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The movie kicks off with a fun little animation telling the story of a secret that started in 1996 when Avery met Logan. They became quick friends. Avery could 100% be herself around him, and vice versa. As they got older, that friendship blossomed into true love—the kind that can get you through anything, like the loss of Avery’s mom.
Fast forward: they’re adults now. Avery lands a job in London, and Logan is less than thrilled. It’s 2014, and on their last night together, Logan is driving the struggle bus. They’re in the middle of a fight, but it boils down to him saying, “I’m just really going to miss you, and I’m sad.”
At her going-away party, her dad gives an emotional speech before handing the mic to Logan. Logan gets down on one knee, but before he can even pop the question, Avery blurts out, “No.” Logan does not handle it well and throws out, “If your mom were alive, she’d be disappointed.” Ouch. Avery breaks up with him and leaves.
Cue a fun montage of the world’s biggest moments from 2014-2024 (shoutout to Stranger Things and Squid Game—Netflix wins again).
Now it’s 2024. Avery is a hotshot dealmaker with a hotshot dealmaker boyfriend named Cam. Logan, meanwhile, is a contractor dating Cassie, who comes from a family where every sibling’s name starts with “C.” (More on that soon.)
Avery and Cam head to her dad’s house, which is all packed up. Her dad, now remarried, is selling the family home. She says goodbye as her dad and stepmom leave for a holiday trip. Then it’s off to Cam’s very uptight family. At their gathering, guess who walks in? Logan and Cassie. Turns out Cam is Cassie’s brother (one of the “C” names).
Logan and Avery are stunned but quickly decide to pretend they’ve never met. Avery, already intimidated by Cam’s mom (played by Kristin Chenoweth, no less), doesn’t need the added drama.
But the awkwardness only grows. Cam has his own “former friend” story: a girl named Sophie who studied abroad and is now back. Cam’s mom loves Sophie.
Meanwhile, Logan and Avery strike a deal: Avery will help Logan land a business deal with Tim Meadows, and Logan will make Kristin Chenoweth like Avery.
This is where things go off the rails. Avery borrows a jacket, eats some gummies from the pocket, and discovers (too late) that they’re weed gummies. At church. She ends up rambling about her hands and turns a Christmas reading into a Kool & the Gang singalong. Kristin Chenoweth is not impressed, but hey, the pastor loved it.
Later, the munchies hit. Avery eats a batch of cookies meant for a cookie exchange. To cover it up, she blames the dog, which backfires when the dog has to be rushed to the vet. Shenanigans ensue, but they manage to keep Kristin in the dark.
The chaos ramps up when Cam’s younger brother, Callum, overhears Logan and Avery talking about their past relationship. He blackmails them into helping him get a booth at a Christmas market.
Then there’s a bar scene. Guess who shows up? Sophie. Avery sees her getting flirty with Cam, and when she gets a call about her dad’s real estate agent needing access to the house, she leaves. Logan offers her a ride, and they have a heart-to-heart about her memories of the house. He encourages her to buy it, and they spend some quiet time there.
Later, Logan catches Cam sneaking into the house late at night. Cam begs Logan not to tell Avery.
Finally, everything blows up at the Christmas Eve gathering. Cassie surprises Logan by inviting his parents, and Grandma spills the beans about Logan and Avery’s past. Callum exposes Avery’s cookie crime. Just as she’s about to leave, Avery asks Cam if anything happened with Sophie. He admits it did. It’s over.
Avery leaves, and Logan asks if he can call her. She says no.
But when she finds out that Logan suggested to her dad that she should buy the house, she realizes he might be something special. She ensures his business plan gets to the right people.
In the end, Avery’s dad surprises her with the keys to her childhood home. At her housewarming party, Logan asks for a second chance. They confess their love and kiss. A year later, they’re planning their wedding. Through animation, we learn they get married sometime after that.
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Emily is a party planner, and she is great at her job! Her clients are always thrilled with her work. She makes it known, however, that she’s not going home for Christmas and tries to avoid the conversation altogether.
Cut to Emily’s brother, Nick. Nick is stuck running the family farm, and it’s a big year—it’s the first Christmas after their mom passed away, but it’s also the 25th annual Christmas carnival. His best friend (and fellow hunk), Luke, has been helping out around the farm. When Luke hears how overwhelmed Nick is with planning the carnival, he suggests calling someone with a ton of party-planning experience… like Emily! At first, she’s like, “Hard pass,” but then she has a dream about her mom.
