{"id":366715,"date":"2025-12-24T21:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366715\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T21:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:20:17","slug":"eric-donna-dress-as-santa-and-mrs-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366715\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric\/Donna Dress as Santa and Mrs. Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the episode begins, the Forrester mansion is decorated to the hilt. Before Donna enters, Eric eyes a garment bag with a twinkle in his eye. He\u2019s got something up his sleeve, that sly dog. After some holiday-themed opening credits (see below), Carter and Daphne arrive at the mansion and exchange greetings with their hosts. Ridge and Brooke are the next to show up. Lots of hellos and air kisses.<\/p>\n

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Ridge and Eric Bond<\/p>\n

During a moment alone, Ridge and Eric put their recent kerfuffle behind them and embrace. \u201cThere\u2019s nowhere I\u2019d rather be than here,\u201d Ridge tells his dad. Meanwhile, Daphne has wisely accepted Donna\u2019s offer to make her a drink. She\u2019s gonna need it; this is gonna be one sparsely attended soiree. (No Thomas, RJ, Zende, Bridget, Thorne\u2026 )\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Eric<\/p>\n

Pam Adds to the Festive Menu<\/p>\n

Following a commercial break, Donna\u2019s on a one-way call with Pam, thanking her for sending lemon bars. Across the room, Carter and Daphne are getting their smoochies on. \u201cExcuse me,\u201d Ridge tells Brooke, \u201cI gotta go make fun of my friend.\u201d And that he does, teasing Carter about leading Daphne straight to the mistletoe.<\/p>\n

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Brooke and Steffy Bury the Hatchet?<\/p>\n

Next through the door are Finn and Steffy with Kelly and Hayes in tow. Brooke says they\u2019ve been to the mission following the tradition that the late, great queen bee Stephanie started. The moment leads Steffy and Brooke to warmly hug. Christmas miracle?<\/p>\n

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\"Ridge<\/p>\n

In another private exchange, Eric tells Ridge he wants him to look at a new design. Despite his pop\u2019s urgency, Ridge says not now, let\u2019s stay in the moment. When everyone returns, Eric makes a lovely toast. Dang it, and now I want eggnog. Later, Ridge says he was worried about Eric when he saw him at the office. But the older man shrugs it off.<\/p>\n

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Steffy Counts Her Blessings<\/p>\n

Next it\u2019s Steffy\u2019s turn to speechify. She\u2019s grateful to be around every one of them. Sheesh, don\u2019t tell Taylor that. The kids then make cute little speeches. Finn pipes up to say they are super blessed to have such a happy, healthy family. Oh, gee, everybody gets a speech. Daphne is next, and she admits that after anticipating a quiet Christmas far from home, she feels very embraced. Carter then notes that he\u2019s \u201con the upswing\u201d in so many ways. (Wink, wink at Daphne.)<\/p>\n

Carter also gives a shout-out to his \u201cbrother\u201d Ridge and thanks Eric for having him (acknowledging the coup without coming out and saying the word). \u201cI am thrilled to have found my way back to Ridge,\u201d Brooke says as if they, we and everyone in between doesn\u2019t know it. \u201cMy Christmas wish for all of you is to experience the depth of love I feel \u2014 it\u2019s rich.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ridge<\/p>\n

Before all is said and done, Eric teases surprises to come. What isn\u2019t surprising, Ridge exclaims, is the love and respect in everyone\u2019s eyes when they look at Eric. The Forrester patriarch is the glue that keeps them all together. So \u201chere\u2019s to you, Eric \u2018The Glue\u2019 Forrester.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eric Takes On a New Role: Santa!<\/p>\n

In the episode\u2019s final moments, Ridge wonders where Eric is. Suddenly, jingle bells are heard, and in come Eric and Donna taking on new roles, those of Santa and Mrs. Claus, for the kids. Though Kelly and Hayes wrote Kris Kringle saying they didn\u2019t need any gifts, they get some, anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

From there, we cut to a present-unwrapping montage\u2026\u00a0Steffy and Finn take a turn beneath the mistletoe\u2026\u00a0there\u2019s some Christmas-themed corn hole\u2026 It\u2019s all very sweet. Finally, Carter says Eric asked him to do a special reading from the Bible to remind everyone of the reason for the season.<\/p>\n

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Eric Has Made Peace With Retirement<\/p>\n

As things settle down, Eric admits to Ridge that his Santa suit was his special design. \u201cI don\u2019t think that I have to keep leading the charge into each new Forrester line,\u201d Eric reassures Ridge. \u201cI\u2019m gonna be OK.\u201d That, Ridge replies, is the best gift he could get.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne more speech,\u201d Eric announces. This has been the best Christmas Eve ever. He encourages everyone to thank God every day for what they have. Ridge seconds that emotion. Eric thinks that they should keep the spirit of Christmas alive all year long. Or at least until February sweeps.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

The gang joins together for a fun rendition of \u201cJingle Bells,\u201d the cast and crew wish us happy holidays, and that\u2019s it for the Christmas Eve episode.<\/p>\n

Next on The Bold and the Beautiful: Following a Christmas Day repeat, Katie tries to wrap her head around<\/a> her new normal.<\/p>\n

While baking gingerbread man and spiking eggnog, scroll through the newly expanded photo gallery below of Christmas on the soaps<\/a>.<\/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":366716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1254,49,48,75,5860,142487,1257,348],"class_list":["post-366715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-recaps","tag-steffy-forrester","tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366715","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=366715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}