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00:00Will you look?
00:00The kids have been looking forward to this, like, all day.
00:04I thought Claire was coming.
00:05Oh, uh, well, we left her at home with a mountain of presents to wrap
00:09and a pot of hot cocoa to help her power through it.
00:11Where's Johnny?
00:12He's bringing in the tree.
00:13Okay, so he doesn't drag her from the car to the front door.
00:15I'll go help him.
00:16No, I'll need it.
00:18I got it.
00:20Merry Christmas, Dad.
00:30Merry Christmas, Dad.
01:00Merry Christmas, Dad.
01:04How wonderful to have our tree up for the holiday in our beautiful new house.
01:09Well, I'm so happy you love it.
01:10I think it really is something, isn't it?
01:12Oh, Victor, you couldn't have given me a better Christmas gift.
01:17Oh, I can't remember the last time I felt so joyful.
01:26After all that you've been through this year,
01:28you deserve this and more.
01:47I didn't think you were coming home tonight.
01:49Oh, my God.
02:15Welcome home?
02:41After a day in the trenches, it is good to be home.
02:45I was afraid it was going to be that bad.
02:47Yeah, the siege mentality has taken root and it's exhausting.
02:51You look wonderful.
02:54I would like to offer you some holiday cheer.
02:57Okay.
02:58Yeah.
03:02Delicious.
03:04So even though we're enduring our own nightmare before Christmas, thanks to Victor Newman,
03:10I want tonight to be about one thing only.
03:15Peace on earth, goodwill towards men.
03:19Does that include Victor?
03:20Oh, there's not enough coal in the world for that one.
03:23But right here and right now, I want to leave Victor Newman and all his chaos on the other
03:31side of that door and just enjoy the evening.
03:43It's Christmas Eve.
03:45Where else would I be?
03:48You threatened to leave me.
03:51And this morning, I did not hear you get up to go to work.
03:54Because I've been avoiding you.
03:58I guess you're still very angry, aren't you?
04:01Oh, I'm beyond angry.
04:04But it's Christmas and I want to spend it with family.
04:08I agree.
04:23The moment I walked in here brought me right back to last Christmas, which was our first
04:32Christmas in this new house.
04:36And I was reminded how incredibly happy I was there.
04:42We video chatted with Noah in London.
04:45We gave him a virtual tour of the house.
04:47Do you remember that?
04:50Yeah, I remember.
04:52He was so happy we all were.
04:55And it was Claire's first Christmas as a Newman.
04:58Oh.
05:00And Cole's last one with us.
05:03Who knew so much would change in a year?
05:06I'm very glad I made peace with him.
05:09And invited him into the family.
05:13It was a lovely gesture.
05:17So I guess...
05:19you and I are still angry with each other.
05:21Well, for the sake of the children, I hope that we, you know, can lay it to rest during
05:27the holidays.
05:28I would love nothing more.
05:31But I can't pretend that what you're doing to Jack is all right, because it isn't.
05:37And I'm not going to change my mind.
05:41Let's not talk about it.
05:51Victor, do you really think a gift can solve everything?
06:10Please open it.
06:11Let's make tonight about us.
06:17I love how lucky we are to have each other in such an amazing family.
06:22I can think of no better way to enjoy my evening.
06:28Wow.
06:29Looks great.
06:30So, uh, it is a little quiet.
06:32Where is our amazing family?
06:34Well, as you know, Ashley is spending the holidays in Paris, and Tracy went out to dinner with Amy.
06:39Oh, I love hearing that.
06:42The two of them who had had a very difficult year spending time with a lifelong friend can
06:46be a real comfort.
06:48And our, uh, our son and our grandson?
06:50Oh, Kyle took Harrison to a friend's Christmas party, and word has it, there'll be a piñata.
06:56Ooh, Harrison will be thrilled.
06:58And you know what?
06:59Kyle getting to see the kids having fun, getting excited about Santa, will maybe put him in a
07:05better mood.
07:05I hope so.
07:07I'm kind of worried about him, with Claire.
07:11I know that he got her a Christmas present, but I don't think he has any hope of any kind
07:16of reconciliation.
07:16I think he's gone as far as thinking a clean break would be best for both of them.
07:21Young love is so complicated.
