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The Young and the Restless Season 53 Episode 55 br Wednesday December 24 2025
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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, 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.
01:49For all of you, I'm so happy to be with you.
02:13Welcome home.
02:40After a day in the trenches, it is good to be home.
02:44I 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.
02:53Thank you. I would like to offer you some holiday cheer.
02:57Okay.
02:58Yeah.
03:01Delicious.
03:03Hmm.
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, but right here and right now,
03:26I want to leave Victor Newman and all his chaos on the other side of that door and just enjoy the evening.
03:42It's Christmas Eve. Where else would I be?
03:46You threatened to leave me.
03:51And this morning, I did not hear you get up to go to work.
03:55Because 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.
04:10I agree.
04:16The moment I walked in here brought me right back to last Christmas.
04:31Which was our first Christmas in this new house.
04:36And I was reminded how incredibly happy I was then.
04:40We video chatted with Noah in London.
04:45We gave him a virtual tour of the house. Do you remember that?
04:49Yeah, 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.
05:01Who knew so much would change in a year?
05:05I'm very glad I made peace with him.
05:08And invited him into the family.
05:12It was a lovely gesture.
05:16So I guess...
05:18You and I are still angry with each other.
05:22For the sake of the children, I hope that we, you know, can lay it to rest during the holidays.
05:27I would love nothing more.
05:30But I can't pretend that what you're doing to Jack is all right, because it isn't.
05:36And I'm not going to change my mind.
05:40Let's not talk about it.
05:41Let's not talk about it.
06:02Victor.
06:05Do you really think a gift can solve everything?
06:08Please open it.
06:10Let's make tonight about us.
06:12The love.
06:14How lucky we are to have each other in such an amazing family.
06:18I can think of no better way to enjoy my evening.
06:20No.
06:22Wow.
06:24Looks great.
06:26So, uh, it is a little quiet.
06:27Where is our amazing family?
06:29Well, as you know, Ashley is spending the holidays in Paris.
06:31And Tracy went out to dinner with Amy.
06:32Oh.
06:33I love hearing that.
06:35The two of them have had a very difficult year.
06:36Spending time with a lifelong friend can be a real comfort.
06:38And our, uh, our son and our grandson?
06:40Oh, Kyle took Harrison to a friend's Christmas party.
06:41And word has it, there'll be a pinata.
06:43Ooh, Harrison will be thrilled.
06:44And you know what?
06:45Kyle getting to see the kids having fun, getting excited about Santa, will maybe put him in a better mood.
07:01I hope so.
07:02I'm kind of worried about him with Claire.
07:07I know that he got her a Christmas present, but I don't think he has any hope of any kind of 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.
07:24I guess old love has its perks.
07:27Well, I prefer to think of it as mature love.
07:30Ah.
07:31Yeah.
07:32You know, as much as I am looking forward to our Christmas tradition of my reading a visit from St. Nicholas to Harrison,
07:38the visions dancing through my head right now have nothing to do with sugar plums.
07:44Oh, you'd better be careful.
07:45You've been so nice all year.
07:47You don't want to get put on the naughty list, do you?
07:51I don't know.
07:52Maybe.
07:53Maybe.
07:58Well, that's a, that's a heck of a tree right there.
08:00Well, it was the only one left on the lot.
08:03So, I, I guess that's what happens when you wait until the last minute.
08:06Yeah, yeah.
08:07And clearly you beat Charlie Brown to the tree because, uh, he would have picked that one.
08:11Dad.
08:12Yeah, well.
08:13Well, I think it's perfect.
08:15Yeah.
08:16It is. It's beautiful.
08:17Once we decorate it, you know, with lights and ornaments, it'll be beautiful.
08:21Ah.
08:22My bad.
08:23I'm sorry.
08:24What?
08:25I got lights.
08:26I don't have ornaments.
08:27I 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.
08:38But what are we gonna do?
08:39We can't just leave the tree like this.
08:41It looks so sad.
08:45Yeah.
08:47I have an idea.
08:48Sally, you saved the day.
08:57Oh, well, I don't know about that.
08:59Oh, it's brilliant.
09:00I think it's charming.
09:01I think we should have a popcorn tree every year.
