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The 2020 Call the Midwife Christmas Special (S10E00) ends not with a grand party, but with a simple tableau. The smallpox scare is over. The vaccinations have worked. In the kitchen of Nonnatus House, the nuns and nurses sit around a scrubbed wooden table. Sister Julienne pours sherry. The radio plays "White Christmas."

The (technically the opening of Season 10) is a poignant 90-minute feature set in December 1965. As Poplar prepares for Christmas, the community deals with the aftermath of the "Big Freeze" of 1963 and the modernizing world of the mid-60s. Core Plot & Highlights Call.The.Midwife.S10E00.Christmas.Special.2020....

The Magic of Poplar: A Look Back at the Call the Midwife 2020 Christmas Special The 2020 Call the Midwife Christmas Special (S10E00)

A traveling circus led by the charismatic Mr. Percival ( Peter Davison ) arrives in Poplar, offering Nurse Crane an unexpected adventure and a brush with romance. In the kitchen of Nonnatus House, the nuns

One of the episode's greatest strengths is its ability to balance lighthearted moments with more serious, emotional scenes. A particularly poignant subplot involving a young mother and her newborn baby will likely leave viewers reaching for tissues.

Critics universally praised the special, calling it “essential viewing” during a dark year.