07:25I guess old love has its perks.
07:27Well, I prefer to think of it as mature love.
07:31Ah.
07:32Yeah.
07:32You know, as much as I am looking forward to our Christmas tradition of my reading a visit
07:36from St. Nicholas to Harrison, the visions dancing through my head right now have nothing
07:42to do with sugar plums.
07:44Ooh, you better be careful.
07:45You've been so nice all year.
07:48You don't want to get put on the naughty list, do you?
07:50Oh, I don't know.
07:52Maybe.
07:53Maybe.
07:53Maybe.
07:53Mm-hmm.
07:54Well, that's a heck of a tree right there.
08:00Well, it was the only one left on the lot.
08:04So, I guess that's what happens when you wait until the last minute.
08:07Yeah, yeah.
08:07And clearly, you beat Charlie Brown to the tree, because he would have picked that one.
08:11Dad.
08:12Yeah, well.
08:14Well, I think it's perfect.
08:16Yeah.
08:16It is.
08:17It's beautiful.
08:17Once we decorate it, you know, with lights and ornaments, it'll be beautiful.
08:21Ah, my bad.
08:23I'm sorry.
08:24What?
08:26I got lights.
08:27I don't have ornaments.
08:28I forgot them in the storage.
08:30So.
08:31Oh.
08:32Well, you two did just launch a major media company.
08:35So, um, it makes sense that certain things would slip between the cracks.
08:39But what are we going to do?
08:40We can't just leave the tree like this.
08:42It looks so sad.
08:46Yeah.
08:47I have an idea.
08:54Sally, you saved the day.
08:58Oh, well, I don't know about that.
08:59Oh, it's brilliant.
09:00I think it's charming.
09:02I think we should have a popcorn tree every year.
09:04Yeah.
09:04I kind of did.
09:05Some years, I didn't even have a tree.
09:07That's terrible.
09:08I know, right?
09:10But, you know what?
09:11The years we did.
09:12We certainly didn't have many ornaments, so we had to be creative if we wanted to decorate
09:15our tree and deck our homes.
09:17I'm sorry that your childhood was so difficult.
09:19I survived, and I gained popcorn skills.
09:24And we are grateful for that.
09:26Well, thank you.
09:27Thank you both for having us over.
09:29Of course.
09:30You know, it's your first Christmas without Cole.
09:32We just want you to know that we're here for you.
09:36Hey, stop eating the decorations.
09:38Yeah.
09:38That's my good delights, which is the hardest part.
09:41Ask anyone.
09:41Maybe you two could give your parents the best Christmas present ever.
09:45I don't know if we could afford that.
09:46Well, it's free.
09:47Can you just please not fight?
09:49At least for tonight.
09:50Yeah, just one silent night, please.
09:53Come on, that was good.
09:54Dad.
09:54I got a million of them.
09:55That's what we're afraid of.
09:56Tell me you didn't tell your jokes at the launch party.
09:58No, no, I saved those for you.
10:00Launches at the party was great.
10:02But you totally killed it.
10:04Oh, I hope so.
10:06So how's Apple Communications going?
10:08Are you having fun?
10:09I am.
10:10Yeah, yeah.
10:10Best time.
10:11What's your engagement rate?
10:13Wow.
10:14Wow.
10:14Someone might be running the company someday.
10:16Yeah, I've been working on it for months, and all of a sudden now you're interested, huh?
10:19Yeah.
10:20So, just curious, how is this going to be different from Uncle Adam's media company?
10:24In every possible way.
10:25Like how?
10:26Integrity for one, transparency.
10:28Unlike Adam and Chelsea, we're not going to run this company and weaponize it to go against
10:31people that think differently than us.
10:33Oh, Billy.
10:34We're not going to use unsubstantiated stories in order to go after our competitors.
10:37You know, I think we could table this conversation for a different time.
10:40Sure, but I also think it's important for Johnny and Katie to know if they're going to
10:43start a business, they should be thinking about integrity.
10:46Something that, you know, that means something.
10:48What, like gambling off the jabot?
10:50Johnny.
10:52It's okay.
10:53Johnny, you're not wrong.