So she hops on a plane FROM LAX, and when she gets home, she immediately bumps into an old friend. It’s good to be home. On her drive to the farm, she almost hits Luke while he’s crossing the road, and they have a very Hallmark-style shouting match.
When she gets to the farm, she’s shocked to find that Luke is there. As she catches up with her brother, she learns that Luke is a light artist—or at least, he used to be. When Emily sees some of his work, she gets inspired. What if they incorporated his art into the carnival to make it really special?
She goes to ask Luke for help, and at first, he’s like, “Nope,” but then he’s like, “Okay, fine.” So, yay! But Luke realizes he needs inspiration—he can’t just art on command. Emily, ever the problem solver, comes up with fun activities to boost his creativity, like untangling Christmas lights in the middle of the night, decorating the farm, and even going to a Christmas market together.
FINALLY, inspiration strikes while eating a cookie, and he rushes home. My guy is inspired. And let’s be honest… it’s Emily who’s inspiring him, because the sparks are flyinggggg!
This carnival is going to be poppin’, so Emily calls in all her favors to get as much press and as many influencers to come out as possible. Luke’s not thrilled about the influencers, but he is thrilled about Emily, so… what can ya do?
Luke finally shoots his shot and asks her to dinner. While they walk around town, she casually mentions that she’s definitely going back to LA after the carnival. He’s like, “Well, I’d still like to talk to you on the phone from time to time.”
At dinner, they bond over how hard it is to take the plunge to become their own boss. He’s afraid to open a gallery, and she’s afraid to start her own party-planning company. Luke suggests she come home to start her business, but Emily says leaving LA would feel like she’s failing. She talks about her mom, and he talks about light. The date is a big success.
Finally, it’s carnival time, and it’s a huge success with big light.
Emily and Luke come up with a plan: she’ll start her own company, splitting her time between LA and the farm. Meanwhile, he’s going to open his own gallery. They make out.
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The movie kicks off with this guy selling snow globes on the street, but no one cares. We’re all just too busy! Beatrice walks by on the phone, and a car splashes her boots with water. Ugh. She goes to meet her best friend, Emilia, for coffee to talk about their staycation Friendsmas. Emilia comes up with an idea—instead of a staycation, they go to Christmasland. It’s a town fully devoted to Christmas, including the North Pole Inn. They make every guest feel like family. Emilia is pumped. Beatrice is less than thrilled and says, “Nah, hard pass.” But after nagging her about it a ton of times, she finally gives in.
Right as they get to the Christmasland: 5 Miles sign, they get a flat. Emilia is convinced this is all part of the magic of Christmasland. Right on cue, a hot guy pulls up in a truck and offers to give them a ride. His name is Ethan, and Emilia is pumped to get into this stranger’s truck. He brings them to the magical inn, where they are handed Christmas PJs and Christmas cookies.
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The next day, Ethan walks with Beatrice around the town and explains that Christmasland is a place where reality and fantasy blur, so she should just roll with it. She’s like, “I’m a journalist, but I’ll do my best to roll with it.”
Meanwhile, Emilia goes to an eggnog tasting and meets a guy named Porter, who is also visiting—and who could be her dad. But he’s perfect… maybe too perfect.
So this Friendsmas turns into the two of them just hanging out with boys. But Beatrice starts to realize that everything with Ethan has been hitting all the beats of a Christmas romcom. Now she’s like, “Is any of this real?” They even have a couple of almost-kisses. But there’s one trope that hasn’t happened yet… the ex-girlfriend. Enter Scarlett, Ethan’s ex, who suddenly comes into town.
Beatrice is finally like, “Okay, you’ve taken this skit too far.” Ethan is like, “I don’t know what you’re talking about… all of this was real.” But Beatrice isn’t having it and leaves.
Finally, Ethan explains to her that he’s in charge of the Grinches but that he loves her. And Porter? He’s real, too. And somehow, Beatrice is just totes fine with it all, and they kiss.
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The movie kicks off on Christmas Eve with a bunch of good boys pulling a fella on a sleigh. Another guy rides up and bumps him off his sleigh. It turns out this guy is telling his daughter his story. She’s inspired by it and wants to race herself.
Cut to the present day, where we meet Anya. She’s heading to Finland for Christmas and to race in the race of all races—the 40th annual Joulurauha race. She and her best friend travel to Finland, where they meet all the other racers, including Manti, the racer who bumped her dad off the sleigh.
