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for sale snow globes hey get your snow

globes here I'm telling you Bill

collagen is a hot top I women want it

and they want to know how they can get

more of it and I really think this story

is going to resonate with a lot of

people it's what the female readers are

looking for

and yes I know it's Christmas time Bill

by a snow globe come on hey CHR happy

Christmas fire a snow globe snow globe s

s come on here yes hey don't go to sale

you want snow uh

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uh-huh okay life affirming upbeat story

that tugs at the heart

staks and get it in by Christmas time of

course

okay yeah thanks

Bill fiss

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you plain black coffee just how you like

it thank

you what is that sugary colorful

concoction you have there candy cane

syrup that's disgusting this my friend

is the joy of Christmas what happened to

you this is also the joy of Christmas

crosswalk SL spray it's trending

sorry I know you hate walking through

tourist traps this time of year but it's

an

emergency shopping is an emergency you

know there's still 2 weeks left till

Christmas right oh no not for me if I

don't get my family's gifts in the mail

this afternoon they won't get there on

time why don't you just bring them with

you when you fly out for New Years I not

have gifts under the tree for my nephews

on Christmas day oh the horror right

it's bad enough I'm not there to see

them open my presents you know if you

want to spend actual Christmas with your

family I will totally understand are you

kidding besy Christmas is our thing it's

been the homework of our friendship

since College the Lynch pin of our BFF

bar the lime and our Margarita the gold

standard for that's enough for you

seriously I love our Traditions movie

marathons caramel popcorn your homemade

chili vegging on the couch for hours on

end correction I veg you work I work

from home on the couch so it counts you

wild child you a journalist job is never

done my point is I love spending

Christmas with you okay it's settled

station friend Miss for the

win but with the

caveat the station aspect of our friends

Miss I was thinking maybe this year we

try something a little different okay

now you're scaring me you haven't even

heard my idea yes but you're acting

weird and you are the queen of

traditions and now all of a sudden you

want to change things up what was it

that your foster mom used to say don't

touch the crystal ornaments that and the

best way to find out if you can trust

somebody is to trust them yeah but she's

still that from hemway well you need to

trust me

now okay you know how I always listen to

that holiday radio station the one that

plays all them up it's Christmas songs

that everyone finds really annoying but

I think that're right so I entered one

of their call-in contests and I won you

won that's great what did you win two

all expense paid tickets to Christmas

land wow what exactly is Christmas land

Christmas land is only the most magical

place on

Earth just picture it

be it's an entire town devoted to

Christmas hey

everybody hey Ethan welcome home

oh hello Ethan ask your mother where she

wants the colored lights the whole town

comes together every year to give

visitors the Christmas experience of

their dreams what does that mean exactly

does the entire town gather around a

giant Christmas tree and sing the hville

song No although maybe they do that too

but that's not the best part I certainly

hope that's not the Highlight so there's

this in the North Pole Inn owned by the

founders of Christmas land where all the

guests are invited to stay and they

guarantee a whole holiday experience an

entire town in the middle of a magical

land okay you lost me at magical land

fine it's Massachusetts okay Carry On

and apparently they make every guest

feel like they're family oh you're home

hey

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mom you look hungry are you hungry I

