Here’s How You Can Find Someone To Date Before The Holidays, According To A Few Romantic Comedies
Do you ever wonder how literally every main character in each Hallmark movie seems to magically stumble upon a storybook romance right before the holidays? How nice would it be if all of those “meet cutes” could actually happen in real life?
Well, lucky for you, they can! If you are sick and tired of sipping wine alone by the fireplace, building gingerbread houses without a cooking companion, and wishing that you could search high and love for the ultimate romantic Christmas gift, then boy, do we have the best idea for you.
Why not just take a page out of Hallmark’s playbook and follow in the footsteps of protagonists’ past? After all, the blueprint is literally right there for you to take and run with!
And below, we outlined some of the most foolproof steps you need to take in order to live out your rom-com dreams– all inspired by Hallmark-Esque plotlines.
“Falling For Christmas”
This gem of a movie– starring every millennial’s favorite, Lindsay Lohan– just came out this Christmas season. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take romance cues from the Freaky Friday queen herself.
Your first and most important step is to be a spoiled heiress. I mean, how hard is it to inherit a hefty estate, fan yourself with dollar bills, and line your closet with wardrobe bags from Bergdorf Goodman?
Second, now that you are just so exhausted from holiday cocktail parties and winter galas, you should head out on a retreat to the countryside. More specifically, a ski trip– because aside from your love of fashion and high society, you also happen to be a pretty talented winter sports enthusiast.
Well, you shouldn’t be too good at skiing because this next step is critical– literally. While flying down the mountain, you have to get into a horrid ski accident that leaves you in critical condition. Now, don’t worry: you will recover. You just won’t recover your memory.
Vasyl – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual people
That is a-okay, though, because this memory loss is what will ultimately push you to cross paths with a young widower. How perfectly coincidental?
Even more, this widower will feel pity for your now-confused existence and decide to lend a hand to take care of you. And in the process of rediscovering yourself, you will also fall hopelessly in love just before December 25. Sounds easy enough, right?
“Christmas Under Wraps”
In order to make this 2014 film’s plotline your romantic reality, you will first need to be a career-driven woman. “Christmas Under Wraps” features an aspiring surgeon, but you could also be interested in dermatology or podiatry, too, I guess.
Next, apply for a prestigious fellowship in a bustling city like Boston and be devastated after it falls through. What a bummer.
But, not to fear– because an extremely remote town in Alaska is here! After you scour the classifieds and LinkedIn job postings for a position in literally any other centrally-located city, you are– for whatever reason– forced to take a general practitioner position in Alaska.
And while there, trying to grapple with the snow and mysterious amounts of moose, you will have a meet-cute with a gruffly handsome and surprisingly charismatic handyman.
Then, as your big-city girl dreams blend with his small-town charm, you should fall hopelessly in love with quaint living after all– ultimately leaving behind the entire life you built at home to kick it with the reindeer.
“A Christmas Waltz”
Okay, so the first step in recreating this one might be a little tough– but you could always just lie about your backstory. You’ll see what I mean in a minute.
Primarily, you need to already have a devastatingly handsome beau to whom you are engaged. Plus, you have to plan the ultimate fairytale winter wonderland Christmas wedding– and be just weeks away from tying the knot.
Then, out of the blue, your fiancé needs to dump you, your storybook wedding will be called off, and the rug you thought was your future married life has to be ripped out from underneath you.
Now, before all of that happened, you should have been attending ballroom dance lessons in preparation for the big day. And, of course, your dance instructor just so happened to be a seasoned and steamy hunk himself.
So, once the event is a no-go, you are “forced” to stop by the dance studio and inform that instructor that your heart has just been ripped out of your chest. In turn, you will no longer be attending any of your wedding dance rehearsals.
Out of the pure kindness of the instructor’s angel heart, though, he is going to allow you to keep going to the sessions for free. And while alone with the intriguing instructor, you waltz and leap right into a brand new relationship. Just don’t forget to have two left feet to give your new guy something to work with.
“Christmas In Evergeen”
Using this 2019 film as inspiration, you won’t just fall in love, but you will also do it in one of the most romantic cities in the world: Rome.
Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that you have to already be an American tour guide who specializes in Roman history? In fact, your day-to-day tasks should include walking tourists from hot spot to hot spot, showing them all that the ancient city has to offer while scarf-clad.
One day, though, your sheer enthusiasm just a few days before Christmas (of course) should land you in hot water with your boss. And the next thing you know, you will be fired for taking too many tourists off the hot spot grid in hopes of providing a more local and authentic experience.
However, right after you are fired and walking down the street licking your wounds, you will need to run into a New York-based acquisition firm hotshot who is coincidentally lonely, traveling overseas during the holidays, and in need of an insider’s perspective on Rome.
So, you tap into all of your past tour guide experience to give that rich and handsome businessman one remarkable walkthrough of the city. And in the process, you will wow that man so much with your knowledge that he will actually hire you to be his personal cultural tour guide.
Then, as the days drone on and your soon-to-be-beau prepares to present a monumental business plan to potential investors, your jaw-dropping beauty and brains to boot will become just way too distracting for him to focus. So, he will just be forced to leave his extremely lucrative career behind and move to Rome to live a romantic life filled with fresh pizza and rich red wine. Sounds pretty plausible to me.
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