10:55I, uh, I've made a lot of mistakes, but I've learned from my mistakes, and because of
10:59that, I have a new outlook on life and in business, and a lot of that comes from this
11:04woman sitting beside me here.
11:05Oh, I don't know if I could take credit for that.
11:07That's true.
11:09You've helped me see what's important.
11:10It's not about holding grudges or fighting back all the time.
11:14I've had the pleasure of watching you work day in and day out, and your drive and your
11:17focus for Abbey Communications is something to be proud of.
11:21She's a star.
11:23One that I'm willing to follow anywhere.
11:25A star?
11:26We don't have a star for the tree.
11:31You, the candles, the decorations, the Christmas spirit, exactly what I needed, and I had no
11:39idea.
11:40How is it you always know how to bring me out of the churn and back into some semblance
11:45of peace?
11:46That's what this season's about, in a way.
11:48Short days, long dark nights where you come together with the people you love and find
11:55the light in their hearts.
11:57Wow.
11:58That was very poetic.
12:01I think it's the eggnog.
12:02You know, despite everything that's happening on the other side of that door, our home has
12:10never felt so much like home.
12:14I was, I was really lost for a long time.
12:20But now, you've given me so much, Jack.
12:27Your love, your acceptance, a second chance with Kyle.
12:33The life that I share with you and our son is everything to me.
12:39It's the only gift I'd ever want.
12:42And you have returned that love one hundredfold.
12:46Nurtured it.
12:47Grown it.
12:49Your love, your joy, your light.
12:53It's brought me so much happiness.
12:55I cannot imagine a world without you next to me.
12:59Here.
13:00Cheers.
13:05Merry Christmas.
13:06Merry Christmas.
13:09Oh.
13:13Oh, my God.
13:16This is exquisite.
13:19I've never seen anything like this.
13:25It's believed to have been part of the collection of Maria Teresa, who was
13:29the only female monarch in the Habsburg Empire.
13:35Wasn't she the mother of Marie Antoinette?
13:38She was.
13:39She had 15 children.
13:41Oh.
13:42Well, that's where all the similarities end.
13:46This is just beautiful.
13:49It's so rare.
13:53Want me to put it on you?
13:58Okay.
13:58It's so rare.
14:23Is it a full time?
14:24for something else though it's a little note only this was part of maria theresa's letters
14:44my heart is entirely devoted to my people and i shall never spare myself where their welfare is
14:52concerned that sounds like something you could have written thank you
15:10ah this really is magnificent i'm glad to see you smile again
15:16i know what you're doing what what am i doing you're trying to charm me which you're very good at
15:26into getting me to change my stance on the situation with jack i am not
15:32i'm just trying to you know get rid of all the conflicts before tomorrow our children
15:46i bought it for you a long time ago before we were fighting
16:16i am feeling far more festive than i did just a little while ago well that's the idea so uh
16:22i know you said that kyle said my love for you is the only gift you needed this year i was hoping that
16:27maybe you could make room for just one more oh no no you got me something we said no presents this year
16:36oh myself here you go go ahead open it i have a confession what
16:49for you what happened to the whole no gifts thing oh i couldn't help myself all right you go ahead you
16:55open yours first okay max factor's autobiography first edition big deal wow i remember you telling
17:09me that your father had such admiration for max factor and how he rose to fame in hollywood this man
17:15built an incredible family company with his children and his grandchildren carrying on the legacy he
17:22created for them just like john abbott to visionaries for whom family meant everything well after you
17:29told me the story i read the book myself and i was blown away by the scope of what he created
17:36and accomplished and with his family by his side and of course with jabot classic i am
17:43i'm very inspired by the man who coined the term makeup i know i talk about my father a lot
17:53the butt of jokes every once in a while but look if you remembered that conversation about my father
17:59means everything to me thank you i love my gift i will cherish this forever
18:08ready for the reveal yes yes hey look at that it's beautiful it's uh it's just needed a little
18:18bit of love i guess huh yeah but it's always a star or an angel on top since you're such an angel
18:24maybe you can just sit on it johnny come on johnny what happened the truce i love my kid sister you
18:29can be a little bit of pain sometimes but i think she's pretty cool thanks for noticing the cool part
18:34there it is peace on earth at least for a moment you know what garlands on that tree remind me of
18:39do you remember those little tin stars that we used to make when you were little though we can make
