[lively music]
[lively music]
[guests talking indistinctly]
[gentle music]
[singing in Italian]
[singing in Italian continues]
[Abbie] Claire, have
you looked out the window?
It's 80 degrees, it's summer.
[Claire] I know,
but it's a tradition.
We have to sing it every
year driving to grandpa's.
-[Abbie] I see cows.
-[Claire] I know.
[singing in Italian]
[indistinct chattering]
[Abbie] And the best part.
[singing in Italian]
[singing in Italian continues]
[Claire] Stop!
Dad, can you tell mom to stop?
You guys are
like hurting my ears.
[singing in Italian]
[Jacob] Doesn't it sound like
someone is ringing a bell?
It sounds to me
like a knock-knock joke.
-Like, ding-dong.
-[Abbie speaks indistinctly]
[Claire]
Mom, I have to pee again.
-[Abbie] What?
-[engine revving]
[Jacob] Brakes, brakes.
[automated voice]
Deviated from route.
I know, it's intentional.
[automated voice]
Recalculating, recalculating.
Stop yelling at me.
Mom, it's a machine.
You only think it's mad at you.
You're projecting.
Just breathe.
We're in Italy.
Who gave
the GPS that accent, huh?
It's awesome.
Dad showed me.
You can set the sat nav
to any accent you like.
-Yeah, it's Swedish.
-You know, Greta Thunberg?
[Abbie] Projecting?
What 10-year-old
even talks like that.
Well, welcome to
a child in therapy.
-[Abbie] Now what's she doing?
-[Jacob] Her school project.
She's documenting her summer.
No one tells me anything.
Sometimes nobody bothers to ask.
Help him out, help him out.
Hello, Mr. O'Malley.
Hello.
[phone ringing]
[shouts]
-Claire bear!
-Grandpa.
We're gonna be
there in 47 minutes.
[Lawrence] Oh good.
-What's that noise?
-Oh, that's a helicopter.
You see it?
You see it?
Grandpa got a helicopter.
Grandpa definitely
does not have a helicopter.
How's my daughter?
-I bet she's driving.
-Of course she is.
-Hi Dad.
-Yeah, and she's exhausted.
[Claire] Super exhausted.
And she's riddled with anxiety.
Yeah, it's true.
I could sleep for a month,
but nothing a plate of Otto's
fried anchovies won't fix.
-[groans]
-Otto!
Abbie wants
your fried anchovies.
[helicopter whirring]
Don't put it on the ground.
Hurry up, drive carefully.
Bye-bye, love you. [kissing]
Love you, bye.
Ah, that was my granddaughter.
Surprise visit.
They usually come at Christmas.
It's a big mystery.
Oh. Oh, okay.
All right, it's okay.
You're...all right.
He came with the hotel,
and what are you gonna do?
It's gonna be good.
-Hi.
-[helicopter whirring]
[lively music]
It's August, why are they here?
Why are they here, Otto?
Something's up.
Something's definitely up.
Well, if
you want my opinion, sir,
perhaps she's pregnant.
Fried anchovies.
Oh yes, and
she said she was tired.
She said
she could sleep for a month.
-You're a genius, Otto.
-[chuckles]
Fingers crossed.
-Wouldn't go that far.
-No, genius.
Pregnant.
-Welcome home.
-Grandpa, Grandpa!
Look at you.
[Lawrence and
Claire speaking Italian]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna find Walter.
I wanna see who's around.
They must be so
excited to see you.
They don't know I'm here.
-[Jacob] Hey, Lawrence.
-[Lawrence] Hey.
Good?
[Lawrence and Abbie
speaking Italian]
[lively music]
Later, we'll talk later.
-I promise.
-Talk later.
[door thuds]
Anchovies.
Anchovies.
[zipper rattling]
-[Jacob] How are you feeling?
-Nauseous.
Listen, I'm gonna need
the room for a FaceTime call.
-Now?
-Yeah.
I'll be right down, I promise.
It'll just take a second.
[water sloshing]
[lively music]
Nope, not good enough, Abbie.
I'm on my European
vacation too, and I'm working.
Persavich's trial is huge.
It can make you or break you.
Don't disappear on me, right?
Isn't that the point
of vacation?
I know where you are, you know?
-How the hell do you--
-Abbie we're a law firm.
Discovery is what we do.
Let me know if
I can help with anything.
Kiss, kiss.
Ugh, no, Phil,
you definitely can't help.
[lively music]
Who says a girl
can't give a boy flowers?
What do you think?
That's a nice camera.
What do you say,
that's a very nice camera
for taking pictures of kids.
Eh, gotta love it.
Now all it has to do is pair.
Okay, yeah.
Well, I don't know
what you're talking about.
You know, pair like
the iPhone talks to the camera
and then the iPad and
the iPhone talk to each other.
Eh, how about
Jacob talking to Lawrence?
How about we just wait for Abbie
to get done with her Zoom?
Okay, yeah.
-[ice rattling]
-Fried anchovies.
Oh, Otto, they look so good.
-What are you doing?
-Celebrating.
-Celebrating what?
-You tell me.
Dad, no.
Oh, you can't have alcohol.
I get it, I get it.
Just opening it anyway.
Dad, you're gonna
wanna sit down for this.
All set.
[Abbie] Dad.
Jacob and I are separating.
[champagne pops]
[cork clangs]
[Otto] Oh, oh, oh.
Standby, clean up aisle seven.
[lively music]
[Claire] That little hut
is where people shelter
in a blizzard.
It's called il rifugio.
-That's Nicolo the nerd.
-Claire?
Oh, and his brother, Stefano.
Hey, Nicolo, hey Stefano.
-I'm gonna find Walter.
-[Nicolo] No, Claire.
Claire, wait, wait up.
[Claire] And that up ahead
is what's called a chalet.
Walter and his family
stay there twice a year.
Walter's my--he's my
favorite person, actually.
-[Nicolo] Wait up, Claire.
-[Stefano] Claire.
[Claire] Walter!
Walter!
Claire?
What are you doing here?
It's summer.
Aren't you happy to see me?
It's just, I didn't
know you were coming.
Who are you?
[playful music]
I don't like
labels in relationships,
but to keep things simple,
I'm Walter's girlfriend.
I don't like labels either.
But to keep things simple,
I am Walter's girlfriend.
[Walter] Uh, I don't really get
this whole label thing.
But Claire,
you're the winter one
and Johanna's the summer one.
Uh...nice camera, Claire.
What are you sh**ting?
Some documentary
on my summer vacation.
Cool.
Do you have a theme?
What, do you mean
like summer love?
Actually, Walter, I'm still
workshopping it, all right?
[huffs]
Well, I gotta say
Claire's taking this
a lot better than me.
Well, Dad, that's the thing.
We haven't told her yet.
[Jacob]
Yeah, that's why we're here.
[Abbie] Dad.
This is where Claire feels safe.
-A protected...
-[both] ...space...
-...with a family history.
-That's right.
