Synopsis[]
It is Christmas in w:c:emmerdale:Beckindale. w:c:emmerdale:Nick Bates is nervous about the upcoming robbery plans on w:c:emmerdale:Home Farm and sees w:c:emmerdale:Phil Pearce outside w:c:emmerdale:Hotten Supermarket. Joe Sugden wants Kate Hughes to join him at Emmerdale Farm for Christmas. Kate's supervisor at the supermarket watches on and sees her chatting to Joe. Joe has to pretend to be a customer at the supermarket Kate works at as he is holding her up a lot. He knows he has to go through it as Phil has something on him. Phil goes there and breaks in, and he puts the log fire out with an extinguisher and commits the robbery. Nick says he has something on Phil now so that makes them even. w:c:emmerdale:Alan Turner and w:c:emmerdale:Caroline Bates return to Home Farm to find the place has been burgled.