I Watched It So That You Don’t Have To-One Starry Christmas

Holly (Sarah Carter) is a recently-graduated astronomy gal and her long-time boyfriend is an ambitious (is there any other kind?) corporate lawyer. He needs to go to New York to close a “huge business deal” during Christmas and she’s having none of that whole “Christmas is just a day on the calendar” nonsense. She’s all about family, being together, dreaming while looking at the heavens and wearing really tight jeans. She wasn’t told that business doesn’t conform to her “the world stops during the Xmas season” outlook on life. Off he goes. She gets it in her head to surprise him so she devises a plan. The vehicle by which things take a left turn for her is a bus. See, she doesn’t have a car/can’t drive/has no money for a plane ticket-take your pick. On this aforementioned bus her seat-mate is a gosh darn, down to earth, rodeo circuit-riding Texas cowboy by the name of Luke (Damon Runyan). He’s all about the Christmas and he misses his fam damily, which is only his older brother because we need some feels for the guy.

The bus breaks down at 5am and he finds a car rental place open in a small town at that hour. During the drive it turns out they’ve got a lot in common! Her mom and dad live just outside New York and she invites him in for supper. The mother is completely smitten with this rough-hewn gentle soul that has this uncommon ability to say all the right things at just the right time. Weasel lawyer-guy has a last minute meeting to attend so cowboy guy and astronomy gal spend the day in Central Park just killing time and developing feelings for each other. He teaches her how to ride a horse and she instructs him on how to skate. They’re both open to new experiences (not like that damn lawyer that is trying to guarantee for himself  and his girl a secure financial future). Lawyerman tweeks to what is going on so he proposes at an Xmas party and she says “yes” because she’s a romantic at heart. But wait. Confusion sets in. She thinks she might actually be in love with the guy that rides testicle-constricted horses for a living. The rest goes according to form. The lesson learned in the end is that love has no………………ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.