CHRISTMAS COOKIE synopsis

LOGLINE

Two are 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 be his partner, 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 24^th of December. Then, tourists and locals in New York City gather on the plaza beside the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to enjoy the annual Christmas Eve skating 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 sprains her foot, Ernest carries her to the emergency room. He is afraid she might have broken it. So glad that she did not break it, Ernest suggests taking Cookie out for dancing on New Year’s Eve. Cookie asks him to give up his romantic gestures and says they have a business relationship as ice-skating partners—that’s it. So, he quits. 

 

The next morning, Cookie returns to the Rink at Rockefeller Center. She explains to her coach that she injured her foot, but it will be better for the Christmas Eve performance. She also explains 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. 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 and son. After spending Christmas Day with her parents in Upper Manhattan, she spends the rest of the holiday watching Christmas movies and baking cookies. 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. Then, on New Year’s Eve, she hears Ernest calling her with a knock at the door. Cookie opens the door, and Ernest apologizes and asks her again to be his partner. Ernest kisses her, and she promises to give him a chance. The duo goes on to spend many years together on and off the ice as a great team. 

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