[gently gusting wind]
[soft music]
♪♪♪
- Merry Christmas!
Ho ho ho ho ho!
[indistinct speaking]
Ho ho ho!
- Hi there. Merry Christmas!
Have a great trip.
Merry Christmas!
- Ho ho ho!
Merry Christmas!
- Merry Christmas.
Candy cane?
- Ho ho ho ho!
- Hey!
Everything will be all right.
Don't give up hope.
- Thank you.
Tom?
Tom?
- I couldn't
find my plane ticket.
Then I realized...
I don't want to leave.
I love you, Stacey.
- I love you too.
- Gabby!
- Michael!
What a nice surprise! I didn't
expect to see you here.
- Well, you know how much
I enjoy the holidays:
the music and the lights,
everyone's so excited. And you!
Look at you, so full
of Christmas spirit!
You're practically
bubbling over.
- Well, it is my favourite
time of year.
- Oh, don't I know it!
We talked about that, didn't we?
- But Michael, you heard him!
He didn't actually
need his ticket because he
didn't want to leave.
- Gabby, stop!
[tinkling music]
♪♪♪
You know as well as I do
we're here strictly
to offer guidance.
We're not supposed
to get involved.
- But technically I did
guide them, right?
Just back to each other.
- Gabby, you took
his plane ticket!
- What was I supposed to do?
If he got on that plane,
they may never see
each other again.
- That's how it works. We let
them make their own choices,
whether we agree or not.
- But they're in love!
- All the more reason
to let them decide.
Everyone needs love,
but sometimes love
has a way
of complicating things.
- You say that every time
and it doesn't make sense.
What is so complicated?
They meet. They fall in love.
They live happily ever after.
- No. It's never been
that simple. It never will be,
and you shouldn't get involved
with something you
don't understand.
- Well, how am I supposed to
understand if you don't let me
get involved?
- Gabby...
seriously...
this has to be the last time.
- But it was so nice, wasn't it?
The way they looked at each
other with the Christmas lights
and the music. It was like they
were the only two people
in the whole world.
- They look very happy.
- Every time
I see that look, I wonder
what that feels like,
to fall in love; to find someone
who means that much to you,
who cares about you.
It must be wonderful.
- But rules are rules, and the
one rule you never mess with...
is free will.
Now, if we start interfering
in things like that, well...
anything could happen.
[gently gusting wind]
- What do you mean,
"anything"?
- Come on.
- They're still gonna
be OK though, right?
- Well, of course they are.
They have a guardian angel
for a matchmaker.
I don't have a lot
of time, Gabby.
- Where to?
- On to our next assignment.
[soft music]
♪♪♪
Welcome to Angel Falls.
- Ooh, catchy name!
- Thought you'd like it.
Three weeks until Christmas
and the town of Angel Falls
already has a good start
on the holidays.
- It seems a little quiet.
- That's one way to put it.
- Merry Christmas!
- Do I know you?
- I'm sure they're
just in a hurry.
- Yeah. Uh-huh.
- So when do I
meet my new assignment?
- You're looking at it.
- What do you mean?
- Angel Falls needs
your help, Gabby.
- Wait, the whole town!?
- I know it all looks warm
and festive, but the truth
is this is all
just window dressing...
no pun intended.
You feel it, don't you?
Under the lights
and decorations,
the town of Angel Falls
has lost its Christmas spirit
and they don't know
how to get it back.
- But Michael, I'm really more
of a one-on-one kind of angel.
- Which is exactly how you keep
getting yourself in hot water.
You get too involved,
start bending the rules.
This way, that won't
be a problem.
- But where do I even start?
- Right here.
- Volunteer coordinator?
- Don't worry, I'll give you
a great reference. Oh, and...
...you're gonna need these.
[Gabby chuckling]
There's a suitcase in the trunk.
I packed a few things
for you. And the job
comes with an apartment.
- You always
think of everything.
- I know it won't be easy,
but this is a very
special assignment.
You'll need to find a way
to bring the joy of Christmas
back to Angel Falls.
- I can do that.
- And no going overboard
this time. Follow the rules.
Remember?
- Free will. I got it.
- Outstanding!
- But why is this assignment
so special?
What makes it different
from all the other ones?
[gently gusting wind]
That's a little rude, you know.
I was still talking to you.
[chuckling]
[sirens blaring]
- [woman]: Hey!
- [man]: Coming through here.
Watch yourself.
- [man]: Step back
a little please.
- Guys, give me a hand...
- You sure you're OK, Ellen?
- I'm fine.
Oh, I'm so sorry, Jack.
I didn't mean to cause
all this bother.
- Oh, don't be sorry. It's
a good thing that you called.
That is what we're here for.
- Oh, you always
were a sweet boy.
- OK. You stay safe.
- Say hello to your folks
for me.
- Will do.
Can we get a blanket
for her, please?
- Oh. Thank you.
- OK, everyone.
Everything's under control.
Merry Christmas.
- Hi.
- Merry Christmas.
- So was that a false alarm?
- Yeah. Just a bowl of soup
that boiled over.
A lot of smoke, though.
It really spooked Ellen.
- And you're all volunteers?
- That's right.
- So if something happens,
you just drop everything
and you come running?
- It's a...
small town. We don't
get a lot of calls.
I should probably go.
- OK.
- Cool. You take care.
- Well, if I don't,
I know who to call.
[chuckling]
Oh... that was lame.
That was pretty lame.
♪♪♪
Merry Christmas!
- Yeah.
- Do you know her?
- Oh, wow...
[Gabby humming
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"]
- Can I help you?
- Oh! Hi! Um, yes!
I'm Gabby Messenger.
I'm here about
the volunteer coordinator job.
- Oh. Gloria Chambers.
I'm the deacon
here at St. Andrew's.
- Lovely to meet you.
And... and your church
is beautiful.
It must be stunning with all
the Christmas decorations up.
- It is. "Messenger"? I don't
remember seeing you here before.
- I'm new in town.
Uh, is the job still open?
- Well, our last coordinator
just quit, so... we have
a lot to do before Christmas
if you're sure
you're interested?
- Absolutely!
- All right. I will
introduce you to Pastor Howard.
Follow me.
- This reference is glowing!
This Michael DiAngelo, he...
he thinks highly of you.
- Oh, well, we...
have worked together for a...
very long time.
- I don't know what brought you
to our doorstep in time
for this Christmas, but I
couldn't be happier.
Welcome to St. Andrew's.
- Thank you!
- I hope you're ready
to hit the ground running.
- I always do.
- That's really great.
I'd like to bring up
the Christmas decorations and
put them around the church.
I... I know it's a lot to ask--
- No! Not if we get people
to pitch in. Does Gloria
keep a list of volunteers?
- Um... well, I...
I should've talked to you
about that earlier.
- About what?
- Well...
people just aren't
volunteering anymore.