could be W and your hair looks nice

longer shorter wow and still so much of

it just like your father I'm him every

day look at you oh my God you didn't

shave no this is 5:00 shadow yeah but

it's morning no no no Mom that's where

it's called it's called 5:00 shadow and

everything is you know okay yes yes

everything is great it's Christmas time

we're in Christmas land I'm in the queen

of Christmas lands foer mhm oh my gosh

my boy how I've missed you now are you

ready to get to work yeah all right here

you go okay no rest for the weary not

unless you're a pig

guest oh cookies are ready the best part

is they guarantee a full Holiday Movie

experience a what now you know those

Christmas movies I like to binge watch

every year yeah like the one that you

made me watch where a puppy somehow

makes two people fall in love like that

one except it's not the puppy that

brings them together it's the magic of

Christmas that makes way more sense so

the family that runs this in they must

be really into Christmas smells good in

here o I wouldn't try that if I were you

why not ready because it's my holiday po

Perri it's oranges cloves cinnamon

nutmeg my recipe for a splendid smelling

Christmas kitchen okay easy there Mrs

Claus what are you looking for what do

you think oh of course yes it is that

time of year the search for the missing

ornament continues yeah well I was

thinking that maybe you could have a

peek around the garage and see if it's

in one of those boxes high up in the

rafters okay we'll do oh oh hey those

are for the fellas working with the

reindeer you did not get more plastic

reindeer for the roof did you well I did

but but these are for the fellas working

on the real reindeer the real reindeer

yes the town voted to have a reindeer

farm on Mr haro's property isn't that

fabulous that sounds a little excessive

well moderation is a fatal thing nothing

succeeds like excess uh except you just

made that up no I didn't that's Oscar

Wild Honey people thought it was

excessive when I decided to turn this

place into a Christmas themed Inn after

your father passed but it's what's kept

me going and our neighbors deciding to

turn the town into Christmas land that's

kept many of them going for their own

personal reasons it's fun it's festive

and it's for all okay and I hear it's

official now that the Town Council voted

to change the name of the town to

Christmas land officially officially it

is okay well as long as this isn't too

much for you to organize and um no

you're happy never been

marrier okay so what you're trying to

say is this Town makes you feel like

you're living in a Christmas movie isn't

it

awesome oh now don't forget the rest of

our players arried tonight and our

paying guests will be coming over the

next couple of days lots of reservations

fully booked now you remember what to do

when they arrive yes I have my cap and I

am ready to perform dear lady oh Tiny

Tim you saying you don't like the cap

I'm sorry with all that facial hair I

can't tell if that's a trick question or

if you're just being serious okay Mom

all right I know my part I

know so so what will you come with me to

Crazy Town it's Christmas land and it'll

be fun uh no absolutely not it's not

like you have other plans and you know I

don't even like Christmas oh we just

establish that you do no I like our

Christmas not the one that is filled

with family and memory lane and every

body expecting you to be jolly all the

time it'll still be our friends mus just

on the backdrop of something that I just

cannot relate

to hey just looking for green hair your

Grinch frots are showing look if you

want to go I absolutely think that you

should but I I'm not going without you I

love you m but I'm not

coming I know where you live and hide

your spare key you can't avoid me

forever you're still going to help me

with my shopping though

right come on

no please

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NOP

why

because because

why just

know pretty

please still

no pretty pleased with sugar on top just

no but what about my Christmas

gift come on be we made a sacred promise

to each other to always be there for one

another um I am a grown woman who wears

a plastic friendship bracelet do not

doubt my loyalty but crazy town is where

I draw the line Christmas

land but well what about your work huh

what about it your upcoming story he

said he needed it revised didn't he yes

life affirming upbeat story that tugs at

the heartstrings I think were his exact

words Christmas land might be right up

that alley a work assignment and a gift

to your BFF two birds my friend two

birds okay you could be on to something

there might be a story there I mean who

willingly lives in a town called

Christmas land there might be a human

interest

angle so does this mean you're coming

with

me fine I will

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come you are not going to regret this we

are going to have so much fun let's not

get ahead of ourselves what are we

watching not a Christmas movie

definitely Christmas movie

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mm okay it's so hear that there is a

townwide snowball fight how does that

even work I bet they have rules or maybe

it's a free-for-all maybe this is like

the Hunger Games of Christmas themed

towns maybe oh look at the next page uh

carrot rdes sounds kind of cool uh ice

sculptures snowman making contest a

holiday Bake Off oh you should

definitely stick to the ice sculptures

hey I'm just saying you might be more

dangerous with a spatula than a pickaxe

ooh hot chocolate tasting that is for me

sign me right

up what was

that no

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idea yep we have a flat oh please tell

me you have a spare

oh my gosh it's starting what string of

bad luck it's Christmas

land yeah yeah I see I see the sign no

no this this is totally the magic of

Christmas land atw workk you think

Christmas land gave us a flat tire a

flat tire at night in the middle of

nowhere it has holiday romance written

all over it a handful of nails scattered

strategically across the road and

voila this is the magic of Christmas

land okay if you're right it's not magic

it is a lawsuit waiting to happen and I

mean how would that even work with it no

this is just this is bad

luck somebody's going to come and I bet

you anything it's going to be a

he there's no spare trust me this is all

fine it's part of the experience there's

no service there's no service B calm

down I'm telling you he'll be here he

who I mean what okay look em I know that

you're excited but this is not a good

situation for us we need to told

you oh I bet he's a regularly handsome

Blue Collar night and shining armor what

are you talking about probably wearing

plaid and with a full head of like

amazingly manly hair and the strong

shoulders the M leads always have the

nicest shoulders You Know M I love you

but you've lost your

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mind evening ladies I told you so he's

the rugged tow truck driver that comes

to the rescue I've seen this one a

million times need some mil he looks

like a single dad ask if he's I'm not

asking him that hi yes we seem to have a

flat uh you don't uh have to have a tow

truck back there do you I I do not have

a tow truck

handy if you have a spare though no no

spare uh where you headed Christmas land

you know it yes I do uh that's where I'm

going you don't say would you like a

ride absolutely not just just excuse us

for one

moment what are you doing he could be a

serial killer does he look like a serial

killer his timing was too perfect

exactly so you really think that he was

sent by the weirdo elves of Christmas

land uh more than I think he's a Super H

seral Hiller drus and plaid on his way

to Christmas land everything

okay ah we would love a ride the ride

would be great great well I'm Ethan

Christmas land's official serial killer

and you are beatress this is uh M Amelia

but everyone calls me m you callor B

well it's a pleasure to meet you with

the bags in the trunk oh

yeah I think so go fall in for me yet

you just got here stay warm it's cold

night I'll uh the

bags he's such a gentleman I told you

he'd be a gentleman you did and he

is holy

moly he has a

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puppy wow my goodness it's adorable so

you two met Jingles we have how old is

he not exactly sure someone dropped him

off at the shelter friend of mine

adopted him and I am now just the

chauffeur taking him to his new

home oh he's very cute

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so Ethan are you a full-time resident of

