<P> Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter's (Chiwetel Ejiofor) marriage is videotaped by the best man, Mark (Andrew Lincoln). Although both Juliet and Peter believe that Mark dislikes Juliet, he is in love with her . When Mark evades Juliet's requests to see the video he made at the wedding, Juliet visits Mark . She says she wants them to be friends and when she finds and views the wedding video, it turns out to be just adoring close - ups of her . After an uncomfortable silence, Mark blurts out that he snubs her out of "self - preservation ." On Christmas Eve, Juliet answers the doorbell to find Mark, carrying a boombox playing Christmas songs and large cue cards on which he has written, without expectation of reciprocation, that he loves her . As he walks away, Juliet runs after him to give him a quick kiss before she returns inside . </P> <P> Writer Jamie (Colin Firth) is pushed to Juliet and Peter's wedding by his girlfriend (Sienna Guillory) as she feigns illness . He returns between the ceremony and the reception to check on her, and discovers that she is having an affair with his brother . Crushed, Jamie withdraws to his French cottage where he meets Portuguese housekeeper Aurélia (Lúcia Moniz), who does not speak English . Despite their inability to communicate, they become attracted to each other . When Jamie returns to England, he realises he is in love with Aurélia and begins learning Portuguese . He returns to France to find her and ends up walking through town, gathering people as they walk to her job at a restaurant . In his broken Portuguese he declares his love for her and proposes . She says yes in broken English as the crowd erupts in applause . </P> <P> Harry (Alan Rickman) is the managing director of a design agency; Mia (Heike Makatsch) is his new secretary . Harry is comfortably married to his wife, Karen (Emma Thompson), who stays home to raise their children . Harry becomes increasingly aroused by Mia's overtly sexual behaviour at the office and does nothing to dissuade her . At the company Christmas party held at Mark's gallery, he not only inquires if Mark is her boyfriend, but dances closely with her . While at the shops, he calls Mia to find out what she wants for Christmas and ends up almost caught by his wife purchasing an expensive necklace from the jewellery department thanks to the salesman Rufus (Rowan Atkinson). Later on, Karen discovers the necklace in Harry's coat pocket and happily assumes it is a gift for her . When he hands her a similarly shaped box to open on Christmas Eve, she is heartbroken to find it is a Joni Mitchell CD, meaning that the necklace was for someone else . She confronts Harry and asks him what he would do if he was her . Harry begs her forgiveness . She responds that he has made a mockery of their marriage and of her . </P> <P> Karen's brother, David (Hugh Grant), is the recently elected Prime Minister . Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) is a new junior member of the household staff at 10 Downing Street . During a meeting with the U.S. President (Billy Bob Thornton), they run into Natalie and the president makes some inappropriate comments to David about Natalie's body . Later, David walks in on Natalie serving tea and biscuits to the president, and it appears that something untoward is happening . Natalie seems ashamed, but the President has a sly grin on his face . At the following joint press conference, David is uncharacteristically assertive while taking a stand against the President's intimidating policies . Finding that his relationship with Natalie has become strained and a distraction, David has her moved to another job . However, he is spurred to action on Christmas Eve when he finds a Christmas card from Natalie declaring that she is his and no one else's . After a door to door search of her street, he comes across Mia, who informs him that Natalie lives next door . The entire family is on their way out the door to a multi-school Christmas play and he offers to drive them so he can talk to her . After Natalie sneaks him in to the school, he runs into his heartbroken sister who believes he is there for his niece and nephew . As the two try to keep from being seen and watch the show from backstage, they finally kiss . All their hiding was for nothing because as the curtain rises, they are seen kissing by everyone . </P>

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