As this is Eastenders Christmas ( so of course it;ll go Pete Tong ) there must be an EE Checklist
Stacy will be feverishly wrapping presents at 4am , Arthur has a bike/scooter for example , she will be searching for wrapping paper and sticky tape She'll have a huge tub of unrecognisable chocolates on the go
Someone will have an oven/fridge/food malfunction which will necessitate them decamping to One Of The Other Houses on the Square ( who will miraculously have enough plates and cutlery )
Random folk we've never seen before will be walking about with Santa Hats at a Jaunty Angle round the Square
Everyone will open their presents which willl be Things Off The Market , as even though they;re a tube ride from town , no-one would've gone Shopping Up West
Martin will need to be in 2 places at once - spending time with Stace'n'The Kidz and spending time with Ruby'n'Roman.
His heart will be with Roman but Stacey will guilt trip him " the kids need to see you for their presents unwrapping"
Everyone gathers by the tree in the Square , they haven't seen enough of each other with the Choir practice obviously
Junior and Cindy will exchange strained , pained looks at each other over the dinner table . Cindy will make excuses to "go to the ladies / go and check she put Louis present out " and Junior will follow her . No-one will twig except Elaine who will do the flashy eyes thing . Ian will be totes oblivious as per .
The Mitchell Faaaamily Dinner will be interesting . Phil is still gone to ground , hopefully Nigel can be his Ghost of Christmas Future and get him to see things clearer . I will wager Nicola is a fabulous host but an awful cook and someone (if not all of them) will get food poisonong
And it will snow . Of course .