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>> Finn: Something wrong?
>> Steffy: I'm just, uh,

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looking for the mistletoe.
>> Finn: Hmm. Well, I don't

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need mistletoe to kiss
my super hot wife.

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Ah, you did an amazing job

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with the decorations.
>> Steffy: Thanks.

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You don't think
it's a tiny bit too much?

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>> Finn: Well, the kids
like it, right?

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>> Steffy: Oh, absolutely.
>> Finn: Well, then

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that's all that matters.
>> Steffy: It was so cute

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watching Kelly help
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the ornaments on the tree.
I mean, it was adorable.

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>> Finn: Yeah, it's, um,
hard not to get

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caught up in the holiday spirit
with the kids around.

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>> Steffy: Yeah.
Yeah, That would be even

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truer if the fear of Sheila
wasn't hanging over us.

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>> Eric: Yes...

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>> Ridge: Dad?

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Hey! You wanted to see me?
>> Eric: Yes.

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It's important, sit down.
>> Ridge: No, no.

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I remember making
this for you and Mom.

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It must have been, what,
third grade, maybe.

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>> Eric: I'm sure. Yeah.
And it's, uh,

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it's hung on the Christmas tree
every year ever since.

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Along with all these
other ones from your--

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Your brother and your sisters
and... The grandkids,

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the great grandkids.
Jeez, Look at these.

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>> Ridge: Well, tradition
is important, right?

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Especially this time of year.
>> Eric: Yes, it is.

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Look, Ridge, um...
I'm worried about you.

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>> Ridge: Worried about me?
Why?

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>> Eric: I don't want you
to feel alone or untethered

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this holiday season.
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>> Katie: I--I know I shouldn't
have put off my appointment.

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I-- I should have
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And that's not good.
And...

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You haven't said anything,
which also can't be good.

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>> Carter: Maybe that's because
you haven't let the doctor

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get a word in.
That--that's why, right.

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>> Katie: Oh, yeah.
I'm so-- sorry. Um...

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So, Doctor,
what are my results?

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>> Finn: Baby, we are all
concerned about Sheila.

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And knowing that she got
away from the police yet again

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is beyond frustrating.
But she will be caught.

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>> Steffy: I keep telling
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How one day
Sheila will be behind bars for

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the rest of her miserable life.
But until then, I am

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gonna be freaked out.
>> Finn: Until then, until then

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we'll stay vigilant.
Look, I don't want

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you worrying. Okay?
Definitely not during

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the holidays, when the kids
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Our family has never
meant more to us.

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I will always be here
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>> Steffy: Oh.

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>> Finn: Okay?
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>> Ridge: I don't like
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>> Eric: I'm your father.
I'll always worry about you.

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>> Ridge: Okay, but at this
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I should have my act together,
I think.

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>> Eric: Well, if you're
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life, yes, um, I would agree
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Although when it comes
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I really can't be
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>> Ridge: See, that's why
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To try to figure out why I did
what I did, the choices I made,

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and maybe try to figure out
what's next, you know?

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>> Eric: Yeah.
So, what happened?

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And you and Brooke
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room at the same time.
What happened?

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>> Katie: Well, I have to

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admit, I put these appointments
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to the worst case scenario.
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You know, I have to face my own
mortality and I'm living

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on borrowed time as
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So, yeah, yeah, I don't
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to these appointments because I
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>> Grace: Your results
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They're all very positive.
[Katie sighing]

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>> Grace: As you know,
heart transplant rejection

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can happen at any point.
It could be days.

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It could be months.

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Years after the surgery.
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drugs your on.
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there are no indications
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You're doing well, Katie.

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>> Katie: Oh.
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>> Katie: I really am okay?
>> Grace: Yes.

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You're really okay.
And I'd go as far to say that

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you're a walking miracle.
>> Carter: This is amazing,

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Katie.
>> Grace: I'm so happy you have

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a wonderful support
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>> Katie: Me too.
>> Grace: So, go.

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Live your best life.
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I have another consult.
I'm sorry.

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You'll both have to excuse me.
>> Katie: Oh, yes, of course.

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Thank you.
>> Grace: Take your time.

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>> Katie: Thank you so much.
>> Carter: So?

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>> Katie: So.
>> Carter: So, it doesn't get

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better than this, right?
Clean bill of health

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for the holidays.
>> Katie: Yeah.

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Oh, man, I can't even tell you
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about this appointment.
>> Carter: Well, it's not like

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you let anyone on.
>> Katie: Well, you know,

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I didn't want to worry anyone.
You, you know, but I do have

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to admit that when I saw
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I knew that you
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I just can't thank you enough,
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>> Eric: So they dumped you?

