A Cheerful Christmas

Best friends Lauren and Colleen own and operate Christmas Coaches, a Christmas-planning company that takes their clients' Christmas traditions to the next level. In the four years that they have operated, they arguably have their most important clients this season in the Andersons, expat British aristocracy, fifty-third in line to the British throne. David and Helen Anderson, who will be away in London until December 23, have hired them to accomplish three tasks in their absence: decorate the mansion, purchase Christmas gifts for a set list of people, and plan their Christmas Eve party at an already-booked hotel. Lauren will basically be working this file on her own as Colleen deals with other clients, and as David and Helen's list is bare-bones in terms of details, leaving Lauren to fill in the gaps of exactly what the Andersons' Christmas traditions are. She consults the two people who have remained stateside: the Andersons' longtime housekeeper Joyce; and David and Helen's son James, who is preoccupied in completing a business acquisition for the family before Christmas. While Joyce is able to fill in some of those gaps, James is less helpful; he seems to have lost any interest in Christmas. As Lauren tries to fill in those gaps from what she is able to discover, she seems to have reawakened the Christmas spirit in James. Meanwhile, James and Lauren start to fall for each other. What may be a hurdle in them getting together is Lauren's own insecurities in that she is not in the same social class as James, especially as he has reconnected with his childhood friend Maryam, who on paper is better suited to him, which Maramm also sees.