Remember the most famous Christmas romance of all. Bob Cratchet huddling in his overcoat in the counting house of Scrooge and Marley. Scrooge is singing, Bah Hum Bug. We really get into the depths of Dickens Christmas with Scrooge visiting his own grave, Christmas future. Then in Act III, there is relief.
Scrooge has a personality change.
Tiny Tim can walk. There is a Christmas feast and everyone is happy. Whew, what a relief. Humans are something. At one end we have a marvelous brain, a mouth to stuff with food and drink.