Amanda Hess

And there's just, like, a random, like, really hot guy who she runs into, like, often quite literally, and they bump into each other. Watch your step there. Thank you. He might be a handsome woodworker. It's not very far. I'm just going to walk. You didn't let me walk with you. I just have to put some tools away and lock up. or an unassuming groundskeeper. Who leads a ladder just standing around?

And there's just, like, a random, like, really hot guy who she runs into, like, often quite literally, and they bump into each other. Watch your step there. Thank you. He might be a handsome woodworker. It's not very far. I'm just going to walk. You didn't let me walk with you. I just have to put some tools away and lock up. or an unassuming groundskeeper. Who leads a ladder just standing around?

Oh. And once they go in his house, even though he's like a 36 to 42-year-old single man, it's always aggressively decorated for Christmas. And here we are. Nick, this is beautiful. This must have taken you days. And as they embark on some kind of Christmas task together, whether it's solving the mystery of a missing ornament that will unlock a genealogical mystery for this woman's family.

Oh. And once they go in his house, even though he's like a 36 to 42-year-old single man, it's always aggressively decorated for Christmas. And here we are. Nick, this is beautiful. This must have taken you days. And as they embark on some kind of Christmas task together, whether it's solving the mystery of a missing ornament that will unlock a genealogical mystery for this woman's family.

This is grandma's tradition. It's an incredible gift she's given me. or they need to turn around a struggling music venue so that her parents can save it.

This is grandma's tradition. It's an incredible gift she's given me. or they need to turn around a struggling music venue so that her parents can save it.

They fall in love, but there's some impediment to their love. Usually it has something to do with the woman having to go back to the big city.

They fall in love, but there's some impediment to their love. Usually it has something to do with the woman having to go back to the big city.

She has to make a big decision as to whether she's going to return to her old life in her career or she's going to start her new life, which is based in this new relationship. She goes to the airport, she gets in the car, and then... Graham, turn the car around. You know, she asks the driver to turn the car around.

She has to make a big decision as to whether she's going to return to her old life in her career or she's going to start her new life, which is based in this new relationship. She goes to the airport, she gets in the car, and then... Graham, turn the car around. You know, she asks the driver to turn the car around.

And often the small town man presents her with a seasonally appropriate necklace.

And often the small town man presents her with a seasonally appropriate necklace.

And there's usually a scene where he puts the necklace on and maybe he'll adjust it on her collarbone or something. And then they fall in love.

And there's usually a scene where he puts the necklace on and maybe he'll adjust it on her collarbone or something. And then they fall in love.

Yeah, it's like the closest.

Yeah, it's like the closest.

It's the closest that they're going to come to like having sex in this movie. And she stays in Hallmark land forever, presumably. They kiss and then the movie's over. So we don't really know what happens after that.

It's the closest that they're going to come to like having sex in this movie. And she stays in Hallmark land forever, presumably. They kiss and then the movie's over. So we don't really know what happens after that.

There's something really satisfying about them hitting every single one of the beats every single time over and over again for hundreds and hundreds of movies. Like, there's very little variation, and it's kind of like completing a paint-by-numbers craft. I started to get really invested in like predicting when the next predictable plot point was going to happen.

There's something really satisfying about them hitting every single one of the beats every single time over and over again for hundreds and hundreds of movies. Like, there's very little variation, and it's kind of like completing a paint-by-numbers craft. I started to get really invested in like predicting when the next predictable plot point was going to happen.