09:03Yeah.
09:04I kinda did.
09:05Some years I didn't even have a tree.
09:07That's terrible.
09:08I know, right?
09:09But, you know what?
09:10The years we did, we certainly didn't have many ornaments, so we had to be creative if
09:14we wanted to decorate our tree and deck our halls.
09:16I'm sorry that your childhood was so difficult.
09:19I survived, and I gained popcorn skills.
09:23And we are grateful for that.
09:25Well, thank you.
09:26Thank you both for having us over.
09:28Of course.
09:29You know, it's your first Christmas without Cole.
09:31We just want you to know that we're here for you.
09:35Hey, stop eating the decorations.
09:37Yeah.
09:38That's my good delights, which is the hardest part, ask anyone.
09:41Maybe you two could give your parents the best Christmas present ever.
09:44I don't know if we could afford that.
09:45I don't know if we could afford that.
09:46Well, it's free.
09:47Can you just please not fight, at least for tonight?
09:49Yeah, just one silent night, please.
09:52Come on, that was good.
09:53Bad.
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.
10:02Beth, you totally killed it.
10:03Oh, I hope so.
10:05So how's Apple Communications going?
10:07Are you having fun?
10:08I am.
10:09Yeah, yeah.
10:10Best time.
10:11What's your engagement rate?
10:12Wow.
10:13Wow.
10:14Tom might be running the company someday.
10:15Yeah, I've been working on it for months and all of a sudden now you're interested, huh?
10:18Yeah.
10:19So, just curious, how is this going to be different from Uncle Adam's media company?
10:23In every possible way.
10:24Like how?
10:25Integrity for one, transparency.
10:27Unlike Adam and Chelsea, we're not going to run this company and weaponize it to go against
10:30people that think differently than us.
10:32Oh, Billy.
10:33We're not going to use unsubstantiated stories in order to go after our competitors.
10:36You know, maybe we could table this conversation for a different time.
10:39Sure, but I also think it's important for Johnny and Katie to know if they're going to start a business,
10:43they should be thinking about integrity.
10:45Something that, you know, that means something.
10:47What, like gambling off the jabot?
10:49Johnny.
10:50It's okay.
10:52Johnny, you're not wrong.
10:54I, uh, I've made a lot of mistakes, but I've learned from my mistakes.
10:58And because of that, I have a new outlook on life and in business.
11:02And a lot of that comes from this woman sitting beside me here.
11:04Oh, I don't know if I could take credit for that.
11:07That's true.
11:08You've helped me see what's important.
11:10It's not about holding grudges or fighting back all the time.
11:13I've had the pleasure of watching you work day in and day out,
11:16and your drive and your focus for happy communications is something to be proud of.
11:20She's a star.
11:22One that I'm willing to follow anywhere.
11:24A star.
11:25We don't have a star for the tree.
11:30You, the candles, the decorations, the Christmas spirit.
11:37Exactly what I needed.
11:38And I had no idea.
11:39How is it you always know how to bring me out of the churn and back into some semblance of peace?
11:45That's what this season's about in a way.
11:47Short days, long dark nights where you come together with the people you love and find the light in their hearts.
11:56Wow.
11:57That was very poetic.
11:59I think it's the eggnog.
12:02You know, despite everything that's happening on the other side of that door, our home has never felt so much like home.
12:14I was, I was really lost for a long time.
12:19But 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.
12:41And you have returned that love one hundredfold.
12:45Nurtured it, grown it.
12:48Your love, your joy, your light has brought me so much happiness, I cannot imagine a world without you next to me.
12:58Here.
12:59Cheers.
13:00Merry Christmas.
13:01Merry Christmas.
13:02Oh.
13:03Oh, my God.
13:04This is exquisite.
13:19I've never seen anything like this.
13:23It's believed to have been part of the collection of Maria Theresa, who was the only female monarch in the Habsburg Empire.
13:35Wasn't she the mother of Marie Antoinette?
13:37She was.
13:38She had fifteen children.
13:40Oh.
13:41Well, that's where all the similarities end.
13:44This is just beautiful.
13:48It's so rare.
13:50You want me to put it on you?
13:57Okay.
