Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow

The film opens with Ashley Harrison, a whimsical crafter, preparing to fly from San Francisco to Seattle to spend Christmas with her widowed mother. At the airport, she is shocked to find she has been placed on a No-Fly List due to a case of mistaken identity and suspected ties to foreign subversives. Desperate to get home, she encounters Dash Sutherland at a rental car counter. Dash, who is actually an undercover FBI agent, has been tasked by his paranoid superior, Agent Monroe, to monitor Ashley. They agree to share the last car on the lot, beginning a cross-state road trip. Throughout the journey, Dash maintains a cover story as a house painter while reporting back to the FBI, who interpret every mundane action—like Ashley receiving a puppy from a biker named Blade—as a dangerous exchange of assets. As they travel, the two bond over shared trivia and personal histories. Ashley discusses her 'Truth-o-Meter,' a mental tool she uses to detect liars, while Dash reveals a traumatic past involving a bomb-sniffing dog named Marina. They stop in a festive town called Mistletoe, where they stay in a motel with only one room available, forcing them to navigate the 'forced proximity' trope. Dash begins to fall for Ashley's genuine nature, realizing the FBI's profile of her is absurdly wrong. However, the tension peaks in Wilsonville when Ashley insists on stopping to deliver a mysterious 'red box' to a family of Romanian immigrants. Agent Monroe, convinced the box contains a bomb, orders a full tactical raid on the house. The 'weapon' is revealed to be a handcrafted glass ornament, and Ashley is devastated to discover Dash's true identity and the fact that he was spying on her. In the aftermath, Dash is cleared of his 'liability' status but realizes he no longer cares for the cold bureaucracy of his job. Ashley returns home to her mother, feeling betrayed. On the night of her town's traditional tree lighting, Dash arrives in a hay truck—recreating a beloved tradition started by Ashley's late father. He confesses his love and his newfound belief in the 'spirit of Santa Claus,' and the two reconcile with a kiss as the town celebrates.