Anya also meets Cole, a member of the press. When she finds out he’s a reporter, she’s very reluctant to talk to him. But he pitches her an idea: he wants to do an in-depth piece on her so she can tell her story, but she’s not having it.
We get to the race pretty quickly, and Anya immediately makes her move on Manti. He’s already up to his dirty tricks with a big kick. Luckily, she recovers quickly and earns the final slot in the next round.
She gives Manti a piece of her mind, but she’s pulled away because one of her dogs, Cupid, is injured and won’t be able to continue the race. She figures she’ll have to drop out, which stings because the race costs so much money.
Her lovely cousin Lavi suggests they visit Santa and ask for help. Luckily, Cole is hanging around Santa and overhears. He offers his dog, Rue, for the race.
There are some obstacles in getting this approved, but after the head of the race committee finds out that Cole is going to write about it, he gets excited about the press coverage and agrees.
Sensing that Anya is stressed, Cole takes her for a cold plunge, and they bond in the sauna.
She finally gets the new dogs to trust Rue, and she’s feeling great about it! Later, they spend the evening with her extended family, baking goods and playing in the snow.
The next day, Anya finds out that the committee has added a new rule: all the sleds will now be pulling the same amount of weight. She’s very annoyed by it, but that’s nothing a fun night with Cole can’t fix. They go on a sleigh ride, and he lets her read his book that he’s writing. She gives him some more information for his article, but then she says, “Can I tell you something off the record?” And she kisses him! And it was awesome.
Speaking of romance, Anya’s cousin Lavi and her best friend Alice are having a "will they, won’t they" situation, and it’s magical.
It’s the day of the final leg, and Anya is really stressed, so she kind of yells at everyone. But they make up before the race.
She talks trash to Manti, and off they go into the snow. At one point during the race, she finds Manti without his sled. He’s hurt and his sled and dogs are nowhere to be found. Anya helps him out, and they end up talking and understanding each other a bit more.
Later, she tries to help free the sled from the side of a cliff but slips and falls off. She’s hanging on when one of the other racers shows up. Manti and Anya work together with the dogs to pull her back to safety. They hop back on their sleds and continue the race, and she wins!
But Cole is nowhere to be found, so she goes to find him. While that’s happening, Lavi tells Alice he likes her, and they kiss!
Cole is busy moping around but then realizes he has to shoot his shot! So, he goes to find Anya right as she’s about to find him. He says, “I’m finally being lead dog,” and kisses her. And then she kisses him back, and as they do, we see the Northern Lights.
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Join Alonso Duralde and Dave White as they dive into the magical world of Hallmark's Finding Mr. Christmas. In this bonus episode of DTH, they watch and review episodes 6 of the new holiday reality show, sharing their thoughts on the guys, the challenges, and whether this show is worth your time this season.
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Rose is a busy designer working during the holiday. She gets a call from her Brother, a handyman named is Sal and he has big news: he has won a charity design project for the holidays. He asks Rose for some design advice. They have a charming relationship and aren’t working together on the family business.
We then meet Bryson walking out of a hardware store, carrying a bunch of wood, as he is prone to do. He is annoyed to bump into his ex, who flaunts the fact that she is now engaged.
Bryson works with Sal, and they are surprised to learn the funding for the project they are working on has been cut, but they need to get the project done on a budget for the Denver Chronicle for a feel-good Christmas story. The charity house they are working on will go to the town’s principal. Sal tells Bryson they need to bring Rose into the project to help finish it on time. Rose says no. But that's nothing some brotherly guilt can't overcome.
Rose, who’s a designer and not an interior decorator, and who hasn’t been home since her parents died, is not thrilled about this reunion with holiday chaos. Rose drives into town and immediately bumps into Brysen and spills her coffee all over his shirt. Oh, and also, Rose finds out she’ll be staying in the same house as Brysen. Oh, and they share a bathroom, because of course they do.
But hey, it’s for a good cause, right? So Rose and Brysen decide to coexist. There’s plenty of eye-rolling, sarcastic comments, and the occasional truce. Rose finds herself pulling out some pretty stellar design moves, and there’s even a Home Goods ad thrown in there that feels more like a real-life miracle than a product placement (no complaints—Home Goods is everything).
