Enchanted Christmas

Nikki! Thanksgiving's over. Back to school!

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) Writing department.

Hi, Connie?

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) Yeah, this is Connie. How can I help you?

Yeah, this is Laura Trudeau with Pleasant Getaways.

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) Pine Ridge. Yes!

I-- I'm the Pine Ridge Hotel project manager.

Yeah, I'm actually... there's a problem with the lamps.

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) What sort of problem?

Yeah, the problem is there are no lamps.

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) And you ordered lamps from us?

Yes. Our computer shows delivery...

on the 19th of November. No, no. I-- I understand.

Nikki! You're gonna miss the bus!

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) I can check with shipping...

but we get very busy this time of year.

No, I know, I know.

The holidays are our very, very busy time, but....

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) I understand.

The hotel opens soon, and I want our guests to, you know, see it.

CONNIE (OVER PHONE) I'll send your lamps.

Oh, thank you. Thank you so much!

Bye-bye. All right. Bye.

Nikki! You're gonna miss the bus!

I'm not going to miss the bus!

How do you know?

Because the app says so.

An app? What are you talking about?

What happened to standing on the corner freezing in the snow?

It doesn't snow here.

Well, yeah, but it's the principle of the thing.

We should go where it does snow for Christmas...

like in the movies.

Yeah, but I took you to see snow.

Remember Lake Arrowhead? You saw it.

Yeah, but I didn't actually see it.

You know, like falling from the sky.

Okay, I get it. I'll take you next year, okay?

Put this in your bag. You're going to miss the bus.

Come on.

Thank you very much, huh?

We'll talk soon. Perfect. Talk soon.

Laura! Hi. I'm here, I'm here.

Good morning. Laura, perfect.

You seem a little more stressed than usual.

I bought a hotel over the weekend.

It was Thanksgiving.

I made the deal anyway, it was too good to pass up.

It does come with a few strings.

Okay, what are the strings?

They were in the middle of construction.

They went bankrupt. We have to finish the job.

I have two weeks left on Pine Ridge and then...

I didn't tell you the biggest string.

The job has to be done by Christmas Eve.

All right, that's in four weeks.

What kind of work are we looking at?

About eight weeks' worth.

Oh, that is...

A mess, yeah. Yes, um...

That is the Enchanted Lodge.

Rosemont, Utah. That's where you're from, isn't it?

I can't do this.

Of course you can. Why not?

Because it is Christmas...

and I cannot leave my daughter on Christmas.

You don't have to leave your daughter. You take her with you.

You have family there, right?

My father. Perfect!

You, your dad, his grandchild.

I understand that's very popular this time of year.

Honestly, this just looks like it's way more...

than four weeks' worth of work.

Laura, we don't have a choice. They made it part of the deal.

The job has to be done by Christmas Eve...

for this huge event.

The Enchanted Christmas show.

If we don't finish the job by then...

I can't.

I have to pay a huge financial penalty, and I'm not doing it.

Here you go. Wednesday. You have to be there by Wednesday.

So, the crown molding looks really nice there.

Ah!

Guess you heard about the new hotel.

I can't go back to Utah.

Of course you can.

You just jump on the 15, you head northeast about...

Not in a joking mood.

Okay.

This about your dad?

No! It's... it's a little bit about my dad.

He was really mad when I left.

Your husband had just died.

I'm sure he knows how tough it was for you.

You do not know my father.

We've only been dating for two months.

I think dragging each other into complicated family dynamics...

is what we give each other on our six-month anniversary.

Still not ready, okay.

You know, of course it had to be the Enchanted Lodge...

and of course it had to be during the Christmas Eve show.

Oh, you know about it?

Yeah, kind of. I used to be in it.

Doing what?

I danced.

But you can't dance.

Okay, how would you know?

We were at that place for our second or third date...

and then I asked you to dance and you said, "I can't dance."

No, I said, "I don't dance." There's a big difference.

Okay.

I need to hear everything about this.

This job is forcing me...

to walk down memory lane against my will.

Memory lane can be nice.

No, not mine.

Mine is dark and scary, and it has lots of potholes.

I just... I have been working so hard to feel settled here...

in L.A. and... And... doing it alone with this job...

and with Nikki, it's just...

Hey, hey, hey.

I can't go back to the lodge. I just... I can't.

Listen, maybe it won't be so bad.

Hmmm?

No, you're right.

It won't be because I'm going to walk in there and I'm going...

to tell Oliver that I am absolutely not going back.

Yes. Nikki, go get your suitcase.

Dad? Dad? Yeah, sorry. Okay.

We will be there through Christmas.

And you're sure you can tutor Nikki?

Okay. Okay, we'll see you tomorrow. I have to go, bye.

Hey, where's your suitcase?

I'm not going.

Oh, you're not, huh?

No! I'm staying here.

Oh, you're going to stay here all by yourself?

I can stay with Sara. She's my best friend. She won't mind.

Well, I think her parents might have a different idea of that.

Besides, you don't want to disappoint your grandpa.

Don't you want to see him?

Yeah, but why can't he just come here like he usually does?

Because I have to go there.

But if we're there for Christmas...

how is Santa going to find us?

You don't know?

Santa is an expert people finder.

The whole Nice List thing?

And it snows there, it snows there!

You're going to have a snowy Christmas!

Can we leave Santa a note?

Yes. I love you.

What do you think, Nikki?

Why isn't it snowing? I want to see it snowing.

Because it doesn't snow all the time...

but it'll happen before we leave.

We need enough to make a snowman...

otherwise it doesn't count.

Oh really? Says who? Mother Nature.

Oh, yeah, well, you can't really argue with her.

Hello?

Dad?

Hey, do you need help?

Come here.

There they are!

Hi! How's my favorite granddaughter?

Grandpa, I'm your only granddaughter.

That doesn't make it any less true.

You probably don't remember this place, do you?

No.

How old was she, Laura, when you moved to Los Angeles?

She was very young.

Hi, Dad. Hi.

Oh, you must be starving after that long drive.

Oh, yes! Guess what I'm making?

Tamales? Tamales.

You only make tamales on Christmas.

My daughter and my granddaughter back home.

That's like Christmas Day to me.

Come on, Nikki. You want to help me?

Yeah! Okay.

I fixed up your old room for you, if you want...

to put your stuff away. Okay.

It's the second door on the right.

I know where my room is, Dad.

Just making sure, it has been a long time.

So, Nikki, what do you want for Christmas?

Hm, snow!

Not lazy snow that sits around all day.

I want snow that falls from the sky and lands on your tongue.

There's nothing quite as magical as the flakes coming down...

surrounded by friends and family at home.

What's so funny?

It's just nice to know that some things never change.

Why don't we have tamales at home?

Because I don't make them as good as your grandpa.

I tried to teach her when she was young...

but she was always too busy with her... dancing.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

Dancing? Wait, you were a dancer?