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They know a geht think that people only co Reindeer Falls has as too We even have an indoor water park It’s themed like a melted North Pole, obviously And the tourists are more than srows every year because of transplants like me who decided to settle down here

Because Reindeer Falls has forever potential

As the town realtor, I’ve got the numbers to prove it

Obviously being a holiday enforce, it’s seasonal And I don’t evenChristh New Year’s Day makes it special

Yes, yes, I know that’s an entire month Don’t try to talk me out of it

But as the town realtor—specifically, realtor at Mistletoe Lane Realty—I get to sell people on Reindeer Falls all year long I make dreams come true for people exactly like me

Okay, not exactly Most people move here for a reason Like family, or career Not because they have an obsessive love of Christa I should’ve had purpose, especially after four years But I’d barely gotten out of there with a lish, thank you verytruth that, if I didn’t figure souest bedrooo-nowhere job in a town that was con to me

Moe, but they’d been on the rocks for years Actually, that’s not true Saying “on the rocks” makes it sound like their relationship was, at one point, on the beach or so as I can re

Not the cute bickering that you read in ro each other on socialthat’s based on resentment and distrust The kind that seems to ratchet up a few notches with every holiday

Including my favorite holiday

Christmas

Going to Reindeer Falls was so in a house that I had never grown up in My childhood house was long gone, sold to some other family ould hopefully have happier memories Dad stayed in Phoenix while Mom relocated to Florida, basically about as opposite as you can get, barring the South and North Poles