- But it's Christmas.
- Unfortunately...
Christmas isn't
what it was here anymore.
- What do you mean?
- Well, it all started
a few years ago
when the paper mill closed down.
That mill was a big part
of this town.
And all of a sudden, people were
looking for jobs elsewhere.
- Where did they all go?
- Well, a lot of them
pulled up stakes
and moved on.
- Oh.
So what about the people
who still live here?
- Well, most of them
found jobs in other towns.
But that means a longer commute,
which means less time
with friends and neighbours.
- And less time for tradition
and community.
- Mm-hmm.
You feel it more
when Christmas comes around.
We've changed.
We've lost
something important.
- Hi!
- Hey, Pastor Howard.
We're ready.
- Just a second, dear.
I'm just worried
that we won't find a way
to get it back.
- Well, it sounds like I
need to get busy, then.
- We're blessed to have you.
[soft music]
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
[sighing]
- Hello, new home!
All right.
Where did you put it, Michael?
Here it is.
Perfect.
[door closing]
Hello?
Hello?
[yelling]
- Hey! How did you get in here?
- Wha... I... wait... who?
- Hi. Sorry, I didn't hear you.
- Oh, sorry.
What are you doing here?
- I'm just fixing
the hot water heater.
Uh, there's a little leak in it,
but it's not so bad.
- But I... I thought
you were the fire chief.
- I am the fire chief... when I
get a call, but I'm also a good
family friend of the pastor,
so I'm helping them out
wherever they need it.
- Do you rescue cats from trees?
- Well, actually...
- Wait, seriously?
You really have?
- Yeah. It was
a very small tree.
- Not for the cat.
- Ha!
- So is there anything else I
should know about you?
Like a secret identity
or... maybe just your name?
- Right! My name. Hey, sorry.
Jack Avery. Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
I'm Gabrielle Messenger,
but you can call me Gabby.
- Gabby. So it's your...
you're moving in?
- I am! You are looking
at St. Andrew's
new volunteer coordinator.
So starting tomorrow, it will
be all Christmas, all the time.
[chuckling]
- Looks like you got yourself
a head start
over here.
- Yes! Oh, I take this with me
everywhere I go.
I've had it for like,
from a friend.
It helps me remember.
- Remember what?
- Well, see how the light
shines through and brightens
everything around it?
Well, that's what Christmas is.
It makes everything
shine a little brighter.
- So I guess you're kind of like
a Christmas angel, then.
- No, I'm...
I'm just here to bring a little
extra Christmas spirit.
- Well, good luck with that.
- Thank you. But you think I'll
need it?
- I... I think it's
a great thing
that you're here,
but the girl before you,
she got so frustrated she quit.
- Well, Christmas
is a time for miracles.
- That's what they say.
All right. Well, see you
around, Gabby.
- All right. Bye, Jack.
[door closing]
[soft music]
♪♪♪
[inhaling]
- Mm.
- They're all so beautiful,
aren't they?
It's hard to pick just one.
- Too much work
for me these days.
- I'm sorry?
- Picking up the needles,
keeping it watered and then,
once you get all the ornaments
up, you turn around, you gotta
take them all down again.
- But it's Christmas.
- I know. I hadn't forgotten.
It's just... I don't seem
to have it in me anymore.
- Oh, there's still
time to find it.
[soft chuckling]
- Wouldn't that be nice?
- Much better.
[chuckling]
- Good morning.
- Oh, hi!
Good morning! Um, I just put up
a flier. I hope that's OK.
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.
That's what it's there for.
It's a little old school,
but you'd be surprised
how many people
stop to have a look.
- Well, it worked for me.
I took the job helping out
at St. Andrew's.
- Oh. Well, congratulations.
Stan Wilson. My wife, Barb,
and I, we own the cafe here.
- Oh, hi! I'm Gabby Messenger.
It's great to meet you.
- You too. This you,
looking for volunteers?
- Yes!
And if you and your wife
have any free time,
we would love to have you.
- Don't I wish.
But this place is... it's really
something that keeps us hopping.
- Oh, I do understand.
- I should probably
get back to it. Why don't you go
on inside and say hi to Barb
and... and have a nice, hot cup
of our homemade hot cider?
- Ooh! That sounds wonderful.
Well, it was great to meet you.
- You too.
- Hi!
- Morning. What can I get you?
- Uh, the hot cider
comes highly recommended.
- You've been talking
to my husband. Coming right up.
- You must be Barbara.
I'm Gabby Messenger.
I'm working with Pastor Howard
over at the church
to find some volunteers.
- I'm sure you
could use the help.
- I love your decorations.
Somebody here must have
a lot of Christmas spirit.
- We actually hired a service
to do that this year.
We've just got enough
on our hands as it is,
but it actually turned out
really well, didn't it? I could
pass along the name if you like.
- Mom, can I have some cookies?
- Hi!
Here's someone who must be
looking forward to Christmas!
- Mommy says we're gonna get our
Christmas tree really soon.
- Wow!
- That's right, honey.
- Daddy said we
can get a really big one
this year since they
cancelled the Christmas pageant.
- The Christmas pageant?
- Angel Falls has sponsored
a children's Christmas pageant
for years, and this would've
been the first year that Jenny
was old enough to be in the
show, but they cancelled it.
- Oh! Well, why
would they do that?
- Oh, you'll have to ask
the mayor about that.
- The mayor?
- Uh, Joe Crosby, he runs
the toy store across the street.
Enjoy your cider. Excuse me.
- So what did you wanna be
in the Christmas pageant?
- An angel.
- Don't give up on
that Christmas pageant
yet, OK?
- Can I have some cookies, mom?
- Mommy's on the phone, sweetie.
Yes, absolutely.
We can do that. Fantastic.
- Believe me,
the last thing on earth
I wanted to do was to cancel
the Christmas pageant.
- But you're the mayor.
Couldn't you
do something about it?
- Tell me something.
Why are you so interested
in the town pageant?
- I... am really interested
in learning more
about what people in Angel Falls
like to do for Christmas.
It'll give me some ideas
for the church.
- Well, you can't hold a pageant
without some place to put it on
and since the community centre
closed last year,
we haven't had much choice.
- Why did you close
the community centre?
- I'll tell you what.
The centre's around the corner.
Take a look for yourself.
That might answer your question.
- Do you think people
will miss the pageant?
- I guess for the past
few years, the pageant hasn't
been quite what it used to be.
And with people moving away
or getting jobs out of town,
folks just kind of...
lost their enthusiasm.
And when the centre closed down,
it just seemed like
it was time to let it go.
- What about you?
- Some of us still remember what
it was like when the whole town
got together for Christmas.
- Really?
- Yeah. Every year,
there was a potluck dinner.
We would all get together,
eat like one big family.
[sighing]
It was a whole lot of fun.
Shame to lose it.
- It really is.