Christmas land no no I uh I grew up here

but I actually live in Boston now just

home for the holidays the hometown boy

moves to the city then rediscovers the

beauty of this small town classic

sh and I take it you're a lawyer nope

engineer interesting

first time in Christmas land is it that

obvious no no I just wanted to make sure

that you're prepared prepared for

what prepared for

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this Christmas

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land this is

incredible this is not

real what

oh my goodness are you seeing this oh I

see I

see Best Day

Ever I'm glad you're happy

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Christmas coffee oh

okay oh what is this uh peppermint oat

latte with coconut whipped cream that is

disgusting it's much better than the

plain black coffee that you normally

drink here put this on I'm not wearing

that just wear

it thank

you so I've been thinking about our

agenda for the day wait how long have

you been up you think I could sleep in

when we're in the most magical place on

Earth all right tone it down not Cindy

Lou I can't there's actually a

surprising amount of caffeine in that

drink so you should really give it a

chance okay so what do you want to do

well I was thinking we could start by

watching the carolers rehears or we

could join an impromptu snowball fight

okay how is it impromptu if it is

planned don't be a spoil sport oh or we

could feed the reindeer are seriously

well elk or Caribou I think but same

same ho ho ho and welcome nothing like

cookies fresh from the oven to make you

feel at

home these are incredible well they're

not as good as Shell's down at the

bakery but mine are made with love and

the holiday spirit I can taste it I'm

Carol the owner of this in I met Amelia

downstairs earlier and she was kind

enough to give me both your holiday

profiles well I'm I'm not really into

the holidays so sorry if mine's a bit

sparse oh don't be silly the Jolly thing

is you filled it in you're beetus right

I am yeah well it's nice to meet you a

iies for not being here when you ladies

checked in last night but it was a good

thing Ethan turned up when he did that

was really good timing it was indeed now

I better get back to the front desk but

if there's anything you need you holler

okay yeah we'll let you know when we

decide which event to hit first may I

suggest the eggnog tasting it only runs

till the eggnog runs out so Shake A Leg

girls this place it's incredible

right yes and it's

perfect help yourself to some hot

chocolate in the Parlor and Ethan will

be right behind you with your

luggage oh going out for some eggnog are

we you better believe it all right and

you as well oh she can't participate

she's lactose intolerant we don't have

to tell everyone let me see maybe you

could go look around at the farm oh I'm

just going to go for a a walk around

town okay be's a writer she's always

looking for a good story oh we have

plenty of those here in Christmas land

I'm just the man to show you around

Ethan oh uh I don't need anyone to show

me around Ethan bee is going to take a

stroll around town why don't you be her

tour guide I really don't need a tour

guide I'd be happy

to if you want me

to uh well great I'll see you

five and don't forget there's a dinner

here tonight for all the guests a little

mingling a little jingling and how does

carols around the piano sound we

wouldn't miss

it oh sorry I'm sorry I I didn't see you

there I you yeah I wasn't looking where

I was

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going I should yes thank you go of

course oh

yep hey hey um I'm not sure she wants my

to accompany me should just let her

explore on her own Ethan you know your

job hey boy okay I'm

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going you're going to have a good time

okay mhm I'll see you after the annoing

event have fun finding a story

mhm ready uh possibly but probably not

not I just got word on your car Johnny's

finished fixing the tire he's going to

bring it by later today oh great that's

great any thoughts on uh what you'd like

to see first you know you really don't

have to do this oh no I do I do cuz

Carol's word is

law so does that mean you'll be fired if

you don't a tour guide fired no no

disowned

maybe disowned does that mean that Carol

is your mother

uh-huh wow I cannot imagine I mean I

Carol's a lovely woman but I just is her

name actually Carol as in like Christmas

Carol yeah that's one of the reasons why

she likes Christmas so much it runs in

the family W yeah you should ask my Aunt

Holly or my Uncle Nick you're

joking am I come

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on so did you uh grow up in Christmas

land oh I grew up in the town yes but

Christmas land no um this started about

15 years ago and uh it's kind of gotting

a little bit bigger every year so

everyone in this town just really loves

Christmas huh yeah something like

that oh uh beatric let me introduce you

to hey uh this is our mayor Chris oh

mayor schmeer your Excellency will do

Jes pleasure to meet you beus I'm Chris

nice to meet you too Chris well let me

ask you this question have you found

found the spirit of Christmas yet this

year U right uh well I'm here aren't I

given her go well that's not very

convincing is it Ethan listen well you

just remember young lady you find it in

here if you both excuse me many things

to do lovely

s he's not for real is he it depends on

what you mean by real I mean your

mayor's name is not actually Chris

cringle right

you are in a town that is trying to make

all your Christmas fantasies a reality

there's a fine line between what is real

and what isn't here are you real saying

that I look like

Pinocchio my advice is Just Go With It

don't try and see the wizard behind the

curtain just have fun no I'm a

journalist it's my job to find the

wizard

journalist I mean sort of I um haven't

done any hard-hitting Walter kronite

type pieces just yet but um I write

mostly female Centric pieces and I'm

currently working on a holiday fluff P

heartstrings and such huh well I'm sure

you're a great journalist and I'm sure

you'd be even more amazing you know when

you do get that hard-hitting piece that

you're looking for but I wasn't actually

suggesting that you would ruin your fun

but maybe other people's

yeah and anyone else who's here for the

fantasy of

it don't worry I'm not here to reveal

the tinsel Tangled secrets of Christmas

land and what would be the point anyways

it's not like the town lies about what

it is promises a fantasy and that's what

it seemingly

delivers well now is the time in the

tour where you actually get to make a

decision do you want the official

Christmas Land

Tour or do you want the Ethan special

what's the

difference uh wait you're not an Axe

Murderer and the Ethan specialist code

for my untimely death

right oh really it's going to be like

that fine bring it okay you're brave

let's go

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hey you're staying at the Inn right I'm

AIA a

porter porter

Brian do you mind please thank

you are you here alone uh yes I um good

me too I I mean I'm not alone alone I

came here with a friend to Christmas

land I mean not here to the eggn tasting

meaning I I'm here tasting alone too uh

yay um I was just going to get a cup of

coffee are you lactose intolerant please

say no please say

no

no um can we get another flight over

here

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please thank

you I hope you like eggnog PTO Bryant

you're about to have your fill

cheers okay first stop Contraband you

like coffee uh you mean the whipped

cream candy cane covered confection no

no no I mean real coffee black the way

it's supposed to be Greg and Millie make

the best Cup in town so yes yes yes

please we got it thank

you hi am I the worst friend ever if I

ditch for a hot cocoa making class so I

take it the eggnog tasting was a success

oh I'm on such a sugar high I think I

could fly uh please don't try they

promised to teach us how to make the

world's best hot cocoa in this class so

go enjoy and try not to go into a sugar

coma and you're good I'm

good

bye thank you thought you might be

hungry

um you got me chips for breakfast yeah

Breakfast of

Champions this tour is off to a good

start yeah I think so too and the Ethan

special hasn't even started yet I will

try to contain my

excitement so welcome welcome uh to the

wagon wheelchair your

stick this

this supposed to

you got the NES that block I pray to see

you

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[Applause]

