Brady wakes up to find Madison missing, but she returns with breakfast for them. Stefano and E.J. make John a proposal to sell them Basic Black. Rafe shows Bo and Hope the doctored photo that has the shadows and a altered time stamp. Brady and Madison spread the Christmas spirit and he says he's going all out this year. John abruptly rejects the proposal which pleases Marlena very much and says for them to repay the money they stole also to leave them alone. Hope tells Bo she's going to collect on the I.O.U to force Stefano to exonerate John and think he'll do whatever they want even if it means he'll not pay for what he did. Brady confides in Madison about all the years he's ruined the holidays for his family as they decorate the tree the picked out together. John tells Marlena that he hopes he did the right thing.
