Under the Christmas Tree

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thought we can take a break, charlie.

We've already missed second breakfast. I'm cold.

Really? I think this is invigorating.

- - hi!

okay, okay, okay...

ah. Good morning, girls.

You're looking fine today.

Coming, bub. Ah.

Hi.

hey, betty, make room for your sister, please.

well, we're still 300 feet away.

No, I think we found her.

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what is all that noise?

listen.

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I-I don't hear anything.

The tree, it's calling to us.

Um, I'm just gonna take your word on that one.

this isn't the tree we id'd from the chopper.

I know. This one is way better.

are we on private property?

now we want all of our packages to feel like they were wrapped

for a member of our own family.

All of our customers should feel like santa wrapped them himself.

Now, as I've just shown you,

I have my classic christmas bow that I put on every package,

but I encourage you all to find your own unique style.

Okay, let's give it a try.

-Oh, that's gorgeous. -

- you just pull it. -Yeah, nice.

It's all in the wrist. Think edward scissorhands.

Yeah, you're getting it.

Okay, remember, joy delivered, that's our motto.

Hi, honey, I hate to interrupt,

but the new ornaments just came in.

Oh. These are fantastic!

Dad, the craftsmanship is amazing!

Where do you find these?

These were hand-painted by a grad student

I met at a craft fair down in boston. Aren't they beautiful?

-Pick out your favorite one. -Ooh. Um...

-This one for sure. -Oh.

-Partridge. -Yeah.

These will be perfect for next year's line, dad.

Yeah, perfect for your first catalog on your own.

Mm. Can't believe you and mom are retiring in January.

Going to miss you.

Hey, you'll be too busy to miss us. Come on.

I know, there's so much to do around here.

Ceo, hr, buyer...

Butcher, baker, candlestick maker.

-Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha... -

oh.

Mm. I got to go. Marie's outside.

-She needs me for a taste test. -Yeah. Say hi.

-Saving this one for you. -Thank you!

the tree is gorgeous, charlotte.

I'm looking at the photos right now.

The governor is gonna be over the moon.

You tell him that it is three feet taller

than vermont state christmas tree.

How soon can you get it to augusta?

We're working on it.

There's no room for error on this one.

-We're counting on you. -I know. I know.

Good, because I wanna get a press release out

as soon as it's under contract.

Okay. Bye.

Nice!

-Uh-huh? Uh-huh? -Oh...

I think I just died and went to heaven. What is that?

An experiment, a christmas macaron

with cranberry filling and rosemary essence.

Amazing! For the employee christmas party?

Yeah, I only had to make four dozen to find the perfect one.

save the rejects for my dad, you'll make his day.

-so it was a drone. -What?

This morning, all the-the buzzing.

what are you talking about?

Uh, uh, excuse me? Hi!

Hi, uh, I'd like to talk to you just for a second about, uh,

the, uh, uh, uh...

- -your, um...

The, um, uh, the drone!

Oh, sorry if we caused any trouble.

No! No, no, no, no. No. No.

I mean, yes.

Just the, the buzzing, it got my chickens all riled up.

I'm really sorry about that. Look, we're almost done here.

-I like your antlers. -Oh.

'tis the season and all.

you two look like you're from around here.

Can you make a recommendation for lunch?

Uh, what about that place

I was telling you about, charlie?

no, something heartier.

Like, stick-to-your-ribs food.

Isn't camden famous for stew?

-Uh, stew? -Stew?

-No. -Maybe a 100 years ago.

It's like the best patisserie in new England.

-In camden? - hey.

It's not like we're some backwards town.

-No, that's not what I-- -we have a library.

We got a newspaper, even wi-fi.

Can we please just get some lunch? I...

If I don't eat something, I'm...

You are looking for noelle's patisserie.

-Wait a minute, you're... -Oh.

-Marie gauthier! Oh! -That I am.

I have been following you since paris.

Well, I just made a gateau st. Honore.

Mm! I hear your pate a choux is amazing.

you mean pate a choux.

But it took me forever to figure that out.

Okay, no more compliments.

She'll be impossible for the rest of the day.

Come on, I'll take you over. Why don't you join us?

-I can't. I gotta work. -Oh, come on.

I owe you a cup of coffee for all the trouble.

Or a baguette for the chickens.

Another time. Thank you.

Mm-hmm. Hm.

oh, my!

Ooh...

there you are. Oh, my two favorite people.

Uh-oh, that's code for I have something I need you to do.

This consultant's latest report has come in

and there's a few things we need to go over.

Oh, come on, I didn't think we needed to reinvent the wheel.

I thought we'd been doing a pretty good job

running the company for the past 100 years.

We just wanna make this transition

as smooth as possible for you, darling.

It's okay, mom. We agreed we needed a strategic plan.

Good, good, good.

Uh, why are they questioning our complimentary gift-wrapping?

-That's who we are. -What? I don't think...

I think they just mentioned

that we should get an automated gift-wrapping machine,

which seems like an idea

that, you know, we could look at.

You know, what I find really interesting is

they want us to have more of a digital footprint

for our catalog.

But the, the catalog is what makes us unique.

We're more than just another online retailer.

Listen, if we're gonna reject all of their recommendations,

that's not gonna leave us many options.

Okay, okay, let's, uh, let's all take a beat

and, uh, we'll come back and read it more thoroughly.

We don't... We just...

Marcus, it's gonna be the end of January before--

honey, we will, we will get to the report, I promise,

but right now we have those christmas stockings

for the first responders...

I pulled some stock already.

Uh, self-care items they wouldn't only buy for themselves

chocolates, candles, that sort of thing.

See? Perfect. She knows what she's doing.

Okay, well, let's read the report, then we'll talk.

-Okay. -Mm.

dad says he can't wait to try the macarons.

-They're still here? -They set up shop...

Like, it's their office and they keep ordering food.

How much can they eat?

Hi. Can we have another round?

And, yeah, we're starving. We've been in the field since dawn.

We haven't formally met. I'm charlotte freeman.

-Alma. -Everybody calls me charlie.

Or drone lady.

That, too, but I prefer charlie.

This is rohan, my partner in crime.

Hey.

-Oh. For your papa. -Ah!

You two seem to know each other pretty well.

Uh, my first job out of grad school was in paris, marie

worked at the little place where I got my coffee every morning.

It was so nice to have a fellow american come in.