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try well careful now careful oh well

this is our last stop oh my gosh how

does it smell so good and we're not even

inside just wait welcome to Cupcake

Heaven mhm let me get the door thank you

shells

Ethan

oh I heard you were home took you long

enough to come see me well you know I

always come in and visit you hey um B I

wanted to introduce you to Shelly uh her

mom owns the place Shel is the best

baker in town listen do you think you

could hook be up with one of your world

famous cupcakes in Ethan's world uh

chips for breakfast and cupcakes for

lunch is healthy living

one sugar pump special coming right up

thanks oh Jingles hey managed to find

the best seat in the house where all the

crumbs

fall so uh I didn't know cupcakes was

what you had in mind when you said you

wanted to take me out for lunch well you

are on vacation is that the Christmas

land motto would you prefer what happens

in Christmas land stays in Christmas

land I think that's

taken here you go oh wow that looks

amazing uh is is it dairy free you're

one of the tourists huh uh I am yes here

till Christmas you should enter the bake

off oh uh baking is not really my thing

yeah that is that's a great idea this is

one of our best events you only say that

cuz you get to be a judge well it is

really difficult eating all those sweets

but honestly you should do it it would

be we'd have a good time you should it's

always fun when we get somebody who

can't bake well I didn't say I can't

bake oh you're just not up for the

challenge no I'm always up for a

challenge great then I guess we'll see

you tomorrow with the Bake Off me the

best woman win for your mom you got it

bye

now hot chocolate for

anybody what just happened and why do I

feel like I was just challenged to a

duel oh it looks like you're one of the

big off contestants what no no no that

wasn't real no that was real yeah for

sure you said and I quote I never said

that I can't bake yeah but I never said

I could bake what are you saying uh I

can't bake like seriously I really

really can't bake how bad are we talking

uh like the fire department was called

last time I tried kind of bad oh okay

this is not funny you should have warned

me it's kind of funny but how was I

supposed to know she was going to come

at you like that oh you really can't

tell when a woman has a crush on you no

she may have when we were kids but not

anymore

mhm did you two have a date no not at

all it's not like that sh's like a

little sister to

me uh well these are Chris kringle's

famous Candy Apples you should try them

they're delicious I will save this for

Amelia

okay so seriously what am I going to do

about what the bake off I think you

should bake cookies hey you accepted the

challenge well that's just who I am I'm

never going to say no to a challenge

okay okay here's what I'll do just

because I did have something to do with

getting you into this I will um I will

help you bake I'm so surprised I grew up

in the same house as Carol the cookie

queen of Christmas so I did learn a few

tricks I can get one of my Grandma's

favorite cookie recipes and I'll walk

you through

it wouldn't that be cheating no no it's

like Consulting like your guide in the

world of

bacing well look who's loving the

holiday treats now this is Ethan's fault

uh be Ethan meet Porter my sugar loving

partner in crime hey hey uh your friend

kindly saved me for making hot cocoa for

one well believe it or not he has a

sweet tooth that can match

mine so what are you two up to well

actually I need to be getting back my

mom needs some help with some guests at

the end um see you later uh sure

great you know what Ethan I may go with

you I have a few calls to make for

work see you at dinner I like that very

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much for

you

fine okay so wait you you go no you go

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tell me you're not working I'm not

working I'm lying I think I have an idea

for a story o is the headline my hot

tour guide made me swoon because I'd

read that that's funny and no I've been

thinking about the economics of

Christmas land like what did they do

before it was Christmas land and how

much money do they bring in yeah that's

definitely the life affirming feel-good

story your editor is looking

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for come on let's head down I told

Porter we'd meet him before

dinner so what's the deal with Porter is

he here on his own MH for business what

kind of business does he have in

Christmas land over the holidays well at

first it felt like he was an investment

banker

but then he started talking about the

antioxidant properties of dark chocolate

and the traditional theory of

Art Go Tell It On The Tell It on the

Mountain Go Tell Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the and he sings over the

hills

everywhere Tell It on the oh boy indeed

is

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[Laughter]

Christmas

not I really don't think I can win this

game never in my life have I tied one of

these I'll figure it out you can do it I

Believe In You fortunately for you both

I am a world class tie Tire okay how am

I doing I think we may you know what how

about we just um find something here

maybe I can show you by example you

didn't tell me how it went today M it

went well and

beatress don't worry I know my part so

you think she's warming up she's getting

in the spirit as they say yeah right so

over yeah I think so she's very pretty

and she doesn't have a ring

mom what it's just an

observation hey that's a happy accident

I like that you didn't tell me about the

breakup well that's because there was

nothing really to tell it was 6 months

ago and I did tell you that yes mhm and

she's called the in quite a few times

what caller ID is not snooping Ethan mhm

okay yes she has called we've talked a

little bit we're friends it didn't end

on a sour note we weren't meant for each

other that's all we grew apart instead

of together mhm you know what I never

could have imagined that tying this on

someone else would prove to be this

difficult but um how do you not know how

to do this you're wearing two ties I

know I enjoyed my time in the city but I

really just want to move home I want to

find somebody who fits with here a home

is where the heart is yeah anyway this

is my way of saying you don't need to

worry about me I'm happy well I'm a mom

worrying is what I do you know your

father used to say a soulmate one's

partner to be in life is something

that's intuitively known it's not

something that can be described but

something that's felt with the the heart

and the

mind speaking of your father did you

find my crystal angel in the garage I

looked there I couldn't find it I don't

know Mom it's been 5 years maybe it's

time to call a truce truce it's my

Christmas angel Ethan she's going to

come back you'll see and the timing will

be perfect that's just what Angels do

okay oh oh it's time for announcements

oh okay yeah good evening everybody I

hope everyone's first day was festive

and I hope tomorrow will be just as

merry first there's a snowman building

contest after breakfast in the town park

just before lunch in The Parlor here and

my personal favorite the carriage ride

on the hillside and dressed warmly it's

supposed to be very chilly speaking of

chili I still have some of my spiced tea

there and shortbread if anyone's got

room so I'll see you all tomorrow and

have a wonderful sleep see you

tomorrow how was

dinner oh it was uh it was great it was

like being in a Norman Rockwell painting

hanging on the wall of the house and

Leave it to Beaver if there was ever an

analogy to be had I think that was it my

mom would probably quot you on that if I

told her oh well she should have the

Christmas elves put on a plaque and hang

it above the wall in the kitchen ah be

warned foster kid being quoted in the

most cheerful familial House of all time

I've seen everything hey I was wondering

um tomorrow for the carriage ride do you

want to ride with me oh I'm I thought

that you would maybe had enough of

playing tour guide

no okay well yes sure okay it's a

day uh good night good night yeah I'm

going to okay

night good night

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tell me what do you think top hat or a

