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Previously on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

I do not want to fight anymore.

Do you remember my friend Amber?

Amber's a girl that I used to hang out with when I was single.

We just partied our butts off, to be honest with you.

You're driving me crazy.

No, I'm going to have a bunch of fun.

Teresa and Nicole are my friends, and it's been double the pleasure.

I think there's a bond forming there.

Nicole's divorced.

I'm going through a divorce.

Maybe we were like... Fight things up a little. Bobby and I have been together

for like nine months.

Fish tacos.

A woman only needs two things.

Dunkin' Donuts and oral sex.

Where's my hobby?

Hey, babe.

My husband, Reno, has two restaurants.

What are you cooking?

I love to cook. I love to entertain.

I'm the star.

I feel like almost alone.

I'm going through a separation with my husband.

I'm pretty zen until you...

With me.

Teresa and Joe Giudice indicted on federal fraud charges. Whenever

trouble, this whole group is there in a minute.

I just want everything to be like it was.

And that's the truth.

You never know how strong you are until it's the only choice you have.

I've learned to forgive and never regret.

You're not seeing trouble.

Everyone loves us.

You're seeing trouble.

I'm a survivor.

What did you just say? No one is bringing me down.

I'm back to bring the zen.

Namaste, bitches.

All right, Melania, if you act up one more time, you're going to go back in

room. Put your shoes on and act a little normal for once. I am normal.

We're going to put up the Christmas tree.

No. Can you take that?

No. Let's go.

I'm too lazy.

Yeah, we'll stop being lazy.

This year, there's something nice about staying at home on Christmas and being

out of the public eye.

Girls, let's put this thing together. Come on. We're supposed to do this

together, and I'm the only one doing anything here.

We're in a legal situation, so I'm just trying to keep life normal. Oh, shit.

I hate these trees.

We're normal.

Your favorite ornament, bro.

Get the Christmas tree. All by myself.

Tony, get your book bag, baby.

Daddy's in the family room. He's already starting to get the tree up.

Put this here.

Oh, my.

Oh, my big poinsettias. I forgot about these. My stuff's not going to look so

nice in this house.

Joe and I sold our house in Montville.

We have now moved to Franklin Lake, where we're building our new home.

In the meantime, we're shacking it up in a rental.

I don't like this small, disgusting house.

Don't say that, Antonia.

We're here. We're dealing with it. I mean, it's not that bad.

Wait, hold on to me.

It's going to hit the roof.

Oh, it is? Yes, that's what I'm trying to tell you.

Leave it like that.

Like what?

Like that.

No!

I'm not going to just slop it up because we're in a different house.

Just put this up there.

We can't have that as our Christmas tree. I will not take it down. Just

it. Uh -huh.

Oh, my God.

Are you kidding me?

Watch the walls.

Who's in here? Jimmy Hoffa? It doesn't smell like a Christmas tree. You should

spray it. Don't they have that stuff?

Yeah, it doesn't really work, though.

While you're doing this, I'm going to go have a cigarette.

Because I'm getting very tired watching this. Teresa and Nicole are the original

decorators. They always did the trick. And they should be left to do the trick.

My mom is named Santa after my great -grandmother, which means saint in

Santa.

Gee, how's school going?

It's going good.

He can't wait to finish.

How do you feel about coming out to the restaurant a couple of nights and

working? I'll be there every day because I don't want to go to college.

He wants to follow your footsteps.

Oh, follow my footsteps. I could send my son to the best schools in Paris,

France, which I think would be a great experience. But the best feature he

ever have is his dad.

And that excites me. That rocks my world.

Giovanni, when my father started me in the business, It was on -the -job

training. One of the things about an art, you study it, you have your father,

and then you practice it.

A lot of people don't keep those old traditions, old values, but I think we

should never lose touch with that.

My parents raised us that way. They gave us the foundation.

Tradition keeps society alive.

Do you know the only two continuing traditions and people are the Hebrews

Chinese? They never changed anything.

You are Italian.

That is a tradition.

Never let anyone downgrade or insult the tradition.

Well, I thought this was going to be a fun time. Daddy gives us words of

so he's going to put one of the wise men under the tray.

And let's put him right here.

That's beautiful.

I don't want to talk anymore because I have to go have a cigarette.

Come on down!

Two weeks to Christmas, guys. Let's get these gingerbread houses done.

I will take full responsibility if this makes a mess.

Okay, so that's good. That's good.

Isabella, you need to put the walls in place, okay?

