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The real inciting event happens a year before the movie even takes place: the death of the king.
Look at last years Hallmark hitThe Christmas Train.
Why were they on a train in the first place?
Because Dermot promised his recently deceased father he would take a cross-country journey on the rails.
(Was his father a hobo or something?)
There are even more December funerals planned this holiday season.
Why is he single?
But he also has a kid, so you know what that means?
Why are there so many dead people in these supposedly merry and bright movies?
As we saw withA Christmas Prince, extreme things tend to happen following the death of a parent.
Thats what these movies are really about: letting the goodness of Christmas brighten an otherwise dark soul.
The other thing these Christmas movies are is rom-coms.
Also, Christmas is most real for children.
So how do you get children and falling in love in the same movie?
You need single parents.