page boy like

mine now perhaps I should have

reconsidered my teammates hey I never

claimed to be a snowman making genius oh

right just a a regular type genius your

words not mine

right I couldn't help but notice you

have quite the singing voice oh your

harmony with Ethan last night it felt

like you two knew one

another well

um yes we do know each other I thought

you said you were here on

business so a singing businessman who's

also an Art

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Expert well uh fine work ladies fine

work thank you oh and good sir of of

course good sir thank you very

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much a chocolate break ah yes do you

want one but of course thank

you what is going on with you and Porter

you guys have been making googly eyes at

each other all day listen he is so

perfectly Posh and cute like a character

from Bridgerton right very on re John

paage that's why I'm convinced he's too

good to be true sure I mean you said it

yourself what kind of business does

someone like that having Christmas land

so you think he's in on the ACT

maybe I think

so he doesn't seem like an

actor there's just something that

doesn't ring quite true you know like a

prince charming if you will that only

exists in fairy tales or feel good

romcoms

but at least we know Ethan's not an

actor so we know that because hello the

way he looks at you the way he looks at

me don't pretend like you haven't

noticed I'm just saying he is for Real

so not that I'm eavesdropping ladies but

I just wanted to mention this beard is

also

real

okay D so don't say

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well this should be an

adventure a h drawn carriage a beautiful

snowy Winter's

day and a gorgeous woman by my side you

think I'm

gorgeous

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stunning shall we

let's okay confession time I did have an

ulterior modor been asking you to uh be

my partner in this carage ride what was

that well my special tour is not quite

over yet so does that mean we're not

going with the rest of the carriages no

no we are going to go Rogue that is if

you're okay with that sure I guess so

okay good so this is uh hot chocolate ah

courtesy of my mother is dairyfree wow

we're travels fast well we are a small

town first and foremost there are no

secrets

you

ready uh I guess so okay

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okay you know this town really is as

magical as it claims to be M that's why

the tourists come the illusion of

magic you know the way you say illusion

makes me feel like it's not all positive

no no it's not like that it's just that

town has changed a lot since my dad died

oh I'm sorry when was that oh no it's uh

15 years wasn't recent but his absence

kind of how I track the progress of the

town if you can call it that you can

call it that yeah well I mean as you can

see Christmas land doesn't just happen

behind all the joy and love and

Christmas spirit that it brings there's

a whole machine that has to keep it

going an engineer talking about the

machine of Christmas now that's a story

I would like to hear okay slow down

Katie

Kirk so you got this from saving a cat

yes um apparently I'm not as good at

climbing trees as I once

was but you saved a cat in the middle of

Central Park yes it was just inside the

East 79th Street entrance it's across

from a building that my family

owns your family owns a building on the

Upper East Side

mhm and the funny thing is the cat's

owner lives on the first floor and I

live in oh one of the Upper Floor

Apartments pent house

apartment and that cat that cat still

seemed to recognize me for some reason

as the cat savior that you are precisely

yes is this a joke that Bigg a Parton an

act I

mean um you said you're here for for

business yes yes that's right over

Christmas well I mean I don't have much

family so no wife or

girlfriend

no no no definitely not

no so a single businessman from the big

city who just so happens to be here in

Christmas land for

business alone over the holidays yes is

that a problem no no it's

just a little too on the nose don't you

think on the nose I don't I I don't

think I

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understand you know what never mind I

mean I'm having fun the most fun I think

I've had

ever is that

so just forget I said anything I'll just

play along you know enjoy the day

why spoil

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it okay shall we see if this hot

chocolate is as good as ours we shall

I'm sure it's not going to be

but sorry it's a little bit

cold it's darkhead already know your way

back brought my compass really no

so what is this place oh let me guess

this is a set that you built for guests

who want to experience A Christmas Carol

and eaner Scrooge and the Ghost of

Christmas Past are about to appear

That's funny my mom actually did try

that a few years ago but it wasn't

really a hit but I did keep all the

decorations now this was built by my

granddad it's a place of quiet

reflection for the crane family men well

I guess just for me now that my father's

passed

you talk about your dad a lot you must

miss

him yeah my dad was actually the

inspiration for Christmas land well kind

of after he passed my mom didn't get out

of bed for about a month it's

depressed she found a letter that he had

written when they had first started

dating he kept saying how our hometown

is the most magical place in the world

and he proposed in that letter

and as soon as he came back they got

married the next day which was Christmas

day pretty sure that that is what got my

mom out of bed inspired her to

uh do all of this

wow that is

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beautiful what are you looking for

