LOGLINE
Two is better than one during the holidays.
PITCH
When Cookie Roberts and Ernest Plum skate on ice, magic happens. Ernest has been in love with Cookie for years, and she has never agreed to marry him, despite his devotion. After he finally quits being her ice-skating partner, and she can’t find anyone who brings the same magic, he asks her one last time to marry him, and she says yes.
SYNOPSIS
Each Christmas Eve, the Rockefeller Center Skaters put on a spectacular ice show at the Rink at Rockefeller Center. Only steps from Times Square and the Broadway Theater District, visitors gather all month long for skating lessons until the 24thof December. Then, everyone in New York City gathers on the plaza beside the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to enjoy the holiday event. This year, Cookie Roberts and Ernest Plum are the featured skaters in the festivities. However, the duo doesn’t always get along as one might expect, mostly due to Ernest’s unrequited love for Cookie. When Cookie hurts her foot and Ernest carries her to the emergency room, Ernest suggests taking Cookie out for dancing on New Year’s Eve when her foot is better. Cookie asks him to give up and says they have a business relationship as an ice-skating partner—that’s it. So he quits.
The next morning, Cookie returns to the Rink at Rockefeller Center, explaining to her coach that she injured her foot, but it will be better for the Christmas Eve performance. She explains that the bad news is that Ernest quit being her partner. The coach says she’ll have to skate with Roy.
By Christmas Eve, Cookie and Roy dazzle New York City in their white jump suits with silver sparkles on them. However, the performance has less heart and soul than when Cookie skates with Ernest. More than once, she almost falls. When she looks up, she sees Ernest watching her from the plaza. Before leaving the ice rink, Roy shakes Cookie’s hand and runs to meet his wife, giving her a hug with their son. After spending Christmas Day with her parents in Upper Manhattan, she spends the rest of the holiday week shopping. This year, unlike the past several years, she receives no gifts from Ernest. Sad about facing the New Year alone, she sulks in the bathtub alone. On New Year’s Eve, she hears a knock at the door. Cookie opens the doors, and Ernest grabs Cookie and kisses her. He asks her to marry him, and she finally says yes.
Copyright 2022 Jennifer Waters
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