So you're gonna ruin all that
by telling her here? [groans]
Lawrence, we really
have thought about this...
-Yeah, a lot.
-...and we believe that Claire
needs someone
that's not us to tell her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I hope you're not going
where I think you're going.
Well, that way she can,
you know, react...
[both] ...however she wants to.
And she doesn't feel
the need to, you know,
-pick a side.
-Take a side.
You know?
Someone she trusts.
-[sighs]
-[both] Implicitly.
Dad, we need you to
be the one to, you know,
break the ice on this.
Claire's therapist agrees.
Okay, her therapist thinks
it's a good idea if I tell her?
Dad, the fact is you and Claire
have this really
special relationship.
-Yes.
-[Abbie] You'll, you know,
-find the right...
-[both] ...words.
[Abbie] You'll cushion the blow.
-[Jacob] Mm-hm.
-You'll make it hurt less.
Please help us.
-This is really heavy.
-This is really heavy.
-Really hard.
-[Jacob] Really hard.
[gentle music]
[guests talking indistinctly]
What am I supposed
to do with this?
It's a condiment.
Condiments of the season.
Slippage.
There's serious
slippage happening here.
[guests talking indistinctly]
[lively music]
[piano playing]
Walter has a summer girlfriend.
Oh, honey, I'm sorry.
That's rough.
And she's Dutch.
Why is Dutch a problem?
No, no, it's a problem
because Dutch is cool.
The Dutch have
more bikes per capita
than any other European country.
How am I supposed to
even begin to compete with that?
[waiter speaking Italian]
-You want more strudel?
-No thank you.
No, grazie.
What little girl
doesn't want apple strudel?
This one.
I'm not that little.
Does that mean I can have yours?
[all chuckling]
[speaking Italian]
Apparently
we're a beautiful family.
[Claudia and
Lawrence speaking Italian]
[music continues]
Claire, how about you and me,
hot chocolate on
a terrace under the stars, huh?
Yeah? Otto!
[speaking Italian]
We'll be back.
Let's go.
Come on.
[electricity crackling]
[music skipping]
[piano notes banging]
[guests chuckling, clapping]
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
Thank you, thank you.
Should we have
a little catch up?
Claire bear.
Claire bear you know,
I love you more than anything
in the whole wide world.
What happened to Orion's Belt?
Well, it's summertime, so.
Everything's wrong, Grandpa.
Even the stars.
I'm worried about Mom and Dad.
They haven't been getting along
and it's been happening
for months and months.
But you go first.
What makes you think
they're not getting along?
They put me in therapy.
What does that tell you?
At least we had the foresight
to put her in therapy.
You know, preemptively.
And you gotta hand
it to us, house of harmony.
-She's never seen us fight.
-Mm-mm.
Plus red flag,
they never fight, Grandpa.
Like really fight.
There's just a lot of
passive aggressive undercutting.
And they're
always texting each other
like when they're
in the same house.
Nonno?
This is the part where
you're supposed to tell me
everything's fine and
I'm just imagining things.
-Mm.
-[somber music]
You're a pretty
smart cookie, huh?
I'll be right back.
You're the cat's pajamas.
Don't eat my cookie.
This is not a crisis,
this is not a crisis.
-All bets are off.
-What do you mean?
What do I mean,
she's way ahead of you guys.
Get out there and
talk to your daughter.
-Come on, let's go.
-[music continues]
[Claire whispering]
This is not a crisis.
[music continues]
This is why
we're here, isn't it?
Because you're breaking up.
We're not all gonna be here
together at Christmas, are we?
Honey, let's take this
one step at a time, okay?
Dad?
No.
Not this Christmas, no.
[music swells]
[Abbie]
I love it that we're a family
who has been on
vacation for three days
and we already
have this much laundry.
Sweetie, let's try and make this
the best summer vacation ever.
Think of all
the fun summer things
we've never
tried in the Dolomites.
Look at this,
they have horseback riding.
That could be fun, right?
It's practically next door.
No, Jacob, honey, that's mine.
I'll do that, that's silk.
Don't do that one.
Listen to this,
"A relaxed, gentle horse trek
crisscrossing
through Paneveggio.
Surround yourself
by the unspoiled nature
in the protected
reserve of this," whoa,
"famous UNESCO site."
[somber music]
I'm going to
the cellar to find my things.
Everything that's
finished is on the table.
[music continues]
This is where Christmas lives.
[gentle music]
[lively music]
As long as there's love.
There's Christmas.
My nonno made this for my nonna.
Pretty cool, huh?
There's Nonno and
Grandma Jackie.
I used to have two grandmas.
Now I'm down to one.
Poppops and Gams.
Otto makes
the best nutcracker ever.
Dad.
Me.
And Mom.
[paper rustling]
Here's Grandpa's fishing basket.
Grandma Jackie's cello.
[gentle music]
Oh, this one is funny.
This is my mom's.
It's a cash cow, get it?
Because she's the breadwinner.
It means
she makes all the money.
Dad's.
He used to play
baseball on the weekends
with his work friends.
Not anymore.
Dad lost his job.
So he thinks he's a total loser.
He's totally
acting like he's got ADHD.
[gentle music]
["Carol of the Bells" playing]
I love Christmas.
And not in a materialistic way.
Somehow I always
get what I want.
Well, except for the puppy,
I sort of had
to let that one go.
I love Christmas
because it's the one time
we really are a family.
[lively music]
That is so manipulative.
Effective, though.
[Lawrence speaking Italian]
She's breaking my heart.
[Claire] I want one more
Christmas as a family.
I don't care if it's summer.
I want all the decorations.
The tree.
I want the stockings.
I want Gams and Poppops here.
It's not Christmas without them.
And I want
the procession of panettone
in town like we do
every Christmas Eve.
Honey, that's a lovely thought.
-But I don't think we'll--
-Abbie, Jacob, in my office.
[gentle music]
Listen, there's a lot of
things about this situation
that I can't control,
but I can do this for Claire.
If she wants reassurance
disguised as Christmas,
she's going to get it.
And if she wants
Christmas in August,
I'm gonna give it to her.
And you two are gonna suck it up
and act like
you're having a good time
and just do what everybody
else does in the world.
Fake the crap out of it.
Make believe we're
having a Holly Jolly time.
I'm gonna have a good time.
Listen, I love Christmas.
So do you.
Call Gams and Poppops.
[gentle music]
Done deal.
[lively music]
Don't forget [indistinct]
and elf in the snow.
[lively music]
[tires screeching]
[indistinct announcement]
Yes, we've got them both.
Yes, we got them.
Yep, elf, the snow.
Here, I got this.
Mama, you're a miracle worker.
Honey, I got to go.
Ma'am, this is definitely
more than 3.4 ounces of liquid.
You got two choices,
you can dump it or drain it.
Drain it.
Okay, Howe fill me in.
We're talking
about Christmas presents,
-aren't we here folks?
-In August?
Bingo, for
a 10-year-old girl, allegedly.
-Ma'am, what do you do?
