The hilarious holiday rom-com EXmas is out on Freevee now, and in case you missed it, it's about two exes that are forced to reunite over the holidays. Here's the trailer:
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**WARNING: SOME SPOILERS AHEAD**
For our first ex we have Graham, played by Robbie Amell, whose boss is kicking his butt at work, and who decides to ditch his family over Christmas.
His parents take Christmas very seriously, and are not pleased.
And because Graham isn't coming home, they decide to invite his ex-fiancée (played by Leighton Meester) for Christmas instead — whom they've secretly been keeping in touch with.
Cue an advent calendar of Christmas mayhem when Graham actually shows up!
Here are 12 things that can happen when your parents invite your ex home for the holidays, and why this should never, ever be allowed to happen. You can send this to your parents if you think the message needs reinforcing.
1. First of all, as discussed, your parents went ahead and invited your ex for the holidays, so when you do show up, instead of being glad to see you they will be upset. This is somehow your fault, like everything else!
2. Then they'll be so bamboozled they'll try to hide what they've done from you, as if your ex isn't about to walk into the living room any moment now.
3. When you see your ex, all the awful and upsetting memories of them leaving you for no reason will come flooding back.
4. And because it will hurt and because you'll be so taken by surprise, your worst self is going to spontaneously erupt from you in front of everyone.
5. You'll be relegated to sleep on the couch because your parents will insist your precious ex should have your room so they can be more comfortable. Infuriating!
6. Your ex will make a bet that because your parents like them more, you'll be the one that is asked to leave your own family home by Christmas morning.
7. Meanwhile, your ex will of course be on their absolute best behavior in front of your parents, charming them and making you look bad. Unbelievable!
8. In fact, your ex will be doing their absolute best to turn your family against you. This may include toilet pranks, the lowest of the low.
9. Being someone who is probably comfortable with cheating, your ex will beat you at Scrabble and every other game, and your self esteem will plummet so low it will be somewhere near the South Pole.
10. And as you are progressively feeling more and more alienated in your own home, your ex will be up in your childhood room, in the comfort of your bed, eating croissants and spilling crumbs everywhere because that's exactly something they would do.
11. Of course your parents will defend your ex until the end, because they don't see the evil side that you see. They only see the perfect angel side.
12. And, worst of all, your ex will have time to buy every single family member amazing presents that take the shine off the travel neck pillows you thoughtfully picked up at the airport for everyone on your way home.
But you know what? It's the holidays, the most romantic time of the year. If you can figure out your differences, this might actually end well. You can check out EXmas on Freevee here if you want to see how it works out for Ali and Graham.
