[Video ID: Tiktok video from stuffkarensays. The video is captioned “POV: you're the HR person calling the lead from a Hallmark Christmas movie after they quit their job in the big city.” A dark-haired woman is facing the camera, as though on a video call, and is speaking.

Hey, Jessica, thanks so much for chatting. I got your letter of resignation and I just wanted to call. I guess I was a little surprised ’cause, you know, you just got promoted to partner and you worked so hard for that. You mentioned a Christmas tree farm in this letter, and I’m just wondering, you know, what did they offer you? ’Cause I’m sure we could counter–

The speaker pauses, as though the person on the other side of the call is speaking.

Oh, you’re not gonna work at the farm. You are marrying the guy who owns it. Okay. I thought you were engaged to David over in Finance. Weren’t you guys together for a long time?

Brief pause.

Oh, you dated this guy in high school for three weeks. Okay, um, anyways, moving on. But, you know, you have just worked so hard for so long for this partner role, and I really hate to see you go.

Brief pause.

He made you believe in Christmas again? Is that a euphemism for something? Sorry, that was weird. That was inappropriate. I shouldn’t have asked you that. Anyways, you seem pretty set in this decision. So I jut wanna say, you know, we wish you the best in this next chapter. And the door’s always open if you change your mind. If you’d like to come back to the firm, we would welcome you. So please just keep in touch.

The clip cuts to the woman holding her cell phone, presumably now speaking with a superior.

Hey, yeah, I talked to her. She’s not gonna come back. But maybe just keep the job open for a couple weeks. Like, don’t post it yet, cause I’m really not sure how this Christmas tree farm thing is gonna pan out. I mean, she mentioned something about opening a year-round hot chocolate shop, but, like, what is that? That makes no sense.

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#I love how ali looms as a threatening force the entire video #and she does try to commit murder suicide #absolute cinema (via @dragoonthegreat)

Okay, maybe this meme isn't so stupid after all

"Amore! [derogatory]"

I wasn't going to reblog this, but then it got to that last one. Mad respect to the guy in that one for holding the pose.

Fave was the one where they just jumped directly into the water chcjdks

Mightiest of mighty beans

I want whatever it is that these two have

Context! This is called a Jack and Jill! It's a contest in a style called West Coast Swing.

Here's the thing... it's ALL improv. The whole thing. And those two? Randomly matched.

Dance is a sport where strangers fall madly in love for a few minutes. And I need more all the time.

damn, what sorcery that she's doing that in BOOTS?

I’m sorry, wait stop. That was IMPROV???

Dance like this is a magic I just can’t fathom.

Oh yeah the fun thing about being even a base level performance dancer is that you can actively see their communication the entire time! Some of it is more obvious than other but if this was choreographed they wouldn’t need to communicate hardly at all. Lemme break down a few spots!

The moment in the beginning when they started dancing helped them set the tone and energy for eachother so they knew what type of dancing to expect, and they proceeded to pull from that vibe the entire time.

Around the quarter mark when they’re spinning around, green shirt looks at purple shirt’s feet, watching to see if purple was going to move. Purple then takes that and begins to move backwards, into the hand switch (which would have been far more fluid choreographed) and as purple raises their arm, green does the dramatic lean back utilizing the visual element of her hair. Unclear if purple necessarily was the reason but they were definitely asking for some sort of flair and green definitely delivered.

An easier one to see was that the trust fall was not planned but you could see the Very Direct Communication from the purple to the green offering that opportunity. Green didn’t have to take it but when they saw the opportunity they then positioned themselves and timed it with the music so the drop in the music coincided with their torso hitting purple’s arms.

Also the little coordinated butt wiggle at the end when green let purple lead was hilarious loved that.

There’s more but I don’t feel like giving a play-by-play but maybe y’all can see more of it now that I’ve pointed out examples! Remember folks, dancing with others is about communication!

This line killed me