-She's a professor.
Retired professor.
Okay, so you're not a professor.
-And you, sir?
-I'm a day trader.
Mm, me too, Crypto.
What is this?
She says it's snow, sir.
Run it again and
get the sniffer on this.
What are these?
Stocking stuffers.
And what's this?
That is a pocket
nasal hair trimmer.
For a 10-year-old girl?
Well, we panicked.
We just grabbed
anything from last Christmas.
-[growling]
-Oh, can you stop that dog?
That is, get that,
that's a family heirloom.
No, stop.
Sorry, she thinks it's her toy.
-Oh.
-Oh.
Okay, can you explain
these piles to me again?
Again?
You got your hazardous,
you got your ill*gal,
and your pending.
Rose, what are you doing?
I'm putting it in
hazardous honey.
You can't wear
that sweater again.
I'm gonna k*ll you.
You can surely fix this.
Oh.
From your lips, Howie.
[lively music]
I'm dreaming
Of a white Christmas
Just like
the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
[Otto and Claire]
Three, two, one...
-And children listen
-[Claire] Go!
To hear sleigh bells
in the snow
Oh, Mr. O'Malley.
[wreath thuds]
-What's this?
-That is a wreath.
Lawrence, don't
you dare think for one minute
you can inflict Christmas
on me or my daughter
during our summer holidays.
It's unacceptable.
Am I wrong?
Am I being unreasonable?
-No.
-Is there a problem?
-I heard a bell.
-Oh, it is my hat.
Yes, there is a problem.
I come here every summer.
It's my time with my daughter.
I come here to relax,
to get away from all
the things that cause me stress.
And suddenly it's Christmas.
Are you kidding me?
I mean, I book five
entire rooms at full price.
-Thank you very much.
-Two for us,
one for the luggage
and a buffer room
at each end for peace and quiet.
I'm telling you,
this place is going downhill.
It used to be special.
Now it's just,
what's the expression?
Run of the mill.
That's it, run of the mill.
No problem, sir, leave it to us.
We are gonna throw in
the buffer rooms for free.
-We are?
-Gesture accepted.
[grumbling]
Take the buffer rooms.
Oh, another thing.
I only got three wreaths,
five rooms and three wreaths.
What's that about?
-You take my point.
-Yeah, absolutely.
You can either be
entitled or offended.
You can't be both.
Right.
Right.
Oh.
[grumbling]
Claire bear.
Why, why do you wanna film this?
Listen, Grandpa,
the thing about documentaries
is you've gotta include
the rough with the smooth.
Otherwise there's no edge.
Huh?
[lively music]
[horns blaring]
Crap, I'm gonna
have to do the whole
meaning of
Christmas poem, aren't I?
Yeah, you're
the English professor.
You'll figure it out.
Retired English professor.
-Oh, Don Michele.
-The priest?
He married Jacob and Abbie.
Yes, the one with
the unbroken record
who's never had a marriage fail.
Boy is he in for a shock.
-Keep smiling, keep waving.
-Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
[Rose]
Oh, it's Angela the baker.
What is her wife's name?
-Mar...
-Martina.
-[Mark] Yes.
-[Rose] Yeah.
You think
the priest married them too?
Highly unlikely.
[lively music]
This is gonna be
a sh*t show, isn't it?
Yeah.
[lively music]
Right, I've had enough of this.
[Claire] This is about
the millionaire helicopter man.
He doesn't like Christmas.
I need him.
See, he spends
more money in 10 days
than five families
spend in three months.
Not to worry or anything,
but I'm on
the edge of bankruptcy.
Grandpa, you're not bankrupt.
You're emotionally bankrupt.
[Lawrence] Huh?
-What do you mean?
-You're emotionally bankrupt.
Well, what does that mean?
It means you miss Grandma Jackie
and you're overwhelmed.
Maybe even traumatized.
Do you talk like
that with your girlfriends?
Your friends in
the school yard and they talk?
Is that the way you guys...?
-Yes.
-Hmm.
Let's see, how do I get in here?
Shut it off for a second.
Push that button.
I'm gonna talk for a second.
Okay, I just want to get
to the bottom of this thing
with your mom and dad.
Do you remember
when this started?
When all this began?
The friction?
Well, I can tell you exactly.
It was right after
the school's family camp out.
Mom was on a business
trip, so it was just Dad,
me, all the other moms.
-All the other moms.
-[Claire] Yeah.
Did you notice any
changes in your dad?
Like, did
he start weightlifting?
Was he--
did he always wear jeans?
I mean, did
he ever put a fake tan on?
Grandpa, Grandpa.
These questions
are getting really weird.
I know.
-Everything all right?
-[man] No.
And what's this?
[Otto]
That is overkill, isn't it?
You don't--leave it to me.
[tape ripping]
[tape ripping]
Not now.
[tape ripping]
[tape ripping]
[gong rings]
[guests clapping]
[piano playing "Jingle Bells"]
[guests clapping and cheering]
[playing calm music]
They're here.
Gams, Poppop.
Oh God, you ready for
more parental pressure?
-Yeah, like a root canal.
-[Claire] Come on!
-Hi, Dad.
-[playful music]
Bye, Dad.
[music continues]
[music continues]
[cheering]
Which way to the slope?
[guests clapping]
Can I get a hot toddy?
-I just love it here.
-What? Wha--
-Have lunch!
-Poppops, you're the best.
See, he totally gets it.
Snowball!
[Claudia speaking Italian]
The beautiful family grows.
-Yes, my in-laws.
-Hello!
Am I missing something?
-It is a long story.
-h* h* h*.
It always is.
[Claudia, Abbie, and Mark
speaking Italian]
[Jacob]
Dad enough with this ski gear.
-You're sweaty, man.
-Oh, yeah.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't know.
I don't know, I think I might
be coming down with something.
Would you guys just excuse me?
Lawrence, do you have a minute?
You have an appointment?
-[stammers]
-I'm only kidding, Mark.
Come on in, come on.
Hey, nice outfit, look at that.
It's kind of heavy, yeah.
Oh, Mark, I don't need
a heavy, I want good news.
What?
Well, it could be nothing.
But you remember 10 years ago
when I came here
by myself in
the summer for a few days.
Yeah, Rose was in
Verona with her students.
Exactly.
Well, you know,
while I was here,
I kind of met, well,
I sort of bumped into,
I kind of got to
know this woman.
[bright playful music]
It's okay, he's a priest.
-Like a confession.
-No.
I got nothing to confess.
Nothing to confess.
Lawrence.
There's something
I gotta confess.
[Lawrence] Well?
I slept with
that woman, Claudia.
Claudia?
You mean Claudia who's
in the hotel right now, Claudia?
[Mark]
It was just the one night.
'cause you know,
Rose and I were going through
a rough patch,
and I'm not trying
to make excuses for myself.
You know how
these things happen.
Apparently I'm the only
one who doesn't.
Here's the point.
I regretted it immediately
and I went home and I swore
that I would never
ever, ever, ever do this again.