[soft music]
♪♪♪
- There's not that much to see.
- Jack!
- Yeah, hey! I was just...
just driving by,
and I... saw you here.
You lookin' for someone?
- No! I just...
I heard the community centre
was closed
and I was curious why.
- Well, it's an old
building, you know?
It just needs a lot of work.
- But what about Christmas?
- Last I heard,
it's still coming.
- No, I mean for the town,
the pageant and the potluck.
- How do you know about that?
- I kind of ask a lot
of questions. You'll get
used to it.
- Sounds like I'm gonna have to.
- Did you spend
a lot of time in here?
- Yeah. As a matter of fact,
I grew up in Angel Falls
so I got a lot of good
Christmas memories here.
- I bet you miss it.
- Yeah. You know,
I should probably
get back to work. I got a lot
of deliveries to make, so...
- Do you work at
the hardware store?
- Yeah, I sure do.
- Do you mind if I tag along?
- What? You wanna ride along
with me while I make deliveries?
- Well, it might be a good way
for me to get to see the town,
since you're from here and all.
- Yeah! Come on, let's go.
Watch your step.
- This'll be great!
So what was it like,
growing up in Angel Falls?
- What was it like?
Um... I don't know.
It's probably the same
as growing up anywhere else,
I guess. It's... home.
It's where you belong.
- That must be nice.
- What about you?
Where's home for you?
- All over, really.
I never settled down
in one place for very long.
- That's gotta be
pretty tough on a kid,
especially around the holidays.
Maybe that explains why you
love Christmas so much.
- Maybe.
- Well, there you are, Jack!
I was just about
to call out a search party.
- I had a few stops
to make along the way.
- I don't know how you do it.
- Dolores, this is Gabby.
- Hi, I'm Gabby.
- Hi there.
- This is Dolores' place.
- It's beautiful.
- Gabby's helping us out
at St. Andrew's, gettin'
ready for Christmas.
- Yes!
- Ah.
Well, then you certainly have
your hands full, don't you?
- I guess so, yes.
- Do you have my bone
meal on your truck?
- Let me go get it.
- Yeah!
Nothing like a little bone meal
to perk up your plants.
You wanna come in and see?
- I would love to.
- Come right in.
- OK.
Oh, wow! Hi!
- Hi.
- Working here must feel like
watching Christmas grow
right in front of your eyes.
- That is exactly how it feels.
Hey, this one. For you.
- Oh, no! I... I couldn't.
- You'll appreciate
having a little Christmas
growing nearby.
- Oh, thank you!
- So there he is!
- Where do you want 'em?
- Right there.
- All right.
- Thanks, Jack.
- Well, thank you again
for showing me around.
- I'm sorry it wasn't much help
in finding a volunteer, but--
- No, no! That's OK.
I have a couple ideas.
- All right!
- All right. Bye, Jack.
- See you later.
Oh!
Hey, Gabby!
You forgot your plant.
- Oh, no!
Thank you.
- You're sure set on
doing this, aren't you?
- Pretty much.
- Well, if you need anything,
you let me know.
- See you around.
- Bye.
[gently gusting wind]
- Very festive!
- It's an early
Christmas present!
- He seems like a nice guy.
- He is.
- The kind of guy who gives you
the feeling there's a lot more
going on than meets the eye.
- No. I mean... well, yes.
But they're all
just so different.
Michael, it's confusing,
trying to understand
what they all want,
what they're feeling.
- What they've lost, Gabby:
their Christmas spirit.
- That's true.
- So what's the plan?
- I have to find a way to show
them what they're missing.
- Just don't get distracted.
Remember...
you're here
to help the whole town.
[gently gusting wind]
- Hey, Michael...
- OK, Alice. The truck's
all loaded up. I'll be back
in a couple of hours.
Oh. Can I see?
- It's not finished.
- Your mom's gonna love it.
- I hope so.
- Trust me. It's
the perfect gift for her.
- Thanks.
- All right. Hold down the fort.
- You got it.
♪♪♪
- [Gabby]: And I thought
I'd go around
to some of the store-owners
and see if they could help
get the word out
about needing volunteers.
- That's a great idea.
- Speaking of which,
how many calls have we
received so far from people
wanting to help?
- Well, so far, none.
- None. OK. Well, that is fine
because I will just get started
on all the decorations myself.
And then I thought
we could get the Christmas choir
to sing a few songs in town,
to help give everybody
a little holiday preview.
- I think they could
use a little more practice.
- Well, it doesn't really matter
how good they are, does it?
- What do you mean?
- It's about Christmas
and bringing the community
together again.
Pastor Howard, you said that
Angel Falls had lost something.
And you were worried they
were never gonna get it back.
Well, what better time
to get your spirit back
than Christmas?
- What exactly do you
have in mind?
- I want to do everything you
asked me to do at St. Andrews,
but I want to do it
for the whole town.
I want everyone in Angel Falls
to know what it feels like
to have their Christmas
spirit back again.
- That would be...
something.
- Yes, it would.
- Thank you!
- Where exactly did we find her?
[uplifting music]
♪♪♪
- And if you could mention it
at the next town council meeting
that we could use some help...
- I'm sorry, Gabby, but the town
council doesn't meet
until after the holidays.
There's just too much to do.
- Right...
So you don't have to tell
all your customers--
- Daddy, look!
- Just one second, sweetheart.
- Oh!
- Just help get the word out.
- Oh, sure thing, Gabby.
- I'm in the way! Can I help?
- Yeah!
- What can I colour?
- You can do the snowflakes.
- Well, that's an honour.
[indistinct speaking]
♪♪♪
[door bell jingling]
Hi!
- Can I help you?
- Um, yes. Is Jack here?
- He had to make
some deliveries. He won't
be back for a while.
- OK. Could you just tell him
that Gabby stopped by?
And while I'm here, is there
any chance I could talk
to a manager?
- You mean Jack?
- Wait. Jack is the manager?
- Well, technically
he's the owner,
but yeah.
- He's a busy guy.
- I'm Alice.
- Hi, Alice. It's very nice
to meet you.
- You're Gabby
from St. Andrew's?
- Yes, I am. I'm new in town.
Did Jack tell you about me?
- Just that you're
looking for volunteers.
- I am. And if you
happen to be interested
we could really--
- Yeah, no. I...
have a lot of other stuff
I gotta take care of,
but I'll tell Jack you came by.
- Well, thank you.
And it was nice to meet you.
I'm sure I'll see you around.
- Yeah.
[door bell jingling]
[laughing]
[soft whimpering]
- OK.
[grunting]
Where are you
when I need you, Michael?
All right. You are strong! Whoa!
Ah! No!
- Oh! Oh!
[both laughing]
OK.
- Now I know how that cat felt
when you saved it.
- Yeah.
You gonna scratch me too?
- No, no. I promise.
- All right.
- Can I help?
