Days of Our Lives Weekly Preview: Family Members Return for the Holidays — Plus, Ava Gets a Surprising Visitor

Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives

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Tony and Anna return home for the holidays.

In the Days of Our Lives weekly preview for December 14 – 18, as Christmas approaches, families across Salem reunite or try to, for the holidays. Jennifer continues to remain suspicious that Jack and Kate are still carrying on together, and is unsure she’ll ever be able to trust him again. This week, Jack continues to make small gestures towards Jennifer, including presenting her with a present.

Tony and Anna make their way back to Salem. As Abigail welcomes Anna home, Kristen is thrilled to receive a visit from her brother. Speaking of brothers, look for Tony to meet Jake, the other brother.

More: How Gabi could blow up Jake and Kate’s romance

Gwen has been continuing with her scheme to destroy Abigail’s life by planting doubts in Chad’s head about Abby and Jake’s relationship. She’s also been playing Jennifer and Jack against one another, while Kate became suspicious of the nanny’s real motives. She’s not the only one as Anna seems to be on to Gwen’s games as well, which include getting caught under the mistletoe with Chad.

After Steve and Kayla learned Ava was alive, a deal was struck in which Kayla wouldn’t press charges against Ava for kidnapping her if Ava didn’t stop Joey from being released from prison. Joey was reunited with his parents and is finally home this week. But Ava’s presence in Salem could damper the holidays for this family.

Claire and Charlie have been growing closer over the past few weeks, and he’s got a Christmas surprise for her. She’s not the only one Charlie surprises, as the Titan intern pays a visit to Ava.

Read the Days of Our Lives spoilers to learn who Allie has a frank conversation with. Then get your free daily soap-opera fix for Days of Our Lives — and all of the other daytime dramas — delivered straight to your email inbox by signing up for Soaps.com’s newsletter. Also, be sure to check out our gallery of Ciara’s life before Ben.

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Olivia Keegan, Victoria Konefal"Days of our Lives" SetNBC StudiosBurbank06/23/17© XJJohnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 13244U.S.Airdate 12/27/17

hope ciara Kristian Alfonso, Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 11/27/17 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13349 U.S.Airdate 05/24/18

Lucas Adams, Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 02/14/18 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13399 U.S.Airdate 08/7/18

ciara claire Victoria Konefal, Olivia Keegan "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 11/12/19 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13897 U.S.Airdate 07/17/20

Victoria Konefal, Robert Scott Wilson "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 12/15/17 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13371 U.S.Airdate 06/28/18

Lucas Adams, Victoria Konefal, Robert Scott Wilson "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 02/27/18 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13405 U.S.Airdate 08/15/18

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Nothing says a character’s going to be sticking around like them getting their very own set. “I’d signed a two-year contract, so I was going to be there a while, but it was very nice when Olivia, Lucas and I were roommates, living in that great apartment,” Konefal says. “When other characters entered the set, it felt like they were visitors because that was our place. I got very familiar with the couch and the contents of the fridge and the little books on the coffee table. And it gave me a great way to stabilize the character and ground her, because Ciara had a home, therefore it gave Victoria, the actress, a home within that set.”

Robert Scott Wilson, Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 02/16/18 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13402 U.S.Airdate 08/10/18

ben ciara wedding Victoria Konefal, Robert Scott Wilson "Days of our Lives" Set Wedding NBC Studios Burbank 11/13/19 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13900 U.S.Airdate 07/22/20

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Soaps tend not to do big, splashy weddings these days, but that was definitely not the case when Ben and Ciara walked down the aisle. “This was just extravagent,” exclaims the bride’s portrayer. “Richard Bloore, the show’s costume designer, outdid himself with the gown.” That said, soap weddings are notoriously laborious shoots, and this one was no exception. “I remember getting home at 8:30 p.m., after having been on set for 12 hours, and having to memorize my lines for the next day. It was demanding, but I’m not complaining. It may have actually been my favorite time on the show, just because I like to think of it this way: When I’m exhausted after a day of shooting, that means I did a hell of a job. I take pride in that.”

Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" Set Wedding NBC Studios Burbank 11/13/19 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13900 U.S.Airdate 07/22/20

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Of course, moments after Ciara and Ben exchanged vows, everything went to hell in the proverbial handbasket. But Konefal says “once they brought the pyrotechnics out and we saw how much they were blowing up, that’s when we realized this wedding was one for the record books.” At this point, the leading lady’s workdays became significantly longer than those of her on-screen spouse. “He got to go home,” she laughs of Wilson. “The rest of us had to stay behind and look through the rubble, getting covered in soot and breathing in smoke.”

Robert Scott Wilson, Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios Burbank 02/12/20 © XJJohnson/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13926 U.S.Airdate 08/27/20

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Thanks to Vincent’s brainwashing techniques, Ben was driven to try and kill his new bride in the same dorm room in which he’d murdered Paige. “Those scenes were intense,” recalls Konefal. “I think what helped me get through those was remembering how much Ciara loved Ben and how much faith she had in him. So right before they yelled ‘Action,’ Rob and I would just hold each other and ground ourselves in each other’s presence. The fear Ben and Ciara felt was coming from a loving place. The only reason they were terrified was because they love each other so much that his actions were confusing. So it was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on? How did we get to this place?'”

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Since supposedly losing his beloved, Ben has had several visions of his “late” wife. “I like Dream Ciara a lot,” admits Konefal. “I get to play this eerie side of her. It’s not really Ciara, it’s the version of her that Ben needs at that moment. So when I’m playing her, I just really focus entirely on Rob. I think of her as a prop being summoned by Ben’s unconscious mind, so I get to step out of her shoes and explore what I think he would need for her to be at that moment.”

Victoria Konefal "Days of our Lives" SetNBC StudiosBurbank05/22/19© XJJohnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 13761U.S.Airdate 01/09/20

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