The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers recap for Monday, December 23, reveals that Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) will be feeling under the weather, so Claire Newman (Hayley Erin) and Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) will celebrate Christmas at the ranch without her.
Once Cole and Claire arrive to find Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) kissing Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), they’ll all sit down for some toasts and exchanged gifts.
Claire will reveal that she had a portrait commissioned that features her along with Victoria, Cole, Victor and Nikki.
After Nikki and Victor gush over the present, Cole will hope Victor doesn’t mind that he was included.
Victor will take Cole aside to admit that although he wasn’t happy about Jordan’s (Colleen Zenk) dungeon release, he believes Cole is a good man and father.
With that in mind, Victor will decide he’s not going to stand in the way of Cole’s relationship with Victoria or the family they’re building with Claire.
Once Cole offers up some books he’s selected for Victoria and Nikki, Claire will learn her grandparents are getting her a horse for Christmas.
These holiday ranch scenes will wrap up with a tree lighting and some positive predictions about the future.
At Society on Monday’s Y&R episode, Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman) will be taken aback over Michael Baldwin’s (Christian LeBlanc) updates on Sharon Newman’s (Sharon Case) hypnosis memories.
Since Sharon feels confident someone else was at the apartment that night, Lauren will have faith that Michael’s going to get to the bottom of all this for her defense.
When Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) overhears something about the “real killer,” she’ll intrude on the conversation and insist that Sharon did this.
Phyllis will assume Michael is cooking up some way to get Sharon off the hook, but Michael will insist this is legit and that the police have been notified.
In fact, Michael will hint that protection may be sent for Daniel Romalotti Jr. (Michael Graziadei) and Lucy Romalotti (Lily Brooks O’Briant), but Phyllis will insist they needed to have been protected from Sharon!
Lauren will try to convince Phyllis that there are things about this case she doesn’t realize, so Phyllis will pull up a chair and demand to know the rest.
Michael will only allude to the new evidence that calls everything into question, so Phyllis will finally storm out.
At the cottage, Sharon will have good news for Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and Faith Newman (Reylynn Caster) since she remembered she’s not responsible for Heather Stevens’ (Vail Bloom) demise.
Once Faith and Mariah hear all Sharon’s latest hypnosis memories, they’ll be relieved.
It’ll feel like a Christmas miracle, but Sharon will express concern for Daniel and his family since the real killer is still out there.
However, Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) won’t think it’s wise to derail their Christmas celebration when this is their first year without Heather.
This isn’t over yet since they still need proof of the actual culprit, but Sharon will feel a lot lighter knowing what she knows now.
Since Sharon will finally be feeling up to decorating for Christmas, Nick will dash off and bring a tree back for the house.
Nick, Mariah, Faith and Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks) all help with the decorations, but the holiday fun will come to a screeching halt when Phyllis shows up.
Although everyone will act like this isn’t the time and place for this confrontation, Phyllis will mention the new information she heard about from Michael and demand answers.
After Phyllis asks “what the hell” Sharon is trying to pull, Sharon will finally blurt out that she was wrong and that she’s not guilty.
Once Sharon says she didn’t murder anyone and that someone else killed Heather that night, Phyllis will definitely look skeptical.
The Young and the Restless spoilers indicate Sharon may offer more details soon, but it’s doubtful Phyllis will buy her hypnosis epiphany just yet!
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