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Wait, Brooke
and Taylor dumped you?

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>> Ridge: Yeah, why don't you
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I didn't expect that either.
Look, can I say something?

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>> Eric: Sure. Go ahead.
>> Ridge: Seeing these two

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amazing women standing there
so strong and so convinced in

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what they were doing.
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was really proud of them.
>> Eric: This is going to be

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a big shift in your life,
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>> Ridge: Yeah, And that--
That word you said,

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untethered. That's--
That's how I feel right now,

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>> Eric: Uh-huh.
I can only imagine.

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With the holidays upon us.

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>> Ridge: I'm going to be okay.
>> Eric: I think you will be.

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You have me.
You have your old man.

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You got your family.
You've got this house.

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This is your home, too.
We'll all be here.

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I want you to make a...
I want you to make

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an appearance on Christmas.
>> Charlie: Ho, ho, ho!

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>> Pam: Hey, we're back
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with all the fixings
>> Eric: Did you, uh,

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you buy out the whole store?
Look at you.

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>> Pam: Well, of course we did.
It's the annual

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Forester Christmas bash.
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We sure hope that you're
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>> Charlie: Yeah, uh, you know,
Pammy and I heard

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about Brooke and Taylor.
>> Pam: Heck, the whole office

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heard, Ridge, which is why
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than ever right now.
>> Eric: Pam's right.

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I want you to make
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at Christmas.
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>> Finn: Hey, we should go see
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this weekend.
We'll get you

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on some ice skates.
>> Kelly: Yeah! Mom, too?

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>> Steffy: Uh, yeah!
Who do you think think's

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going to teach you?
>> Finn: Anyway, hey.

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Won't be long.
Santa is going to visit.

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>> Kelly: I know.
Hayes is so excited.

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I think he wants
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>> Finn: Uh, well, yeah,
everyone wants to see Rudolph

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with that nose so bright
thing he's got going on.

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>> Kelly: Douglas says
Rudolph's nose is red

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'cause it's cold
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>> Steffy: Yeah, I think
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>> Kelly: Then why aren't
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noses red too?
>> Steffy: Uh, you want

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to take this one, Finn?
>> Finn: Uh, yeah,

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I think, um...
Why don't you ask your dad that

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when you're with him
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can answer that question.
Steffy: Wow, talk about

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passing the buck.
>> Finn: Anyway, when Santa

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comes down the chimney,
what are you hoping

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he brings you?
>> Kelly: The only thing

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I want for Christmas
I already have:

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All of us together.
>> Steffy: [indistinct]

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Oh, you are so cute.
Oh, my God.

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>> Eric: Pam's right.
You know...

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Ridge?
I would really like for you

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to stop by Christmas.
>> Pam: Look, if you're just

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worried about running
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I know she did just
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the old heave ho.
>> Pam: But--

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>>Charlie: But-- but she didn't
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I mean,
you guys are still speaking.

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>> Pam: Right?
>>Eric: All right, you two.

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Look, you need to take
all that in the kitchen

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before it starts to--
>> Pam: Someone's telling us

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to skedaddle.
>> Charlie: Ah, is that the

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same as am-scray?
>> Pam: Yeah.

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>> Charlie: Come on.
That fruitcake ain't

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gonna bake itself.
>> Ridge: So-- so--

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so it's definite.
Brooke is going to be here

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for Christmas.
>> Eric: Well, Donna's living

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here with me now.
And so quite naturally,

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her sisters will join us.
Look, Ridge, in spite of

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everything that's happened,
I'm quite certain that Brooke

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would love to see you
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>> Steffy: You know, Finn and I
couldn't be more proud of you.

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>> Kelly: Why?
>> Finn: You realized the true

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meaning of Christmas.
It's family,

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friends, togetherness.
Steffy: Kindness,

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generosity, forgiveness.
You still can be excited

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about Santa Claus.
>> Finn: You are excited

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about Santa, right?
>> Kelly: Yeah.

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>> Steffy: Good. Because
you've been such a wonderful

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little girl this year.
>> Kelly: I'm not

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so little anymore.
>> Finn: I mean, she's right,

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Before you know it, she's--
>> Steffy: Don't say it.

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>> Finn: She's gonna be
too old for me to do this.

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[giggling]
Got you.