H oh interestingly the wedding gift that

my dad got from my mom was a crystal

Angel ornament made by a local Artisan

went missing a few years ago but my mom

hasn't given up looking for it same

chore every

year oh well let me help

you

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thanks remind me does the angel go on

the top of tree or on the side like on

top of the Christmas tree or in the side

it's like you never decorated a

Christmas tree before can go wherever it

wants well I'm not trying to make fun of

you no no no I know it's it's it's weird

a grown woman who's never decorated a

Christmas

tree you mean serious you've never

decorated a Christmas tree before yeah I

mean i' I've seen them of course you

know Amelia's family had one and they

had all decorated and saw them on

TV Christmas

specials big happy family around the

fireplace with the stockings all hung in

the sparkling tree and the presents

exploding

underneath foster care

I so I remember you mentioning that the

other night after dinner yeah yeah the

holidays weren't really a time of year I

looked forward to in my

childhood I still avoid it actually

which is ironic being that I'm in a town

called Christmas

land I'm sorry beatric hey before you go

feeling sorry for me I'm fine all right

and you know Amelia declared me her best

friend in second grade and I have never

been lonely since she's definitely a

good

friend yeah the best no matter where I

moved or how many schools I transferred

to she always made sure that we stayed

close

wow does this

work yeah some oldies underneath there

take a look put something

on that's a good one

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[Laughter]

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what

is okay

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ready I'm SC

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hey what are you doing I think I have a

new story idea I was thinking about what

Ethan said about how it's not so much

the decorations and events that make the

magic of Christmas Landon but it's the

machine of how things are put together

behind only you could write a story

about Christmas land and make it sound

industrial well I haven't figured it all

out just yet but I think I'm on to

something you know it's the the soul of

how things work behind it what are you

doing put that away for a second I want

to show you something okay seriously

what are you doing we're being sneaky ah

okay being sneaky is not your strong

suit what are we doing remember when I

told you that Porter was too good to be

true like seriously saving a CA an old

lady that's just overkilled I thought he

never admitted to it being an act I

really don't think that they would plant

the guests uh think again I'm pretty

sure I just cracked the case of the

phony guest

look may I just add that you

look what is he doing may I just add

that you look

look

truly lovely this

evening I think he's practicing his

lines like he's an actor like like a

real actor he's kind of brilliant though

I mean if some of the guests are in on

the whole holiday romance experience

whoa whoa what holiday romance

experience this is supposed to be

holiday magic no one said anything about

romance uh you don't think romance is

Magic I think Porter the Posh big city

billionaire with a heart of gold is a

character he's a Fantasy just like

everything else in this town you really

think that they've planted guests not

all of them obviously but I mean did you

hear that lady singing carols last night

she's got to be a ringer you sound

paranoid or am I just on to the truth no

yes paranoid We need oh hey there you

are are you two all right yep mhm yeah

totally we're just we're just um

checking to see which doors Creek the

loudest yeah

just so far I'm

winning uh cool uh be guess what I

scored my grandmother's famous ginger

morasses cookie recipe there is no way

you are not going to win with those

suckers I don't I don't think you know

what you're up against Ethan but good

luck and I'll catch up with you later be

y you ready to get bacon uh probably not

but sure come on

okay so where do I start well the first

and most important part of baking

cookies

is appropriate

attire

ah oh here we

go thank you it's an inexact

science there we go okay what's

uh second the second step is

you get to work get to work

okay work my

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muscles family ands all closer spreading

love and

Che we the cars that we've been singing

all our

we see

the Dr all the

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world don't

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[Applause]

even

truey called it I didn't think you'd be

the first to Sur surrender hey I did not

say anything about surrender I just

suggested a truce oh

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semantics

they

thanks oh oh my I'm sorry to intrude no

no you're not intruding Mom of course

you're not intruding this is your

kitchen cookie smell good yeah beus made

them I helped yeah I I see that

sweetheart uh I should I should help

clean up we should we should clean up

it's uh don't be silly you're Ethan's

guest I'll clean up I'll help you are

you sure because it's I you know I I'll

have your apron washed no no you keep it

sweetheart looks great on you keep it

are are you sure it's so beautiful it's

nice okay thank you

um thank you for your help pleasure the

cookies uh thank you yeah you're

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welcome something about

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beus it's just so hard you know figment

of my imagination real okay wait a

second we need to take a break from the

conspiracy theories and talk about what

just happened with me and Ethan what

happened did he kiss you no but almost I

think an almost kiss are you kidding me

what is that bad it is isn't it no of

course you're right because we live in

different cities so no be that's not why

I'm freaking out I'm totally down with

you kissing the rugged Blue Collar night

and shining armor okay we need to show a

nickname that is a mouthful but an

almost kiss that's classic holiday Ro

movie Material right

there you said that there was no way

that Ethan was an actor I did but all

those kisses are right up there with

snowball fights and and flower fights

and flower fights yeah you know that

scene where the love birds are cooking

or baking or whatever and they just end

up being all cutesy and tossing flower

on each other and what are the um

holiday romance cliches again uh let's

see there's snowball fights flower

fights sharing a hot cocoa slow dance

and an almost kiss that gets interrupted

at just the right moment check check

check check and check

what no I mean I he probably maybe he

wasn't going to kiss me oh and the big

bad X that is a must there has to be an

ex there usually is

one you could just ask him of course I

asked Porter and he avoided the question

played dumb but then again I'm pretty

sure he's an actual professional so no

no there's no way I mean

Ethan and I we shared like a moment kind

of I know I barely know him but I just

feel like I

can trust

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him wow what I just don't think I've

ever in your entire life heard you say

something quite like that except about

me of

course you know what believe in that

forget everything we were just talking

about so you don't think there's

anything to worry about nothing at

all except

maybe the bake

off you got this what have you

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done all right everyone settle down now

settle down settle down all right well

welcome to all of our guests and to all

of our judges let's give a special hand

to Mrs marabel Cooper and her mother

Shelly for hosting our 10th Annual

Christmas land Bake

Off 10 years it's a lot of sugar all

right now this is a blind taste test but

before we get started why don't we meet

some of our contestants oh first up we

have Mr Gavin Rainey visiting us from

Mahone Bay Mr Rainey everyone

he took the bus and we have Miss beus

Thompson who is a guest of Carol cranes

at the North Pole

Inn

yes City girl oh and we have our very

own Miss Shelly Cooper stand up give

everyone a wave

Shel let's see if Shel can win for the

third year in a

row that's a dynasty yes all right let

the tasting begin

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nervous

no okay maybe a

little well if you don't win there is

Justice in this world well you're just

saying that because you helped wait why

aren't you judging I excuse myself but

you like tasting all the treats I have

more fun helping you

today besides I think I would have a

hard time not being

biased all right everyone the moment

you've all been waiting for the results

are in drum roll please oh yes

yes and the winner

is oh Miss beatric

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Thomson

Su please come up be come

up

well come on up oh congratulations

speech

speech uh wow this is very unexpected Ed

okay well I I'd like to thank Ethan

crane for helping me this is your win as

well and and a big thanks to your

grandmother for her recipe and to Carol

crane for giving me your beautiful apron

which is obiously very

lucky congratulations congratulations

great speechs great speechs

P now everyone's favorite time of the

night come up and dig in everyone dig in

take it slow take it

slow

hi uh yes no I'm still in uh Christmas

land uhhuh oh on the right track okay

that's good to hear I didn't get

sure right yeah

um uh yeah I'll keep working on it and

I'll send you a final draft

soon merry Christmas

congratulations thank you it was a team

effort oh team is that what we were you

prefer Partners yeah I prefer

Partners well you're just saying that

because you want me to share the prize

with you well prize was a crown so think

I'm going to let you keep that a crown

we did all that work for a

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crown there she is our winner oh you two

are looking

cozy you forgot

this

congratulations

perfect that's just really nice yeah it

really suits you you did

my mom is never going to believe this no

one who's ever met you is going to

believe this it's a Christmas miracle

well congratulations beatric hey shall

we celebrate back at the end sure that

would be great yeah I'll just check if

shil uh needs some help cleaning up and

I'll see you

there everything okay yeah I was

just thinking about what you said about

Porter earlier and the weirdness and

it's all just so weird but weird good

right I mostly yeah beautiful unexpected

magical things can happen you

know yeah

just

scared you're putting yourself out there

for the first time in your life Life

opening up to someone I'm proud of

you yeah you're right I usually

am besides the hot cocoa and the flower

fight could hardly have been avoided in

this

town but what about Porter practicing

his lines in the mirror yeah that was

pretty odd but we haven't heard him use

the line on anyone right maybe it's just

a self-esteem boost or something

I

guess and there's one cliche that has

not happened yet it's the big bad X

exactly now if some gorgeous uppity City

chick suddenly comes onto the scene

declaring herself Ethan's X then you'll

know it's all in Act

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hello can I help you I'm here to see

Ethan

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crane did you love my cookies so much I

mean they looked good which was

surprising but I still don't know how

they taste it so good evening ladies oh

hello uh good night good good

night apple cider for my dear that's so

thoughtful of you of

course and and might I just say that you

look truly lovely this

evening Porter that really is your name

I think it's time you and I have a

little

chat Scarlet surprise

beatric what are you doing here I

thought you were at the bakery um

hello

uh what are you doing here I just came

to to see

you I should go no beatress wait I'm I'm

sorry you are I'm just a guest no no no

beus isn't just a guest beus is my

friend Ethan perhaps you should

introduce us to oh yeah Scarlet Ethan's

girlfriend Oh No Ex exgirlfriend

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you're kidding okay I I can explain no

no I can't believe you would take the

holiday fantasy this far this far oh

sorry I mean I I didn't get the script

so you'll have to fill me in script um

Ethan who is this uh this it's uh your

girlfriend is that how this goes I mean

I haven't seen a lot of these movies but

I'm pretty sure I've seen this one what

are you talking about isn't that how it

goes I I stand in for your girlfriend

save you from the big padex excuse me

how am I doing is my performance on

point oh oh oh

no you know what I'm just going to go

ahead and flip the script

because you can have him he's all yours

you know I know that this holiday

Romance package works for some of your

guests but I just I did not sign up for

this what romance seriously you need to

drop the whole I don't know what's going

on act because it's a little bit over

the top what what is going on and also

you should probably talk to wardrobe

because I don't know anyone who wears

high heels in the snow oh okay beatric

trust me there's been a misunderstanding

no no misunderstanding I just

I I mean I should have seen it coming

cuz the the flower fight and the the

carriage ride and then you went to kiss

me kissed her kissed her almost kissed

cuz it's always an almost kiss okay so

what I want to know is how far were you

willing to go to make me feel like I'd

fallen into some holiday Love Story Love

Story love story mom all part of the

Christmas Land Experience

right hold on this place isn't really

called Christmas

Land Is it okay see if you really were

Ethan's girlfriend you would know all

about Christmas land and how much he

loves it here and can't wait to move

home that's even true so you can just

you can drop the ACT I still don't need

to stand here and listen to this

I guess you should go after your your

girlfriend no my ex-girlfriend from 6

months ago okay I just I don't want

to I don't want to hear it

I should go after her yes you should but

which

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one in Bethlehem in Jud which way did

you

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go to is Mother

Mary did nothing take in

scorn oh time

Tidings of Comfort and Joy comfort and

joy I'm so stupid I'm so stupid how

could I get hold stupid oh my gosh sugar

plum okay I'm so sorry no thank you

that's terrific my uh mom and I always

take all the leftovers to the shelter

every day oh wait you have a homeless

shelter here don't look so shocked we

have all the same problems as every

other town just typically the tourists

don't don't see

them are you okay oh yeah yeah I just uh

have allergies oh winter allergies I

understand hey you know I'm I'm sorry

about

earlier I was really shocked that I won

the bake off I bet you

are yeah this might sound weird but

you're being really nice to me and

earlier it seemed like you didn't really

like me kind of isn't that music to my

ears I played the part

perfectly what you see you mean I'm part

of the show yeah the baking rival who

loses

utus

Scarlet yeah it's Scarlet

guess you do remember something about me

what are you doing here I just came to I

don't

know maybe when you're

back probably should have

called that is this place and what was

that lady talking about back there it's

a little bit hard to explain so wait

does that mean I didn't win the Bake Off

goodness no did you try your own cookies

makes sense yeah yeah what about uh

Jingles your puppy part of the ruse

works wonders with the guests though is

the guests always find the puppy

relatable in our Christmas Land

Experience especially when Ethan is seen

with one but the reality is my mom and I

volunteer for K9 companions as puppy

risers wow that's amazing that's

Christmas land so you don't have a crush

on Ethan Ethan oh goodness no oh no no

no I'm happily married with two kids you

met Chris

cringle the mayor yeah he's your other

half

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yep okay let's get you something warm to

