![\"Kat](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/542868-ea4f.jpg\")
\n\t\tChristmas in Albert Square looks set to be anything by merry\u2026 (Picture: BBC\/Kieron McCarron\/Matt Burlem)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tChristmas in Albert Square looks set to be anything by merry\u2026 (Picture: BBC\/Kieron McCarron\/Matt Burlem)<\/p>\n
EastEnders<\/a> have finally dropped their 2025 Christmas<\/a> teaser and, honestly, it\u2019s giving more \u2018Terrifier 3<\/a>\u2019 than \u2018White Christmas\u2019!<\/p>\n With music befitting of a 90\u2019s slasher epic to set the mood, Zoe Slater<\/a> (Michelle Ryan<\/a>) sits wistfully across from mum Kat<\/a>\u00a0(Jessie Wallace<\/a>), seemingly heartened by the fact that this is her first Christmas in over twenty years that\u2019ll she spend with her family.<\/p>\n \u2018Strap yourself in,\u2019 Kat replies. Indeed.<\/p>\n After a solid two to three seconds of festive cheer; George Knight<\/a>\u00a0(Colin Salmon<\/a>) raises a glass while Max Branning<\/a>\u00a0(Jake Wood<\/a>) toasts a seemingly enormous gathering of Brannings and Beales, the mood quickly changes.<\/p>\n Jack Branning<\/a>\u00a0(Scott Maslen<\/a>) eyes his brother suspiciously, while Cindy Beale<\/a>\u00a0(Michelle Collins<\/a>) is approached by a mysterious stranger before we\u2019re plunged head first into Kat accusing somebody of being behind Zoe\u2019s stalking<\/a> in front of a packed out Queen Vic.<\/p>\n Honestly, you\u2019d think Kat and Alfie<\/a>\u00a0(Shane Richie<\/a>) would knock the public events on the head at this point<\/a>.<\/p>\n As Nigel Bates\u00a0(Paul Bradley), Patrick Trueman\u00a0(Rudolph Walker), Phil\u00a0(Steve McFadden) and Sam Mitchell\u00a0(Kim Medcalf) look on, Kat\u2019s clearly convinced she\u2019s discovered the culprit.<\/p>\n After what appears to be a power cut (evidenced by the fact that people are armed with torches and it\u2019s dark), Kat begs Alfie to clear the pub out, which he does, sending all of the patrons home as the Slater\/Moon family look to reconvene.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t As Kat and Zoe look terrified by what\u2019s transpiring, sinister Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness) approaches, with the audience now aware that she is the long-lost (and presumed dead) daughter that Zoe left behind in the hospital nearly ten years ago.<\/p>\n It seems that Zoe\u2019s stalking plot is due to come to a head this Christmas, and not soon enough for some fans<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tHas the trailer gotten you excited for EastEnders’ Christmas eps?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tAll the latest soaps spoilers and gossip, in your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n What else to expect this Christmas in EastEnders<\/p>\n \t\t Of course, our Zo\u2019 won\u2019t be the only Walford resident facing a dramatic festive period, with\u00a0BBC<\/a>\u00a0bosses promising that: \u2018Walford residents learn the consequences of their actions as they are visited by ghosts of their past, villains of the present, and visions of the future.\u2019<\/p>\n Although the trailer shows Max back at the heart of the Branning\/Beale clan, we know that peace won\u2019t last for long.<\/p>\n \u2018Max is busy, very busy! He\u2019s got a lot of history with a lot of the residents, some of whom he\u2019s met before and others he\u2019s yet to meet.<\/p>\n \u2018A lot has happened since we last saw Max, but also since he permanently lived in Walford, so there\u2019s a mountain of secrets waiting to be exposed, and a whole lot of drama,\u2019 promises Jake Wood.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t As Nigel\u2019s dementia symptoms continues to intensify, a previously reticent Phil starts to accept that he needs more care than perhaps he and Julie can provide. <\/p>\n Following an episode of confusion, during which Nigel locks himself in the Vic,\u00a0and hallucinates Pat and Barry Evans (Pam St Clement and Shaun Williamson)<\/a> as his perception of reality crumbles, he agrees with Julie that Nigel needs specialist intervention.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Kat](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/540616-61bc.jpg\")
\n\t\tKat implores Alfie to empty the pub (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/540615-be0c.jpg\")
\n\t\tShe\u2019s clearly incredibly rattled (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n![\"Max](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/540448-8766.jpg\")
\n\t\tZoe isn\u2019t the only Walford resident to find trouble this Christmas (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n![\"Barry](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/540488-141c.jpg\")
\n\t\tAs Nigel\u2019s condition deteriorates\u2026 (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/540440-bbc3.jpg\")
\n\t\t\u2026Phil and Julie begin to consider alternate care options for him (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n
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