- Lead the way.
- OK. I was thinking right here,
where you used to have
the church Christmas tree.
You didn't tell me you
owned the hardware store.
- You asked me if I
worked there, which I do.
My mom and dad picked it up
when I was a kid,
and I took it over
from them when they retired.
- And the girl
working in the store?
- Alice. Yeah, she's
the daughter of a good friend.
I've known her
since she was a little baby.
- Oh.
- Smart kid. She could probably
run that place without me, but
things have been a little rocky
lately between her and her mom.
- What do you mean?
- Well, she lost her dad
last year around the holidays,
so she misses him a lot.
- Oh, and with Christmas coming,
she'll miss him that much more.
- Yeah. I just want her to know
that I'm there for her,
you know? If, um... sorry.
If she... if she needs me.
- Well, I'm sure
that's the best gift
you could give her.
- I think that's the last box
of decorations.
- Ooh, it looks like a lot
of these are broken.
- Man, these lights
are pretty old school.
- Oh, wow.
Look at this! Angel Falls
was so festive.
- Wow.
- 1995.
- Well, look at that.
That's the community centre
right there.
- Is that what it looked like
when you were growing up?
- Yeah.
I should probably, um,
get back to the store. I've been
gone for a really long time.
- OK.
- Yeah. OK.
- Thank you for your help!
- You're welcome.
♪♪♪
- [choral singing]:
♪♪ All through ♪
♪ The night ♪
♪ Earthly dust ♪
♪ From off thee shaken ♪
♪ Soul immortal ♪
♪ Shalt thou waken ♪
♪ With thy last ♪
♪ Dim journey taken ♪
♪ All through ♪
♪ The night ♪♪
- Thank you!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Now, I have
one last announcement
to make before we
end today's sermon.
In this season of giving,
it's important that we take time
to think about what we can do
to help our community.
And with that thought
in mind, I would like
to introduce our new Christmas
volunteer coordinator,
Gabby Messenger.
- Hi!
[cheering]
Please, on your way out,
stop and say hello to Gabby.
We think she has some wonderful
ideas on celebrating Christmas
here at St. Andrew's
and in all of Angel Falls.
I will see you all next week.
Thank you.
See you next week.
- Hello! We would love
to have you. Oh, OK.
Hi, I'm Gabby, and I'm...
working... with the...
Hello! Um... Merry Christmas!
We would love to have you
work with us this...
- Don't worry.
Christmas is the time
for miracles.
- Merry Christmas!
- [Pastor]: So nice to meet you!
[bench creaking]
[gently gusting wind]
- I like it.
Very understated.
- It doesn't exactly say,
"All is merry and bright."
- But it's a start!
- Michael, I'm supposed
to help the people
of Angel Falls
find their Christmas
spirit again without
getting too involved, of course.
- Of course.
- I can't even find anyone to
help me decorate the church.
- So what do we do?
- I do have one idea.
So this is what I
have to help them
find again, the Christmas
in that picture.
- How do you do that?
- By finding a way
to open this centre,
so they can have the pageant
and the potluck.
- I like where this is going.
- Just one catch:
the centre needs a lot of work,
and I don't even know how much.
And look, we can't even
get inside the building.
- Maybe you should talk to Jack.
He strikes me
as a knowledgeable guy.
- He is.
But I get this feeling
when I'm with him
that there's something
I'm missing...
something important about him
that I should know and I don't.
- Hm. I'll tell you
what always helps me
at a time like this:
a nice, hot cup
of homemade apple cider.
- Apple cider?
- Works every time.
- And Michael, can you not do
the whole vanishing thing
this time? You know, it's not
actually necessary.
- What?
- But don't you think this is
really gonna be a great start?
[gently gusting wind]
Aw, man! You're such a show-off!
- ♪♪ Jump in,
just get things done ♪
♪ Sleigh bells on the reindeer ♪
- Hi!
- Hey, Gabby. Be right with you.
- Great!
- ♪ Saint Nick's at the mall
bouncing kids on his knee ♪♪
- Hey there!
Did you get
a Christmas tree yet?
Well, in the meantime,
I got you something.
- Thank you, Gabby!
- You are so welcome.
- So can I be in
the Christmas pageant?
- Oh, I hope so, honey,
but I'm not sure quite yet.
- That's what they always say.
- Hey, Gabby.
What can I get you?
- A cup of hot cider
sounds good.
- You got it.
- All right. I'm gonna let you
get back to this,
but that's a perfect angel!
I love it.
- Hey, Alice! Do you mind
if I join you?
- Sure.
- Oh, great. Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Is this, um, the thing
you were working on?
- Yeah.
- It seems like everyone
in Angel Falls
is too busy to volunteer
these days.
- Well, you're putting up fliers
on a bulletin board.
It's not really gonna
get anyone's attention.
- Right. Yeah. I'm
a little old-fashioned.
I'm not good with computers
and the internet.
- I mean,
you could create
a Christmas website.
That way, everyone
knows what you're doing.
- A Christmas website?
- Yeah.
- I hadn't thought of that.
- But it can't look like
all the others.
- Right.
- There's gotta be something
special about it, you know?
Something... that people here
wanna see.
- What about pictures?
- Yeah.
- This is the church.
Do you remember, with that star?
- Yeah.
- And here's
the Christmas choir.
- That's my dad.
- Right here?
- Yeah.
I used to do
the Christmas pageant
every year.
My dad would always
sit right in the front row.
I could always see him smiling.
- Oh, Alice.
Here. I want you to have that.
- Thank you.
- You know, I was
talking to Jenny earlier,
and this would have been
her first year in the pageant.
- Yeah.
- She's really disappointed.
- That's too bad.
- You know, I have
this wild idea
that I could reopen
the centre and bring
the pageant back.
But like I said,
I don't know anything
about computers
or the internet, so if you know
anyone that could help me...
- I don't, not really. No.
- Well, if you think of anyone,
just let me know.
- OK.
- And good luck with your thing!
- Thanks.
- Hi!
- Oh!
- Hi. I don't know
if you remember me.
I'm Gabby, I'm helping
out at the church.
- Oh, yes. Of course. Hello.
- Hi!
I hope you don't mind,
but Jack told me that--
- You're a friend of Jack's?
- Yeah.
- Oh, he's been such a dear
ever since my...
my Bryant passed.
I always seem to have some
little crisis or other.
They never amount to anything,
but Jack always
comes roaring in
in his fire truck...
just in case.
- Oh. Was Bryant your husband?
- Yeah. Now there is a man
who loved Christmas.
We could barely get the tree
through the front door!
I like to think about him
up there right now
just celebrating
with the angels.
- Oh, I'm sure he is.
- Oh, I'm Ellen.
- Ellen. I picked you up
some fresh soup from the market.
- Oh!
- And I know what you said
about Christmas trees,
but this one
is already decorated
and it doesn't
have any needles,
so I hope it's OK.
