# Call the Midwife; 2017 Christmas Special (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284 "2017-12-25T21:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/1 "2017-12-25T21:45:34Z")
Heads up; the 2017 Christmas Special is airing on PBS tonight (and has already aired in the UK). Goodbye 1962; hello 1963. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/2 "2017-12-26T11:49:51Z")
Even slushier than usual (mind you, it was indeed [a foul winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMXxRcqmrkQ)). ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/3 "2017-12-27T04:36:48Z")
The baby waking up in Valerie’s handback was both moving _and_ terrifying; I get why she was so freaked out. I was worried the baby would end up dying before they got back to his parents. Sister Julienne and Shelagh quickly decoding that woman & her daughter’s medical records to figure out what really happened was pretty good too. I can’t wait for the new series proper to start. Beatlemania hit the UK in '63, and Barbara’s going to need a temporary replacement. Maybe we’ll finally get to see a non-white midwife (say from India or the Caribbean) at Nonnatus House. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/4 "2017-12-27T04:45:25Z")
I was surprised that there were no eyebrows raised at Trixie planning to go off for a European ski vacation with her dentist. I thought nurses had morals clauses in their contracts back then. But even the nuns didn’t seems surprised or upset. StG ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/5 "2017-12-28T05:42:02Z")
It would have been assumed they would have separate rooms - or they might have been going in a group. And in any case, as professionals they’d be understood to be responsible adults. These weren’t must-be-chaperoned Victorian times. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-2017-christmas-special-open-spoilers/805284/6 "2017-12-29T00:04:56Z")
And most importantly nobody has it in for Trixie so all she has to do is show a bit of discretion and she’s safe. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk