All Rights Reserved. Link Only DRUNK AS A SKUNK, WAITING FOR A DOCTOR, MEMORY LANE, JOHN IS GLAD VICTOR BURIED HIS PAST ... BUT JUST YOU WAIT! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Holly is sitting alone with her phone when Johnny comes in with a gift. EJ has whisked Nicole to Green Mountain lodge to get her mind off the drama. Johnny is sad about the loss of their little bro and he asks how Holly fares. She hopes he will watch It's a Wonderful life with her, but he has plans with Chanel. She sighs her birthday will be spent home alone ... Glam Kate has drinks and a spread for Kayla and Marlena at the festive pub. They toast to a safe Christmas in Salem ... Outside the pub Steve and John are both surprised ISA Andrew had nothing. John suggests tis time to get festive with the loved ones ... Hoarse Paulina has finished her holiday message and Chanel is with her at the square, still worried about her. Paulina gets another mini coughing episode and needs to sit ... Johnny is sorry the birthday slipped his mind and tells Holly they will celebrate with cake before he meets Chanel. She assures him she has plans with mama Nicole tomorrow. Tate is no longer a friend. Johnny makes it his mission to cheer her up ... - The martinis flow at the pub and the gals giggle when Kate suggests a new tattoo to symbolize their time in heaven. Here come cool dudes Steve and John. Roman comes out from the kitchen and the party continues. They toast to surviving another wild year in Salem ... Paulina sips her water with lemon but continues to get choked up as she swallows. Chanel insists she see a doctor. Paulina's doctor is on a Caribbean holiday but she will make an appointment soon. Chanel now notices a lump on her neck. Paulina dismisses the swollen gland but Chanel insists they get it checked out ... - Paulina winds up at the hospital with Chanel. At least they got seats away from the crowded emergencies. Chanel wants to make sure she is alright and talks the importance of early detection ... Johnny has a cute little cake and tells Holly to stop telling him the age of consent is 17. He is about to light the candles when Chanel calls with an update on her hospital wait with her mom. He insists on joining her and explains to Holly why he must leave. She understands but sighs when he leaves her all alone in the mansion again ... The vets remember all their times together. John recalls being a bandaged pawn while Steve played soulful music at his side. Steve took care of him after he got him away from the bad guys. The John he knew was no killing machine. John is grateful he got him away and drinks to that ... Paulina ends a call ordering an increase in waterfront patrols. Chanel wishes she would not work now. Here comes Johnny, who has an idea and steps away. Now that he is there Chanel's eyes light up ... Holly turns off the old movie and looks at the ornament for the baby brother she lost. Then she helps herself to a glass of scotch from the bar, sips it and almost chokes ... Steve is playing a soulful Silent night on his harmonica. John admits to doc he was remembering how Steve found him and then she really found him. They both remember when he gave her the beautiful charm bracelet for their second chance life. She admires it on her wrist now and he admires her. Kate compliments the bracelet. Marlena calls it meaningful. John recalls how he had few memories of that old life and calls John Black a lucky man ... - Roman and Steve decide they would rather have a beer. Kate suddenly realizes she lost her ring. Steve, John and Roman are on the case ... until John spits it out. Kate recalls how magical it was when Roman put it back on her finger after the fishing boat fiasco and asked her to marry him again. She promises it will stay on her finger forever ... Johnny announces there is an exam room ready for Paulina. The DiMeras have a wing in their name at this hospital. Grateful Chanel gives him an adoring stare ... Drunk Holly is playing around with texts she could send to Johnny the guy of her dreams arguing why he belongs with her not Chanel. Then she stops and sighs he does not care. Nobody does ... - Chanel updates Johnny on mama having her vitals checked. He admits as a kid he had his own Christmas emergency and needed an operation for retinoblastoma. He needs checkups still but has been lucky. Chanel gives him a heartfelt hug and he tells her to keep the faith ... Kayla boasts about Steve being the best Santa and he remembers once upon a time when she played Santa and Victor Kiriakiis was a clear and present danger. John sighs Victor Kiriakis took all the secrets of his past to his grave with him and hopes they stay dead and buried forever. Steve gets a strange faraway look in his eye ... Holly calls and blasts Johnny, who can hear she is drunk. She complains no one cares including him and drops a glass. Johnny tells her to leave it for Harold to clean up. She calls him a jerk and hangs up. Chanel is worried about the girl. Johnny admits he left her alone on her birthday. Chanel sends him back to help the troubled teen after they exchange I love yous and a sweet kiss ... - Holly starts to feel woozy ... She is asleep on the sofa when Johnny returns. She wakes up and apologizes, then falls back to sleep. He covers her with a blanket and then gets a call from Chanel, who gets an update on passed out Holly. They wish one another a Merry Xmas ... Still sitting with Paulina in her room, Chanel suggests they contact Abe cos she doubts they will have that Xmas dinner tomorrow. Stubborn Paulina promises she will be better by then ... The pub gang have wrapped the gifts for the kids and Roman gets a call from Julie, who needs a Christmas order. Steve and John are not happy to hear Konstantin is still in the picture. John seems distracted but downplays it to devoted doc ... STAY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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