Ah, nothing quite says that the holiday season is upon us like a majestic pine shaking in its stand because of the proximity of Bold & Beautiful branch-shaker Stephanie (Susan Flannery). No wonder by 2009, the Forresters had switched to fake trees.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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Not that you could hear them over the tomfoolery that was being gotten up to in 2007 by Days of Our Lives’ Abe (James Reynolds) and Roman (Josh Taylor). Guys, you know Santa’s watching, right?
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
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And then, say, blackmail him? Because for sure, the Baldwin family of The Young and the Restless could help you out with that — or they could’ve once they got done posing for their 2014 portrait, in which they tried their best to look like they didn’t know they were on you-know-who’s naughty list.
Christmas Eve Can Kill You
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In 2011, General Hospital toyed with the emotions of the Quartermaines — and viewers — by letting everyone imagine a world in which Jason (Steve Burton) had become the doctor that Monica (Leslie Charleson) and Alan (Stuart Damon) expected him to be, not a brain-damaged hired gun for the Mob.
Santa’s Got a Brand-New Bag
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The beard was lacking, but there was no turning down the volume on the cheer when The Late Show With James Corden’s… er, James Corden decked the halls of The Bold and the Beautiful with Liam (Scott Clifton) and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood).
Go Tell It On the Mountain
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Yeah, that was not something you really wanted to tell Days of Our Lives’ Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin) when she stopped by the hospital to read Christmas stories to the kidlets with Maggie (Suzanne Rogers), Mickey (John Clarke) and Alice (Frances Reid) in 2002. Seriously, look at that expression on her face. No, children. Just no!
O Come, All Ye Faithful
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And also go ahead and show up, ye philanderers like Young & Restless’ star-crossed Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victor (Eric Braeden). We won’t judge. Much.
What Child Is This?
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Not the Corinthoses’, that’s for sure. Not for long. Though General Hospital scene stealer Dev (Ashton Arbab) was quick to make his “presents” known, he was killed off around Thanksgiving 2020.
Christmas Cookies
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From the looks of this 2004 photo, The Bold and the Beautiful had Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) about a bite away from trading Ridge for his biological father, Massimo (the late, great Joseph Mascolo).
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
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Mm-hmm. Sure. But first, we suspect what As the World Turns’ Carly (Maura West, now Ava on General Hospital) wanted in 2007 was to not have a third wheel on her date with Sam (Wally Kurth, now Ned on General Hospital). Side note: Why do we now feel compelled to add more parentheses and mention that the dummy is not now a General Hospital cast member?
Present Without a Bow
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Who could blame Days of Our Lives’ Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) for looking so glum over the holidays in 2020? At the time, bride Ciara (Victoria Konefal) was de… Ha. We can’t even type it without laughing. As if she could have been dead! No one dies in Salem for long!
Christmas Isn’t Cancelled (Just You)
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Ha. We’ll believe that it’s over-over between The Young and the Restless’ Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon (Sharon Case) when reindeer fly. Oh, wait…
Snowflake
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Actually… is that a piece of the Ice Princess? Helena Cassadine’s cold, cold heart? Whatever it is, it was fascinating enough in 2011 to have distracted General Hospital hottie Ethan (Nathan Dean Parsons) from his pumpkin-spice latte.
My Only Wish (This Year)
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Well, if we were Bold & Beautiful casualty Macy (Bobbie Eakes), seen here in 2002, it would — and would always — be to start a third of her nine lives.
Love Is Christmas
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And who knows? By the time you see this photo from 2019, Young & Restless’ Devon (Bryton James) and Elena (Brytni Sarpy) might once again be this close.
Auld Lang Syne
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In 2010, it didn’t look like One Life to Live’s Langston (Brittany Underwood) was going to have any trouble finding someone to… ahem… toot her noisemaker; Ford (David A. Gregory) appeared to be seconds away from doing just that. Wait for Dick Clark Ryan Seacrest, man!
Fall in Love at Christmas
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Pretty sure General Hospital didn’t have to cue up Khalid, Mariah Carey and Kirk Franklin’s hit to convince Trina (Tabyana Ali) and Spencer (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) to do just that in 2022.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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This is how we like to remember Days of Our Lives’ Caroline (Peggy McCay) and Shawn (Frank Parker) — happy, together and next to a tree that has as many strands of tinsel on it as it does pine needles.
Man With the Bag
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The Young and the Restless half brothers Dylan (Steve Burton) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) enjoyed one another’s Christmas “presence” in 2014.
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
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Mind you, none of these hearty General Hospital characters minded a bit in 2017; they just bundled up and delightedly gathered around Santa (Donnell Turner’s Curtis).
Last Christmas
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OK, it was more like a decade of Christmases ago that this photo was taken of The Bold and the Beautiful ingenue Hope (then Kim Matula).
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
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Let’s just back slowly away. From the looks of this 2004 shot, The Young and the Restless’ Sharon (Sharon Case) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) have just asked Malcolm (Shemar Moore) to work on the 24th.
The Christmas Sweater
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Doesn’t look like that was the only thing that General Hospital had keeping Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) toasty over the holidays in 2022; Sam (Kelly Monaco) all but radiated warmth.
