David E. Talbert

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.

Projektet, manus av Melfi och författaren Chris Wehner, handlar om en ung man (Grimes) som söker upp en far han aldrig har träffat och, utan fel på sin egen, hamnar barrikaderade i en spritbutik med fem andra människor på julafton. Berättelsen utspelar sig i den fiktiva staden El Camino, NV