So this goes here, and then it's the roof, guys.

Having four kids was not on my agenda.

I used to think children are disgusting beings.

I just want to eat it.

Gumball! Stop!

They have snot. They have throw up. You're frothing up your nose.

But now I love being a mom. I put my whole heart and soul into it.

What happened?

Are you kidding?

Sebastian! I didn't do it! I didn't do it! No!

I take my job as a parent very, very seriously.

You know, they need to have a perfect Christmas. They need to have a perfect

birthday. They need to have a perfect St. Patrick's Day. Like, everything

to be perfect and controlled for them.

That's just the type of mom I am.

Are you kidding me?

I think you had too much sugar.

Way too much sugar.

You're done.

Cookie came up with this Christmas tree because Botox.

Well, Matt, let us have an indoor Christmas tree because he rips it down.

What I'm getting for Christmas this year is a bundle of divorce therapy sessions

and hopefully a couple of Percocets.

So cute. We put the tree right there and could watch all the animals eat. The

squirrels can eat this, right? No, if you want their intestines to... It's a

natural fiber. The shape of it goes around their little intestine and kills

them. Animals can't eat string.

Lex, why don't you tell everybody what you got today in the mail?

I got accepted to Salve Regina.

Wow.

I don't know what that is. It's like right on the water. I'm not a big

knower. I'm still waiting to hear back from a few others.

If you had to choose right now, where would you go?

NYU, because I can create my own major there.

It's going to feel a little bit lonely when Lexi goes to college. This house is

so used to having her energy in it and her friends.

It's going to be weird.

I like that color, Ma, on the bracelet.

It's pretty colorful. Oh, you like that?

I'd give you a bunch of bracelets I'd like to give out. You gave one to

I think. She loved it. Hopefully this year, whatever's happening to them will

a nice change for everyone.

It must be so hard for her that my job is just to be her friend and be there

her if she needs me.

That's what friends are for.

Up another one.

They're going to all be broke by the time you put one up.

I need a drink after these kids.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

It's not Christmas yet.

Pre -Merry Christmas.

Are you looking?

Guess what happened?

I guess people are talking about me at the harvest party.

You?

Look,

with all the crap that's going on, Until we go to court and prove ourselves not

guilty. They can have any opinion they want. We know who we are.

I mean, we do have four really good kids.

So that's something to be proud of.

You look like you're down there.

I hope this all gets resolved soon. I feel like it's hanging

over us.

then it's hard to think about being on the other side.

To the haters and to the ones that love her.

You know what I mean? Who cares?

Coming up... Anything you need, I'm there for you. I just don't know what to

say. No one could imagine what they're going through.

I don't like to go to traffic court.

So this mushroom toast, I see you do gluten -free options. Do you do that

that? Yeah. I'll do that.

Dina is a very strong woman.

We have a lot in common, me being divorced, her going through a divorce.

So it would be nice to have a single friend.

I love kale.

I do too.

It used to be like a garnish. Now it's like a main. I was just going to say, do

you realize that this year all of a sudden everything is kale?

Kale salad.

kale chip, sauteed kale, and I love it. I said, where's it been?

I'm so classy, I always check in the knife.

I'm not sure everything's cold, but it's not really good for dating, is it? No,

no, no, no, no. I haven't dated in...

20 -something years. Is that how long you were married for? Well, I married

Lexi's dad, and, like, two months after divorce, I started dating my now

-husband. Who initiated the separation?

Me. It was you.

Yeah. But we live together now, and I think once you remove, like, the

expectations of the husband out of it, you can be friends.

I left my husband four years ago.

It was definitely empowering.

But I think Dina just can't make up her mind whether she's single.

Separated or divorced because being married, I think, has also been her

identity. I loved my time with Lexi, and I think Tommy made it so convenient for

us because he worked so much.

But now that she's going off to college, I think that's why I'm really headed

for this divorce is because, like, now I want a companion.

That must be really hard. I mean, separation and your daughter. It's like

loves of your life, and now they're leaving.

I know. It's scary.

I have a lot of changes going on in my life. And when I pictured myself 40

-something, I didn't think that I would be starting over with a whole new life.

I actually like change, but the things that are changing are very scary for me.

Your divorce, was it your choice's choice?

I would not have wanted to get divorced.

I was devastated for a while. I didn't see anything coming.

I was just really shocked and surprised by a few things that I've never...

Ever expected.

Do I have exact details what happened? No.

But in my heart and my soul, I knew it was over.

