After hesitating at the altar, Paul finally says “I do” and cynical Karl is forced to eat humble pie, never truly believing Paul would marry Lyn. At the reception, loved-up Paul toasts his bride and later carries Lyn across the threshold of their honeymoon suite. But while excited Lyn prepares herself for a matrimonial night of passion, Paul has a major change of heart and tells Lyn she deserves better – he will cheat on her. Lyn’s world crumbles leaving Steph and Susan to pick up the pieces.Elle finds Paul alone in the dark but her concern soon gives way to disappointment when she realizes what Paul’s done to Lyn. Devastated Elle finds Lyn and tells her she would have made a great step-mum. Unable to stick around and watch her father self-destruct, Elle leaves to spend Christmas with her mother in Tasmania, unsure if she will ever return.Carmella fears Will is hiding something when his story about his accountant father doesn’t add up. But when she confronts him he feels guilty about lying and takes it out on Carmella, accusing her of looking for an excuse to dump him and return to her life as a nun. Paul’s touching wedding speech makes Carmella realize she’s deeply in love with Will and she finally makes her decision, choosing Will over God.When Ned books an unreliable Santa and drunken elves to work in the Lassiter’s grotto, Toadie agrees to be Santa in an attempt to impress Steph. But Toadie’s plan to embarrass Ned by making him don the tiny elf costume backfires when Ned is mobbed by the yummy mummies!


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