... As the World Turns ...

... Brad is grateful when Vienna buys him the perfect piece of jewelry for him to give to Katie but when he arrives outside her hotel room, he hears Katie and Jack having fun setting up a Christmas tree...

... Jack and Katie almost kiss but she pulls back and tells him she can't do this. Hearing Brad canceling the deal on the house, Katie offers to help cover his loss but he won't hear it...

... She announces they can keep trying to have a baby but no "sleeping" together or talking about their feelings. Parker lets Carly know he doesn't want to spend Christmas evening with her and his siblings...

... Chris lays into Dr. Sherwood for ordering too many tests for his dad. When he argues about his decision, Chris decides to remove him from his father's case, just as Tom emerges from Bob's room...

... Dusty tells Emily that Chris is responsible for Bob's collapse and suggests that if Bob gets better, Chris will be removed from the position. He orders her to pull the headline story about Chris but she refuses...

... Emily runs to warn Chris about Dusty while Dusty tells Lucinda about the fight Chris had with Bob just before his collapse. Lucinda guesses he's upset because Emily is with Chris...

... When Kim asks why he's deliberately making trouble for her son, Dusty tells her about the argument he witnessed. Chris convinces Kim the argument was nothing while Emily warns Dusty to stay out of it...

... Until As the World Turns returns again ...