Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Shorty ’s Becky & Luke ‘WE’ RE CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS!’

‘There might actually be a Christmas miracle this year!’

Let’s just hope their characters make it to the New Year!

For most of New Zealand, Christmas is a time of food, wha- nau, gifts and good times. But in Ferndale, the festive season is an absolute minefield, with Shortland Street writers dreaming up terrible tragedies for our favourite characters.

Who could forget new mum Carmen Roberts suffering a fatal brain aneurysm just moments after accepting a marriage proposal on Christmas Day 1995?

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