be yours one

day all right well it's going to be my

company then I don't want this property

in my portfolio why because the

neighbors want it

you know what you give up too easy

dad

this land is not right for us

a lot of their options in Montana I'll

find you something else I gotta go no no

no what ah

thank you

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it's done

thank you

you're welcome

I'm a little sad though that we're not

gonna

be neighbors

well you wouldn't have lived on the

property anyway right I probably would

have turned it into a vacation Community

here it would ruin it

it's quiet here

it's Steam

we've avoided development for so long

hopefully you've avoided it again

so tell me about this what's Montana Big

Sky big tree oh

I will have you know this is not just

any fig tree this was my grandparents

first Christmas tree in Montana my

grandma got a live tree and planted it

here and then every year they would

decorate it and have a little tree

lighting

it's now a very big tree living

you're lucky my family never did any of

this stuff why what did your family

usually do

expensive gifts emotional stonewalling

Bailey's on cornflakes

it's a heartwarming time of year

I think especially you can join us

okay everyone it's time

right hey guys hi

yeah we're Huggers but we don't have to

yeah I like a I like okay and you know

what you have to come by the gift shop

I'm gonna give you a bottle of that

eggnog that you like so much oh thank

you that's that's very thoughtful

alrighty do the honors no I'm not doing

the honors anymore it's Eric and Heidi's

turn now or maybe Erica and Aaron could

do it oh I'm sure it sounds great

all right okay

so I am so sorry I just have to so sorry

I have to get this

I'm just gonna go okay Connor not a good

time it's not a good time either for me

to have your dad calling me on my

vacation about as calm as an atomic bomb

it's about the phone call yes and to cut

your dad's very long and mildly

terrifying tirade short he wants to buy

it and has upped our available bidding

price okay okay I'm I'll handle it keep

me in the loop

I am so sorry no problem

okay everyone it's countdown time

seven six five on one you flip the

switch three two one

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very nice

wow

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Aaron if I didn't say it properly before

thank you

I know you gave up something big for my

family and

I don't know you that well

but you're obviously a really good guy

thank you

so much

my pleasure

foreign

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have to be this property I'll find us

something else

I am doing the right thing I'm doing the

right thing for us this property means

something to the neighbors yeah and it

means something to me too I mean

something more than money I

sent me here to oversee this and I'm

telling you it's not the right decision

well luckily for the both of us you

don't make the decisions letting this go

is the right thing to do and we're going

to do it I gotta go

talk tomorrow

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hey we are out selling last year we need

