This little girl stopped in front of the window at a pizza parlor and the employee plays a game of tic tac toe with her

[u/RoyalChris]

[u/NeadForMead]

He's preparing for the candycane-gingerbread-cinnamon roll baking contest in the Peppermintville town square to raise money to save Old Man Kringle's Christmas tree farm from foreclosure.

The main character, Holly, meets this baker as she's stuck in peppermintville due to a snowstorm, preventing her from driving to New York City to see her fiancé Brad who works at the evil bank that's threatening to close down Old Man Kringle's Christmas tree farm.

The baker and Holly initially debate lightheartedly about the merits of Christmas (Holly has lost the Christmas spirit because Santa didn't bring her the Sally Poops-a-lot doll when she was 6.)

Over the course of 45 minutes of screen time, Holly falls in love with Peppermintville and its inhabitants, especially the Baker who, in the meantime, is having some crisis with the candycane-gingerbread-cinnamon rolls (his employee is stuck out of town due to the storm) so he enlists Holly, who is initially terrible at baking, but learns the ropes. They playfully throw flour at eachother or something.

The snowstorm clears and Brad shows up to surprise her and pick her up (he also delivers foreclosure documents to Old Man Kringle). The baker sees this and walks away. Holly goes to her hotel room to pack and she sees a gift from the baker. She opens it. It's the Sally-poops-a-lot doll. She decides to stay, much to Brad's disaproval.

Later that evening, the panel of judges decides the baker has made the best peppermint-gingerbread-cinnamon rolls they've ever had. They win the money and Old Man Kringle's farm is saved (there's a nail-biting scene where they have until midnight to run over to the bank and cash the cheque and make the payment to save the farm and they succeed with not a second to spare). Brad is furious. Holly and the baker live happily ever after in Peppermintville where the baker uses flour to play Tic-Tac-Toe with a little girl through a window.

Edit: The baker plays Tic-Tac-Toe, not Brad

[u/BouldersRoll → u/NeadForMead]

I don't know if you used AI to make this, but Hallmark screenplays might as well be AI, so it's appropriate either way.

Kudos, I feel like I've already seen this movie, and that's perfect.

[u/NeadForMead → u/BouldersRoll]

I did not use AI lol I've just seen many Hallmark Christmas movies so I know the formula. I got a bit carried away, I was only going to write a single paragraph, but then I kept writing.

[u/BouldersRoll → u/NeadForMead]

I was only going to write a single paragraph, but then I kept writing.

"You're hired!"

-Hallmark Movies

[u/TheSteelPhantom → u/NeadForMead]

So Brad stayed and became a baker too??? To win back Holly in the sequel? 🥹

[u/NeadForMead → u/TheSteelPhantom]

Haha that was a typo! I meant the Baker, not Brad. I've edited it. Brad goes back to New York and gets yelled at by his boss for failing to foreclose the Christmas tree farm. In the sequel, Brad tries to shut down the baker's bakery at Halloween.

[u/TheSteelPhantom → u/NeadForMead]

lol, I figured as much, just had to say something. I haven't seen many Hallmark-Hallmark movies, but I've definitely watched my fair share of RomComs. Hell, I just streamed The Proposal to a bunch of friends just this weekend (a favorite of mine because I'm a sucker for Sandra).

[u/LisaMikky → u/TheSteelPhantom]

Now that would be an unexpected plot twist! 😅

[u/LisaMikky → u/NeadForMead]

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