In the Christmas s ecial, it’s Christmas in Darrowby, and Helen and James realise they haven’t agreed on where they’re s ending Christmas Day. Mrs Hall is ex ecting them at Skeldale and Jenny is ex ecting them at Heston Grange, and the air are reluctant to disa oint either of them. The situation raises bigger questions about what their lives will look like in the future. When a beloved local et is taken seriously ill, Siegfried has to bring it into the ractice for emergency treatment. In the face of such an emergency, Helen ends u feeling like a s are art at the Skeldale Christmas arty, but fellow farmer Dave Kitson could end u being the solution to Helen finding her lace at Skeldale, and the key to the animal’s survival. Tristan learns that it might be time to take himself more seriously and reveals some im ortant news, while a card from James’s father asking him to hone them on Christmas Day leaves James on tenterhooks about whether he can make amends with his family