Christmas Inheritance Page #6

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And plenty of 'em.

Come on! It's Christmas.

Sorry, Miss, that just doesn't

cut it with me.

Please? You get cookies!

You're gonna have

to do better than that.

It's the right thing to do.

(cheerful Christmas music)

Okay then!

Well, they'll have the power

back up for those folks

by tomorrow morning.

- Thanks for all your help, Jake.

- My pleasure.

Hi!

Hi. What is all this?

This is your Dinner with Santa

silent auction.

Every item was donated

by local merchants

right here, in Snow Falls.

Oh! You're kidding!

- You did all this?

- Uh-huh.

How?

Well, you don't spend

this long in the gift...

baking business without

picking up a trick or two.

Gift-baking business?

Jake, you ever heard

the expression:

"Don't look a gift-horse

in the mouth"?

(chuckling)

I don't know what to say!

Seems like "thank you"

wouldn't be out of place.

Thank you.

Man, this really is

a friendly little town.

Gray?

G-Gray! What are you doing here?

Well, uh...

I heard about the storm,

so I figured I'd come up here

and rescue you.

Although it looks like you're

doing just fine without me.

I thought the roads

were closed.

I guess they're open now.

Yeah, they're open now.

Gray, this is Jake Collins.

He manages the inn

and Jake,

this is Gray Pittman,

my fianc.

- Good to meet you.

- Yeah. Same to you.

Paul Greenleaf. I'm the

sheriff here in Snow Falls.

You need anything,

don't hesitate to call.

Well, thank you, Paul,

but I'm pretty good at taking

care of things on my own.

Uh... come on, honey, do you want

to see the inn? It's beautiful.

- Yeah, I'd love to.

- Okay.

Nice to meet y'all.

Seems like a nice fella.

You didn't have

to be so rude out there.

Oh, well, excuse me,

I'll try to be more polite

next time some guy

is all over my fiance.

He was thanking me.

I bailed him out, helped with

a charity auction, that's all.

Look, I thought you came here to

deliver these Christmas letters

and now, you're what,

Mother Teresa of Snow Falls?

Come on, let's get you packed

and get you out of here.

I can't leave yet.

Uncle Zeke still

hasn't shown up.

Uncle Zeke. Is this that

tradition thing again?

What about us?

What about our new traditions?

We've got a flight in 24 hours.

Okay, look,

if Zeke doesn't show up by

tomorrow morning,

we'll go, alright?

I'll leave the letters

at the front desk and...

figure out a way to explain it

to my father later.

Okay, great.

What do I do until then?

Well, you've been on the road

all day, you must be exhausted.

So, why don't you go in there,

take a nap,

and I'll be back after I help

Debbie with the Christmas tea.

Okay.

Oh! And remember,

I'm not Ellen Langford here.

I'm just plain old Ellie London.

- Ellie London?

- Ellie London.

- Okay.

- Great. Bye.

You got it.

Wait, Christmas tea?

(sighing)

(uptempo Christmas music)

(baby crying)

(laughter)

Can I help you?

(soft music)

(bells tolling)

- Hey.

- Hey!

Uh, Debbie asked me to...

pick up the car so I can...

Christmas tea. Yes.

- Thank you.

- Sure.

I'm sorry about Gray.

He doesn't mean to be rude, it's

just kind of the way that he is.

Yeah, hey,

don't worry about it.

I probably would've acted

the same way, so...

I don't think you would've.

Look, uh...

About last night,

um, I wanted to apologize.

I knew you were engaged

and I never should've

let that happen.

Well, there were two of us

out there.

Yeah, but you've been up front

with me from the start

and I should've respected that.

- The... the thing is...

- Jake.

Just hear me out on this.

The thing is it's been a long time since

I've felt like I could trust anyone.

And... I don't know,

you're different. You're honest.

And it was just nice to feel

that way again,

but I let my feelings get

the best of me and I'm sorry.

So... friends?

Let's high-five.

Okay, let's be friends.

Hey, I... I've got

to tell you something.

Jake!

Oh, I will be right back.

What's going on?

- (woman):
I've got it.

- Okay. Alright.

I thought elves were union.

Trying to get worker's comp

out of this or what?

Trying to make a little money

off the church? (laughter)

I take my eyes off you

for two seconds!

I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

Alright, you okay?

You alright? Okay.

Whoa.

(children laughing)

Ah!

I come from a family

of pastry chefs

and can I just say,

these are truly the most

delicious Christmas cookies

- I've ever tasted.

- Really?! Thank you.

- Bon apptit.

- Thank you.

- Hi!

- Are we in the Stone Age?

I can't get a signal

to save my life.

Well, do you want a cookie

to cheer you up?

You know I don't do sugar.

I made them myself.

You made these? Seriously?

Is that so hard to believe?

Well... it's a long way

from the Party Heiress

to Suzy Homemaker.

Can you please cut it out

with the party heiress stuff?

- Nobody knows who I am here.

- What's with the waitress bit?

Well, I ran out of money,

so I've been helping out

around here to earn my keep.

Why didn't you just call me

or call your father?

Because I said that I was

gonna do this on my own

and I meant it.

No one knows who I am,

they treat me like a regular

person. And I like that.

You're starting to scare me.

(woman):
Thank you!

What do you think?

I think...

You can play all lovey-dovey

with the locals all you want,

but trust me,

you're never gonna be

one of them.

I gotta find a signal.

(soft music)

(sighing)

(Jim):
"December, 1981.

Well, Zeke, we did it.

For a couple of guys who weren't

much good at showing their feelings,

we've started a company that lets

other people express their own.

Here's to a great first year

and the friendship

that made it happen. Jim."

(Zeke):
"December, 1982.

Jim, you were right about starting our

first retail store in Middlebury,

but you got to admit,

I was the one who picked Bill

Parcells to be head coach.

Go Giants!"

(Jim):
December, 1993.

The company's growing

and so is our little Ellie.

She's so serious about

gymnastics, so focused.

I can already see the strong

young woman

she's going to become."

(Zeke):
"December, 1996.

Another record year for us,

Jim.

You know, maybe it's time we started

looking into this Internet sales thing.

It might really take off.

(chuckling)

Sorry to hear about

Nora's illness,

but she's a strong lady and

with you and Ellie by her side,

I'm sure she's gonna be able

to pull through."

(Jim):
"Nora's been gone

a while now,

but I still find myself calling

her name when I come home.

Don't know how I'd get through

this if it wasn't for Ellie,

and for you, my good friend.

Merry Christmas."

- (knocking)

- Come in!

My mommy said to tell you

we're all out of hot chocolate.

Okay, I'll be down

in a minute.

Are you crying?

A little bit.

He helped me.

Thank you.

Thank you.

(soft pop Christmas music)

Jack, on the rocks.

You know what?

Forget the rocks.

It's the innkeeper.

- It's the fianc.

- Uh-huh.

- Enjoying our little town?

- Oh yes.

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