Meanwhile, Rose crosses paths with Catie, the local EMT’s daughter, and her daughter Arabella, who are psyched about Rose taking on the project and share some tips on their family’s style. All seems cozy and heartwarming until Jake Hunter, the town reporter and former 6th-grade bully, shows up to cover the Christmas live show. He’s excited to capture the moment the Landrys receive their house, but he doubts they’ll finish it on time—until he hears Rose is involved.
Brysen opens up to Rose about his parents which is why he’s crashing at Sal’s place. There’s even a moment when Rose and the Christmas tree farm owner work out a social media deal for a free tree, because sponsorships.
Now we get to the montage! This movie has everything: paint splatters, hammering, some questionable Christmas music, and the surprising absence of decorating montages that are usually mandatory in these movies. The mayor checks in with only five days to go, sees that the place still looks like a war zone, and starts sweating bullets. But nope, they don’t buckle under the pressure! Instead, they head out to the skating rink for karaoke, because why not?
Meanwhile, Rose and Brysen reminisce about high school, and there’s an actual moment when they start to like each other.
But just when you think things are going smoothly, an icy tree branch falls and makes a hole in the roof, smashing some sentimental ornaments and sending Rose into an emotional spiral. Sal, the emotional support brother, comforts her.
Then, the Landry family steps up to save the day. Even Jake puts down his camera and joins the fun. They all pull together, complete the house, and celebrate by making cookies. It’s here that Jake and Sal have an awkward-but-heartfelt talk about middle school trauma and they make up.
In true dramatic fashion, Rose overhears Brysen’s ex bragging about their newfound reconciliation and decides she’s had enough of this small-town circus and leaves for Chicago. But wait! The Landry’s big reveal is on TV, and Rose realizes she’s made a mistake. She rushes back just in time to clear the air with Brysen, and they share a “finally, you idiot” kiss. No more running for Rose.
As for Sal and Jake? They’re not making out, but you can feel the potential for a date over some peppermint hot chocolate and bad holiday movies. Because this is a rom-com, and everyone deserves a happy ending—even if it’s not the one they planned.
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Back in 2006, we meet Charlotte and Austin. They're star-crossed lovers in the classic "we're from different worlds" trope. They sneak out of their respective houses, walk through the snow, and make their way to the horse stables for some moody, teenage romance. They kiss, they swear eternal love, they give each other gifts like a necklace and a horse book. Suddenly, Austin's dad shows up like a human snowstorm of bad advice, telling him to just join the Navy. Charlotte is going to forget all about him and he'll be better for it.
Fast-forward to the present, and guess what? Dad was right. They did go their seperate ways. Austin is now running her familes estate. Their grandma died and left her estate and the family businesses to three siblings who couldn’t be more different if they tried: Charlotte, the ambitious New Yorker; Henry, the mafia-adjacent sibling with questionable life choices; and Benedict, the fancy one with a fancy girlfriend and an even fancier fake accent.
Cue Rachel Boston, who rolls up to the estate playing Annie Markel, the estate planner who is giving Mary Poppins. She has a purse that is full of contracts instead of candy and umbrellas, and she’s here to stir the pot. The siblings are suspicious.
But Rachel Boston, being the MVP that she is, wins them over with her expert grief counseling and unsolicited life advice. She's basically the motivational speaker your mom would hire for a family reunion. She's Matt Foley but with a car instead of a van. She also makes them decorate the house because Christmas.
Austin and Charlotte reconnect when he shows her that he’s still a horse-riding, stable-owning stud. He apologizes for ghosting her for the Navy. Charlotte's all, "No hard feelings, because if you hadn't left, I wouldn’t have met my ex and had Cody, who’s the center of my universe."
As the family drama unfolds, the siblings realize the board is about to vote someone in who isn’t them. They work together to figure out how to make sure that doesn't happen. Amidst the chaos, they find old memories—Henry sobs about their parents' tragic death, Benedict uncovers an old engagement ring, and Charlotte suddenly realizes, "Hey, I still love Austin!" after seeing him bond with Cody.
Then, in a classic holiday move, the brothers chop down a Christmas tree together and decorate it while debating what grandma’s wishes might have been. They decide to throw a Moorehouse Christmas gathering, hoping Aunt Eloise has a crystal ball or some insight. Spoiler: she doesn’t.
Things heat up when Austin and Charlotte almost kiss, but an unexpected TUBA performance and a random holiday football touchdown stop them in their tracks. Because romance.
