Only Jacey (Magda
Apanowicz), the teenage daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ed Quinn and Holly Elissa), who is a descendant of the
Mayans, can save the world once she is in possession of 5 rings.
But it’s not just
the end of the world she has to deal with as local bigwig Kane (Roark
Critchlow) thinks that Jacey has to be sacrificed.
Not your classic
Christmas Movie, in fact very little reference to the season at all apart from
a set of killer fairy lights
Lana Lawton (Michelle Borth) left her job in a Law office to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a Private Eye but after a year she is still trying to secure a position with a agency.
Just
before Christmas she has an interview with Robin (Vivica A. Fox)
which was unsuccessful, so she returned home for the holidays.
The
first person she meets is her nephew Henry (Bryson JonSteele)
who wants her to investigate the neighbourhood Santa (Tom Lally)
to find out if he’s the real deal.
However
there is a real crime going on with a string of local burglaries in which small
valuables are being stolen and is being investigated by handsome local police
detective Nick Tallon (Jarrid Masse), who she allies
herself with in order to help her secure a job with Robin.
But
she also has to content with her parents trying to get her back working in a
Law Office and in a relationship with her old high school sweetheart Teddy
(Leigh Foster).
So
will she catch the thief but have her heart stolen?
The most important thing in Divorced diner waitress Noelle’s (Natalie Hall) life is her son Henry (Callum Shoniker) and there has been no room for romance in her life since her divorce.
Then
she meets musician Jeremy Geer (Corey Sevier) at the diner who
is recovering from a stroke and sees a very different man to the Grinch that
everyone else sees.
But
what will happen when their worlds collide?
There are many things at Christmas
Of which we over indulgently savour
So, we have to take
Milk of Magnesia
But it is Brandy
buttered flavour
Santa Claus crossed the road
To get to the
other side
“Get out of the bloody
road”
The drunken driver
cried
But the red suited
man
Was the victim of
Santacide
St Clara’s would suit her
rather more than the main churches on the island in St Pierre.
So, when she and Danny walked inside, she was apprehensive, but she was not
disappointed with the church she’d chosen and felt immediately at home, and
they had been regulars ever since.
It was a small church by
Norman standards and was full of catholic iconography and a spectacular
stained-glass window behind the dais was a joy to behold.
It was a gloriously bright
morning, on New Year’s Eve, with a clear blue sky and not a hint of breeze or
the snow which was expected by the next day.
The Church was well attended
and there was a hum of chattering among the congregants as the news of
Arielle’s blessing was spread among the faithful, they spotted Arielle sitting
on the front pew with Harry in protection mode and they assumed the other woman
with them was Justyna Krajewska.
She and Arielle were the same
age, but very different in appearance, both were attractive women, Arielle was
a small and delicately featured woman with bobbed brown hair, and pale
complexion due to her condition, whereas Justyna
Krajewska was a tall willowy woman, with shoulder length brunette hair,
intelligent green laughing eyes, a broad toothy smile and a warm open manner
and altogether a very pleasant demeanour.
“Hello Arielle” Molly said
and stooped down and kissed her.
“Hi Molly” she responded
“Have you met Justyna, she is a fellow cleric”
“Hello,” she said and shook
her hand “How do you like our little church?”
“I love it, I felt
immediately at home as soon as I set foot inside” Justyna replied
“Yes, it had the same effect
on me” Molly responded and smiled at Arielle.
Reverend Henry Noble took the
service, but Arielle did the reading, however that would be the last time
either of them attended St Clara’s for a while and the following Sunday
Reverend Justyna Krajewska was in the pulpit.
The Shaw Brothers Ferry
Company were holding a New Year’s Eve party at the Mablethorpe Spa Hotel in
Pipershaven.
Bernie Keach worked at the St
Giles Island office and travelled to the Hotel in the morning and was the first
to arrive and had booked in early, so he could enjoy some of the facilities.