But Lawrence, Claudia
cannot know that I'm here.
It was just the one night.
I swear.
Well, Claudia is
here for the entire week,
so you're gonna just
have to not show your face.
You have to lay low.
Stay in your room.
Don't be seen.
I will cover for you.
I don't know why, but I will.
[Mark] Thank you.
Just to be clear, I did
not officiate this marriage.
Joy to the world.
[lively music]
[glasses clanking]
-Thank you, Lawrence.
-[glasses clanking]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[whispers] My theme.
I've got my theme.
[gentle music]
[man]
So just drop and through.
So drop and
through for top spin.
Drop and thro--
Why is it snowing?
[Claire]
All right guys, stand by.
-Stefano.
-[Stefano] Action.
Cut.
I'm sorry, but you can't
wear tennis clothes
in a Christmas scene.
It doesn't make any sense.
Are you joking me?
Turn that camera off.
What are you all doing here?
Christmas in the Dolomites.
And you can't have
Christmas without snow.
[man] I couldn't care less.
Clear this up.
Place is crawling with kids.
Plus, guys the snow?
It's not biodegradable.
[sighs]
[Mark] You go, darling, you know
what? I'm not feeling well.
I'm just gonna lay low.
[Rose] I know,
all that pacing last night.
I hope your diverticulitis
isn't acting up.
I know.
You know what
I think the matter is?
What?
You've come down with
a sudden case of Christmas.
-[Mark] Mm.
-[Rose and Mark laughing]
[Rose] Such a shame.
It's a beautiful...
[leaf blower whirring]
Ah, Rose.
-No Mark?
-Not today.
How's Claire holding up?
Everything's ship-shape.
Wanna steer me
somewhere fun today?
Well, how about this?
The largest stone
sundial in the world.
-Pass.
-The Museum of Dangers.
-You wanna k*ll me now?
-No.
Archery?
-Now you're talking.
-Okay.
Make that two.
Oh.
-Yeah, sure.
-Yeah.
Okay.
Ooh, you missed
the time of the pickup,
so we can't do that.
Absolutely no problem, ladies.
It would be
a pleasure and an honor for me
to take you in
the hotel shuttle.
Thank you.
-Rose.
-Claudia.
Making a list, Otto.
I'm checking it twice
and you're on it both times.
Oh.
[lively music]
[Delfina] Welcome,
family in hats of elves.
My name is Delfina.
Let me ask you first,
are we intermediate
or are we beginner?
Well, actually, Delfina--
Actually, we're intermediate.
Sure, sure, intermediate, right?
[Delfina] Good, we go.
Mrs. Abbie, behind me, please.
[horse whickering]
Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
-Dad, is Mom gonna be okay?
-She'll be fine.
She's good at holding the reins.
[lively music]
[music continues]
Oh, yeah.
Hmm.
Hmm.
[Claudia] Look, Rose,
this is Cinque Torri.
It means "five towers."
Just beyond there,
skiing in winter.
In summer, archery.
You're going to
love the teacher.
He's a retired
farmer or something.
You know this place well.
Do you want to
hear my long story?
What do you think?
[lively music]
[engine revving]
Oh.
Oh.
Jacob, you dog.
-[camera clicks]
-Oh.
[tone beeps]
[lively music]
Oh...
Lawrence, you dog.
Mom, horses can tell if you're
tense, it makes them jumpy.
How jumpy?
[Delfina] And this is
the bridge of lost and found.
If one of you is lost,
we find you here.
Always here.
Wow.
[Abbie] How jumpy?
[birds chirping]
[Rose] Wow, just wow.
And you never saw him again?
You know, it sounds
like a one night stand.
Except it was a one night stand
I never recovered from.
[bright music]
And that's definitely not
the teacher I had last summer.
[lively music]
Ladies, I am Mario,
the archery ambassador of Tyrol.
Archery is a spiritual exercise.
The target is ultimately
one of self transformation.
Archery's a process
in which we stop thinking
and let ourselves
be led by the moment.
Lead on.
[horse nickers]
[Abbie]
Come on, get it together.
-Whoa.
-[Abbie] Move.
[speaking Italian]
-Go.
-[horse whinnies]
No, Mrs. Abbie,
talk with your legs.
What does that even
mean, talk with your legs?
It means communicate bodily.
You know, talk with your legs.
Oh, right.
-[horse whinnying]
-Mom!
[Abbie] Oh, whoa! Oh! Oh!
Whoa! Wait.
[Abbie speaking indistinctly]
Oh, boy.
[horse whickering]
[Abbie shouting indistinctly]
-Dad!
-[Abbie screaming]
Dad, go!
[Delfina] Stay there, Claire.
-Stay there.
-Abbie, I'm coming!
[Abbie screaming]
[horse whinnying]
[Delfina] Mrs. Abbie,
pull the reigns.
[Abbie screaming]
-Mrs. Abbie!
-Okay, I got you.
I got you, I got you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Relax, relax, we're fine.
He lied!
Mr. Jacob lied, okay?
I'm a beginner, okay?
I'd like to go home, please.
-But, Mom.
-Now!
I have a FaceTime
at four anyway.
By the way, way to go, Dad.
First we spread the legs.
I think he wants us
to spread the legs.
[Mario] Pull the arco.
Later we will
pull it back for real.
Next, nock in the arrow.
You are going to
want to hear that click
-when you pop it off.
-Yes.
Hold your arco.
Relax.
Open your chest like a warrior.
Now, the grip.
When you place
your hand on the grip,
you want to use the meaty part.
-The meaty part?
-The meaty part of your hand.
Excuse me, I get your grips.
Do you think
he's flirting with us?
Actually, no.
Would you mind if he was?
Are you kidding?
[both laughing]
Oh God, Claudia.
I'm having so much fun.
You know what really
worries me about retirement?
All these fun
things I wanna do in my life.
I'm afraid that my husband
doesn't wanna do
any of them with me.
I've brought you both
your own thumb punch releases.
Does mine come with batteries?
[chuckling]
[arrows whooshing]
[arrows thud]
Your groupings
are getting tighter.
That's just what I was thinking.
-Claudia.
-Yes?
The unforgettable night.
I need more details.
If you get the bullseye,
-I promise I'll tell you.
-[chuckles]
-Let's go for one more.
-Mm.
Remember, no thinking.
-Let the target find you.
-[lively music]
Is that a tattoo on your chest?
-Yes.
-[arrow whooshing]
[sighs]
[man speaking Italian on TV]
[vocalizes]
Mark, I had the best day.
You know that woman
that eats on her own?
Her name is Claudia.
She is extraordinary.
She's joining us for dinner.
You are going to love her.
She is so much fun.
We both hit bullseyes.
-I can't go.
-Of course you can.
You can just sit there
and sip broth.
-What's going on?
-Oh, Mark.
-Wait, what are you doing?
-Mark.
-What are doing?
-Mark?
I want a one night stand.
Oh, wait, I can't,
I just, the left side.