more of everything maybe we should plant

more trees

Heidi becoming Partners is going to have

Growing Pains it's normal

we just gotta get through it I know I'm

just asking you to consider what's best

for the business I am considering it

I'm just asking you to do the same

ladies I already told you I'm not

getting involved you're going to have to

figure this out together not only

because you're Partners but because I

will always be here

you won't always be here is there

something that you need to

tell us I won't be here because I'm I'm

going back to Italy wow you know back to

Italia already yeah to point a very L

universo say IOP Italia

you may have the universe if I may have

Italy

yeah it's something Leo

senior Russo my tutor he says that Mom

that sounds amazing

honey

after 50 years of of non-stop work and

you know giving everything to the farm

and to you too I'm not doing something

for myself well I support it back to

Italy to Eat Pray Love except without

the love

okay

I'm happy for you it's just different

than just you and me here and me no no

of course I just meant living at the

house it's different right no it is

going to be different

but I need to do this for myself

and I want your support

of course mom

I'm just worried about you being all

alone that's all

um who's doing the pickup in town

foreign

hey

what a coincidence

uh yeah

um also the town's a block long so

that's right huh

can I help you with something oh no

that's okay oh please let me take

something

so what's all this

decorations

paper goods flowers it's all for the

maple Christmas fair tomorrow

we host a big Holiday Market it gets a

huge turnout

I wish I could but I'm on a early flight

tomorrow to Aspen

oh right yeah of course

so uh tell me more about this Festival

it's an Eno spectacular

it was my mom's addition to the

Christmas calendar years ago

we sell Maple goods and then the local

artists from the town sell their Arts

crafts gifts

it's a tourist favorite and a big

Revenue stream for us it seems like you

guys have a lot of revenue streams

yeah but it's a matter of necessity

the maple business took years to get

financially solvent

and uh

well we had a few bad years and

my dad left we had to take out a risky

loan

that's why we had to sell the land to

the Fernandez family

what about your dad

cards cards birthday cards

never on our actual birthdays

it's fine though we don't hold it

against him it's a hard life out here

it's not for everyone

so the Fernandez land is about much more

than just the land

I guess we sort of see it as a

symbol or something

like

like if we get that land back we'll be

okay we can erase the parts of the past

we don't want

but I'm being totally honest my sister's

not completely on board with buying the

land

yeah I guess so

didn't used to be though

I mean how do you and your dad make it

work

oh no I

I don't think we make it work

he gets what he wants

I back off

or give up or give in

he takes that as me being aimless or

having no follow-through

foreign

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I know you do

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what's going on here

it's for the maple Christmas Bear we

make all sorts of makeup products Maple

soap Maple candle maple butter Maple

candies oh speaking of candies who's

doing the candying

uh I don't know what candying is but if

it's a verb form of candy

I'll take the job perfect you want to

keep an eye on the candy thermometer I'm

gonna hit 240 you let it cool then it

needs to be stirred here is n't ready to

be started okay

now let me see Shine On Top

transfer the syrup

it's hot

of course it's hot it's boiling I didn't

know it was gonna be so hot

there's literally a thermometer sticking

out of it

sad to say it's in my character tell me

there's a universe out there that's

ever expanding

and I'll believe you but you hang a wet

paint sun on a wall

I need to touch it to make sure

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I won't do that again okay

don't

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worry

there's no trouble well then I guess

the road

foreign

what are you doing here I called you and

you didn't answer

so I went by the end and they said that

you might be here no what are you doing

in Maple Valley I'm here to look at the

land you said you weren't bidding

Erica

it's my Dad Steve Steve this is Erica

nice to meet you Erica

so you're the neighbor that's bidding

against us through the land

it's me

well no I get it

can you excuse I'm sorry I'll be in

touch in a bit okay

so you're throwing away this deal for a

woman you just met that you won't know

next week no I'm throwing this deal

because I have principles

why are you here because I can't trust

your decision with this land

9 A.M tomorrow morning you and me we're

going a little walk on the property

what if I'm not there

you'll be there

Aaron's Dad's here

turns out they are still interested in

the land

Heidi I'm giving it thought but I'm

still not convinced okay but we only

have until tomorrow

you know what are we making for the fair

well we're gonna bake some fudge and

some vodka Yule Log and a recipe of

shortbread that I found

girl's still on for the fudge

so you know what are you going to do in

Italy well everything that I didn't get

to do last time I'm gonna explore all

the north I'm gonna shop in Milan

now visit my Como get lost in Venice and

eat eat ah it sounds perfect I'm so

jealous but won't you get lonely

no no I I'm not gonna get lonely

because I'm not gonna be alone

I have wanted to tell you for some time

you remember my Italian tutor from The

Language School in Rome Senor Russo just

kind of happened you know are you saying

you have a secret Italian boyfriend no

I'm

I mean yes he does call himself my

boyfriend Mom are you

are you saying you're going back to

Italy for a man you met on vacation

you hardly know him Erica I know him and

I care for him deeply and with him I

feel like I'm being given a second

chance for love so be happy for me we

are happy for you

really of course we are it's just

doesn't seem a little sudden

a little too good to be true Erica

just because you don't want love doesn't

mean mom can't have it

sorry Mom that's okay

you know we don't

I only need two people on fudge so I'll

just start on the short run

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he'll be here

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Mr Fernandez how are you Aaron Davenport

a pleasure

hello let's get started please this way

hey hi

you know the fair has always been my

favorite

I'm really gonna miss it

Erica we uh stood and received an offer

from your family right

we're working on it yes but uh between

you and me it seems that the devonports

are going to bid and uh when the closes

soon well we're bidding too

we're offering asking price

standard contingencies good

as soon as soon as you can of course

oh look at this turnout you know it's

incredible right uh Heidi can I steal

you for a second

your gentleman caller is here

I'm sorry I she got the down to me

hi hi

um what can I get you we have maple

shortbread we have maple vodka we have

maple fudge it's a lot of maple well we

wouldn't give to live on a cacao Farm

we speak

I'm sorry

I told my dad we shouldn't bid I pushed

it but ultimately it's not my decision

it's his and I guess he's still deciding

so thanks for letting me know

and

how about an aspen

I'm actually gonna stay here until this

thing gets figured out

and besides I got a I gotta get my last

minute Christmas shopping in

who are you shopping for

I gotta get something for my dad

I'm just not sure this is his Jam

yeah well our both selling money bags

bow ties and top hats couldn't make it

this year so

oh because he's the Monopoly man

all right

yeah sadly it's

it's kind of true

maybe I should get him a monocle

what will he get you oh he's gonna get

me something generous and expensive

they're not necessarily meaningful you

want something meaningful

you know it'd be nice

it's been a while

I think the last meaningful gift that I

got was when I was five or six years old

it was this fire truck

I wanted it so badly

when I saw it under the tree Christmas

morning

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they made all these noises sirens and

firemen were talking

I loved it

and what happened

stop making noise

stopped playing with it

hey hi hi

do you know if York is planning on

sending an email soon what email the

offer

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you made an offer behind my back

what Andre said you were sending him an

email with an offer I'm sorry I was just

about to come talk to you about it I

just didn't want to lose the opportunity

no this is not about us this is about

you but you did lose because the

Davenport's just bid way over asking

first

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hey

you still mad at me yep

well

I will say it again from the bottom of

my heart I am sorry I want to go in so

badly I made a big mistake

I don't know Erica I

I think the fact is is that even though

we're supposed to be partners now

you still just see me as your little

sister I can be better

okay

okay

how are you feeling about the davenports

buying the Fernandez land

not great

I mean I know it's not Aaron's fault but

I still just want to scream at him

well uh here is your opportunity because

he just pulled up

what yeah

or

other option I could go to the barn and

get this sleigh ready for tomorrow

you're going out the back

there's someone there you don't want to

be mature and try to talk to him or

no

no

hey Erica is not here

is she in the barn yeah

yeah she's in the barn

thanks

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how's hiding for me going

I'm not hiding

I'm

working

what are you still doing in town

I'm purposely obfuscating the contract

don't tell my dad

so you're Moonlighting is Santa just

another Holden Revenue stream

it's for our horse-drawn Sleigh Ride

which starts tomorrow

we take guests out to a cabin in the

woods serve them a primary dinner

well can I can I help thanks but I

just about finished

Erica I'm sorry I tried I just

my dad doesn't listen to me

nobody worked for him

it's your life

what are you doing with it I don't know

but you don't think I asked myself that

every day you don't think that I I know

that I'm wasting my life trying to make

my dad happy because I don't know what

would make me happy why don't you quit

because this has always been the plan

ever since I was 10 years old to take

over the business

I can't I can't just quit on them

I also don't know what else I would do

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can I wear the hat

I can't even get a Pity hat

wow

pretty tough what

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I can

almost remember being here with my mom

not an actual memory but just uh

feeling how much you would have loved to

hear

she always wanted to move to horse

country

my dad didn't want to

so she would just take me riding with a

chat she got

so she got sick

how old are you

I was ten when she passed

too young

it's always too young to have your heart

broken

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it's even more beautiful at night

