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\n\t\tLydia Dingle must have been at the top of Santa\u2019s good list (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tLydia Dingle must have been at the top of Santa\u2019s good list (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
What has Santa brought Emmerdale<\/a>\u2019s Lydia Dingle<\/a> (Karen Blick<\/a>)? Apparently, a multi-million pound country estate! Someone\u2019s been good this year\u2026<\/p>\n Except she hasn\u2019t. Not really. Because we all know that organising a dodgy shoot for trigger-happy poachers<\/a> on your best friend\u2019s land without permission is a one-way ticket to the naughty list. But that\u2019s exactly what Lydia did when she reluctantly agreed to her husband Sam\u2019s (James Hooton<\/a>) classic Dingle caper behind Kim Tate<\/a>\u2019s (Claire King<\/a>) back as part of the family\u2019s continuing mission to not be skint \u2013 especially at Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, the plan backfired spectacularly when Kim got wind of poachers in the woods and rode her beloved horse Ice<\/a> to the scene of the crime to investigate\u2026 only to get caught on a snare and take a nasty fall. <\/p>\n This resulted in Ice being severely injured and Joe Tate<\/a> (Ned Porteous<\/a>) making the heartbreaking decision to have the animal put down.<\/p>\n Now if you had to make a list of things Kim Tate loved, Lydia would probably be number two \u2013 even above money, champagne and sassy putdowns. But that nag would take the number one spot every time. So needless to say, Kim lashed out at Lydia and pushed her away<\/a>, thus ending one of the most unlikely yet sweet friendships in Emmerdale.<\/p>\n But on Christmas Eve, Lydia was determined to be Bob Cratchit to Kim\u2019s Scrooge as she prepares her famous sherry trifle for her former bestie to offer an olive branch. While she\u2019s hopeful, Sam reckons that there\u2019s a good chance Lydia will come home wearing that trifle. <\/p>\n \t\t For once, Sam Dingle\u2019s right on the money. When Lydia takes the trifle to Home Farm, an unforgiving Kim hurls the bowl onto the floor. Seeing her signature dish plastered all over Home Farm\u2019s floorboards is a red line for Lydia, and she finally gives up on mending their friendship, leaving with a parting shot: \u2018If tomorrow was a year since Sam\u2019s death, heaven forbid, I wouldn\u2019t want to spend it all sad and alone!\u2019<\/p>\n This is a sore spot for Kim, as it has been exactly a year since her husband Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) died of a heart attack at Christmas. <\/p>\n Once Lydia had gone, she broke down in tears, gazing at a photograph of the Tate Family in happier times.<\/p>\n But Lydia won\u2019t give up on Kim no matter what, so on Christmas Day she invites herself in for drinks with her troubled bestie. Whilst frosty at first, Kim soon softens when she hears Lydia\u2019s impassioned speech full of love for their friendship. <\/p>\n \u2018I like having a posh friend. It gives me an air of mystery\u2019. <\/p>\n \t\t With a silver tongue like that, how can Kim possible refuse? <\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDon’t miss a Soaps scoop! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal Metro Soaps reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for stories. We have all the latest soaps news, spoilers, videos, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \t\t So she allows Lydia to take her to Will\u2019s grave, where they find Joe and Dawn Fletcher (Olivia Bromley). Bonding over the graveside, everyone buries the hatchet and Joe agrees to move back in.<\/p>\n Just when you thought that Christmas miracles were make believe, Kim actually sets foot in the Dingle\u2019s cottage for some festive fun with Lydia and her family. She even partakes in the sacred Dingle custom of drinking booze from a wellington boot! \u00a0<\/p>\n Warmed by the love of her family (and possibly by drinking moonshine from weather resistant footwear) Kim makes Lydia a shocking offer \u2013 she wants her to inherit Home Farm.<\/p>\n Very generous! But one can\u2019t help thinking that Joe may have a problem<\/a> with this\u2026<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Kim](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277740933-6b51.jpg\")
\n\t\tRIP Ice, we will never forget you (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n![\"Lydia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23_12_emm_lydia_kim_01-354f.jpg\")
\n\t\tThings have been tense between Lydia and Kim Tate (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Soaps](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766725509_230_SEI_278522320-46a3.jpg\")
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