Rachelle Hampton

He just needs new information and he'll be a different man.

Pregnant.

And his brother, which we see through flashbacks, is very disapproving of his rum running. And not hot. Not hot at all. Like, they do not look like brothers. No. I mean, they do, but in that way where you're just like, oh, that's unfortunate. Yeah. So the brother's very clearly a villain.

And importantly, the brother, we realize through these flashbacks, is the person that Daniel saw on the veranda with his fiance right before he got hit over the head. Which is an alibi. So true. It is an alibi. So we are pretty sure that he is not killed by his brother to get with his fiance. Yes, Lily. To be with Lily. Yes.

So at this point in the movie, it's like, it's a lovely night and they're bartending and the bartender from town is like, what if we had our annual town Christmas party here? And Kate's like, there's no way that'll happen. And Daniel's like, let's fucking go! He got a taste of partying, and he's like, oh yeah, I miss this.

Now that I've had three of the strongest cocktails any of you have ever had in your entire life because I'm mixing fucking Prohibition-era cocktails. Like, those are Great Depression cocktails. Yes. Like, times were hard.

Here you go, babe. People were literally drinking shit that would kill them because it had minor amounts of alcohol in it because of prohibition, which I learned from the book Water for Elephants, which I read many times as a child.

Maybe. I mean, I love clear stakes. And prohibition is really, the stakes are so clear. They are really clear. It's like, here is an illicit substance that everyone wants that was previously legal. Like, it's so rare to go backwards in such a strong way on a substance like that, where it's like, you have an entire society. Exactly.

Could you imagine if tomorrow the government was like, actually alcohol is banned? Yeah.

Imagine giving this ghost a vape. Like that would be a scene in 2024. This movie was made in 2024.

And he's like, what is that? What is that? Imagine, I mean, they had weed back then, but it was weak as fuck, so.

He'd be out there in the snow doing snow angels. Yeah. High off his ass.

But... Yeah. He sleeps in her room, like, facing away from her. Yes. And she's like, I feel so safe and protected. And I'm like... Now... Kiss. Kiss.

But they don't kiss. They don't. But there's this open mystery of, like, what else is in the house? Because at first... She thinks that it's him. Like something gets knocked off a wall or like she, a door gets closed really loud. Like something scary happens and she thinks that Daniel's fucking with her because they had just had this big fight. And he's like, no.

He's like, I wouldn't do that to you. I would never do that to you. And she's like, wow. Am I starting to have feelings for this ghost that's only around 12 days out of the year?

And you have to compromise so much. And despite the fact that I love romance novels and I love romance, as I get older and also busier, I'm just like, I actually don't know if I want or have the time for all of that right now. Yes. So a boo who just shows up once a year. That sounds perfect.

Like he is only for you. It's beautiful. So I could see Miss Girl being like, Honestly, maybe I'll start taking off Christmas because there's a plot line that she never takes off Christmas because she doesn't give a fuck about holidays or her family.

And you know what? Correct. Having jobs does make women miserable.

Question mark, question mark, question mark.

Yeah. And her boss is also mad because Kate is very clearly the closer of this company. And they're like, why haven't you sold this fucking inn? Why haven't you figured this out?