foreign

still curious as to know why you're not

dating anyone

oh I wouldn't say it's why but

I was married

I got divorced four years ago

it's fine

he was one of those

adrenaline seeking Four Season Sports

kind of guys

LED trekking trips across the country

came out here looking for the Wild West

did you find it I don't know what he

found

whatever it was it wasn't enough

house little farm

a life

I got bored of it

got bored of me

that's not possible

what about you

divorces breakups

opportunity to trauma Bond

no no no real I mean a couple long

relationships but

nothing too serious

why not

I don't know

maybe my dad was right maybe I have no

follow through

follow through when you find something

you want to follow through on

it's getting dark

I have to get back my family does this

Pioneer Christmas thing tonight

why don't you join us

what's that like

blacksmithing and cholera

but make it Christmas exactly

sausages campfire spuds okay you gotta

eat up Aaron put some meat on those

bones if there's not enough I don't oh

no there isn't more than enough and

we're happy to have you here mom started

Pioneer Christmas when we were kids to

honor our great-grandparents who didn't

have a working stove their first

Christmas so they cooked holiday dinner

over an open fire so really we think Mom

just wanted a night off of the dishes

so

before I leave I want you to meet Leo so

I suggested he'd come here for Christmas

this Christmas yeah

but it's always just us

it's tradition it's practically a rule

just family but things change I want you

to meet him

I mean I'd want to meet the man that you

were uprooting your life for

mom your trip to Italy is

not just a visit is it

no

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hey

have you seen Mom I think she's on her

way back from the airport

wow

so this is really happening then

and it's happening sooner than we

thought

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here's Leo

I am so happy to be here and in time for

the sleigh ride

I was afraid I'd miss it no no do you

have plenty of time to settle in before

the sleigh ride mom when you said that

Leo would be coming for Christmas I

didn't know you meant today

well

it's three days away maybe it's gonna

come down sometime

yeah I guess so

Erica I know this is difficult for you

and I know why

but please

pull it together

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should we keep waiting for

no

follow me

thank you so much hey there

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you here for the sleigh ride you have

room

not in the back but in the front if you

want to work yeah you have to earn that

hat

you can wear this one

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all right hello everyone

welcome to the 55th annual Maple Valley

Christmas Sleigh Ride Now technically

we've been doing this ride for 55 years

my family has been doing it for over a

century ever since my great grandparents

came here and come winter discovered

there were no roads

probably why it was affordable now

please keep your arms and legs inside

and I hope you're hungry because we are

off

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you can give me a turn but you think you

can handle this oh yeah

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keep the reins taut in a slack

don't try to force it just feel it

it's not about them listening to you

it's about you listening to each other

connecting

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I'm great

of course I'm doing great I'm the

natural

foreign

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anything else oh no no no that's that's

everything all the guests are here so

why don't you two grab a plate we've had

a cancellation there's a table right

over there it's got your name on it

enjoy all right

enjoy thank you

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you know this is very oh let me guess

romantic

special amazing

perfect

I am

kind of like an annoyingly positive

magic involved it's not annoying

I love it

but yes I was

gonna say all those things

oh they'd all be true

I mean it is special right

now my grandfather used to love hosting

this event

it's amazing seeing what it's grown into

today

we had to move it out here to the barrel

room years ago just to make space

it's a great place to host a dinner that

was my grandfather's idea yeah he used

to

tiger meal himself

or else wrote me into helping him but I

enjoyed every minute of it of course

you really do

love what you do I do

you should too

I mean I I love aspects of it

I love building something from the

ground up

problem solving creativity

just don't

love the project my dad picks

or

working with them on them

I really do like the work

you ever thought about going out on your

own

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you want to dance

sure

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hold infants

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ever since I've met you

different

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what do you mean

I don't know I'm

when I'm with you I

I feel found

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foreign

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where were you today

you just don't show up

you're selfish I'm selfish yeah you're

selfish yeah

remember that Christmas

you got me that fire truck

vaguely it made all these cool noises I

loved it I played with it for six months

then all of a sudden it just

stopped making noise

I asked you what happened to it and he

said

it was broken

okay

you know Mom

you can't

she kept all my old toys in that chest

well I came across that fire truck

had a note attached to it that said

Debbie don't replace the batteries tell

Aaron it's broken it's annoying

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okay I made some mistakes but I'm just