Then—because we needed more drama—Cody goes missing. The entire family, along with Rachel Boston, turns into a snow-covered search party. Henry gets roughed up by a mafia guy who threatens to cut off his fingers. But hey, Cody’s fine, and Rachel Boston finds him by the stables, where he asks her where her angel wings are. She laughs and says they’re hidden, which is both adorable and cryptic.
Cue Benedict’s fancy British fiancée showing up for the Christmas party, because, of course, the plot thickens. Charlotte and Austin decide to try this whole love thing again. Just as things are looking up, Austin gets a job in Maine. He’s got to leave, but Charlotte, being the understanding goddess she is, lets him go.
But Rachel Boston? Oh, she’s got a little holiday magic up her sleeve. She figures out a way for all three siblings to be on the board, with only one seat as chairman. Charlotte gets the coveted spot and rushes to tell Austin before he leaves. She wants to go with him and get Cody enrolled at the school, while she’ll work remotely. They share a kiss in the barn from Ride.
Rachel Boston dips out, her job done, and leaves the family better than she found them, even though that wasn't actually that hard.
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Lucy is a hotshot divorce attorney who gets a letter with good news—she just made partner! She gets a call from her sister, who accuses her of avoiding their mom. Lucy isn't planning on going home for Christmas, but her mom tells her she's going to get her room ready, just in case. Her sister, Alexa, says she sent her a box of some random stuff—framed photos, including one from the first Christmas after their dad died. Alexa asks her one more time to please come home for Christmas. Lucy says she'll think about it. And she goes to think about it by playing pool with her assistant, but all she really wants to do is WORK!!!
After a long day, she goes across the street to a diner. Right as she’s about to go to town on some pancakes, a guy named Matt comes up to her and says, “LUCY?!?!” He sits down, and they catch up. They were friends in high school, and she gets an update on everything—from his failing Broadway career to his failing marriage. He asks if she’s coming home for Christmas, and she says, “Oh no, I haven’t been home in years.” He responds, “Same ol’ Lucy.” She’s like, “WTF does that mean?” He says, “Oh, you avoid the people who are closest to you, including me. I thought you knew that.” He asks if she ever thinks about what could have been had things turned out differently. She says, “No, I’ve literally never done that…YET!”
After he leaves, a nosy waitress sits down and asks Lucy if she could do her life over again, would she? Lucy replies, “Nah, hard pass.” But as Lucy starts to look around the diner, she notices that everyone is with someone else but her. So, she looks up Matt on social media and accidentally likes an old picture. Her life is essentially over!
She calls an Uber, and guess who the Uber driver is? NOSEY WAITRESS! The steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car, and Lucy's phone is set to military time… and that’s just kind of the way things go sometimes.
Lucy falls asleep in the backseat, and as they go over a bridge, her phone begins to glitch out. Suddenly, she’s home. Not her current home, but her childhood home. In the moment of frenzy, she forgets her phone in the car.
She goes inside and sees a dog that looks just like her childhood dog but thinks they must've just gotten the same breed. But when she wakes up the next day to “Kiss Me,” she knows something is off. She is fine without her glasses and has bangs… she runs outside to grab the paper… it’s December of 1999!
Her driver is out there and explains the rules: This is a Christmas gift for her, but she can’t change anything or it will change her future. Enjoy 1999!
She goes inside and sees her mom baking and realizes how much she missed that. She goes outside and runs into Matt, who is her boyfriend, and he tells her, “I’ll see you tonight for the thing.” She has no idea what he’s talking about, so she goes to talk to her old best friend, Nadine, who is also a sci-fi fan, and just tells her the truth. She convinces Nadine she’s from the future, and Nadine is 100% on board for helping Lucy figure out why she’s back. She thinks it’s because she botched her first kiss with Matt. So Nadine encourages her to go kiss him ASAP!
Lucy realizes that she might be sharing too much about the future when the letterhead of her partner letter goes away.
So she goes to meet up with Matt and immediately kisses him, and more letterhead disappears. Her driver shows up and tells her to just relive the memories; don’t try to change anything.
And nothing says relive the memories like THE REINDEER GAMES! They win, ‘cause duh.
Lucy realizes she’s having an absolute blast with Matt, and it’s causing more of her letter to disappear.
She goes home and is shocked when her grandparents show up—she hasn’t seen them in a long time and gets a little misty-eyed. Her grandparents warn her and her sister to prep for Y2K.
Lucy goes to check on her mom, who is working like crazy in the kitchen, and she has to sit down. Lucy gives her mother great advice and lets her know that they’re all in it together and grief isn’t going to pass in a day. This causes more of her letter to vanish.
