This year’s Christmas in Emmerdale lacked warmth, especially at Home Farm.

After a near-fatal horse-riding accident, Kim Tate should have been surrounded by family, lights, and laughter.

But the reality was quite the opposite: Kim chose to close the doors, cut off all festive atmosphere, and coldly pushed away those closest to her, ushering in an unprecedentedly gloomy Christmas season at the most luxurious house in the village.

All the trouble began with a shady business deal that seemed harmless.

Sam and Lydia, desperate for money, decided to hire people to organize illegal hunting on Home Farm behind Kim’s back. They thought Kim wouldn’t know, and that the money would be gone. On that very day, Kim decided to ride her horse alone in the fields. Accident occurred: Kim fell from her horse, lying motionless in the cold field, unnoticed. At one point, Kim’s survival was entirely a matter of chance.

When Kim was found and rescued from the brink of death, she wasn’t just in physical pain. What chilled her to the bone was the realization that the near-fatal accident was a direct consequence of the greed and deceit of the very people who lived off her land. Since when did the Dingle family dare to treat Home Farm as a “money-making opportunity,” regardless of the danger to their mistress?

As Christmas approached, the feeling of betrayal weighed heavily on Kim. She heard Lydia confess everything to Joe, heard the argument erupt as Joe began to yell in shock: it turned out that “her accident” wasn’t a stroke of bad luck, but a slap in the face from the Dingle family. Joe was heartbroken for his grandmother, but also realized he was caught between his powerful grandmother and his wife’s family, who constantly crossed boundaries.