Text Santa and Emmerdale: Killed-off for Christmas

Christmas isn't all about fun and festivities - especially if you're a soap character.

Christmas can be a very dangerous time. Mince pie overload, food comas and the dreaded choccie chugging spells the end of a healthy diet and well-fitting clothes. But in the world of soap, Christmas is much more fatal. The holiday season means the inevitable character kill-off. Is anyone safe?

Text Santa and Emmerdale have teamed up to show you how some of our Villagers are avoiding the fall of the final curtain with a little help from an unexpected visitor...

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