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'Call the Midwife' Christmas Special 2021 Recap

Carmen Croghan

25 Dec 2021 — 5 min read

Happy Christmas, everyone! There’s so much to cover in this extended holiday episode of Call the Midwife. It’s full of classic family Christmas traditions, for sure. But viewers are also treated to hoodlums, a handful of tricky deliveries for the midwives and if that’s not enough, a much-anticipated wedding.

We arrive in Poplar in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The nativity play at the community center, helmed by the intrepid duo of Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins, is already underway. As expected, Fred Buckle dons his rather snug Santa suit to distribute some yuletide cheer.

Nurse Anderson and her fiancé are busy preparing for their wedding, scheduled for December 26th (aka Boxing Day). Let’s cover all the drama first and then come back to the nuptials at the end!

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