I was lucky enough to be able to preview the new Call The Midwife Holiday Special today. As much as I enjoyed last year's Christmas Special, I am happy to report that this year's was every bit as good. Prepare to cry. Maybe not as many tears as last year but still a few.
We find Sister Bernadette no longer a nun (and now going by her real name Shelagh), and preparing for her wedding to the good doctor. Speaking of Dr. Turner, he is trying to get all the children of Poplar vaccinated against polio before another outbreak. And we see lots of Chummy in this special, enjoying life as a new mother to baby Freddy, and still a Cub Scout leader!
Jenny has a new very handsome beau, and has stopped pining over that married creep. Finally! We also learn a bit about Trixie and her home life as a child.
There is a crisis in the form of an unexploded bomb from the Blitz which was discovered in the rebuilding effort in the East End of London. The neighbourhood of Nonnatus House is evacuated to a community hall, and all just before Christmas!
So what will come of Nonnatus House and our favourite nuns? Tune in to PBS on Sunday Dec 29th at 7:30 pm and find out. I think I will watch it again with you then!
Cheers!
How wonderful that we'll be able to spend part of the Christmas Holidays with the nuns and nurses from Nonnatus House! I do love them, and the ability to the transported to the east end of London in the 1950s. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteOh, I cannot wait. It is like the best Christmas present ever to be able to watch this show again. Lucky you, to get to preview the Chrismas special. It really sounds like a marvelous episode, and I'm glad to get some back story on Trixie--I think she has a wonderful story waiting to be told.
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