trying to I didn't need to be taught

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I needed to be loved

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I'm gonna get back to work

I think you've taught me well

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ah bonjourno

good morning

thanks

where's my mom

oh you're sleeping in

okay

you're up early

not really it's 16 o'clock in Italy and

two days before Christmas we have a lot

to do make a menu and shop and cook

it's all about food for me always but

especially the holidays maybe we should

talk about the Christmas Eve dinner menu

we have a tradition in Italy the Feast

of The Seven Fishes

all fish dishes

wow that sounds

it's a lot of fish

it's just normally for Christmas Eve we

do Maple everything you know maple

glazed ham maple brussels sprouts

I could do a maple salmon the Feast of

one fish

yeah

um you know we could

discuss that more but you know I've got

a

just gotta get to town and do some last

minute Christmas yes of course

right okay

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Erica

hey hey

I'm still Christmas shopping

yeah just picking up my dad's present

how about you

get your hands full there uh yeah I do

last minute errands

do you have a minute to talk

I have something I wanted

to discuss with you

yeah

start my own firm

sure

well I've been thinking about it

how I have my access to financing my

network and then it hit me

my dad he

hasn't signed a contract for the land

yet

he hasn't put the deposit down he's done

the walkthrough and is waiting on the

surveyor so technically

other offers can still be accepted

I'll bet your dad

but what if you could

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you guys doing your mom she paid a sock

for me a stocking honey talking we

thought while they were hanging the

stockings that we could stuff them

Heidi could I talk to you for a minute

yeah

listen I just saw Aaron and I know it

sounds a little weird but he wants to

help with buy the land it's like a

silent partner or a guarantor or

something see then the land would cost

less then we'd have more Capital left

over for your business plan Erica I said

no to the land and then you went and got

Aaron involved no

no it was entirely Aaron's idea yeah

maybe okay but

still feels disrespectful to me how it

has nothing to do with respect you know

this is the same issue that we've had

our entire lives where you're the big

sister and you know best and you get to

decide everything are you a mom or a

team and I'm just

what

I didn't know you felt that way

well I do

and I also feel like you don't listen to

me we're supposed to be partners

I'm beginning to wonder if we're even

capable of that

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foreign

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go good yeah it's a go just waiting on

the report and once I get it I'll send

the deposit over that I'm I'm asking you

one last time not to move forward with

this and I'm telling you no

then I quit oh come on Aaron you're not

going to quit this company's going to be

yours one day

I don't want it of course you do because

that's been the point of this whole

thing all my hard work to make sure that

even when I'm not there

you'll be taken care of no it's not

you didn't do this for me

you did this for you

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you know I don't know how to

