The Ending Of Falling For Christmas Explained

The film may be set up as a traditional love story, but there's some real magic in the air on top of the sparks flying between Sierra and Jake. Viewers know that Avy made a wholesome Christmas wish for her dad to find love at the wishing tree, but it may have been more than a naive kid's dream for her father to be happy.

Sierra, Jake, and Avy first meet a man dressed like Santa at the Christmas market, and he just so happens to have the one thing that would spark Sierra's memory lying around his booth: A Santa snow globe. Of course, the object is a callback to Sierra's memory of her mother's snow globe and the first person she comes to remember.

Sure, Santa has a twinkle in his eye, but at this point, that can be chalked up to coincidence. Later in the film, when Jake decides to profess his love to Sierra, they find a gift sleigh at the lodge. So, who, if not Santa, left it for them? 

Another moment alluding to Santa's bona fides is simply outside the realm of coincidence. When Jake tries to find Sierra for the big (not-so-unexpected) romantic declaration, who's there to guide him in the right direction? Yup, Santa. And he lives up to his mildly creepy watcher schtick as he peeps Avy's wish come true with that patented twinkle.