18:44a big one for the tree oh yeah do you have tinfoil we do have tinfoil follow me yeah come on come on
18:57billy you know he seems um seems happier than i've seen him in a long time
19:04still can't help but worry about him
19:08you know billy sometimes he acts or seems like he's okay even if he's not especially if he's not
19:18i've seen this before his jokes his optimism his energy it's like he's trying really hard to sell this
19:26new and improved outlook not just to everyone but to himself
19:34i worry about the same thing
19:35i know billy wants to believe that he's turned things around
19:49and he's trying so hard and my heart goes out to him
19:52but after what jill did to him the way she betrayed him i mean that hurt and that anger it runs
19:59so deep
20:01it's a hatred for victor
20:04i'm very well aware
20:05it's just as hard as he's trying i mean we just saw how close to the surface that anger really is
20:13i mean the way that he vented about adam that rage it's like right there
20:19i don't know it just makes me wonder if there's ever been a moment in billy's life when he wasn't
20:23motivated by anger or wanting to get back at someone or prove something to them i can't say that i can
20:31think of any
20:35you know when billy and i first got closer after adam and chelsea cheated on us
20:43we were hyper aware that it was very possible that the only motivation for us to take our friendship
20:49to the next level was revenge but we talked about it a lot and you know we were very confident that
21:00it wasn't about that at all that what we had was real billy doesn't confide in me about his feelings
21:08for you but i can tell by the way he spoke about you at the launch party and also tonight that um
21:19billy's feelings aren't about anything or anyone but you yeah i mean i don't doubt his heart
21:28i mean at least the party's given to me it's just the other part the broken part that worries me
21:33why
21:37billy has sworn to me that he has let go of that anger that he's just focused on the positive with us
21:45end with the success of avid communications and i really want to believe that that is genuine and
21:50sustainable i just i i've been through this this kind of white knuckled optimism i've lived through it
21:57before when my father
22:03he could be so much like billy never met a bet that he didn't like couldn't win
22:11except for when he didn't which was most of the time he had one speed it was go for broke
22:16which usually got him in trouble and when he did he just doubled down
22:26then came the booze
22:27to numb the pain and anyway i i picked him up off the floor figuratively and literally
22:38more times than i can count
22:40may i ask you a question
22:42yeah anything are you trying to love billy or save him
22:58it's gorgeous that necklace belonged to coco chanel the coco chanel she made so
23:06many iconic pieces of jewelry at maison gripo this one she kept to herself oh my god jack i love it
23:15may i please
23:21okay
23:22i don't know which one outshines the other the necklace or the gem that is my wife thank you
23:41so interesting
23:47it's one of hannah arendt's personal journals
23:51hannah arendt
23:54whoa baby how did you you know she was one of the most important german american thinkers and
24:03philosophers i know how much you admire her work and when i learned it was available
24:08i thought it should live in your library i love this
24:15well i guess this christmas even though we disagree on a few topics uh we were on the same
24:22wavelength when it came to buying each other gifts
24:29very personal
24:32do you know what i do every year the day after christmas no
24:36i start thinking about what i'm going to get you the next christmas
24:41why is that
24:44i have to work hard to keep up with you
24:53how many christmases have you and i spent together too many to count
25:00i try to remember
25:06because
25:09those were some of the happiest times in our lives
25:14i was telling the kids earlier that my family didn't have a lot growing up
25:30and i was okay with that you know i learned not to expect much on my birthdays and on christmas
25:41but this one year i saw this tv commercial for this kid-sized sewing machine
25:48and i knew that it was way more than anyone could or
25:55would ever spend on me but i couldn't stop talking about it
26:03or dreaming about it
26:04and my father he swore up and down
26:12that he was gonna get it for me
26:17it wasn't their christmas morning was it
26:19it wasn't
26:20and neither was my dad
26:27i'm sorry
26:29and the worst part
26:31was when i did see him
26:33it was like a week later
26:36it was just all smiles
26:39it was like he didn't even realize that he let me down
26:42he was just on to the next dream that wasn't going to come true or the next
26:46promise that he was going to break the next thing he couldn't deliver
26:50so when billy promised me this amazing future with abbott communications and then it was gone
27:03now it's back
27:08i've just been through this before you know i can't
