I watched Happiest Season for the second time a couple nights ago with my mom, and while we had similar reactions to the film such as our love for Jane’s character, she thought Abby and Riley should’ve ended up together instead of Harper and Abby. Which the first time I watched it, I also thought should’ve happened. But the second time around, I had the understanding that this isn’t the usual Hallmark Christmas RomCom™ where the two lovers have just met. Abby and Harper have been together for about a year. This isn’t something that happened overnight, its something they’ve been working on for a year. You don’t just give up when things get a little bumpy. I’m not saying that the way Harper treated Abby was okay, because ultimately it wasn’t, but I’m saying that you talk about that and work through it. Maybe at the end you still break up.
But Abby and Harper talked and realized that they were eachother’s person. Someone who the other wanted to build a life with. And even though it certainly wasn’t fair how Abby was treated, they came out of it on the other side. All I’m saying is that I’m glad there was a happy ending cause if they broke up at the end I’d have cried more than I already did.