fix things between you and I

but I know it starts with me not working

for you anymore

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I thought I'd find you here

I got some news

in today's episode of Davenport drama

I told my dad I quit wow

that we probably only have until

tomorrow morning to make an offer yeah

yeah right about that

thank you for trying and all the effort

you put

it we're not gonna do it

why not Heidi doesn't want to

and she's right

it's an emotional decision yeah but

sometimes those decisions lead to the

best decisions and sometimes they're the

decisions that we regret the ones we

wish we could run away from are undo the

ones that leave you

bored

I'm not your ex

another

but

you're still

go on I'm still

I'm still what

you're a rich kid who's lost

and thinks he'll find himself by putting

on a Stetson and playing cowboy

I support you finding yourself but

whatever it is you're looking for

you're not gonna find it here

maybe you don't pick the wrong guys

maybe you pick the right guys

and just drive them away

maybe I do

but like I said I don't date Taurus

now I was trying to figure out what I

had to do to earn that hat

but I realized

you were never gonna give me that hat

foreign

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Oh Come decorate

I already decorated

Leo brought his family ornaments from

Italy so we're adding them but we always

do the tree a certain way it's

it's a treat it's not just a tree

it's the way things are it's a way

things have always been a way they're

supposed to continue being

okay honey but things change

and we're gonna move through this

together except we're not going to move

through it together because you're

leaving

and it seems like you want to leave too

since all we do lately is argue I'm

trying here but maybe you just don't

know how to be a partner Heidi I'm sorry

but

you always want to prove how you don't

need anyone you can do everything on

your own well

maybe you should

close to me it means that I don't want

to lose you as a sister

so maybe I need to lose you as a partner

it's like you would rather run the farm

on your own so

bye meow

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hi hey just checking out sure oh uh

actually your father left this for you

thanks

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thank you

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all your Maple recipes

just how you like them maybe next year

we could do these to The Seven Fishes in

Tuscany yes

Erica

can you come here a sec

Andres

I'm dabbing ports would do their offer

the property is all yours

oh um

we see about that thank you so much

Andres Erica is six excited to move

forward

what just um let her know next steps

I'll email the documents over after

Christmas great early Christmas me too

Heidi I'm not gonna buy the land

you're right

I can't do everything alone

you have Marco and Ollie and

you can hire more staff I don't want

more staff

I want a partner

I want a best friend I want

my sister

I don't want to do this without you

and not just because I need you but

because there is no joy in it without

you

I know I've let you down but I am

begging you to give me another chance I

I will be better

it's not just you Erica

it's half me I

I'm so defensive and I get jealous of

you and Mom sometimes because it just

seems like

you both belong here more than I do like

you're both made for this and

maybe I'm not hey that is not true I

know it'll be a lot of hard work

I don't want to give up on us

I want us to be partners

good

me too

that's good because I can't afford to

buy you out and I guess we're doing this

I don't want to buy the land if you

think it's an emotional decision

I think it's an emotional decision

but that doesn't mean I don't think it's

the right one

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you okay honey

yeah

yeah okay and I will be okay

without you oh I know you will

I'm sorry I wasn't happier for you about

Leo

I am happy

I guess I just felt like you were

abandoning me

I think I always saw you as a strong

single woman who was happy to be alone

and

that made it okay for me to be that way

too it is okay

and you're not alone

speak you know

I messed up

maybe it would have worked or maybe it

never would have worked and he'd have

gotten bored or left or

broken my heart

none of that happened and you still have

a broken heart

I know it's scary I know

I'm terrified

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hi it's me

that's what I know you probably don't

want to hear from me I just want to say

you're not a Taurus

and I I should have said this earlier

but

I feel the same way you do

I feel

found and I know that you might be an

emotional decision but um I also know

that you would be the best decision so I

guess what I'm trying to say is

you wanna

come for dinner and I realized that was

a really long way of saying that so

yeah

um

that's it

bye

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yeah oh who's hungry

sorry can we just wait one more minute

oh

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hi

hi

no one's ever been quite so disappointed

to see me no I'm I'm sorry I just

come in please

everyone this is Steve welcome Steve hi

uh I invited him I told him Aaron might

be here he's not

no please stay anyway

thank you for throwing your offer well

it meant a lot to Heron

come on in Steve this is my younger

daughter Heidi her husband okay

yeah

let's eat you want to say thanks yes

okay

thank you for this food for this family

this land this work and this life thank

you for all the things that have come

before us

and all the things yet to come and thank

you for the things

we can't change and all the things we

can

Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

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you called

you're late

maybe I got lost

or maybe I'm right on time

and you just were ready for me before

Erica

Aaron dinner

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come here

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over there you're tired yes there you go

sweetheart Free From My Family Recipe

yes

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thank you

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foreign

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I wanted to give you your Christmas

present

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foreign

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I guess I should have given it to you a

while ago yeah you should have

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and I just gotta say

it's not a present if I had to earn it

yeah

you never really had to earn it

oh hey

finally

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thank you