Christmas Land

The film opens with a flashback of young Jules and her grandmother, Glinda Stanwyck, at Christmas Land, where Glinda teaches her the mantra: 'When in doubt, add glitter.' In the present day, Jules is a successful marketing executive in New York City who has just been promoted to Executive Vice President of Brand Strategy. Her boyfriend, Mitchell, a corporate lawyer, suggests a holiday in Aruba, but their plans are interrupted when Jules learns she has inherited her grandmother’s 200-acre estate, Christmas Land. Upon arriving in the small town of Fox Valley, Jules meets Tucker Barnes, the estate attorney, and Uncle Frank, the longtime caretaker. Both are dismayed to learn that Jules intends to sell the property rather than run it. To make the property more attractive to high-end buyers, Jules decides to stage a grand reopening for the Christmas season. As she works to restore the village, she finds herself clashing with and then falling for Tucker, who challenges her preference for city sirens over small-town silence. Meanwhile, Mitchell secretly arranges a sale to Mason Richards, a developer. Jules signs the contract, believing Mason will preserve the park's spirit. However, a visit from one of Mason's employees reveals the truth: the land is slated to become an industrial park. Jules confronts Mitchell, who admits he knew the plan, leading her to break up with him. Mason offers Jules a 'flip' deal: she can buy the land back for $3 million, but only if she has the money by midnight on Christmas Eve. Jules successfully pitches a sponsorship deal to her former client, Nickerson’s Coffee, securing $850,000, but she remains short of the goal. In the climax, the townspeople of Fox Valley gather at the tree lighting ceremony and surprise Jules with a cardboard box containing $450,000 in pooled savings to bridge the gap. Jules pays Mason, tears up the contract, and announces she is staying in Fox Valley to run Christmas Land permanently, ending the film with a romantic moment with Tucker during the tree lighting.