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Hall and she gives him a teeny peck on the cheek to make up for yet another mishap with Tristan’s mistletoe. The guests start to leave as they are either tipsy or filled with good cheer. Something good comes out of the drama, however. This means the painkillers worked! Helen then tells James that Kitson is still being loud and wrong. He also admits that the ewe he left for dead actually recovered.

So much for that premature sign of respect. Herriot” prematurely, then proceeds to talk smack about James’ expertise. Helen overhears Kitson and the other farmers talking and drinking so she joins them. James and Helen finally figure out that they can’t be at two places in once, and that includes the Christmas lunch plans. But the Aldersons don’t have a phone inside their house, which would make James’ night shifts way more difficult. James admits he was wrong to assume that Helen would immediately accept Siegfried’s invitation to move into the upper floor of the house. Helen and James are still engaged, not only because it’s inviting bad luck to attempt to repeat the planned winter wedding, but also, most importantly, they haven’t figured out where to live yet. It’s starting to sound like Santa Claus and his helper need assistance organizing their lives…

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I am unsure how to translate the American “first base, second base,” baseball analogies for romantic activity to cricket, so let’s just assume Tristan and Maggie made out without taking clothes off because All Creatures Great And Small wants to keep their PG rating intact. This doesn’t stop her from asking for one last night of fun. Maggie falls for Tristan’s leafy trap, but then tells him she’s engaged to some dude named Arthur. Once again the Siggy/Audrey ‘shippers are taunted with a good time only for it to be over before it started. He tells her that she indeed looks glamorous and that scares her into changing into a plainer frock. Hall takes Diana’s advice to get glammed up, but then chickens out as she runs into Siegfried with some of the confiscated mistletoe. Tristan hung 5,000 bunches of mistletoe because he’s a hot mess. Like last year’s turn up, the party is more about the interpersonal drama than the actual theme of the party.

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The farmers always ghost Siegfried when it’s time to pay the vet bills, but they make sure to come through on Christmas Eve for free booze. Will Tricki Woo reunite with his doting mother? Pumphrey is depressed, as this means she will be truly alone for Christmas. Siegfried diagnoses Tricki’s woes as gastroenteritis and takes him for treatment at Skeldale House so he can be monitored. Pumphrey gave her staff the holiday off to spend with their family. The house is empty and depressing as Mrs. Poor baby! Siegfried rushes over to figure out what’s wrong. Tricki Woo has diarrhea and refuses to eat his indulgent treats. Will there be any extra guests for Christmas lunch? Hall expects Helen to join the vets, and Helen doesn’t want to disappoint Mrs. Jenny is cooking up a storm and expects both of them to eat her goose and liquor soaked pudding. Diana’s fine with the lack of invite she’s excited to spend Christmas with no one harassing her. Hall invites Gerald but Siegfried is skittish to invite Diana because that creates “expectations” around belonging to a committed relationship. There’s a bit of a kerfuffle over the guest list for Christmas Day lunch at Skeldale House. He even lies and tells Siegfried the envelope with the results is a bill to keep him away from reading it. Because of last year’s drama, Tristan refuses to tell Siegfried if he passed or not.

Tristan’s exam results did arrive which Mrs. Hall intercepts the mail hoping for a letter from her son Edward but there’s nothing. Then Tristan decides to abandon the list and spends time flirting with Maggie at the pub. Hall to use the party as an excuse to dress up nice to impress Gerald. First, they run into Diana at the market and she’s awkwardly talking about whatever goes on on her dates with Siegfried. Hall with the shopping list but ends up distracted for two reasons.

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Prep for the annual house party the vets throw on Christmas Eve is in full swing. Will James find out he was right all along?

Kitson knows that the ewe ended up recovering from the shot, but he hides this information from James just to support his anti-science viewpoint.

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