Warning: This article contains spoilers for Meet Me Next Christmas!
Netflix Meet me next Christmas includes an exciting love triangle that leaves viewers guessing until the end who Layla will choose. The Netflix romantic comedy begins with Layla heading to the airport and her flight being canceled. She goes to the room where she meets a man named James. After developing a romantic connection, he proposes that they meet next Christmas at the Pentatonix concert – Layla’s annual tradition – if they are single.
A year later, Layla discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her and decides that this is destiny. The universe is telling her to meet James at the Pentatonix concert, but she couldn’t get a ticket that year because her boyfriend wanted to see Macklemore. For help, she turns to a personal concierge named Teddy, who needs to make her happy if she wants to keep her job. Netflix’s quintessential cheesy Christmas movie has several hilarious twists that will have audiences laughing as they watch Layla make the decision about which man is truly meant for her.
Who does Layla choose between Teddy and James in Meet Me next Christmas
As time passes Meet me next ChristmasIt’s pretty clear that Layla and Teddy have developed feelings for each other. However, this puts her in the position of deciding between meeting James at the concert or going after Teddy. Beyond just choosing between the two men, her situation is also a decision between fate – which she has leaned on throughout the film – and choice – for which she chided Teddy earlier. Ultimately, she discovers that her feelings really lie with Teddy, even though she fights to get to James all the time.
Luckily, James isn’t heartbroken over this decision because he’s moved on in the year since their interaction. He’s found a relationship with a lovely woman that’s taking him to the Pentatonix show. The couple cheers for Layla as she runs onto the stage after Teddy’s grand gesture, showing that James is the genuine, kind person Layla remembers at the airport. They just have better matches with other people, which fits with the Netflix rom-com’s overall theme that choice can be better than fate.
Teddy’s grand gesture in Meet Me Next Christmas explained
With Pentatonix’s help, Teddy plans to confess his feelings to Layla on stage at Pentatonix’s concert after acting as Santa Claus. Through conversations, he discovers that she leans toward destiny, but also has a penchant for grand gestures, romantic overtures, and emotional vulnerability. Your plan includes all of these things. What he doesn’t plan on is the fact that he has to climb to the top of the stage to fall onto the stage.
Despite his enormous fear of heights in Meet me next ChristmasTeddy climbs to the top, but panics when it’s time to climb down the chimney. He can’t go down in the parachute. Teddy misses his musical cue, so Pentatonix has the audience cheer him on with the entire group singing and clapping. Eventually he takes the step and faces his fears, which is a romantic aspect of the story that Layla never gets to see, as she isn’t in the room when he comes down the chimney.
How Layla Gets Her Ticket to Pentatonix
The central conflict in Meet Me Next Christmas is the fact that Layla wants to go to the Pentatonix concert to meet James, believing that he is the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, tickets are sold out on all websites, which leads her to look for a personal concierge, Teddy, to get one. Unfortunately, this proves to be much more difficult than expected. After trying a ticket office, online sites, a scalper on Craigslist, and a vaguely cult couple, the situation seems hopeless. Teddy even blasts Pentatonix’s Instagram DMs, hoping they’ll help him.
However, Teddy finds out from his cousin – the most entertaining character in Meet me next Christmas – that they can have two tickets to the show if they win the Snow Ball, an annual lip sync competition. After being coached by Jordy, the two give a fantastic performance of the song “Santa Baby” by Kiki Halliday and KOVAS. Unfortunately, they come second in the Snow Ball competition, losing their tickets. Even so, they win because they kiss and realize how they feel about each other.
In a shocking turn of events, Pentatonix has been following their story all along through Teddy’s DMs and decides to give Layla the only remaining ticket to the show if Teddy agrees to play Santa Clausplanning to play matchmaker for the couple. Ultimately, this single act of kindness kicks off the ending, which is equal parts cheesy and adorable.
Teddy and Layla’s cute date explained
At the beginning of Meet Me Next Christmas, Layla goes to the lounge after her flight is canceled. She goes to get a quiche from the buffet and a man grabs it at the same time. The pair don’t speak for more than a few moments, but he still impresses by drawing a smiley face on his sriracha quiche. This interaction is soon overshadowed in the film by the meet-cute between Layla and James.
However, the moment becomes important in the future, as she keeps the glass he accidentally dropped in her bag, an item that is sentimental to her, as it was when she met James. Ultimately, this cup is what helps Layla and Teddy finally understand that they have already met.
Although she thinks meeting James was fate, it can be argued that Teddy dropping the cup into her purse was an act of the universe as they were meant to be together. Especially since, later in the film, they have their first truly romantic moment when they cook crème brûlée together in the same glass containers. Alternatively, if both acts are fate, it seems more likely that some cosmic force actually caused neither act, but instead mere coincidences that mattered because Layla thought they mattered.
The true meaning of the Meet Me Next Christmas ending
Meet Me Next Christmas is a classic Christmas love story where someone thinks fate is guiding them towards one person, but they actually end up falling in love with someone else. This same theme has been present repeatedly, including in several Hallmark films and the finale of Prime Video’s About destiny. Overall, all of these films have the same core message – People’s lives are what they choose to make of them, and they are responsible for finding happiness in relationships.
Ultimately, there was no wrong choice between James and Teddy in Meet me next Christmasjust like there was no right choice between James’s girlfriend and Layla. They both had to choose a person who brought them joy, and it all comes down to being in the right place at the right time with someone who fits into their lives.