Mark, Mark, Mark, she told me
the most amazing story.
So romantic,
tragic, but so romantic.
A few years ago,
she met this magical man.
He was staying here,
and the connection
was so intense
that she comes back every
year just to feel close to him.
Do you know what he told her?
He told her that she laughed
like a pirate
and made love like a poet.
Oh my gosh, Mark,
you've got to see her.
Look at her.
You've got to see her.
Look at her.
Look at her.
Isn't she gorgeous?
[stammering] No, I'm sorry.
[coughing]
Mark, honey.
Seriously?
Phil, Persavich is on a yacht.
He won't even look at the
contract for another 10 days.
You want me to come
and hold your hand?
Apparently
I'm only 98.3 miles away.
Make or break,
Abbie, just do it.
Ciao.
If I say something,
you promise not to be mad?
-[Abbie] No.
-I just don't understand
the hold this guy has on you.
You're 10 times
the lawyer he is.
I'd appreciate it if you didn't
listen in on my calls.
[Don Michele]
So how is going your summer?
Well, I'm being
a complete b*tch to everyone,
especially Jacob.
And no one can stand to
be around me, especially Jacob.
Am I absolved?
Can we go back to the shore now,
so you tell my
father I had nothing to say?
Abbie, you know anything
you say will stay between us.
You can do that out here,
officially, in a rowboat?
Sure.
Um...
Can you hold please?
[muttering indistinctly]
-Here we go.
-Okay.
[Don Michele clearing throat]
Okay, there is something,
something I just
can't seem to get past.
If your husband has
made some transgressions,
it doesn't have to mean
the end of your marriage.
Aren't you worried that
the priest that married you both
has cornered
your wife on the lake?
-No.
-Maybe you should be.
It's not so much a transgression
as it was a concession.
And it wasn't my husband,
it was me.
[Don Michele speaking Italian]
With my creepy boss,
Phil, on our spring retreat.
I'll never drink tequila
sunrises again, that's for sure.
I hate that it happened.
And I haven't
told Jacob, I just can't.
Swear to me
you won't tell him or my father.
How you say in English?
Did you go the whole pig?
-What?
-Pig.
Pig?
No.
-And it's hog.
-Hog.
I did not go the whole hog.
As if that helps.
It definitely helps.
Don Michele,
it's not about what happened.
It's about why it happened.
Hi.
[lively music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[crates rustling]
[bright music]
[kids talking indistinctly]
Dad, can we stop?
[Claire talking indistinctly]
-And one second.
-[Walter] Action.
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Okay, come on, come on.
[Claire]
Meet your soulmate
right here by this frozen lake.
[all] In the snow!
[kids shivering, screaming]
-Wanna help?
-I didn't mind.
Uh, guys, they're soulmates.
-Wouldn't they be kissing?
-No.
Yes.
I don't mind.
[Abbie] We have to do
something special for her.
Something to make this
a Christmas to remember.
Yeah, I know.
[Claire] Look.
-Look, isn't he cute?
-[puppy yawns]
Jacob, look.
-Oh wow, it's a sign.
-[Abbie snorts]
Angela.
[speaking Italian]
[Angela speaking Italian]
[lively music]
I got the puppy.
I got the puppy.
There was not a transgression,
there was a concession.
[music continues]
[music continues]
[growling]
[music continues]
[Rose]
Oh, he's got a lot of friends.
[Claudia] Yes. [giggles]
Uh-oh, incoming.
You must get tired of this.
I don't think
he's coming for me.
[Mario] Ladies.
This is my friend, Aldo.
Claudia, Rose.
Hello, how are you liking
the beautiful Dolomites?
[snapping]
Mario, what happened
to the staunch ambassador?
I'm off duty.
-Very much off duty.
-We see.
[lively music]
Lawrence, I love you.
And I mean
that any way you want.
Chew, you wouldn't
want to choke.
[door thuds]
[grunts]
I promise, I promise, I promise.
When I say this morning, open--
-Gams?
-...just like that.
Is everything okay?
Yes, honey, I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Okay.
What is "gams"?
Oh, it means I'm a grandmother.
[chuckles]
[Aldo speaking Italian]
What did he say?
He said, you work
with what you've got.
-My friend is ignorant.
-[Rose] Yeah.
He doesn't understand
that in America, gams is legs.
It means
you have beautiful legs.
[chuckles]
Well, that is my cue.
Goodnight,
gentlemen, arrivederci.
Well, goodnight.
Mom doing okay?
She's doing more than okay.
[lively music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[Otto sputtering]
[flame sizzling]
[guests clapping]
[chuckles]
[music continues]
[Mario knocking]
-Who are you?
-Who are you?
Your nose is bleeding,
are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.
I just won the fight.
-What fight?
-The fight for who gets to
knock on the door
of the beautiful woman.
Which beautiful woman?
Gams.
The one with the legs.
Do you know her room?
This is her room
and I'm her husband.
[scoffs]
Okay, okay.
I'm sorry, sir, I do apologize.
[Mario speaking Italian]
[door thuds]
Grandpa.
-[Lawrence] Who?
-Grandpa, Grandpa.
I've got it.
We're going hot
air ballooning today.
They've got spaces.
Oh, it's perfect.
Both go up hating each other
and come down loving each other.
[Lawrence laughing]
[Claire]
Can I use your credit card?
-Please?
-What do you want to do?
[in high-pitched voice] Yeah,
we give her the credit card.
[lively music]
[Claire and Lawrence chuckling]
[music continues]
[Claire] Ta-da!
Oh! [chuckles]
Why are they taking
people's blood pressure?
Which way do
you think we're going?
I'm gonna guess up.
-[Rose] Woo, woo, woo!
-[Claudia laughs]
Shall we go to the top?
Oh, yes, please. Yes.
I was expecting
this to be steeper.
[Claudia] Why?
Well, doesn't
bear thinking about,
but this is where
Lawrence lost his wife.
They were hiking this
exact trail when she collapsed.
-Oh, no.
-Yeah, stroke.
Poor thing.
He tried to carry
her all the way down.
Can you imagine?
He still thinks
he could have saved her.
She was the love of his life.
We just never know, do we?
We just have to live
our lives to the fullest.
[air whooshing]
[laughs]
[flame whooshing]
Any underlying
conditions I should know about?
Besides the wandering eye?
It's getting windy.
It looks like
beautiful day for ballooning.
[alarm blaring]
[operator speaking Italian]
Quickly, all my
passengers please.
Everyone else follow
the balloon with your cars.
Hey, I don't think I really
should be doing this, so.
Jacob, talk with your legs.
Come on.
Climb in the basket.
Get in there,
you big fat chicken.
Okay, there are
a couple of things
that I need to tell you,
but they're very important.
So please pay attention.
There are two kind of landings.
There is the soft
landing and the hard landing.
For hard landings,
you will need to assume
the landing position,
which is like this, down
with your head between your arms
and pray.
-Okay, that's it.
-[laughs]
Let's go, off we go!