- Oh, my.
- I have a feeling
Bryant would be very happy
to know you're both still
celebrating Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Ellen.
- Merry Christmas and...
thank you.
- Hey!
- Hi.
You still lookin'
for a volunteer?
- Definitely.
- What do you say we brighten up
that tree a little bit?
- Well, I still
have to go through the boxes
of broken decorations.
- Maybe this'll help.
- Jack! Are these
from your store?
- Let's just say they're
from an anonymous donor.
- So what do you think,
Mr. Fire Chief?
- Yeah. I like it.
- So were you one of those kids
that always wanted
to be a fireman?
- Yeah... I guess so.
My dad volunteered,
so I was one of those kids that
grew up around the fire station.
But when my best friend
signed up, I, um...
- Is he still on the crew?
- I...
there was a...
a barn caught fire.
It was not a big deal, really.
Just a normal barn fire,
but what none of us knew
was the owner
had an extra diesel t*nk inside.
- And your friend
was Alice's father.
- Yeah.
Paul.
- Oh, Jack. I'm so sorry.
- Sometimes when I
look at Alice,
I can see him there.
So that helps.
Come on, Gabby.
We're almost there.
Let's finish this tree.
[sombre music]
♪♪♪
So... what's this
great idea of yours?
[Gabby chuckling]
- You'll see.
Ooh. Hi!
- This is a surprise! What
brings you two back this way?
- Dolores, we would love
some of your finest
poinsettia plants,
as many as we can
fit in the truck.
- Well, that's a lot of plants.
- Well, it's a big church.
- This is for St. Andrew's?
- Yes. I had
something like this in mind.
- Mm-hmm. Um.
Sorry.
All my plants
are spoken for.
- What was that all about?
- A few years ago,
Dolores and Gloria
had a falling out.
They were really close
and they would decorate
the church together,
use all of Dolores' poinsettias.
Then...
she got a better deal
from another nursery
and said it was
to save money, but...
- Was that the same year
that Gloria's son moved away?
- Huh. Yeah, I think so.
It was right about that time.
Should we go?
OK. Let's go.
- Just give me one minute.
Dolores...
look, I... I don't know
what happened, but I--
- It was...
a lot of water
under the bridge, Gabby.
- Look, it's hard...
to find the words
to tell someone you miss them,
but it is always worth a try.
- May I?
- Of course.
- Oh...
Wow.
It sure was beautiful.
We had such fun.
You wanna do that?
- I do.
- OK.
You take as many plants
as you need.
Just be sure to get them inside
the church before it
gets too cold.
- Thank you.
- OK. Let's go get you a cart.
OK? Come on.
- OK.
These are gonna look
so beautiful in the church.
- I don't know what you said
in there, but I'm impressed.
- Well, Dolores just said
to make sure we get them in
before it gets too cold.
[sighing]
- I wanna show you something.
Come.
[laughing]
So this is it.
- Oh, it's so beautiful!
- So every Christmas,
right around this time,
there's a star
that comes out right there.
Do you see it?
- I think so. That one?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- And for a few minutes, it's
the brightest thing in the sky.
I always called it
my Christmas star.
And each time
that star comes out,
it makes me remember
how special Angel Falls is,
and how the people there
are like my family,
and how I like
taking care of them and...
keeping them safe.
- I love that.
- But I haven't...
come out here in quite a while.
- Why not?
- A Christmas star
just doesn't seem to matter
so much anymore...
...until I met you.
The way you talk
about Christmas,
about bringing the Christmas
spirit back to Angel Falls,
it's...
it's like you really
believe in miracles.
- Jack...
- It's making me believe
in miracles again too.
♪♪♪
- Um...
I think... we should get back
to the plants
before they get too cold.
- Yeah.
Plants.
That's a good idea.
- OK.
♪♪♪
Something's
still missing.
- Here's two more...
white poinsettias.
Well, let's see.
- Pastor Howard... oh, sorry to
interrupt, but we do have a lot
of other things we need
to get done today.
- Help me, Gloria.
My memory isn't
what it used to be.
What have I forgotten?
- You forgot the wreath.
- Dolores!
You are a sight for sore eyes.
- Pastor Howard.
- And you're absolutely right,
we forgot the wreath.
Thank you.
- Ahem. Gloria.
- Dolores.
- Ahem.
- [Gabby]: Hi there!
- [Dolores]: Hi.
- [Gabby]: Would you like
to help hang the wreath?
- Oh, I...
Yeah, I would really
like that very much.
- Of course.
- Mm-hmm.
- OK. We're gonna put it right
up here, where it used to go.
- I remember.
♪♪♪
- This looks so beautiful!
- Hey, Jack!
- Hey.
- It's beginning to look
a lot like Christmas.
- It looks great in here.
- From what Gabby tells me,
we've got you to thank for
helping make all this happen.
- Yeah... It's nothing, don't...
My pleasure. Yeah.
Listen...
Gabby...
I...
I should probably
get back to the store.
♪♪♪
- I'll... I'm gonna...
I'll be right back.
Wait! Hey!
Jack? Look, I, um...
I just wanna say
that I'm really sorry
about yesterday.
- No, Gabby. I'm sorry.
That's why I came
by here today, to...
to apologize.
I was way out of line.
- No, I...
I really liked
being there with you...
and talking, and...
feeling like we were
the only two people
in the world.
- But you left in...
quite a hurry.
- I know.
I'm... a little...
it's, uh...
I've just... I've never felt
like that before.
- Yeah, that makes two of us.
- Really?
- It would've been nice to see
how that turned out, but...
- There are a lot
of things that I
don't know how to explain...
about me,
about why I'm here.
- You don't have to explain.
What you're doing here
is a good thing,
and I wouldn't want to get in
the way of any of that.
So I promise...
it won't happen again.
- Well, I still have a lot
of work to do for Christmas.
I could use your help.
- Yeah. You got it.
- Jack?
Thank you.
♪♪♪
I almost told him, Michael.
I've never done that before.
Never even come close. I don't
understand. Why did I do that?
- I told you this one
was special.
- But you didn't tell me why.
- You'll have to find that out
for yourself.
[knocking]
You should get that.
- Alice! Hi!
- Can you really bring
the Christmas pageant back?
- I'm gonna try. Come on in!
Here you go.
- Thank you.
I thought about what you said,
how Jenny wants
to be in the pageant.
- Oh, it would mean
a lot to her.
- Those pageants made Christmas
special for me...
with my dad there.
My dad's gone now.
- Alice...
that must be so hard.
- My mom thinks we should move.
Especially with it
almost Christmas,
she wants to start over
someplace where...
everything doesn't
remind us of him.
- And what do you want?
- To not forget him.
- You won't.
- I'm making my mom
a Christmas present.
That's what I've
been working on.
Would you like to see it?