Later when he was on his way
down to the bar to have a drink before going in to find his table, he heard a
commotion at the function’s check in desk, and he recognized one of the voices
as one of his colleague’s, Ewa.
He paused on the stairs and
drank in the scene, though his eyes were focused on her, and he thought she
looked gorgeous in her evening dress.
“What
do you mean I’m not on the list?” she shouted
“My name is Ewa Szczepaniec”
“I can’t see it” the receptionist said as he perused
his list “Can you spell it?”
“S.Z.C.Z.E.P.A.N.I.E.C” she
said slowly and deliberately
“No that hasn’t helped” he
said, “Can you write it down?”
Reluctantly
she printed her surname on a piece of paper and handed it to him
“No that hasn’t helped either” he said and then
laughed
“Wow that would score big on
scrabble, perhaps that’s what we should call you Miss Scrabble”
“My name is Ewa Szczepaniec”
she repeated slowly “S.Z.C.Z.E.P.A.N.I.E.C”
“Yes, I understand” he said
“but I must just ask, do you lot have something against vowels”
“My lot, my lot, what do you
mean, my lot?” she said angrily, which was when Bernie arrived, and stepped
between them before Ewa brained him.
But it quickly became
apparent that she was not calming down, so he steered her away from the fray
and she left reception like a marauding bull, with him right behind her
carrying her pashmina and clutch bag.
Once Bernie caught up with
her, he walked Ewa around the courtyard and calmed her down and soothed her
temper with his comforting words and a reassuring hug.
After half an hour her mood
had lightened sufficiently for him to propose they make another attempt to gain
entry to the function and she concurred, so they walked back to the Hotel arm
in arm and he stayed by her side all night, and she had never in her life been
happier, so at the end of the evening on the terrace in the moonlight she
kissed him.
They often joked over their
long life together that the entire night had been something of a cliché, but
they didn’t care.
On Saturday just after lunch there was a knock
on the door at Cliff Haven and when Danny opened the door Reverend Arielle
Archer, and her husband Harry were standing there.
“Hello, you two” he said
“Come in out of the cold, you look perished”
“Thank you” Harry said
“Go through into the lounge”
Danny said
“It’s lovely to see you”
Molly said, and they embraced but she thought Arielle looked very pale
“But I don’t think you should
have come out on a day like this”
“We have some news that we
wanted you to hear from us first” Arielle said
“Oh?” Molly asked with
concern
“It’s a good thing” Harry interjected
“We’re having a baby” Arielle
said
“That’s wonderful news” Molly
said and kissed her
“Congratulations” Danny added
and shook Harry’s hand before giving him a hug.
After all the kissing and
embracing was over Arielle said
“There is some bad news”
“Oh?” Molly asked with
concern again
“Yes, the Doctor has advised
complete rest” Arielle said
“Is everything ok?” Molly
asked
“It’s precautionary” Arielle
replied
“It’s Preeclampsia and acute
anaemia” Harry corrected her
“Then you must rest” Molly
said “We’ll get someone else to cover for you, I’ve been thinking for some time
that we need to get a curate to assist you”
If St Clara’s had still been
a Church of England Church a locum would have been supplied, but they weren’t,
so they had to make other arrangements.
In the past Henry Noble, for
whom Arielle had been curate for several years, had stood in for her, and over
Christmas, but he was working at the St Giles retreat on St Giles du Cabot so
he couldn’t cover all of her parochial duties.
However there was a someone
who had spent a prolonged period at the retreat following a long battle with
cancer.
Forty-year-old Justyna
Krajewska who was ready to leave the retreat but was unsure where her future
lay so Henry Noble had suggested St Clara’s, and had introduced her to Arielle.
Arielle liked her and in turn
suggested her to Molly, but obviously Molly would need to meet her for herself,
however there was a slight complication, as only a very select few knew that
Molly owned the Church, so a chance meeting had to be engineered, it was
decided that the New Year’s Eve service would be the best time.
