Bold and the Beautiful – 2022 (S35 E87) FULL EPISODE 8696
Movie Spoiler – “Grandma Kissing Santa”
In this emotional, tangled family drama, the story opens with young Douglas making a shocking claim that sets off a chain of confusion and heartbreak: he insists he saw his grandmother kissing Santa Claus. What seems like an innocent, childlike misunderstanding quickly unravels into a devastating secret that could destroy a marriage and a family’s fragile trust.
Behind the laughter and Christmas lights hides Brooke, a woman haunted by guilt. On New Year’s Eve, after one too many drinks, Brooke shared a forbidden kiss with Deacon, a man her husband Ridge despises more than anyone. She thought no one had seen—but Douglas, her perceptive grandson, caught a glimpse through the window. To a child’s eyes, it was Santa with his red hat. But Brooke knows the truth: the “Santa” Douglas saw was Deacon, and that innocent moment could expose everything.
Panicked and guilt-ridden, Brooke confides in her friend that she’s broken every vow she ever made—to her family, her husband, and her sobriety. She begs that Douglas be brought home before he can tell anyone what he saw. But word spreads fast, and whispers about “Grandma kissing Santa” start to travel through the family, each adult half-laughing it off as a cute misunderstanding—until Brooke realizes how easily the truth could come out.
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Meanwhile, across town, Paris faces her own emotional turmoil. She insists that her relationship with Zende is “modern” and casual, but when her mother learns that Zende had planned to propose—and Paris stopped him—her reasons start to crumble. Paris claims she wants freedom and isn’t ready for commitment, but her mixed emotions suggest she’s hiding from something deeper. The tension between love, fear, and independence mirrors Brooke’s struggle to keep her own desires under control.
At the same time, Katie and Carter share quiet moments filled with unresolved tension. Katie’s been distant, and Carter can sense she’s avoiding something—or someone. Their conversation reveals that both are still wrestling with complicated feelings: Katie’s ex, Bill, is trying to win her back, and Carter, still wounded from his affair with Quinn, hesitates to open up again. Both are standing at the edge of something real but are too afraid to take the leap.
As the night unfolds, Brooke’s anxiety deepens. She calls Thomas, begging him to bring Douglas home immediately. She tries to convince herself that the boy doesn’t really understand what he saw—but when he returns, the truth becomes impossible to ignore. Douglas innocently tells his family that Grandma and Santa were kissing and that he told his dad and grandpa too. Ridge laughs it off, thinking Douglas mixed up the words to the famous Christmas song. Brooke, however, feels her world collapsing.
In a heartbreaking private conversation, Brooke tries to reassure Douglas that no one is upset with him. She gently tells him that Christmas and New Year’s are over and that they should forget about “Grandma kissing Santa.” But Douglas, pure and sincere, doesn’t understand the weight of what he’s seen. His truth-telling innocence becomes the story’s emotional core—he doesn’t know he’s holding the key to his grandmother’s deepest shame.
Meanwhile, Ridge begins to sense something is wrong. Hope, Douglas’s mother, acts strangely, and everyone starts to feel that unspoken tension. When Thomas delivers Douglas home early and Hope nervously thanks him, Ridge and Steffy exchange confused glances. They know their family is hiding something, but no one dares to ask the wrong question.

Elsewhere, Zende struggles with rejection after Paris stops him from proposing. Despite her insistence that she’s happy being free, her heart wavers when she realizes she might have pushed away a man who truly loved her. And Carter, still caught between honesty and desire, admits that the woman on his mind isn’t fully available—hinting that his heart may be leading him toward yet another complicated entanglement.
By the time the truth threatens to surface, the emotional damage has already begun. Brooke’s marriage to Ridge—long tested by secrets and betrayals—stands on the brink once again. Her slip into old habits, her kiss with the man Ridge despises, and the innocent eyes of her grandson who saw it all combine into a perfect storm of guilt and impending exposure.
The final moments of the movie draw a haunting parallel between Brooke’s desperate plea for forgiveness and Paris’s choice to reject love. Both women cling to freedom but are imprisoned by fear—fear of vulnerability, judgment, and losing control. As Brooke hugs Douglas tightly, assuring him that everything is “forgotten,” the camera lingers on her trembling face, revealing the truth she can’t hide from herself.
In the end, “Grandma Kissing Santa” isn’t a lighthearted holiday story—it’s a tale of secrets, temptation, and the cost of a single moment of weakness. Beneath the sparkle of Christmas lights lies a family teetering on the edge of scandal, where one innocent child’s words may unravel everything they hold dear.