- I would love to!
This is it?
- Yeah.
[inaudible speaking]
- Oh!
Look at you!
There you are.
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
That's your mom?
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
It's beautiful.
She's gonna love it.
[soft music]
♪♪♪
Mayor Crosby, can I
ask you one more thing?
- Well, I am locking up for the
night, but if there's
something you need?
- It's not from the store.
I would love for you
to show me something.
- Sure. How can I help?
So right this way... Oh!
- Oh! Can I help you?
- Sorry about that.
And sorry about the dust.
No one's been
in here for a while.
Here's the kitchen, where folks
would keep the food warm
for the potluck while
the pageant was going on.
- And the pageant
would happen in here?
- Mm-hmm.
- Where would everyone eat?
- Well, we'd set up tables
after the show,
and Pastor Howard
would say the blessing
and everybody would
sit together and have dinner
like one big family.
- And there's nowhere else
in town to have the pageant
and the potluck?
- No place that'll
hold everybody.
- Mayor Crosby, do you
have a list of all the things
wrong with the centre
that need to be repaired?
- Sure, I could
dig one up, but why?
- I wanna make Christmas
in Angel Falls special again.
♪♪♪
[upbeat music]
♪♪♪
♪♪ Angels we have ♪
♪ Heard on high ♪
♪ Sweetly singing ♪
♪ O'er the plains ♪♪
- [Gloria]: Of course
I understand.
Oh, no. No, you don't
need to apologize.
I know you wanted to come home
for the holidays, but...
Listen, if you can't get away,
you can't get away.
I understand.
[sighing]
I miss you too.
[whispering]: Oh. Come.
OK. Yes. You go
and I will talk to you soon.
I love you.
Bye.
- Gloria, are you OK?
- Oh, yeah. I'm fine. I just...
I just found out...
That was my son, Adam, and...
that he can't...
he can't get away for Christmas,
for the holidays this year.
- Oh, Gloria. I'm so sorry.
- It's OK.
It's funny though, you know,
'cause Christmas time
was always just the two of us
and we'd have so much fun.
I used to direct
the pageant when he
was a little boy and...
he... always had to be
the same character
every single year, you know.
He always had to be
one of the wise men.
It was really sweet.
- Oh, I love that!
- Oh, boy. I enjoyed so much
spending all that extra time...
with him.
But he had no idea
how much I was going to miss it.
I think I just...
you know,
wanted a little bit more
of that time back, that's all.
- Well, you still might get it.
Sometimes things change
when we least expect it.
- Thanks.
Ah... I have to run.
Thank you. I'll see you later.
- Ellen! What a nice surprise.
- Don't worry.
No false alarms today.
- Well, what can I
help you with?
- Well, you know, I told myself
that I wasn't going to do any
of my Christmas baking
this year.
All that work,
all that time on my feet!
- Yet something tells me
that those are not
carrot sticks in there.
- These are for you
with a Merry Christmas, Jack.
- Thank you. Merry Christmas
to you too, Ellen.
[Ellen chuckling]
Thank you.
- It is so nice
to see the church
all fixed up again.
It feels like Christmas.
- Yeah. It smells
like Christmas too.
- Oh! I've got some more
deliveries to make. Bye now!
- Bye! Merry Christmas!
- [Gabby]: Thank you
so much again. I can't believe
you finished
that webpage so quickly.
- I hope it helps.
- You sure I can't
give you a ride?
- No, it's OK. It's not far.
Do you like Jack?
- Do I...
uh, well... yeah.
I think he's a great guy.
- He doesn't need me
at the store, you know.
But he was my dad's best friend.
He wants to make
sure I'm OK, but...
it was hard for him too.
He really is a great guy.
- And you are
a really great friend.
- All right. Well, I'll see you.
- Goodnight!
♪♪♪
- Hey!
What are you doing out there?
It's freezing.
You look really cold.
Come on in. Come on.
- OK. It's not so bad
once you get used to it.
- That's what Peary said
when he discovered
the North Pole. Come on in.
- OK.
- Let me take your coat.
I have some hot water in
the back. I can make you a tea.
- I was just out on a walk
and I thought I would
stop by to say hi.
- You were out looking at
Christmas lights, weren't you?
- I would definitely
recommend it.
- I gotta say there is
definitely something in the
air these days in Angel Falls.
- What do you mean?
- Look at this.
Cookies from Ellen Price.
You might remember her
as the sweet lady
whose soup boiled over.
Look at that.
- Wow!
- Fudge from our town librarian.
[laughing]
Finnish Polar Bread
from Mr. Needamin
who owns the gas station.
- What is going on?
- What is going on
is I'm gonna be a blimp
before Christmas is even over
and it's all your fault.
- My fault?
- You brought
some Christmas Spirit
to Angel Falls, Gabby.
Just like you said you would.
- Well, there's still so much
more that I want to do.
- Well, don't stop now!
- Thank you, Jack.
Well, I should probably...
- Yeah.
- ...get back to the snow,
you know.
- No. Wait. Stay a minute.
Let me grab the tea,
and help yourself.
♪♪♪
- Look at that! It's so pretty.
- What are you two
doing over here?
- Do you like it?
- It's beautiful, sweetie!
- And it's just like
the Christmas tree
you had when you
were a little girl,
with the gold star
on top. Remember?
- You're right,
it is...
but how did you know?
- Gabby told me.
- I just took a guess.
- I love it. Um...
- Nice work!
We're a good team.
- Yeah!
- Gloria, do you
know where I put...
What's that?
- Come see for yourself.
- Oh.
Oh... oh...
- This...
- It's wonderful.
[upbeat Christmas-style music]
[phone notification beeping]
♪♪♪
- Oh... what do you know.
- Stan...
- Did you call about those
large-sized cups we ordered?
- Look.
♪♪♪
- Chief!
- Yeah, Tommy?
- Chief!
- What?
- You gotta take a look at this.
- Slide over.
- Yeah.
♪♪♪
- Glor... Gloria?
- Uh...
I just wondered
if you'd, um... seen
the website?
- I saw.
- It brought back
a lot of memories.
- Yeah, it did.
- I'm...
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[sighing]
[upbeat music]
- Hello!
[horn honking]
[siren wailing]
♪♪♪
- Left.
- OK. How's that, Tommy?
- Left! Yeah, yeah. Ooh!
- [Gabby]: What's going on?
Is that Jack up there?
- OK.
- Great work
on the website, Gabby.
Everybody's talking about it.
- Thank you,
but that's all Alice Lake.
She did a fantastic job.
- [Mayor Crosby]: Well, I'll
be sure to let everyone know.
Oh, and, um... here's
the list you asked for:
everything that needs to be done
at the community centre.
- Thank you.
- [Jack]: OK, Tommy?
Pastor Howard,
whenever you're ready.
- Merry Christmas everyone!
