Your Teaser Tuesday is from Snowbound with Mr. Wrong, and in the short clip, our hero Nick, AKA Santa, is trying to change a five-year-old’s mind:

“Well, anyhow, look at all this good food. You’ve got a whole bowlful of chicken wings, right in front of you.”

“Don’t like chicken wings. I like drumsticks.” Tommy flung himself back against his chair and crossed his arms.

Swallowing a smile, Lyssa passed close behind Nick’s chair. “Need any help?” she asked.

“No problem,” he muttered. “Tommy, my man,” he said more energetically, “let me give you a lesson in life. Sometimes you have to negotiate.”

“What’s that?”

“That means talk things over, figure out how you can compromise.”

“What’s that?” Tommy’s tone clearly said his limited patience would soon run out.

As Lyssa took her seat, she looked at Nick in surprise. Compromise certainly hadn’t been high on his list of priorities with her a few months ago.

“Compromise,” Nick said, “means you have to give and take.”

“I got it!” The little boy flung himself forward again, grinning and thumping his fist against the tabletop. “I give you chicken. And I take dessert.”

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