-[Abbie] Woo!
-[flame whooshing]
[lively music]
[laughs]
[Claire] Dad! Think of this
as a breakthrough, Dad!
[lively music]
[Jacob] Claire! Claire!
-Bye!
-Claire, I love you!
[flame whooshing]
[Claire] Use your new camera!
And relax, everything's fine!
[music continues]
-[operator] 2,000 meter!
-I'm gonna be sick.
[man] Hey, take your picture?
You and your wife?
-[Abbie] Oh, no, no, it's okay.
-[Jacob] No, it's all right.
Come on, I take a picture.
Closer.
Closer.
-[woman] Kiss!
-[man] Yeah, kiss.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
Come on, come on, come on, kiss.
[both] Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss,
kiss, kiss, kiss,
kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
[cheering]
Let's make another one,
we need a real kiss.
[indistinct chattering]
-[man] No!
-Give me the camera.
Give me the camera.
Give me the camera.
[flames whooshing]
[indistinct chattering]
[camera shutter clicks]
[Abbie] Whoops.
Oh, Jacob, Jacob.
Jacob, do your breathing.
[breathing heavily]
[gentle music]
Oh.
Claudia, I know you made
an agreement with this guy,
but I think you need to find
him and tell him how you feel.
I don't know.
Sometimes I think
I was just wrong.
I had come here to
mourn the death of my husband,
but then I experienced what
I experienced that one night,
that incredible connection.
Like the most
high form of intimacy.
Like, how do you say
[speaking Italian] spring?
Like a spring
coming from the soul,
from very deep, spirituale.
Am I crazy?
[gentle music]
What is it?
Oh, it's just,
I've never had that feeling.
Not once, not ever.
[music continues]
Okay, everybody
listen carefully.
This tailwind is much
stronger than I expected.
We must come down quickly.
Harder than usual.
One very important thing, guys.
When the basket hits
the ground, nobody jump.
Nobody jump.
Because if one person jumps
out, the balloon will lift.
And we do not have enough
gas to get over the three peaks,
we will hit them.
Don't worry, guys.
This is how balloons have been
landing for over 200 years.
Basket will lift
and drop perfectly normal,
perfectly safe.
Assume your landing positions.
-Everybody get down!
-[Abbie] Okay, okay.
[flame whooshing]
[lively music]
[flame whooshing]
[music continues]
[horn blaring]
[music continues]
[operator]
We are doing great guys.
Great teamwork.
Everything's under control.
[horn blaring]
[music continues]
[air balloon thuds]
[glass shatters]
No thank you.
No thank you, no thank you.
[music continues]
Ow!
Jacob!
Abbie!
Sorry, Abbie.
I'm sorry.
[flame whooshing]
Jacob!
Okay, okay.
We have no choice.
We're rising,
guys, we're rising.
I told him, I told him
that was the only thing
that he didn't, and he did it.
-He did it.
-Jacob!
[Rose] I feel sorry for both
of them, but poor Jacob.
He felt completely dispensable
ever since he got laid off.
-You mean he's depressed?
-Yeah.
I mean, he's not on meds,
but yeah, he's depressed.
-[flame whooshing]
-Watch out!
Abbie, where's Jacob?
-He jumped!
-[Rose] He jumped.
Oh God, I knew it.
-[horn blaring]
-[Abbie] He jumped!
[Rose] He jumped!
[engine revving]
[Abbie]
You just had to jump, huh?
You could have
gotten yourself k*lled.
You could have
gotten us all k*lled!
Claire, will
you stop with the filming?
For God's sake,
this isn't your summer project,
this is real life.
[Jacob] Sweetie. Claire.
[somber music]
Abbie hates me.
I don't think Abbie hates you.
I just think
it's relationship fatigue.
Are you listening to me?
I have to read
Claire a bedtime story.
No, no, no, you're in no shape.
I'll take care of it.
-You're so cute.
-I'm sorry.
It's fine.
I'm not a vegetarian in Italy.
No, I'm sorry
I snapped at you today.
You're so cute,
you still need a name.
Claire, do you wish
I was home more?
No, Mom,
you must never stop working.
It's a right, not a privilege.
Still, I'm gone so much.
No.
It's that you're not with us
even when you're with us.
Puppy, where are you going?
Come over here. Yeah. [kissing]
And they all
lived happily ever after.
Easy for them to say.
What do you mean?
Well, in those days,
they only lived
until they were like 25.
People change.
They stop loving each other.
Happily ever after
is unrealistic.
It's not like
that anymore, is it, Gams?
Well, I wouldn't say...
No, it doesn't
seem to be, does it?
How about this?
And they all lived
for a set period of time
in a state of mutually
destructive contentment.
Until?
Until they decided to part
and start a new
chapter in their life.
But amicably,
very mutually amicably.
Is that better?
[Claire and Rose laughing]
[Claire] No, puppy.
-Not the elf.
-Oh.
Standing by with
needle and thread.
Abbie, I'm your best champion.
I tell everyone,
you're tough and bold.
No, Phil, you tell everyone
I'm surprisingly tough and bold.
You might as well say
she's a good little lawyer,
which I bet you've said.
Abbie, come on,
we're great together.
Not great enough
to make me partner.
You know what?
I think I'm finished here.
You're not making any sense.
These clients won't wait.
Do you know what day it is?
All I know is
tomorrow is Christmas Eve
and the fish
stinks from the head, Phil.
You stink.
As the Italian say, puzzi.
[Phil] Now you're
just being hysterical.
No, that's it, I quit.
-[Phil] No! No--
-Goodbye.
-Abbie. You need--
-Arrivederci, Phil.
[laptop screen thuds]
Woo!
[fireworks popping]
Run of the mill.
[bright music]
-Mark.
-[Mark groans]
-It's Christmas Eve.
-[groans]
Do you know what
Christmas Eve means?
The procession of the panettone.
[groans]
And you know who leads
the procession of the panettone?
-Santa.
-Oh.
-Come on.
-I can't.
Oh, yes, you can.
Come on.
Enough is enough with this.
Come on, you said yourself
it was a one night stand.
Come on,
it didn't mean anything.
Let's go.
Lawrence, I'm sorry, I lied.
I said it meant nothing. It...
meant everything.
I just haven't gotten over her.
Oh, the gifts
just keep on coming.
Look, Mark, it's gonna be fine.
Claudia's not
part of the family.
This is just for the family.
It's just between us.
It's gonna be okay.
Come on, do it for Claire.
Come on, come on, for Claire.
Come on, let's go.
[lively music]
Look what I found, the pewter
platter for the panettone.
[family cheering]
Look who I found
hiding in the lobby.
Pretending not to be family.
-[Rose] Oh! Welcome, welcome.
-[Mark groans]
Hey, I'm so glad you came.
It's gonna be fun.
Do you know
Santa's in the doghouse?
No, but if you hum
a few bars, I'll pick it up.