13:58It's beautiful.
14:23It's beautiful.
14:25There's something else, though.
14:32It's a little note.
14:35Apparently, this was part of Maria Theresa's letters.
14:40My heart is entirely devoted to my people, and I shall never spare myself where their welfare is concerned.
14:52That sounds like something you could have written.
14:58Ah.
14:59This really is magnificent.
15:12I'm glad to see your smile again.
15:15I know what you're doing.
15:18What?
15:19What?
15:20What am I doing?
15:21You're trying to charm me, which you're very good at, into getting me to change my stance on the situation with Jack.
15:29I am not.
15:31I'm just trying to, you know, get rid of all the conflicts, before tomorrow, our children.
15:48What?
15:49What's this?
16:05I bought it for you a long time ago, before we were fighting.
16:12I am feeling far more festive than I did just a little while ago.
16:19Well, that's the idea.
16:21So, uh, I know you said that Kyle's and my love for you is the only gift you needed this year.
16:26I was hoping that maybe you could make room for just one more.
16:31Oh, no, no.
16:32You got me something.
16:33We said no presents this year.
16:35I wouldn't help myself.
16:39Here you go.
16:41Go ahead, open it.
16:43I have a confession.
16:44What?
16:45Hmm.
16:49For you.
16:50What happened to the whole no gifts thing?
16:52Oh, I couldn't help myself.
16:54All right, you go ahead.
16:55You open yours first.
16:56Okay.
16:57Okay.
17:02Max Factor's autobiography.
17:05First edition.
17:06Big deal.
17:07Wow.
17:08I remember you telling me that your father has such admiration for Max Factor and how he rose to fame in Hollywood.
17:14This man built an incredible family company with his children and his grandchildren carrying on the legacy he created for them.
17:22Just like John Abbott.
17:24Two visionaries for whom family meant everything.
17:27Well, after you told me the story, I read the book myself and I was blown away by the scope of what he created and accomplished and with his family by his side.
17:40And, of course, with Jabot Classic, I am very inspired by the man who coined the term makeup.
17:48I know I talk about my father a lot.
17:52The butt of jokes every once in a while.
17:54But, look, that you remembered that conversation about my father means everything to me.
18:05I love my gift.
18:06I will cherish this forever.
18:10Ready for the reveal?
18:11Yes.
18:13Hey!
18:14Oh!
18:15Look at that. It's beautiful.
18:17It just needed a little bit of love, I guess, huh?
18:19Yeah.
18:20But it's always a star or an angel on top.
18:22Since you're such an angel, maybe you can just sit on it.
18:24Johnny!
18:25Come on, Johnny. What happened to the truce?
18:26I mean it.
18:27I love my kid sister.
18:28You can be a little bit of pain sometimes, but I think she's pretty cool.
18:31Thanks for noticing the cool part.
18:33There it is. Peace on Earth, at least for a moment.
18:35You know what? The garlands on that tree remind me of.
18:39You remember those little tin stars that we used to make when you were little?
18:43We can make a big one for the tree!
18:45Oh, yeah.
18:46Do you have tinfoil?
18:47We do have tinfoil.
18:49Follow me.
18:50All right.
18:51Yeah.
18:52Come on, come on, come on.
18:56Billy, you know, he 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.
19:15Especially if he's not.
19:18I've seen this before.
19:21His jokes, his optimism, his energy.
19:23It's like he's trying really hard to sell this new and improved outlook.
19:28Not just to everyone, but to himself.
19:34Don't worry about the same thing.
19:36I 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.
19:53But after what Jill did to him, the way she betrayed him, I mean, that hurt and that anger, it runs...
19:58It's so deep.
20:01And it's a hatred for Victor.
20:04I'm very well aware.
20:07It's just as hard as he's trying.
20:09I mean, we just saw how close to the surface that anger really is.
20:12I 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 motivated by anger.
20:25You know, wanting to get back at someone or prove something to them.
20:29I can't say that I can think of any.
20:35You know, when Billy and I first got closer, after Adam and Chelsea cheated on us,
20:42we were hyper aware that it was very possible that the only motivation for us to take our friendship to the next level was revenge.
