LOGLINE
Offering yourself as a gift just might bring love at Christmas!
PITCH
When Christmas gifts from Father Christmas living in a magical castle in Edinburgh receive a request in the mail, asking them to help bring true love at Christmas, a partridge, along with turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, golden rings, geese, swans, maids, ladies, lords, pipers, and drummers, give themselves a second chance. Although the gifts gave up on thinking they could ever cause true love, they try again at offering themselves as romantic presents during the holidays for The Twelve Days of Christmas.
SYNOPSIS
Once upon a time, a partridge in a pear tree lives in a castle on the far side of Edinburgh with two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, five golden rings, six geese a-laying, seven swans a-swimming, eight maids a-milking, nine ladies dancing, ten lords a-leaping, eleven pipers piping, and twelve drummers drumming. A long time ago in a Christmas Eve winter snowstorm, the partridge had been delivered to the doorstep of the magical castle in Edinburgh as gifts to the Scottish people by Father Christmas. The castle is owned by Father Christmas, and he uses it as one of his many second homes when travelling throughout the world. As long as the gifts live in the castle, the partridge is under strict orders from Father Christmas to organize the troop every year to spread true love from December 25th through January 6th. Many of the locals learn of the assignment that Father Christmas gave them and show up on their doorstep when they have a romantic dilemma.
After many years of attempting to orchestrate great love stories, the gifts had given up, or rather, the Scotts had given up on the twelve gifts and stopped writing them letters for help. With many failed attempts to bring everlasting love at Christmas, the partridge knows that Father Christmas has also lost faith in them. If they soon don’t have more successes, the partridge fears he will split them up and send them off to different owners as gifts. Then, the partridge would miss the beautiful castle and all her friends in Edinburgh. Despite her doubts, the partridge reads a letter from the post and wonders if she really has any ability to help bring true love at Christmas. She shares the letter with the other Christmas gifts. The bird knows that the last time she and her friends made attempts to spread romance at Christmas that it did not go very well. After thinking about it, the partridge decides to respond to Brodie Brown, the gentleman who wrote the letter, and say that she is willing to help him try win over his lady friend at Christmas. On the eve of Christmas Eve, the partridge and the gifts travel by train from Edinburgh to the home of Brodie in Inverness in the Highlands. They arrive at Brodie’s door ready for action. When Brodie’s special someone, Isla Campbell, arrives at ten o’clock on Christmas morning, the gifts present themselves.
When Brodie gets down on one knee and asks Isla to marry him, she says she needs some time to think about it and agrees to stay until Epiphany on January 6. Then, the gifts get down to work. The partridge hides love notes for Brodie and Isla underneath their pillows at night. In the morning, the calling birds wake the couple with songs and chirps. The geese deliver breakfast in bed with omelets from their own eggs. During the day, the turtle doves write romantic poetry for them. The gold rings insist they must be worn. Then, the French hens bake romantic meals like coq au vin and crème brûlée. After dinner, the swans take the couple ice-skating on a frozen Scottish loch. The maids make hot chocolate and ice cream for dessert each night. The ladies teach the couple how to waltz, while the lords insist on knightly gestures and deep conversation. At night, the pipers and drummers play their bagpipes and drums under the stars.
By Epiphany, Isla agrees to marry Brodie. The partridge cries tears of joy. The gifts cheer in celebration. Within hours, the partridge is sure that the rest of the village will know of their success and mail will start pouring into the castle again. She catches a glimpse of Father Christmas in his sleigh with his reindeer out the window. He chuckles and flies off into the sky. The partridge thinks he is happy with the triumph of his gifts. As time goes on, the gifts become so famous that Father Christmas writes a song called “The Twelve Days of Christmas” about their romantic efforts. The partridge and the gifts find ongoing success with their adventures, and everyone in the world wants true love at Christmas.
Copyright 2022 Jennifer Waters
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