[family singing] Do you know
that Santa's in the doghouse
Someone put
the puppy in the towel
Do you know
that Santa's in the doghouse
[lively music]
[family clapping]
On this eve of Christmas,
we ready ourselves
-with kith.
-[all] And kin!
Wait, we forgot the puppy.
He's kin, he has to be here.
Otto, get the dog.
I'm on it, like a car bonnet.
[Mark grunting]
-[Lawrence] Mirth!
-[family] And merriment!
Home baked bounty
full of raisins
and candy, fruits and--
...and festive frosting.
Frosting?
[speaking Italian]
But we're gonna have it anyway.
[Mark grunting]
-[Lawrence] Santa.
-[Mark mumbling]
Santa, come forth.
Not fifth!
[Otto whistling]
[Mark mumbling]
[family laughing, clapping]
[panting, mumbling]
[Otto whistling]
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
h*, h*, h*!
Bring me my platter of
pewter so we can process!
Who shall the trusted...
What the flying ferrets?
Claudia, you do it.
-You're kin now.
-[Claire] Yeah.
-[Jacob] Go for it.
-Oh, no, no, no, no.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mm-hm.
[Otto whistling]
[gentle music]
Body parts.
-Not good.
-Hurry it up, Santa.
Who shall be the bear?
-[Mark] Who shall--
-Just say it, Santa.
-[whispering] Where's Otto?
-Where's Otto with the puppy?
[Mark] Who shall...
[gentle music]
[Otto chuckles]
Angela.
-[Mark] Who shall...
-[Lawrence] Oh yeah, go ahead.
Whenever you're ready.
-[Mark] I'm sorry.
-[Lawrence] Hurry it up, Santa.
[Mark] I can't do it.
-Say the part--
-[Mark] No, I can't, I can't.
I can't do this anymore.
Claudia, it's me, Mark.
-Oh, Mark.
-Claudia?
Poppops?
[alarm blaring]
The puppy is missing!
[speaking Italian]
I didn't even give him a name.
Abbie!
I'm here and I've driven
98.3 miles just to--
Phil?
[Jacob grunting]
[family gasping]
-Jacob!
-Abbie.
I was blaming Jacob.
Why are you always
so quick to judge him?
I should probably
say I'm sorry, but I'm not.
Jacob, wait!
I'm going with our granddaughter
to find her puppy.
Are you coming
or are you staying?
[gentle music]
[somber music]
[Lawrence whistling]
Come on.
Does Poppops
have a thing for Claudia?
-A thing?
-I'm going to find out.
You might as well tell me.
Claire.
Martina. Go back to
the hotel with Martina
and have a nice hot
chocolate, put your jams on.
I promise you,
we will find the puppy.
[Jacob whistling]
You didn't lose me
my job, I'd already quit.
Besides, you did
what every single member
of that firm's been wanting
to do for the last five years.
Hey, you never
told me why you jumped.
You abandoned ship.
What were you thinking?
I wasn't thinking, okay?
I panicked.
Haven't you panicked before?
I didn't think I had a choice.
Abbie, I don't have
the bandwidth for this.
For Mom and Dad.
Not for any of it.
Jacob, wait.
Hey, your mother
and I bought this hotel
because it could be a place
where families
could get together.
The kids could run and
play and have a good time
and breathe fresh air.
Now what?
I mean, now you and
Jacob, and Mark and Rose.
I mean, what's the point?
What am I, what?
Claire says
I'm emotionally bankrupt.
I think she's right.
I mean, I'm done.
I feel up to here.
[speaks Italian]
I think
I'm gonna sell this place
and I'm gonna, I'm giving up.
That's it.
Dad.
-Dad.
-[text notification dings]
Claire's back at the hotel.
Mark, I have to
ask you something.
What exactly do
you like about being with me?
Isn't it obvious?
I mean, you're my best friend.
You're intelligent,
you're so well read,
you're a great company,
and you give me good advice,
and take care of me.
You're a wonderful mother.
[chuckles] What's not to like?
It sounds more like
a roommate than a soulmate.
It's getting late,
tomorrow's Christmas.
I'm going back.
Rose, Rose.
Look, I was just
trying to do the right thing.
[Rose] No more dirty
laundry, not tonight.
Dad, we're not doing this.
We're not making this
only about me and Jacob,
or Rose and Mark.
Because this is
about you and Mom.
You're giving up because
you've never forgiven yourself
for what happened to Mom.
Dad, I spoke to the doctors.
Even if you had
been able to carry her
all the way down the mountain,
nobody could have saved her.
You're still carrying her.
You have to let her go.
[engines revving]
[lively music]
[vocalizing]
What's going on?
What Angela wants, Angela gets.
-Go, go. [speaks Italian]
-[engines revving]
Look at that.
Dad, open your eyes.
Look around you.
The whole village is here.
Who do you think
they're doing it for?
They're doing it for you.
They're doing it for us.
Because in
their eyes, we're all family.
What more do you need,
a sign from God?
[lively music]
[wind whistling]
-[helicopter whirring]
-[man] Lawrence!
Lawrence, I've got this!
What's the name of the dog?
I dunno.
We forgot to name him.
[helicopter whirring]
Run of the mill.
[pilot speaking Italian]
-Run of?
-Run of the Mill.
-Run of the Mill.
-Run of the Mill.
-Okay, okay.
-Run of the Mill.
Run of the Mill.
[men] Run of the Mill
Run of the Mill
Abbie.
Go to him.
Fight for him.
Fight with him.
Get lost in the woods together.
Whatever it takes.
Just do something.
Don't do nothing.
Don't ever, ever do nothing.
Mm.
Yeah.
How else you gonna
spend Christmas Eve?
[gentle music]
[pine cone thudding]
Ow.
What are you doing?
I'm pelting you with pine cones.
What does
it look like I'm doing?
-I'm picking a fight.
-What?
-Don't you wanna fight back?
-No, I don't want to fight back.
Ow! There's my baseball player.
-I'm sorry.
-No, you're not.
You're mad at me.
-Just like I'm mad at you.
-Okay, okay.
But can we stop with
the balloon cross examination?
No, we're just getting started.
Balloon tragedy, the inquest.
Everybody died
except the German.
-He's on the stand.
-All right.
[German accent] It was clear
from the start
that this couple
hated each other.
You're not allowed
to do an accent, Abbie.
[normal voice] Okay?
It was from the start clear.
This couple each other hated
notably because
they to kiss refused.
What is more,
she the camera away threw.
[Jacob laughing]
[text notification dings]
Claire is back at
the hotel with Martina.
I'm gonna send a message.
Martina, please
read Claire a bedtime...
Phone died.
I know why you jumped.
It was the right decision.
You were of sound mind.
You jumped because if
one of us had to survive,
it should be you.
You're the better parent.
Damn, you're
a good defense lawyer.
And I have absolutely
no idea where we are.
Do you think we should just
wait until it gets light out?
It's only a couple of hours.
[gentle music]
[search party whistling]
Hey, you guys know
[speaking Italian]?
[playing pitch pipe]
[men singing notes]
[men singing in Italian]
Jacob, you are not a loser.