[cheering]
- Oh, my goodness!
- Merry Christmas!
Wow! It's so beautiful!
- Well, I'm glad you like it.
[Gabby laughing]
- It's just so exciting!
- Well, I should probably, um...
- Oh! Of course. Yeah.
- Yes. Put this in the truck.
- Great job, guys!
[cheering]
- [all singing]: ♪♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year ♪
♪ Good tidings we bring ♪
♪ To you and your kin ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year ♪♪
[cheering]
[soft music]
- Gabby?
Oh, hey. I got your message.
What are we doing here?
What's going on?
- Jack, when we talked
about the centre
being closed, you said it
was because it
needed so many repairs.
- Yeah, that's right.
- You didn't tell me
you closed it down.
This is the inspection report
from last year.
- I'm the fire chief.
That's my job.
- But Jack, you grew up here.
You said the people
are like family.
- Yeah, they are my family,
but I also said I wanted to keep
them safe. So when the city
couldn't come up with the money
to finish this,
I had to sign that report.
- But without this centre,
there's no place
to celebrate Christmas.
[sighing]
- I know...
but I wasn't going
to take the chance
of something happening again.
Something... like a fire.
I couldn't lose someone again.
- Lose someone again...
...like Paul.
Jack, what happened?
- I told you what happened.
The barn caught fire.
It was an accident.
- It wasn't your fault.
[sighing]
- You don't understand.
I had someone cover
my shift that night.
I should have
been there for Paul.
- But you couldn't have known
that was going to happen.
- Maybe.
- And you did the right thing.
You've done the right thing
by keeping everyone safe.
And now it's time for us
to do the right thing again.
- What do you mean?
- If we make these repairs,
we can keep this building safe,
very safe,
and we can reopen the centre.
- Reopen?
- Yes!
This is what you remember.
It's what they remember
- this place! And it's what
Angel Falls needs to get its
Christmas spirit back again.
- Take a look around you. Look
at how much work there is to do.
- I know, but we also
have this whole town
waking up to what Christmas
used to feel like.
We do! And all we
have to do is ask.
They're willing to help.
- OK. Let's say you're right.
Let's say everybody in town
pitches in.
What do we have,
like a week until Christmas?
I didn't think
that's humanly possible.
- But we can try...
and wouldn't it be something
to give Angel Falls
a Christmas they
will always remember?
[sighing]
[ringing tone]
- Tommy. Hey, it's Jack.
Do me a big favour.
Round up the guys
and have them meet us
down here at the centre.
- YES!
- I'll explain.
- Yes! Yes! Thank you!
YES!
- I'll explain.
- Where do we start?
- We gotta rewire
the light panel still.
- OK.
- Test fire alarms: check.
- That's good.
- Patch the hole
in the second floor wall:
we've got that one. OK. What you
got in the box?
- Um, recycling!
- All right. Windows too!
- Windows!
Clean the windows!
- Yeah.
Hey, Tommy. You need a hand?
- No. I got it, Chief.
- OK. Good stuff.
- So they're just warming up,
so this is perfect timing.
[singing scales]
Hi! This is Alice.
She's gonna be joining you.
- Great!
- Hi!
- I'll let you guys
get back to rehearsal.
- OK! OK, thanks. I'm just gonna
get you a song book.
[choir harmonizing]
- OK.
- [choir singing]:
♪♪ The first Noel ♪
♪ The angels did say ♪♪
- OK. Try A-7.
- Yeah. OK.
Oh! Jeez!
- Are you OK?
- Yeah, yeah.
- What?
- So A-7, cross it off. No A-7.
- Yeah. Don't...
Don't go to A-7.
- Hoo!
♪♪♪
- Merry Christmas!
[upbeat music]
♪♪♪
Look, I know this will
take up all your time
between now and Christmas,
but you've directed the pageant
before,
and I think you can
make it so special.
- Gabby, no.
It's not a good idea right now.
Not this year.
- No, I understand.
I just wish I could
think of something
to change your mind.
- What if you had some help?
- What?! Adam!
[Gabby laughing]
- Hi, Mom!
- What are you doing here?
Oh, my goodness!
What are you doing here?
I thought... what's going on?
- Well, someone sent me the link
to the town's Christmas webpage.
- Who sent you the link?
- I don't know.
- Who sent you the link?!
- And I told my boss,
"I'm coming home for Christmas!"
- Oh, my... oh, wow.
Ha ha!
- Welcome home.
- Thank you.
- I'm gonna give you two
some time to catch up.
- OK.
[Gabby speaking indistinctly]
Get in here. Take your
jacket off. Let's talk!
- Ah ha! That's the last one.
The centre's officially
in accordance
with the fire code.
- Nice work, Mr. Fire Chief!
- I finally fixed
that leaky faucet.
Now, if I could just get
that light panel to cooperate...
- I have every faith in you.
- Tell that to the light panel.
- It's late. You should
get some rest.
We'll figure it out tomorrow.
- Yeah, we'll get it done.
I should go help the guys out
at the station.
Do you want me to lock up?
- I got it. I'll see you
in the morning.
- Bright and early!
[gently gusting wind]
- I knew you could do it.
- Well, we're not there yet.
- You're in the home stretch!
And this is going to be epic.
This is going
to be one Christmas
that you and Angel Falls
will never forget.
Remember what I told you:
it's all about free will.
- Free will.
- So why don't you take
your own advice and go home?
Put your feet up. Now...
I am walking out that door...
...just like a real person.
Happy?
- Very happy!
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
Jack! Hey.
- Hey. Have you seen Alice?
- Uh... no.
- Her mom just called me
and Alice didn't come home
last night. I can't
reach her on her cell phone.
- Where would she go?
- I don't know.
Her friends haven't
seen her since yesterday.
They all wanted to go
out to the pier and hang out,
but when they wanted to leave,
Alice said she wanted
to stick around and watch the
sunset. I'm gonna head there.
- Um, OK. Just give me a few
minutes. I'm coming with you.
- I'll wait in the car.
- Great.
[tense music]
Alice?
Alice?
- Alice?
Alice?
Alice?
- Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
- Alice?
- Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
- Have you seen Alice?
Where is she?
- Amen.
She's all right.
- I'm gonna call the station,
see if the guys can come
and help.
- Jack.
She's OK.
[sighing]
Hi.
- I was about to call.
I think she's been
here all night.
- Call her mother.
Let her know she's safe.
- Is she OK?
- I think so.
- I forgot to charge my phone.
Can I use your phone?
- Yes.
[sighing]
- [softly]: Hey... Hi...
- I fell asleep.
- Are you OK?
- Oh, my mom doesn't
know where I am...
- It's OK. Jack's
calling her now.
She'll be here soon.
- I hope I didn't worry her.
- What happened?
- She misses my dad so much.
She said that Christmas
makes it too hard...
remembering him.
And that's why we
have to move.