27:12i don't want to do it again i can't this has to be real with billy
27:16we're never going to make it
27:26we have had so many wonderful christmases
27:30this is not the first time that we have been at odds with each other
27:34no it is not
27:39merry christmas
27:40may i come in
27:56i know it's not exactly the tree at rockefeller center
28:01i think it'll do nicely
28:02want to help you but then i'm up no no i can do it
28:09how'd you know i was here michael told me that last minute i could barely get my things out but
28:17anyway got your tree ta-da now at least it looks like ebony's or scrooge doesn't live here
28:25what are you doing for christmas this night a long day i'm traveling so
28:34yeah i get it i just wanted to make sure that you're not alone that's all
28:39i'll keep busy with the holiday okay
28:42well the family is getting together if you'd like to join us you're welcome no thank you i'll be fine
28:47you could do a lot worse a lot of people are this year anyway um don't forget to water the tree
28:55okay and uh good night good night
29:11well i've already thanked you for
29:17it's been a lot of people that have been a lot of people that have been a lot of people that have been
29:21you know
29:24i probably didn't tell you then but that christmas tree meant everything to me
29:31we might have been apart but um you always in my heart
29:35well i've already thanked you for the beautiful necklace
29:45but what i would most like to thank you for
29:49is our children our family our love
29:57stays like this when you realize how truly important they are yeah
30:06especially this day
30:10i remember
30:13when i first told you what happened on the 24th of december
30:21when i was seven years old
30:24my mother left me
30:27an orphanage
30:31because my father had left us and we didn't have enough money to
30:36survive she had not enough money to feed me
30:41so she left me at an orphanage
30:47and now look at what we have
30:48life we have built together
31:10beautiful children we have
31:11i'm
31:22i'm so sorry i i know that was a lot to put on you especially on christmas eve i know this is a rough
31:35one for you
31:36you and billy have made this a really warm one
31:42letting people in and sharing our hearts together that's that's what this holiday is about
31:47we did it it's beautiful you acted yourselves it's perfect who wants the honors put it on there
31:54i think katie should do it you angling for more presents is it working okay no but it just makes
32:00me love you more than i already do that's possible what can i say i'm a good guy all right you ready
32:06really i mean unless if you don't want to do it i do i do
32:09oh that's beautiful now it really is perfect yeah it really is perfect well
32:19i think since our work here is done i should probably get these kids home
32:22all right thank you for stopping well thank you for having us yes where's yours
32:28oh and your presents are going to be under your mom's tree at home because clearly there's no
32:33room for them here can we do this every year please i don't see why not hold on you got your
32:39daughter scarfed it merry christmas merry christmas i love you that's yours i'll uh i'll talk to you
32:44tomorrow okay bye love you i'll see you guys tomorrow well that was fun that was fun they did an
32:55amazing job on that tree and with everything else of course yeah the only thing missing is
33:03delia's ornament i'm sorry it's okay sorry's right here she loved this time of year though
33:13she's up for believing that's what they say i believe in you i believe in us what we can
33:25accomplish i don't know if it's the end of the holidays or i don't know just the feeling of being on
33:32the right path but no more regrets only looking forward it's because of you sadly i'm just grateful
33:41you're in my life merry christmas merry christmas
33:53i promise you i will do whatever it takes to protect your family and its legacy
34:16you know that our family you are now integral to this family and its legacy you know that right
34:28well then i'm even more determined to prove to the world that we abbots can be stopped ever
34:35merry christmas mrs abbott merry christmas mr abbott
34:47we have survived so much yes we have my darling
35:00many times i thought we were down for the count you know
35:05and we always came back and look what we have now
35:09this beautiful home beautiful showroom and showroom and a great grandchild
35:22we have a lot to be proud of
35:29merry christmas
35:39it's time to spread some holiday cheer here's to a season filled with love light and laughter and
35:57time to celebrate with old friends and maybe some new ones too we're sending you warm wishes and lots of
36:03holiday joy may your holidays be merry and bright thank you for welcoming us into your homes your support
36:10is the greatest gift of all and we thank you so very much everyone and the young and the restless
36:17wishes all the best this holiday season
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