Sister Julienne comforts a tearful Shelagh in the first clip from this year’s Call the Midwife Christmas special. <\/p>
It won\u2019t be long before the Poplar gang return to our screens for the annual Call the Midwife<\/a> Christmas special.<\/p>\n As with previous years, this one already seems determined to tug at our heartstrings \u2013 as well as spreading some festive cheer.<\/p>\n A new clip for the special teases what\u2019s to come for Nonnatus House staple Shelagh Turner (Laura Main), who is a bit distracted at work.<\/p>\n When Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) confronts her about it, she reveals she has received a package from Hong Kong from her adopted daughter Mae\u2019s biological mother.<\/p> A tearful Shelagh reveals she hasn\u2019t even told her husband, Dr Patrick Turner (Stephen McGann), about it. She\u2019s too worried the package will upset Mae, who is \u201cperfectly content\u201d as it is, after not receiving anything from her mother on previous special occasions.<\/p>\n Of course, Sister Julienne has some wise counsel for the nurse, encouraging her to tell her husband. \u201cNo marriage thrives on secrets, large or small,\u201d she tells her.<\/p>\n We\u2019re sure the pair will come together in the end and do what\u2019s best for Mae.<\/p>\n They\u2019re not the only one\u2019s who\u2019ll be experiencing some troubles this season, however.<\/p>\n Helen George\u2019s Trixie and her new husband Matthew (Olly Rix) are preparing for their first Christmas together following last season\u2019s nuptials. But it sounds like it will be far from magical.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s their first Christmas together as a married couple, so it\u2019s one of those awkward years when they\u2019re trying to work out what they\u2019re going to do.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Trixie doesn\u2019t really have any family apart from Nonnatus House \u2013 and, of course, he\u2019s a Chelsea boy, so does he really want to spend Christmas in Poplar?\u201d George explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trixie\u2019s brother Geoffrey<\/a> will be spending the holidays with them, throwing another spanner in the works \u2013 and undoubtedly making for some rather entertaining viewing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n All 12 seasons of Call the Midwife are available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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