Episode #269 – Thursday, December 21, 2006:

BRAND NEW OPENING!

• The men of Salem have Christmas surprises for their lady loves.
• Jack and Billie get caught under the mistletoe, but they don't acknowledge it. Instead, she helps him grieve Jennifer.
• John gives Marlena a stunning charm bracelet with charms that recall very special memories for them both.
• Max surprises Abby with a gift he'd been planning to give to her for months....a car! Max explains that he put every piece of the car together himself, and he had it custom made for her. He explains that he started doing this months ago and was going to give it to her regardless of whether they were together or not.
• Steve dresses up like Patchie Claus and showers Kayla with tons of gifts that remind them both of their time together.
• Frankie stuns Greta by giving her a lavish necklace that takes her breath away.
• Victor has Caroline's hospital room showered with Chrismas poinsettias. She remains unconscious, but he feels as if he is impacting her recovery by doing this for her.
• Meanwhile, Maggie does the same for a comatose Mickey.
• Lucas brings Sami his Christmas present that he was planning to give her before she was arrested for Alan's murder. He gives her a scrapbook full of photos of all of their times together. He throws it at her and tells her to look at everything she's given up by killing Alan!
• Celeste escapes from the mental ward of the hospital.
• Marlena tells John that this changes nothing. When John leaves, Roman arrives, and Roman and Marlena discuss their favorite Christmas memories. Marlena tells Roman that she fears that she is losing her mind.
• Austin surprises Carrie by taking her to the rooftop and recreating all of their special memories up on the roof of the apartment complex. Carrie is only half there, however, as she thinks about Mike...not in a romantic way, but his prescense in Salem occupies her mind...and Austin knows it!
• Bo surprises Billie by taking her to the pier and revealing his gift to her....a boat! He explains to her that he doesn't want her to feel threatened by his relationship with Hope so he wants her to have this boat as a symbol of his love for her.
• Victor, Alice, and Maggie all run into each other at the hospital while visiting Caroline and
• Jack remains devastated by the death of Jennifer. Doug, Julie, and Jack recall how if Jennifer had not died maybe Mickey's stroke would not have been triggered. When Jack leaves, Doug and Julie tells Laura that Jack may never be the same again after Jennifer's death. Julie says that Mickey might never be either....when alone, Laura asks herself....."What have I done?"
• Meanwhile, in a cold, desolate hospital somewhere across the seas, a little Christmas tree stands in the window. It blinks on and off. A woman sits in a rocking chair, rocking back and forth. She stares out the window. Snow begins to fall. She continues to rock. Back and forth. Back and forth. It forms a rythym. The woman is coddled in a blanket. The phone rings. A nurse enters and answers the phone...."Jennifer Horton's room." Jennifer Horton rocks, back and forth, staring out the window with no expression on her face. Instead, are the cold catatonic eyes of a woman who has inherited her family's terrible mental illness. As the camera winds its way out of the room door, down the hallway lined with black and white checkered linoleum flooring, and out the front doors which reads "North Star Sanitarium."

PROMO #1: IT'S COMING!

PROMO #2: ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR!

VOTE: For the Man of Greta's Dreams!