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
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In 2011, Days of Our Lives’ Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes), Bo (Peter Reckell) and Hope (Kristian Alfonso) had a ball… hanging from nearly every branch, from the looks of it.
Blue Christmas
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That’s what it’ll always be for The Young and the Restless’ Devon (Bryton James) and Lily (Christel Khalil) when they remember happier holidays, like the one they shared in 2004 with their late folks, Neil (Kristoff St. John) and Drucilla (Victoria Rowell).
Do You Hear What I Hear?
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We’re guessing this image is from a dropped General Hospital subplot in which Michael (Chad Duell) discovered that ELQ — gasp — doesn’t play Christmas carols as its holiday hold music.
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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Except that wasn’t your mommy or Santa; in 2009, that was The Bold and the Beautiful’s Bridget (Ashley Jones) and Nick (Jack Wagner).
Jingle Bell Spock
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Sorry, we meant to type “Jingle Bell Rock.” It’s just… is it just us, or doesn’t Days of Our Lives’ Nick (Blake Berris), here with Chelsea (Rachel Melvin), look as much like Mr. Spock from Star Trek as he does an elf?
That Old Christmas Moon
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We’re curious, too, Dex (Evan Hofer): Why did General Hospital have it snowing on you in 2022 but not on your left or your right?
Winter Wonderland
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In 2003, The Young and the Restless’ Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) appeared to be pondering what to get Victor (Eric Braeden), aka the man who has everything. Hmm… maybe more of everything?
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
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On-again/off-again Bold & Beautiful sweerthearts Ridge (then Ronn Moss) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) were on again just long enough in 2004 to pose for their Christmas card.
What’s This?
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Why, it’s General Hospital’s Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future — Ava (Maura West), Josslyn (Eden McCoy) and Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) — ready to open Scrooge’s Finn’s heart in 2019.
Still Can’t Sleep on Christmas Eve
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Ahem, that’s “still can’t sleep,” Santa. Aw, never mind. Let’s let visions of sugarplums dance in the head of Young & Restless’ St. Nick (Joshua Morrow).
All I Want for Christmas Is You
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No matter how often we put The Bold and the Beautiful eye candy Oliver (Zach Conroy) on our Christmas wish list, we never seem to get him. How good do we have to be all year?
Mistletoe
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We hope Days of Our Lives’ Mickey (John Ingle) had stocked up in 2004, because both Bonnie (Judi Evans) and Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) appeared ready, willing and able to pay him lip service.
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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There are six words — well, three, three times — that The Young and the Restless’ Ashley (Eileen Davidson) wasn’t about to say to Brad (Don Diamont) in 2002; he’d snowed her quite enough, thank you.
(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
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And there’s no thing like wearing a winter wedding dress — the way General Hospital bride Tracy (Jane Elliot) did in 2010 — that is even prettier than the decorations behind you.
Merry Christmas, Darling
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This warm-as-a-roaring-fireplace photo of The Bold and the Beautiful exes Liam (Scott Clifton) and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) was taken in 2011. Or a year from now. You know how they are!
O Tannenbaum
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We would’ve run this entire shot of The Young and the Restless’ Mariah (Camryn Grimes), Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and their ginormous tree, but it was so tall, there wasn’t enough room — even on the Internet!
Underneath the Tree
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Wanna know how you can tell this is a soap photo and not a real one? If it was real, Days of Our Lives’ Arianna (Harper Udell) would’ve been screaming her head off the way all babies do when meeting Santa.
Frosty the Snowman
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He’d be a puddle if he’d been on the set of The Young and the Restless in 2015 with card-carrying hottie Justin Hartley, who was playing Adam at the time.
Please Come Home for Christmas
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Ya think if we play the above song on a loop between now and next December 25, General Hospital’s Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) and Luke (Anthony Geary) will do as it asks? Yeah, us, either.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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In 2015, Days of Our Lives’ Marlena (Deidre Hall) donned attire that was part Santa’s team of sleigh-pullers, part The Nutcracker. And Belle (Martha Madison)? Well, we’re sure she had the Christmas spirit in her heart.
Deck the Walls
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So lavishly decorated was the Young & Restless set over the holidays in 2019 that finding Billy (Jason Thompson) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle) among it was a little like playing Where’s Waldo?
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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General Hospital may have miscast Ryan (Jon Lindstrom) in that role in 2022, with an assist from Heather (Alley Mills).
Santa Tell Me
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At a 2010 promo shoot, ol’ St. Nick kicked up his heels — literally — with One Life to Live’s Blair (Kassie DePaiva), Langston (Brittany Underwood), Starr (Kristen Alderson) and Dani (Kelley Missal).
Christmas Calling
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In 2008, a new “Claus” was added to the contracts of Days of Our Lives legends Bill and Susan Seaforth Hayes, aka Doug and Julie.
My Kind of Present
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In 2015, Young & Restless’ Melissa Ordway and Justin Gaston — years before he’d step in as Chance just in time to marry Abby — posed so stylishly that they made us altogether rethink our #ChristmasCardPhotoGoals.
The Elf Song
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The Hook may have been stalking Port Charles in 2022, but that didn’t stop General Hospital from showing Sasha (Sofia Mattsson), Nina (Cynthia Watros), Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Donna (Scarlett Spears) a festive time.