drink before you go oh if you're sure uh

yeah but you're welcome to stay it's a

long drive it's cold no I'm fine I

wouldn't be able to sleep

anyways I'm just sad at so

over your good man Ethan crane

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you're like

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um uh am I'm really sorry but I just

before you say another word come with

me em I just want to leave I know can

you at least get a cup of coffee with me

first They don't serve coffee here are

you sure about

that the d x showed up M I heard I mean

you told me that everything here was

going to be a fantasy and I went and

fell for it anyways no you are not

letting me off the hook for this I took

the least trusting person I know to a

place where nothing can be trusted and I

told her to believe I should be friend

shamed no this is not your fault

it's it's no one's fault it just

is I would try and convince you to stay

but I know you well enough that that's

not going to happen so just give me 5

minutes I will pack up my stuff and then

we can be on the road by nude no no um

we're not

going but I'm going to go it's Christmas

Eve and you love it here and I believe I

saw Porter serenading you last night so

I have a hunch you might want to spend

Christmas with him no not more than I

would with you

well I love you for that but I want to

know what's going on with you and Porter

we are talking about you right now no

we're done talking about me I'm fine I'm

fine Well turns out he does have

business here what I did not think was

plausible is apparently real he's very

smart very successful a very good singer

and he's very much into me

as much as I am into him and he's

working with Ethan

actually uh really he didn't say more

than that and I didn't want to

dig so what about the rehearsing in the

mirror I guess he's just nervous around

me so he wanted to practice what he was

going to say he's so cute so you're

happy yeah yeah I'm

happy good

good um I'll be right

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back oh I see you found that pot of

black coffee I made I did thank you um I

also

found

this my Christmas angel

she found me seems like it

who please don't go

beus uh unfortunately I just I think I

have to but thank you so much for having

me this really is the most warm and

loving home it's right up there with my

best friend Amelia's and as someone who

has lived in a lot of

spaces it's top to for sure

you know it was me that tasked Ethan

with being your tour

guide well he's he's very good at it

it's Charming well there's there's

always someone who's been dragged here

and doesn't want to be here and it's

Ethan's job to make them comfortable at

least that's what I task him with oh not

everybody's into the illusion and the

magic and so we give them something

real like black coffee in a behind the

scenes too

yes Ethan may work for me for the

holidays but he's no

actor so what you're trying to say is

Ethan is my Grinch

Handler your

what every year we have a grinch like

you no offense un taken grin Grinch is a

wrong word I just mean someone who

doesn't see the magic of Christmas land

because at its heart Christmas land is

it's a celebration of the spirit of

Christmas it's not a place where anybody

gets hurt to my knowledge no one ever

has until now hey I have a thick skin

I'm fine well I can see that you

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do beus I I know it's not my place to

ask but do you think you can do me a

favor on your way out of town

a favor

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yeah uh I didn't know that you were

going to

your mom just wanted me to drop this off

to

you um you found

her yeah I

did look be I I know you're upset with

me but I'd like to

talk it's Christmas Eve and I really

need to get on the road please

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I know what you're thinking beatric that

uh your experiences here with me that

they weren't real well it wasn't real

because your mom told me that it was

your job to entertain me I wasn't like

that what was it like then I wasn't

trying to trick you the more time that

we spent together the more feelings I

started to have and there feelings I've

never never had

before I like

you I think you like me

too doesn't matter if I like you then

what does

matter if I can trust

you you

can give me one reason why I should

trust isn't something you can reason

it's

a leap of faith

yeah leaps of Faith are not exactly my

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forte I mean I don't even know you you

don't know me

really yeah I feel

like maybe I've known you for my whole

life how about this you ask me anything

and I promise you I'll tell you the

truth

okay tell me about mayor

Chris not

real he's a lawyer well a community

theater actor too and he's married to

shelle who is also an

actor

okay I actually knew that because Shelly

told me I was just testing your

truthfulness uh-huh so then what about

Porter because he told my best friend

that he's real so Porter is for Real

more than that really somebody I've been

working with for the past couple years

in the city this is my

hometown I belong here and I'm moving

home and I want to help grow Christmas

land and Porter is one of my

investors and a surprise my mom with the

news

tomorrow wow

okay what about

Scarlet she's an

exgirlfriend long gone long long

over and

you should stay you should stay and help

me decorate this Christmas tree for your

first time ever on Christmas

Eve Ean I please stay

I have a lot of imaginary things in my

life but if you

stay I can show you something

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real okay

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and so dear rether I'm pleased to report

that there truly is Magic in Christmas

land in this close-knit town where

stories intertwin like Garland and Holly

the real enchantment lies not solely in

bake offs or Chris kingle snowy contests

nor even in Carol Crane's mischievous

grin but within the leaps of faith that

come with trust held snug by the wings

of one's Angel your life's desires just

a Heartbeat Away waiting to be revealed

they may arrive in unexpected forms

embraced by new found companions who

become cherished

kin so I guess my message to you is have

faith my friend in the Unseen hand that

guides Christmas land and the trust that

anchors it all

together e

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