You're just a little lost.
[singing continues in distance]
What is that singing?
That's beautiful.
It's a song about the night sky,
likens the stars
to a kind of love.
[Jacob]
Oh, so it's a love song.
Well, yeah. A love that endures
is in the sense
that like when a star
disappears,
it's only saying goodbye.
It'll inevitably return.
It's kind of cheesy.
[Jacob] Yeah.
Manipulative.
-Effective though.
-[Jacob chuckles]
Abbie, do you think...
Jacob, talk with your legs.
[owl hoots]
[wings fluttering]
[leaves rustling]
Quick, quick, where's the light?
It's the puppy.
I mean...
[wings flapping]
[both chuckling]
Amazing.
What do you think
she was trying to tell us?
-That life's a hoot.
-Okay.
That it's late and that
we should probably get back.
Yeah.
[gentle music]
[lively music]
[hairdryer whirring]
[music continues]
Sorry I couldn't help.
We looked everywhere.
It's...
It's for my daughter, Lucy.
Normally we don't get
to spend Christmas together.
Oh, Claudia.
Rose, I'm absolutely mortified.
You must hate me.
I've been up all night
trying to imagine
what you're feeling.
You know, it's strange,
but oddly, I feel relieved.
-Be well, Claudia.
-Be well, Rose.
Open it, Mr. Lawrence.
[Lawrence] Sure.
Let's see what we got in here.
-Ooh, tissue paper.
-[paper rustling]
[chuckles]
What is that?
What's that?
It's not quite finished yet.
Still missing
a wide shot of the hotel.
-With snow.
-[Stefano] And mist.
It's a promo for your website.
Oh!
The whole thing
was Claire's idea.
Oh, look, look, look.
Come to the Hotel Des Dolomites
for a truly family Christmas.
[all laughing]
I reversed the footage,
he was taking the wreaths down.
-[Lawrence] Yeah.
-[all murmuring]
Very nice.
Wait, you're filming.
Right here
by the frozen lake...
-[kids] In the snow!
-[Lawrence] Beautiful.
[all laughing]
Cute.
-Cute puppy.
-[gentle music]
-[Claire] It's too much.
-Claire bear.
[Claire] It's too much.
Anyway, I was never
doing Christmas for me.
I was doing it for you.
Claire.
No, just leave me alone.
-Honey.
-[door thuds]
Claire, I have something to say
and I think you'll like it.
I decided that I like
winter more than summer.
And I'm not just
talking about this year.
Here's the thing, Walter.
I'm still workshopping
happily ever after.
And anyway, I'm only 10.
[Lawrence knocking]
Hey.
Hi, honey.
You know what
I love about you, Claire?
You never give up.
You don't give up on
your friends, not your family.
You never give up on me.
You know what a catalyst is?
-No.
-You don't?
Oh, there is a God.
A catalyst is somebody
that brings people together.
You're love in action.
That's a great gift.
We're gonna have a great
Christmas and we need you there.
We can't do
it without everybody.
You take your time and
you come down when you're ready.
Okay?
Love you.
Grandpa.
Please start without me.
[gentle music]
She said to start without her.
Well, I think it's
time for my poem,
my meaning of Christmas poem.
What say you all?
I was gonna give you
"But give me
holly bold and jolly."
But all things being
what they are this year,
I thought I would go
in a different direction.
One of my favorite poems,
poem by DH Lawrence.
"Know Deeply,
Know Thyself More Deeply."
[lively music]
[Rose]
Go deeper than love...
[tense music]
[Rose] ...for the soul
has greater depths,
love is like the grass,
but the heart is deep wild rock
molten, yet dense and permanent.
Go down into
your deep old heart, woman,
and lose sight of yourself.
Lose sight of me,
the me whom
you turbulently loved.
Let us lose sight of ourselves,
-and break the mirrors.
-[dog whistle blowing]
[Rose] For the fierce curve of
life is moving again...
-Puppy!
-[Rose] ...to the depths
out of sight,
in the deep dark living heart.
But say, in the dark
wild metal of your heart
is there a gem, that came
into being between us?
Is there a sapphire of
mutual trust, a blue spark?
[Claire] Lost and found bridge.
Lost and found bridge.
[Rose] Is there a ruby of
fused being, mine and yours,
-an inward glint?
-[bright music]
For if there is not,
o, then leave me,
go away.
For I cannot be bullied back
into the appearances of love,
any more than August can
be bullied to look like March
or December.
It is okay, Mark.
It's really okay.
You and I both know this
has nothing to do with Claudia.
Go find Claire.
[lively music]
[Claire panting]
She's not in her room.
[Lawrence] Oh, no.
[gentle music]
[music continues]
I did it, soap,
water, and air, guys.
It's biodegradable.
I did it, I finally did it.
Soap water and air.
-I did it.
-[gentle music]
[music continues]
-[Mark] Hey.
-[laughs]
-Claire.
-Oh my God, Claire!
-She found him.
-[family clapping]
[Mark] She found him.
-I found Run of the Mill.
-Claire!
[family cheering]
-[Lawrence] You got the puppy.
-I found Run of the Mill.
[gentle music]
You're staying together.
-Yes.
-Yeah.
And you're not.
I'm going to find out.
You might as well tell me.
No, my darling.
But we're all gonna be here
together at Christmas, right?
-Absolutely.
-Yes.
Absolutely.
As long as there's love.
There's Christmas.
Come on, Runny.
[lively music]
Merry Christmas, let's go eat.
I'm dreaming
Of a white Christmas
Just like
the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
-And children listen
-[inaudible dialogue]
To hear sleigh bells
in the snow, the snow
I said, I'm dreaming of
a white Christmas
[inaudible dialogue]
With every
Christmas card I write
May your days
be merry and bright
And may all
your Christmases be white
[singer speaking indistinctly]
I said, I'm dreaming
of a white, oh, Christmas
Just like
the ones I used to know
Where the treetops
glisten and children listen
To hear
sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of
a white Christmas
With every
Christmas card I write
May your days,
may your days, may your days
Be merry and bright
And may all
your Christmases be white
[music continues]
[singer]
Sing man, up, up, up.
I'm dreaming of
a white Christmas
With every Christmas card
I write
May your days
be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases
Be white
[lively music]
[music continues]
Welcome to our World! Where we serve you cookies to ensure you get the best viewing experience on our site.
Did you know that you can remove censorship board-wide, use our advanced search functions, be notified when new content is posted, join our memberships, set episodes to show in any order you want & more if you are logged into your account?
Register or sign in here: ucp.php?mode=register
Did you know that you can remove censorship board-wide, use our advanced search functions, be notified when new content is posted, join our memberships, set episodes to show in any order you want & more if you are logged into your account?
Register or sign in here: ucp.php?mode=register
A Sudden Case of Christmas (2024)
Moderators: Maskath3, GabrielAlejo2341, sidolanters, Maskath3, GabrielAlejo2341, sidolanters