Lucy keeps having heavy-hitting conversations one after another. When she sees her sister is struggling too, she goes and tells her that she knows she’s into girls. She tells her to come out when she’s ready, but her mom will be her biggest supporter. She apologizes for not being there for her when she needed her the most but tells her that she’s proud of her. Naturally, this causes more of her letter to disappear. She goes to hang out with Matt, and they almost kiss again, but they don’t. She sees that her letter is almost gone entirely.
So she goes to talk to the driver and tells her that she wants to make sure she goes back to her life as it was—and she finds out that she just has to make it to Christmas Eve.
She goes to see Matt in a play and quickly realizes why he didn’t make it as an actor. He runs to meet up with her after the play and tells her that he really wants to make things work with her but can sense her pulling away.
She goes to do what she always would do when she needed to think—she plays some pool with her grandpa. She asks if he would change anything about his life, and he says no—everything he’s done, including the mistakes, has led to this moment right now. He wouldn’t want to miss out on that.
Lucy realizes she doesn’t want to go back to her old life. She rushes to bring a mix CD to Matt and tells him that she loves him and wants to be with him forever. They kiss, and her entire new life flashes before her eyes—college, weddings, kids, Matt’s surprisingly successful acting career. Suddenly, Lucy breaks the kiss and has her glasses back. She’s back in the present, but everything is better than Lucy could have imagined—she’s really with Matt! She’s now an estate attorney. And she’s so happy.
As she’s about to walk into her mom’s house, she looks out and sees her driver, and she says THANK YOU!!!
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The movie kicks off with Erin Cahill sleuthing around, and I’m very confused because Erin Cahill isn’t Lacey Chabert. She’s climbing rocks with one hand and gets up to a rock with some sort of message on it. Suddenly, the rock slides back, and she finds a notebook. She’s pumped. AND THAT'S THE CHRISTMAS QUEST!
We're back in Boston, MA, and Erin Cahill is back home with her daughter. Her daughter gives her a compass as a Christmas gift. They cuddle up on the couch, and Erin opens the special book, sharing the story of the Yule Lads. Suddenly, it’s no longer Erin Cahill reading the story. Rather, it's Lacey Chabert, who is giving a lecture at Heast College about the book her mom found. Lacey's name is Dr. Baxter, Dr. Stefani Baxter! Her boss tells her she should go find the Yule Lads’ treasure. She’s skeptical, saying treasure hunters have been trying to find it for years, and her mom gave up. It’s impossible. But he insists, presenting her with a map that might be helpful, and suggests she try to figure it out during Christmas break.
Off she goes and finds a box with the Yule horn in it—pretty easily, actually. The horn is the key to finding the rest of the treasure, but she can’t read the language on the horn. However, she knows someone who can—HER EX-HUSBAND, CHASE. He’s happy to see her until he finds out it’s just because she needs him to translate something. But when he realizes it’s the Yule Horn, he can’t help himself. When he finds out they’re going to Iceland to try to find the rest of the treasure, he also can’t resist. Chase is on the case! Off to Iceland!
First stop is a church, where they find a message written on the bottom of one of the tiles. The second clue is a very cryptic message about light. They notice they’re being watched by some people as they continue their journey. They travel a couple of hours to an amazing cave and find another clue. That night, they go to a bar, and she talks to a friend about what happened between them. She loves him, but he was never happy with how devoted she was to her work and expeditions, so she let him go.
At the next hunt, they get stuck in a cave. One of the people who’ve been following them agrees to help them out.
We then get a montage of them finding another handful of clues. This montage includes a baking sequence, so we’re all better for it.
The clues ultimately bring them to an art exhibit. The only problem is that it’s closed for a fancy Christmas party. They get dressed up and almost kiss but are interrupted.
They head to the party and manage to sneak in. They can’t find the treasure anywhere, so they assume it must be in storage. They sneak a keycard from Hendrick. They get caught, so they just kiss to make the person go away. They find the final clue, and that’s when the guy funding the quest shows up and drops the bomb that he’s going to call the buyer to meet them! She says she thought this was going to a museum to help preserve history. He says, "As is." So she says, "I’m out!" But Chase says he’ll stay in case they need someone to read something. It turns out he just wanted to stay close so he could steal the clue back. He meets back up with Stefani.
