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Remember When

Ghosts of Christmas Past

December, 2004
by GCN Staff

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. In the air there's a feeling of Christmas. Children laughing, people passing Fenmore's Little Shop of Horrors meeting smile after smile on the faces of those who caught a glimpse of Lauren Fenmore and Michael Baldwin having sex on the floor.

And on every street corner you hear: Baa, baa, humbug. It's Christmas time in the city much as it was in 1995 when the GCN strolled down the city sidewalks to see who was out and about.

First stop: Christine 'Bug' Blair Romalotti Williams love nest where the creepy critter had managed to erect a Christmas tree complete with mistletoe in hopes private detective Paul 'Clueless' Williams would suck on her beak. Just as he did the doorbell rang.

"Who is it?" the Bug called out. It was Migraine Mary Williams. On her way to drop off pies at the church Mary had decided to give one to the Bug. The Bug invited her to stop back later for "a traditional Christmas dinner" which the Bug said she would prepare with her very own claws.

Across town at the Romalotti apartment, rock and roller Danny was opening a present (a toy piano) for the baby when the doorbell rang. "Who could that be?" the mother, of who he thought was his biological son, asked.

Fighting off the urge to say, "Hey, stupid. Open the door and find out," Danny ignored the clichéd response and opened the door to find Peter Garrett holding a present (a musical train) for the baby too.

Sad that Phyllis Summers' latest weapon to make him jealous and get him to marry her again had ruined Christmas, Danny slipped away to call the Bug. His bellyaching was all for not. The Bug instructed him to make the best of a bad situation especially at Christmas and then jammed the phone in his ear.

A few doors down at the RoadKill Cafe Nikki Newman was sniveling. She told Brad Carlton how depressing Christmas was without her son around. Brad said surely she must have some good memories and to try thinking positive for a change. Nikki recalled how Victor Newman first took the family on a sleigh ride one Christmas and how baby Nick had looked up into the sky and saw what he thought was the star of Bethlehem.

"I don't know how we're going to celebrate this Christmas without Nicholas," Nikki bawled until Brad gave her a necklace.

"It's stunning. I'll only wear it when I'm with you," Nikki told Brad who said the time had come to tell the Black Knight about their affair. As for Brad's gift he'd have to wait until later. While Nikki had said she was having it delivered to his home, that she got him a new hedge clipper was never disproved.

When Nikki got home she found Cole Howard and her daughter waiting. "Where have you been?" Victoria Newman demanded. Nikki said she'd been at Church - praying. After some eye rolling Victor arrived, ordered Cole to fetch presents from his car and then asked when Sharon was expected. Nikki's hair stood on end. The little gold-digger wasn't expected. A split second later the doorbell rang. Sharon had arrived bearing gifts and noting that her wheelchair-bound mother had more, Victor sent the limo off to get BoreUs Collins.

Then a call came in from Walrus State Prison. Nick was on the line so Victor punched up the speakerphone. "My boy! Merry Christmas my boy!"

Wanting to speak privately with his mother, Nick asked Nikki if Sharon and BoreUs could move to the ranch. As the conversation wrapped up Victor mumbled, "Be good my boy."

Shallow Sharon was feeling sad when BoreUs rolled in with her daughter's gift, a framed photo of Nick. Sharon had a gift to give BoreUs too. A new wheel chair purchased with part of the 20-grand Nick had given her and was supposed to have been used as a down payment on a home they'd planned to buy before Nick got sent to prison.

Sharon rushed to the prison where a looking sleazier each day Nick spat, "What are you doing here?" and muttered, "I thought I had to clear all my visitors?" Sharon told him she got the chaplain to make the arrangements and had brought along a cake. Sharon hadn't been there but a minute when a guard appeared to say their time was up. "Seeing you is the best gift you could have given me" Nick sputtered when just hours earlier he had told Sharon to "move on" and forget about him.

It was urged at the time that before entering the Abbott Bed & Breakfast visitors have at least three barf-bags handy. John 'Yawn' and Jill Abbott were arguing about who's gifts baby Billy should open first. By all accounts Billy wasn't supposed to be more than a year old but on this day looked about three.

Moments later Jack Abbott strolled in singing "Joy to the World" as his son, Keemo Volein his sister Mai Tai, and Saigon Sally (Luan) jumped in to sing a few bars. When the rejoicing was over Sally gave a speech on miracles which was merely a new spin on the story she'd told a million times; how fortunate she was to have found her American GI. For added barf effect, Keemo quipped, "Christmas is a time when Americans show their generosity more than any other."

Still later, Jack badgered Jill about how she could give old man Yawn the best gift ever by moving out. Yawn told them that on this festive day they should have the decency to put aside their differences and to make his point began having everyone take turns reading from the Bible. Jack started with the greatest story ever told followed by Sally's assessment that the story was truly a testament of, "how the birth of a child can change the history of our world."

It was a sad day for Malfunction Winters too. He was at his photo studio feeling sorry for himself when cheating bitch Keesha Monroe walked in.

"What are you doing here" he snapped. Keesha said she'd come to wish him a Merry Christmas and give him a gift. Malfunction told her to give the gift to that cheating bastard Nathan Hasting who she'd been screwing on the side. "I love you ... can't we talk?" Keesha moaned until Malfunction told her to get lost whereupon he tossed the gift she'd given him in the trash.

Elsewhere, Dru and Neil Winters were exchanging gifts one of which was a glass Christmas tree ornament supposedly for Boo Boo Bear (baby Lily). Lily at the time looked like a baby chimp what with the little bun of hair on top of her head.

Looking back nine years it might be said that over time Christmas for the elite in Genoa City has improved. But not by much.

 
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