20:52But we talked about it.
20:55A lot.
20:56And, you know, we were very confident that it wasn't about that at all, that what we had was real.
21:05Billy doesn't confide in me about his feelings for you.
21:08But I can tell by the way he spoke about you at the launch party and also tonight that, um, Billy's feelings aren't about anything or anyone but you.
21:23Yeah, I mean, I don't doubt his heart.
21:27I mean, at least the part he's given to me, it's just the other part, the broken part, that worries me.
21:32Why?
21:33Billy has sworn to me that he has let go of that anger.
21:42That he's just focused on the positive with us and with the success of Avid Communications.
21:46And I really want to believe that that is genuine and sustainable.
21:51I just, I, I've been through this.
21:54This kind of white-knuckled optimism.
21:56I've, I've lived through it before.
21:58When?
22:00My father.
22:03He could be so much like Billy.
22:07Never met a bet that he didn't like, couldn't win.
22:10Except for when he didn't, which was most of the time.
22:14He had one speed, it was go for broke.
22:17Which usually got him in trouble.
22:20And when he did, he just doubled down.
22:22Then came the booze.
22:27To numb the pain and...
22:30Anyway, I, I picked him up off the floor figuratively and literally.
22:36More times than I can count.
22:39May I ask you a question?
22:41Yeah, anything.
22:42Are you trying to love Billy?
22:44Or save him?
22:58It's gorgeous.
22:59That necklace belonged to Coco Chanel.
23:03The Coco Chanel?
23:05She made so many iconic pieces of jewelry at Maison Grupois.
23:10This one she kept to herself.
23:12Oh my God, Jack, I love it.
23:15May I?
23:17Please.
23:18Let's see.
23:21Okay.
23:23I did.
23:25Oh.
23:30Wow.
23:32I don't know which one outshines the other.
23:35The necklace or the gem that is my wife.
23:41Hmm.
23:45How interesting.
23:47It's one of Hannah Arendt's personal journals.
23:51Hannah Arendt?
23:54Whoa, baby, how did you...
23:57You know, she was one of the most important German-American thinkers and philosophers.
24:04I know how much you admire her work, and when I learned it was available,
24:08I thought it should live in your library.
24:11I love this.
24:14Well, I guess this Christmas, even though we disagree on a few topics,
24:21we were on the same wavelength when it came to buying each other gifts.
24:29Very personal.
24:32Do you know what I do every year the day after Christmas?
24:35No.
24:37I start thinking about what I'm gonna get you the next Christmas.
24:41Why's that?
24:43I have to work hard to keep up with you.
24:53How many Christmases have you and I spent together?
24:57How many of them?
24:59Too many to count.
25:02Just try to remember.
25:06Because...
25:09Those were some of the happiest times in our lives.
25:11I was telling the kids earlier that...
25:27my family didn't have a lot growing up.
25:30And I was okay with that.
25:34You 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...
25:46kid-sized sewing machine.
25:48And I knew...
25:52that it was way more than anyone could or...
25:55would...
25:56ever...
25:57spend on me.
25:59But I couldn't stop talking about it.
26:03Or dreaming about it.
26:05And my father...
26:07he swore...
26:09up and down...
26:11that he was gonna get it for me.
26:16It wasn't there Christmas morning, was it?
26:19It wasn't.
26:20It wasn't.
26:24And 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'd let me down.
26:42It was just on to the next dream that wasn't gonna come true,
26:45or the next...
26:46promise that he was gonna break,
26:47the next thing he couldn't deliver.
26:50So...
26:56when Billy...
26:57promised me...
26:58this amazing future...
27:00with Abbott Communications...
27:01and then it was gone.
27:03Now it's back.
27:07I've just been through this before, you know?
27:09I can't...
27:11I don't wanna do it again.
27:12I can't.
27:14This has to be real...
27:15with Billy.
27:18We're never gonna make it.
27:20We 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?
27:41What?
27:42I...
27:43I know it's not exactly the tree at Rockefeller Center.
27:46But I think it'll do nicely.
27:49Want to help you with that or what?
27:50No, no, no, I can do it.
27:51How'd you know I was here?
27:52Michael told me.