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[giggling]
>> Kelly: You think Santa

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got Hayes' Christmas letter?
>> Steffy: Oh, the one

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you helped him with?
>> Kelly: He's been

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really good this year, too.
>> Finn: Yeah. I mean,

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you know what I think?
Not only did the big guy

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in the North Pole get
Hayes' letter,

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he's putting something
extra special in his bag

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for Hayes' big sister.
So...

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>> Kelly: Why?
>> Steffy: Because you've been

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the best big sister
a little brother could have.

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>> Kelly: I love Hayes.
>> Finn: He loves you.

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>> Steffy: And love is what
Christmas is all about.

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>> Kelly: You know what
I said before?

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>> Steffy: About celebrating
Christmas?

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How that and being happy
is all that really matters?

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>Kelly: My family's the best.
And this is the best

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Christmas ever.
>> Steffy: Oh, my goodness.

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I love you.
♪♪♪

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>> Brooke: Well, if I hurry,
I can still make the rest

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of that publicity meeting.
>> Carter: Why?

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You told them you'd miss it.
Why not take a minute,

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relax, and bask in
the good news?

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What?
>> Brooke: Nothing.

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It's just...
[grunting]

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>>Carter: Come here.
>>Brooke: No, really, I'm okay.

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>> Carter: Come here,
come here, come here,

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come here.
Sit down.

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You have to relax, okay?
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this stress anymore.
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report from your doctor.
>> Brooke: I know.

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>>Carter: You trust me?
>> Brooke: Yes.

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>> Carter: Close your eyes.
>> Brooke: Not sure

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I trust you.
>> Carter: It's either

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you trust me, you don't.
>> Brooke: Okay.

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>> Carter: Good.
Now take a nice deep breath.

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Hold it.
And slowly release.

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[chuckling]
>> Brooke: Okay. Thank you.

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I forgot to breathe sometimes.
>> Carter: We all do.

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Listen, Katie, you don't have
to go through this by yourself.

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I'm not talking about
the doctor's appointment.

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I'm talking about all the
worrying leading up to it.

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I wish you'd opened up to me.
Let me help.

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>> Brooke: You helped
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>> Carter: Good.
Because I want you to know

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that whether you're having
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whether you're happy, sad,
angry, anxious, or whatever it

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is you're feeling right now.
I want to be there for you.

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I realize you've been
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And like I said...
You don't have to be

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alone anymore.
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>> Carter: Now I don't have
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[both chuckling]
I don't even think there's any

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way for me to express how much
those things don't mean to me.

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I can't even tell you
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I felt so isolated
in my relationship.

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Not anymore.
No way.

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I have been given
a new lease on life.

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I am going to use Storm's heart
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Live life to the fullest.
I want to laugh.

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I want to dance.
Although you might

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not want to see that.
I'm going to work really hard

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and I am going to raise my son.
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I am going to love...
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and completely.
Thank you.

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[sniffling]
>> Ridge: I screwed up, Dad.

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I screwed up.
Over and over again.

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And I've...
[indistinct], they told me so.

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I've been in love
with two women

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for most of my adult life.
They were there for me and I...

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I couldn't choose one of them.
Couldn't make a choice.

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Why would they
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>> Eric: Because they both
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That's why.
>> Ridge: I loved them too.

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Still do.
I let them down

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over and over again.
Turned their families

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upside down.
That's what I mean. I gotta...

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I gotta change this. I...
I gotta find a way

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to be a better man.
>> Eric: Well...

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Whether you accomplish that
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[chuckling]
I'll still be your old man.

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Right?
>> Ridge: I love you.

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>> Eric: I love you, too, boy.
>> Ridge: Thank you so much.

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>> Eric: Oh, boy.
>> Steffy: Kelly's making

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Christmas cards
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and Grandpa Ridge.
>> Finn: And I made us

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some eggnog
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>> Steffy: Stop. You didn't.
>> Finn: I did.

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Although it's a much lighter
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Some regular eggnog.
>> Steffy: It's really

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beginning to look
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>> Finn: Yeah.
I mean, the tree is decorated,

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the presents are wrapped,
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hung by the chimney with care.
>> Steffy: I keep thinking

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about Kelly's wise words.
She's right, you know.

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This is the greatest
Christmas ever, because...

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we're together.
When I think about

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what happened that day
in Monaco.

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It was the most
miraculous of miracles.

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>> Finn: Steffy!
>> Steffy: See you

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standing there...
>> Finn: Steffy!

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>> Steffy: It was truly
the greatest gift imaginable.

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>> Finn: It's me.
I found you.

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It's me.
It's really me.

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>> Steffy: Oh, my God.
♪♪♪

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I love you.
So much.

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Merry Christmas.

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