Christmas Lodge Page #9

best kind of surprise.

Grandpa, I knew you'd make it!

Dad...

Not now, Charlene.

Um, I'd like to propose a toast.

To my great grandparents who uh,

who built Christmas Lodge with love

and an appreciation of the mountains

God gave this blessed Earth.

I'd like to propose a toast

to my grandparents and parents

who kept the lodge running through

a depression, and uh, wars and uh,

biblical storms.

And I'd also like to thank all of

you. Uh... especially Grandpa Tobin,

Mai?'

Mike, Matt, Pete... the labor and uh, for

providing us with the funds, the materials,

the love we needed to uh,

give her the second chance

she so richly deserves. Myself and

uh, Charlene and all of the Rands

who came before us are eternally

indebted to you. Cheers!

Cheers! Cheers!

If you bear with me, I have

one more thing I'd like to say.

Oh, Jack...

Mary, your uh, father and mother

have already given their blessing

and now I'd like to ask you.

Will you take my hand in marriage?

Will you be my wife

and Charlene's mother?

Please Mary?

Of course. Of course.

Bravo!

All right.

Congratulations.

Oh, Grandpa!

I promised I'd play for

you, when I got out again.

And so when our very first

Christmas together as a family

at the historic Christmas Lodge,

more families joined us that Christmas

than I ever thought we could handle.

But we did. Jack knew what to do.

And my family filled into

make sure that the guests

had the same unforgettable Christmas

that we had there decades before.

And through it all, I felt the

presence of God, my grandmother,

and the members of Jack's family

who were no longer with us.

It was comforting to have

them looking out for us.

Every day I realize that

the past never leaves us,

it's as present and important as it ever

was. We just have to make an effort

with love, strength, and commitment,

to bring it back again.

The spirit of Christmas Lodge is

our heritage and it is our future.

They shut down the national park road,

we can't get to the lodge and it's

too late to go back to the city.

We were wondering if you

have any rooms available?

We say yes. Please come inside

and join our Christmas party!

Thank you.

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