But I like remembering
my dad at Christmas...
...all the places
we went together,
all the thing we did here.
I don't wanna go.
- Christmas memories
are some of the most precious
that a family can share.
We have our traditions
and our customs
and our loved ones with us.
I think that's...
why this is so hard
for your mom this year.
Your dad is part
of every single memory,
so Christmas in Angel Falls
just doesn't feel
like Christmas anymore.
That's why she wants to leave.
- What do I do?
- Alice,
you help her
understand something that you
already know in your heart.
Your dad...
he's still right here with you.
And all those memories
that you two share...
they're only going to become
more precious
with every Christmas
that you hold him in your heart.
That I can promise you.
- Thank you.
- Alice?
- Here's your mom.
- Oh!
- I'm so sorry.
I should have called you.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
[sighing]
- Thank you.
Hi.
- Hi.
[sighing]
I am so glad she's OK.
Me too.
- How did you know?
- It was...
just a feeling.
- No, no, no.
When you touched me,
I could feel that you
knew she was OK.
- I don't know how to--
- Gabby...
I've never felt anything
like that before.
It was like every Christmas
morning I've ever known
all rolled into one,
and everything
I've ever wanted in one moment.
- Jack...
- And the only thing
that I can think of right now
is you being here is the best
thing that's ever happened
to me, and I don't wanna spend
another Christmas
without you in it.
- But Jack...
- It's OK.
♪♪♪
- I know what you're gonna say.
I went a little overboard again
and I'm really sorry.
- I know.
- But Jack was so worried
about Alice,
I just wanted to make
sure she was safe.
- I understand.
- I know my assignment
was to bring the Christmas
spirit back to the whole town,
and I was making a difference.
You could feel it!
- You let yourself
get involved again, Gabby!
More than ever before.
- But Jack was so worried
about her, and I knew
if something happened,
it would be too much for him
and that wouldn't be fair.
Not at Christmas.
- Fair?
- He's such
a good person, Michael.
Think of everything he does,
all the people he helps.
- He is a good man...
who loves you very much.
- That's what I've been feeling,
isn't it?
What I didn't understand.
So this is what it
feels like to be in love.
- It's time to go.
- But I don't want to leave.
- I'm sorry, Gabby.
Angels and people
are not allowed to fall in love.
[soft music]
♪♪♪
- But they still
need me, Michael.
I haven't finished
my assignment yet.
- It's not up to me.
- But whatever
my feelings are for Jack,
that's no reason
for me to leave Angel Falls
without its Christmas spirit.
Not now,
not when we're this close.
- I'm sorry.
- Tomorrow's Christmas Eve.
We're gonna have
the pageant for the kids.
- Gabby...
- And the potluck, just like
they used to.
- We should go now!
- Let me help them finish.
Let me see this through.
It's all I want.
- I have to follow
the rules too.
- Bend the rules, Michael.
Just this once.
And not for me, for them,
because it's not
about this Christmas.
It's about next year
and the year after that
and every Christmas to come.
This can be my gift
to Angel Falls.
- It means that much to you?
And what about Jack?
- I think Christmas Eve
with Jack
is something I will remember
for a very long time.
[Gabby laughing softly]
- All right.
You can go back
and finish your assignment.
But when you're done,
you have to leave... forever.
And Gabby...
after you're gone,
no one in Angel Falls
will remember you
were ever there.
- But I'll know.
[soft chuckling]
Jack! Jack!
- Gabby!
I've been looking
all over for you!
[both laughing]
What is that for?
- I'm just happy to see you.
- I'm happy to see you too.
I wanna show you
something. Come.
- Wow!
- Ha ha ha!
- Oh, my goodness!
It's so beautiful!
- Can you believe it?
Look at it.
The whole town helped out
just to make sure
that we'd be ready.
Everyone came together.
Now you stay right here.
- What is it? What is it?
- Hold on. I gotta
show you this.
- OK.
- You ready?
- Yes.
[clicking]
Lights!
Oh, Jack!
- You did it, Gabby.
- Oh.
We did it, Jack!
Promise me something?
- Anything.
- Promise me
you will find a way
to keep this centre open
so Angel Falls always has
a place to celebrate Christmas.
- I was kind of hoping
that you'd be around
to help out with that.
[chuckling]
- Sounds great.
- Ah!
- We did it!
- We did it! We did it!
We did it!
Ha ha ha! Yes.
Come here.
- Impromptu Christmas dance!
- Ha!
[both laughing]
- It's snowing!
[enthusiastic exclamation]
- Are you excited?
- Yeah!
- Let's go!
- Good evening, everyone.
I'd like to ask you
to take your seats.
- Jack!
- Welcome to the
community centre. We're in
for a wonderful evening tonight.
I'd like to start off
by saying good evening
and merry Christmas.
- [audience]: Merry Christmas!
- I have one announcement
to make before
the pageant begins.
I'd like to take a moment
to thank someone
who made all of this possible.
Gabby, stand up.
[applause]
- Yeah!
- We are all here tonight
because Gabby decided
that everyone
in Angel Falls should
know what it feels like to find
the Christmas spirit again.
And Gabby, for that,
we'll always be thankful.
- Thank you.
- [man]: Yeah! Woo!
[cheering]
- Come out here.
- Oh, my!
Oh!
Thank you all for being here.
I love you.
- What?
I can't hear you.
- I love you.
♪♪♪
- It's a wonderful thing
you've done, Gabby.
You helped Angel Falls
get their Christmas spirit back.
- Thank you.
- And the best part is, you let
them make up their own minds.
It's all about free will.
I guess it's time to go.
- Free will.
- Excuse me?
- You said everyone
has free will
to make their own choices.
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, what about angels?
Don't we have a free will too?
- Ha ha! I...
well, technically.
- Then I want to stay
in Angel Falls.
- No. Gabby, I'm sorry.
I told you, that's
just not possible.
Angels and people are not
allowed to fall in love.
- I don't want to
be an angel anymore.
- You what?
- I want
to be a person.
I wanna live my life
on this earth
with all of the love and joy
that comes from
making my own choices.
But most of all, I wanna
spend my life with Jack.
I wanna know what it feels like
to be with the man that I love.
- Are you sure about this?
- I've spent a millennia helping
people find their true love.
Shouldn't I have a chance
to experience that too?
This is what I want, Michael.
It's what I've always wanted.
- Like I said...
a special assignment.
- Wait a second!
You knew?
- It was always your decision.
Free will.
Do you remember?
- I'm gonna miss you.
- Oh, don't worry.
I'll be around...
...just in case.
- Ha ha ha!
[exhaling heavily]
Oh.
[sentimental music]
♪♪♪
[cheering]
Jack...
I love you.
I love you too.
[upbeat Christmas-style music]
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
That's it. Spin! Spin!
♪♪♪
Christmas in Angel Falls (2017)
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