Nell and the family reminisce via flashbacks while trimming the Xmas tree.
This episode is simply a clip show with an Xmas backdrop. Not much happens in the wraparound scenes except that Joey is faking illness to get out of Xmas shopping. The script makes this strange excuse that all his gift money fell out of a hole in the bag in which he was carrying it. Couldn't the writers have come up with anything better? Also, Julie receives a skull from Jonathan - who's away on an archeological dig - but he mixed up the packages as she was supposed to receive earrings.
The clips include Joey's first appearance where Nell and the girls fawn over him; the Valentines Day that was ruined when everyone took advice from Nell; the previous Xmas when Addy and Nell fought over a man; and Nell, Addy and Loretta performing a Sixties Girl Group medley in the episode where Loretta got married.
Loses points for lack of originality, as these clip shows always do. 5/10.