Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Still, there’s a reason you walk away from these movies feeling inspired to make a change.

On the other, she travels home to spend the holiday with her family and her childhood friend.

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But how does she get there?

Emma Peterson in “A Tale of Two Christmases” can relate.

She’s not truly happy.

A Tale of Two Christmases Emma with Max

His response to her changed the course of her life.

“Maybe it’s time for you to start following your heart.

And do it for you, ‘cause you deserve it.”

A Tale of Two Christmases Emma with family

“Don’t do it for me,” Emma’s father tells her.

“The most important thing is that you’re happy.”

But there’s something inside her that’s missing.

Surely, this isn’t the picture-perfect life she envisioned for herself.

But by the end, she realizes that is where she is valued the most.

And that childhood friend of hers?

He wasn’t what “Mr.

Perfect” looked like to her at first, but, well, you’ll see.