27:53That last minute I could barely get my things out, but...
27:54Anyway...
27:55I've got your tree.
27:56Ta-da!
27:57Well, at least it looks like Ebony's or Scrooge doesn't live there.
27:58It's not exactly the tree at Rockefeller Center.
27:59It's not exactly the tree at Rockefeller Center.
28:01But I think it'll do nicely.
28:05Want to help you with that or what?
28:06No, no, no, I can do it.
28:07What?
28:08How'd you know I was here?
28:10Michael told me.
28:11That last minute I could barely get my things out, but...
28:17Anyway...
28:19I've got your tree.
28:21Ta-da!
28:22Well, at least it looks like Ebony's or Scrooge doesn't live there.
28:29What are you doing for Christmas?
28:31This night, a long day.
28:32I'm traveling soon.
28:33Yeah, I get it.
28:34I just wanted to make sure that you're not alone.
28:38That's all.
28:39I'll keep busy with the holiday, okay?
28:42Well, the family is getting together.
28:43If you'd like to join us, you're welcome.
28:45No, thank you.
28:46I'll be fine.
28:48You could do a lot worse.
28:50A lot of people are this year.
28:53Anyway...
28:54Don't forget to water the tree.
28:57And...
28:58Good night.
28:59Good night.
29:04Good night.
29:21Rina.
29:24I probably didn't tell you then, but that Christmas tree meant everything to me.
29:27everything to me we might have been apart but um you're always in my heart
29:39well 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
29:54it's days like this when you realize how truly important they are yeah
30:06especially this day
30:10i remember when i first told you what happened on the 24th of december
30:16when i was seven years old my mother left me in an 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
30:38so she left me at an orphanage
30:47and now look at what we have
30:48life we have built together
30:59beautiful children we have
31:12i'm i'm so sorry i i know that was a lot to put on you especially on christmas eve i know this is a rough one for you
31:36you and billy have made this a really warm one
31:42letting people in and sharing our hearts
31:44together 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
31:55i 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
32:09ta-da oh that's beautiful now it really is perfect yeah it really is perfect well i think
32:19since our work here is done i should probably get these kids home thank you already well thank you
32:25for having us yes where's yours oh and your presents are going to be under your mom's tree
32:31at home because clearly there's no room for them here can we do this every year please i don't see why
32:37not hold on you got your daughter scarfed here merry christmas merry christmas i love you that's
32:43yours i'll uh i'll talk to you tomorrow okay bye love you i'll see you guys tomorrow
32:52well that was fun that was fun they did an amazing job on that tree and with everything else of course
33:01yeah the only thing missing is delia's ornament i'm sorry
33:08it's okay it's always right here she loved this time of year though she's it for believing
33:16that's what they say
33:20i believe in you
33:23i believe in us what we can accomplish i don't know if it's the end of the holidays or
33:29i don't know just the feeling of being on the right path but no more regrets only looking forward
33:39it's because of you sadly i'm just grateful you're in my life
33:42i believe
33:45merry christmas
33:47merry christmas
33:54i promise you i will do whatever it takes to protect your family and its legacy
34:17you know that
34:18you 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
34:31you know that we abbots can't be stopped
34:35ever
34:39merry christmas
34:39merry christmas mrs abbott
34:50we have survived so much yes we have my darling
35:00many times i thought we were down for the count you know
35:02and we always came back and look what we have now
35:12it's a beautiful home beautiful children
35:16grand showroom
35:18even a great grandchild
35:22we have a lot to be proud of
35:23merry christmas
35:37it's time to spread some holiday cheer
35:53here's to a season filled with love
35:55light and laughter
35:57and time to celebrate
35:58with old friends
35:59and maybe some new ones too
36:01we're sending you warm wishes
36:03and lots of holiday joy
36:04may your holidays be merry and bright
36:06thank you for welcoming us into your homes
36:09your support is the greatest gift of all
36:11and we thank you so very much
36:13everyone
36:15and the young and the restless
36:17wishes all the best
36:19this holiday season
36:36join us again for the young and the restless
36:57we thank you
37:02our
37:04and
37:05our
37:07we
37:08we
37:09and
37:10and
37:10we
37:12we
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