{"id":364601,"date":"2025-12-23T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364601\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:55:09","slug":"eric-teases-a-christmas-eve-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364601\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Teases a Christmas Eve Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At Brooke\u2019s place, Ridge is grateful to have time off. They discuss helping at the mission the next day. Ridge shrugs and admits he\u2019s worried about his dad not getting into the spirit of the season now that he\u2019s not at Forrester anymore. They decide to see if Donna and Eric need a hand.<\/p>\n

At the Forrester mansion, Donna remarks on the \u201cjolly\u201d decorations, but Eric\u2019s brooding. He\u2019s not really into it this year. It doesn\u2019t feel the same. He doesn\u2019t want to be the Grinch, but\u2026 Donna\u2019s sure he\u2019ll come around when everyone gets there. His egg nog will lift his spirits. \u201cYou bring the spirit of Christmas.\u201d They embrace.
\"Eric<\/p>\n

Holiday Spirit<\/p>\n

At the cliff house, Steffy and Finn share a kiss under the mistletoe. Suddenly, the kids run into the room wanting to bake cookies to take to granddad\u2019s tomorrow. They love Christmas Eve there!
\"Hayes<\/p>\n

They go through the decorations the kids made in past years, and Steffy puts them in a special place. Hayes is hot to open presents but is warned they have to wait. They enthuse some more about Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

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As they cut shapes from construction paper, Steffy worries to Finn that this is hard for Eric. They recap everything that\u2019s happened to him since he nearly died and the forced retirement. Steffy feels they need to celebrate him, and their family, on the holiday. The kids reappear with letters to Santa\u2026 they want to give their gifts to kids at the mission. Finn and Steffy gush. They\u2019re amazing.
\"Finn<\/p>\n

Finding Eric<\/p>\n

Back at the Forrester mansion, Donna is putting gifts under the tree when Brooke and Ridge come in. Ridge asks for his dad, but Donna doesn\u2019t know. He was just there. They question her and she admits he\u2019s having a hard day. Ridge goes to find Eric, and Donna tells Brooke that Eric\u2019s not responding to her texts. He\u2019s been off balance since retiring\u2026 he\u2019s not even in the mood for Christmas this year.
\"Donna<\/p>\n

Eric enters the showroom at Forrester Creations and turns on the lights before entering the office and sitting at his old desk.
\"Eric<\/p>\n

Eric flashes back to arguing with Ridge and grimaces. He thinks maybe Stephanie checked out at the right time\u2026 this getting old thing is not all its cracked up to be. He remembers the beginnings of Forrester Creations. Just then, Ridge walks in. \u201cI knew I was going to find you here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eric just thought he\u2019d pop in and see if anything\u2019s changed. Ridge reminds him tomorrow is Christmas and there\u2019s still egg nog to make. He asks his dad what\u2019s going on with him. \u201cWe\u2019re all here for you.\u201d Ridge says he may not be leading the company, but he\u2019s still head of the family. Eric admits he\u2019s been feeling strange, but he won\u2019t let anybody down. Ridge reminds him how loved he is and they embrace.<\/p>\n

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Alone in the showroom, Eric stands beside a garment bag hanging on a rack and muses, \u201cThe greatest design of my life\u2026 and everyone\u2019s going to see it tomorrow.\u201d
\"Eric<\/p>\n

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Next on The Bold and the Beautiful: The Forrester family celebrates the holidays<\/a>. See more spoilers for the days ahead here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sneak Peek! See photos from the Forrester Christmas celebration<\/a> in the gallery below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Soaps.com may receive a commission on orders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1254,49,48,75,143154,12498,1257,348],"class_list":["post-364601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-eric-forrester","tag-shop","tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}