As they’re on their way to the final clue, Stefani realizes she may have been wrong about it. They head to the first location and find another tunnel. They figure out how to open the door, and on the other side, it’s a Christmas wonderland full of Christmas... trinkets. They’re both like, “What the heck? This isn’t treasure. This is just junk.” But then she finds her mom’s compass. She realizes her mom has already found all the clues and been in this room. She realizes that her mom suddenly stopped treasure hunting one day. She must have learned that the real treasure is the people in your life, not actual treasure. She finds a note her mom wrote her. They head out, and they hear the Yule Lads laughing as the door slams shut again.
They kiss each other real big, the best treasure you can find. Then they go get some eggnog and kiss some more.
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The movie kicks off with Alana giving us the rundown on her family. Her parents met after their parents got season tickets to Chiefs games next to each other. Over time, they fell in love and kept up the tradition of having season tickets, and eventually, Alana came along. Her family now runs a Chiefs store! Alana tells the family that next Tuesday, someone special is coming. They assume it's a boy, but she's like, "No, no. We're finalists for the Fan of the Year award! If we win, it'll be huge!"
And who is this person coming on Tuesday? It's Derrick. He's the head of fan engagement. Derrick is relatively new to the organization and to Kansas City. His coworkers encourage him to go to Norma and Nick's to get some authentic KC BBQ. He goes, and Donna Kelce is running the register. Naturally, Alana's mom is there, and when Alana walks in, she sits him down and immediately starts playing matchmaker. They invite him to come to Light the Block, which leads to him helping decorate. They spend the day talking and sharing Christmas traditions. Derrick explains that he doesn't really have any traditions because he moved around so much—he'd just write Santa a change of address card.
After Light the Block, he comes into the store and is blown away. That's when they tell him about the magic hat—they have a hat that, if worn on Christmas Day, will take them to the Super Bowl. Grandpa was given the hat from Santa way back in 1969, and Santa said, "If you wear it on Christmas Day, your Christmas wish will come true." That year, they won the Super Bowl. But Grandpa lost the hat. Fast forward to 2019, someone brings the hat into the shop to sell it. They start wearing it again, and it works! It doesn't guarantee a Super Bowl victory, but it gets them there.
Derrick expresses his doubts about the magic of the hat, and the family gets very offended and sends him on his way. The next day, he finds out that he has to go check out this amazing Chiefs store, which is a finalist for Fan of the Year. He's shocked to find out it’s Alana’s store. He walks in, and Alana is like, "You have to leave, someone from the Chiefs is coming." He responds, "It's me! Hi, I'm the problem, it's me." They show him more of the store, but Alana is just ruthless and quizzes him on his knowledge of Chiefs history, to which he fails miserably. He leaves but tells the other fan engagement folks about the hat, and they love it, especially the tie-in to Christmas.
Derrick keeps finding reasons to go back and spend more time with Alana, including hosting a Gingerbread House competition at the BBQ restaurant (maybe?).
One night, he goes to see one of the other finalists—a house that decorates with a Chiefs flair for Christmas. He goes for a walk and stumbles upon Alana’s family sitting out on the lawn drinking eggnog, so he just joins them. They end up singing Christmas songs, and Alana and Derrick hold hands!
It’s the night of the celebration for the finalists, and he comes to pick her up. They go and have a great time. He shows her the empty stadium. They sit in her family’s seats, and she shares that the one year they didn’t wear the hat was because Grandpa was in the hospital. They end up kissing!
They spend the evening walking through a Christmas festival, and the evening ends with ANOTHER KISS! They get the big news... THEY WIN! They're all going to be on the sidelines for the Christmas Day game, and it turns out it’s a MUST-WIN game!
She is at this Chiefs event and has the hat on display, but the hat goes MISSING! She’s freaking out, but what can you do? He brings over a surprise: he got the original two seats where everything started. It’s very sweet, and I tear up.
It’s at this party that it comes out that the hat is missing. The family is really understanding, though. She keeps thinking it’s going to show up, but it doesn’t, which leads to a big argument with Derrick because she thinks that the hat going missing is a sign they shouldn’t be together.
The day finally comes for the family to be honored at the game, and she isn’t sure if she’s going to come. Finally, she decides to join the family just as Derrick is coming to get her. He surprises her by giving everyone in the stadium a replica of the hat. It’s very sweet. They kiss. The crowd cheers.
They go back to their normal seats to watch the game, and magic Santa returns the hat to Alana.
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