Married by Christmas

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[alarm beeping]

[Christmas music plays]

Santa,

it's that time of year again

When I ask you for some things

from the North Pole

I want a dress, a lollipop

And a diamond chain

But every year my stocking's

filled with coal

So make a list

Check it twice

I think you know

who's naughty or nice

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- I hope it's true

- Thank you. Good morning.

- Oh, Santa

- Good morning. Hi!

- Hi.

- Okay, so now, your 2:00 is moved to 5:30,

so I canceled cocktails

with Will Ambrose.

You have a 4 a.m.

conference call

with New York in the morning.

I need you to review

and sign these.

- These are done.

- Oh, great. Excellent.

- Here you go. Pen. All right.

- No.

And I need you to decide between

this generic holiday goose

with a bow around its neck,

or this winter wonderland cabin

for this year's

P.C. corporate holiday card.

Shouldn't there be a picture of fruit

or a chocolate manger or something?

We're a food

distribution company.

I don't make the cards,

I just sign your name to em.

Okay, um... goose.

You can eat that, right?

Yeah, if you live

in a Dickens novel.

Oh, can you put out a memo

that we're gonna close up shop

early tomorrow

for Thanksgiving Eve, please?

Really? Does that privilege

extend to your humble assistant?

- It does.

- Are you going soft on me?

No. I have plenty to do,

but Mom's forcing me

to come over and

stuff a Turducken.

Why in the world would

your mother let you cook?

Because the professional chef in the

family is bringing home her new boyfriend.

- Ooh! Have you met him yet?

- No, no one has.

But, um, Katie says

there's some big surprise,

so while you're at it, can you

make me a list of wedding venues,

a spreadsheet, because the girl is

as transparent as tissue paper.

- Oh! That's so exciting!

- Is it?

You're such a grump before

you have any caffeine. Here.

Oh, speaking of which,

don't forget you have

coffee with your dad at 5:00.

Oh! He wants to go over

the Rowling Vineyards proposal.

Well, as the person

that personally piloted

your exhaustive research, I can

assure you, you're prepared.

I'm gonna ask him

to let me run the deal.

- Go team!

- [chuckles] Oh, by the way,

did you finalize the rentals

for the holiday office party?

- Yep.

- Fantastic. I want everything to be perfect.

You guys deserve it.

Basically, my whole goal

is for everyone to have so much

fun that their head explodes.

That's festive.

Oh, also, can you

Google Turducken?

Oh, yes. It's a chicken stuffed inside

of a duck stuffed inside of a turkey.

Okay, I'm gonna need

some rubber gloves.

Katie's engaged.

Mm! Love is in the air.

So is the swine flu, Zelda.

Don't offend Cupid, Carrie Tate.

He could have an arrow

with your name on it.

[Zelda chuckles]

Oh!

Mm-mm.

How do you misspell "Mark"?

Oh! With a hint of irony

and extra foam, apparently.

- That is... I mean, cheers.

- Cheers. Mm.

So, Dad, a golf game, coffee.

Plan on making it into

the office anytime soon?

I don't have to be

a workaholic anymore,

because you've

taken over that job.

Oh, okay! So I can have

your big corner office too?

- Wonderful.

- Patience, grasshopper.

When have you ever

known me to have patience?

- Ah...

- I can, however, rock a spreadsheet.

- The cover art's impressive.

- I try.

Okay. So, Rowling Vineyards.

They're a winery in Napa.

And just this last year, their

entire Pinot crop was destroyed

by black rot and now they're

on the verge of bankruptcy.

- Mm-hm.

- So I believe that we could recoup

our entire initial investment

in, listen to this, six months,

if we just

streamline operations.

- You're talking about layoffs?

- That's a sticking point.

So the company currently has

about 25 full-time employees.

And the family's very concerned for their

welfare so they want everyone kept on.

- So how do you get around that?

- We don't necessarily have to.

They aren't utilizing their

resources to the fullest potential,

and we would bring them

into national distribution.

Dad? I want to run

this deal by myself.

Carrie, if you hadn't asked,

I would have offered

it to you anyway.

- You're ready.

- [sighs] I know.

- And humble, too.

- [chuckles]

Yeah. Well, Emerson Foods

is everything to me, Dad.

I know, Care-Bear. But please don't

forget to take a day off now and then.

You know, just to give the cleaning

lady a chance to vacuum your office.

- Thank you.

- Shows what you know, sir.

I gave my entire team

off tomorrow afternoon. Hm!

[laughs] Hm!

You can't fool me. Hm!

'Cause I know that you were called home

for kitchen duty by Sergeant Bitsy.

Yes. Uh... Yeah, I think she just wants

someone to gush to over Katie's new boy.

Ah, yes. The big surprise.

Katie's in love.

Your mother is all

atwitter about it.

Munchkin, try to keep her

from driving your sister crazy

- when she gets in.

- Promise.

Good. That's my girl.

Oh, please, don't. Okay.

You know what?

The next time you go golfing,

you should get one of those

Scottish hats with the big pom-pom,

and do this and...

it demands respect. Truly.

- Yes.

- Now you know what to get me for Christmas.

Mm!

Oh, my goodness.

Look at how cute we are.

Oh, my God. You are gorgeous.

[Katie] I can't wait till Carrie gets here.

You're gonna love her.

- Hello!

- She's here!

Hi! Ethan, I am

exceptionally pleased

to introduce you

to my sister, Carrie.

Her beauty is only surpassed

by her business acumen.

- Oh, stop.

- I am so glad to finally meet you.

- Me too.

- Oh, no, no, no!

I don't shake hands.

- I'm a hugger.

- Okay!

- Okay! Ah!

- Ah!

Hi! Wow! So this

is the famous Ethan.

Tell me, how did you manage to drag

this one away from her restaurant?

Oh, I didn't.

I am one of her vendors.

Mm! Ethan has

a prospering organic farm.

We serve his vegetables

at the restaurant,

- and they are simply stunning.

- Thanks, babe.

Well played, Ethan. If anything

can turn this one's head,

- it's an heirloom tomato.

- He also forages.

- Oh.

- Mm-hm. Truffles...

- Uh-huh. Wow.

- Mushrooms, and pine nuts.

- Hm...

- He's a trailblazer in the wild food movement.

- I teach a class on it.

- So you just find food?

Like a mountain man or...?

Basically, but with

a little less beard.

Mm-hm. It's an impactful

skill to possess.

- I'm sure.

- We will never starve so long as I have these.

- Let's eat.

- Carrie, you really have to come up to Napa.

You haven't been to the

restaurant since the opening

and I know that you

would love Ethan's farm.

- I know. I'm sure.

- We're harvesting Brussels sprouts.

- It's a blast!

- [forced laugh]

Thanks, but, you know, I'm just... I've

been so swamped with work, Katie.

And it's... it's my baby.

And my boyfriend.

And my weekends and my

vacations, and, uh...

- But I love it, so and...

- That is exactly how I feel about the restaurant.

[Ethan] Hey, what about me?

Well, you, darling, are my sun,

my moon, and my sky.

- Oh! There she is!

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