I understand what Dean is going through.

When I got divorced, everything changed.

I had no choice but to move back in with my parents.

I had to rebuild my life.

I don't have a bellyache for the rest of the day, but it's worth it.

So Amber's party was interesting.

She's very sweet. I like her a lot.

Yeah? Yeah.

You kind of hesitated on that.

No, you know what? We're good friends.

There was a lot of tension with Amber at Amber's cocktail party.

Amber kept on making a big thing about who we invited.

I said to her, if you want to invite anyone, let me know. Two weeks later,

has 15 more couples.

Do you see her children, how precious? Yeah, they're beautiful.

But considering that Amber's kids call me Auntie Nicole, I'm not going to ruin

friendship over one disagreement.

Amber's definitely OCD.

Season Amber alert.

Hey, fire away through Noah. No, ready?

Go, faster. Go, go. No, Ismael, come here. I don't hear anything.

Fire!

Christmas can be an absolutely beautiful time, but it can be a very dangerous

time.

Lights on Christmas trees, the candles burning.

I hear nightmare stories all the time where, you know, it's happy holiday and

your tree and your house burned down and your dog is along with that.

I'm definitely a mom who is always thinking about the worst case scenarios

how to prepare for them.

Boom. There's your ladder.

Whoa.

You've got the hot tub right there. If, God forbid, you had to jump.

Oh, no. Oh, my God. Help me.

Oh, my God.

Honey, from that window, you could jump here and it wouldn't hurt.

Between September 11th, the cancer, imagine I survived all these things and

I die by fire.

It might be Christmas time, but don't screw with the Marchesis.

Let's talk about what we did. Over here. Sit down. Right and wrong, okay?

The first time you hear the horn, yell, fire, fire, everyone out of the house.

You've got to let them know.

Daddy and Mommy are sleeping.

You just toasted us. We're cooked. We're baked.

Fried barbecue.

Who wants eggnog?

Mommy, where are we going?

We're going to show you where Daddy's going to build your new house.

Whoa.

This is your cul -de -sac where you're going to live, guys.

Yay! Look, your house is going to go right there.

Here's the front door.

Right here.

This house is going to be very similar to my other house in Montville. It's

going to have, you know, all the bells and whistles, but I'm going to go a

little bit more L .A. chic.

I don't know what that means, but that's what I like to say.

Hello. Hi, Joe.

Yeah.

Where are they?

Come by.

Why would you sell your home, which you seem to love?

Honestly, I don't want my kids going to school with her.

We did not move to get away from Teresa.

The truth is, Joe wanted to be closer to work, and Franklin Lake is where Joe

and I started our family. It's where we got married. It's where Antonia was

born. So we kind of feel like we're coming back home.

I feel like you should pee on the property.

Pee? No, you do it.

Dogs do it.

Joey.

Your sister's here.

Hi, guys.

No, no, don't run.

Joey. Joey.

Oh, my God.

You want me to carry you?

You sure?

How's everything?

What's going on? Good to see you.

I forgot you lived in town.

Melissa and I are not very close.

I just know her from Teresa's kids' birthday parties. You know, I don't like

that she had issues with Teresa because Teresa's my girl, but I'm definitely

trying to keep an open mind when it comes to Melissa because I want more

anything for them to get along.

So did you start with the plans yet?

I got the plans. I'll show you. Come on, you come over. I'll show you the plans.

I'll show you.

Joey, you want to stay with Mama?

Joey's feet are, like, black.

Oh, I don't care.

Oh, he is so cute.

It's funny, I feel like the third always is like the crazy personality.

I don't know, the baby. I'm the baby, so I'm a little... I'm the baby, too. You

are? Oh, but you come from like a lot of kids. I think it's different when

there's so many.

This is the whole site.

It's kind of like the Italian manor. And then this is the upstairs. Daddy builds

the best houses, right, Antonio?

Yes, he does.

My brother...

He's been married to Lexi. He has lived in a lot of houses. So I think that's

just their thing. They like to move and to each his own.

For instance, I asked my kids, like, I'm like, do you want, do you guys want to

move? And my kids are like, no, they don't want to move. I kind of want to

settle now and keep the kids in the town where they're going to live. That's why

I don't want to leave with Lexi yet. Like, I announced my separation on

like a year ago.

Well, no, because it was starting to get leaked. That was a year ago? Yeah. Are

you still living here?

Yeah. I just feel like everything's happening at once, and I need to address

thing at a time. So Lexi going, finishing her senior year, applying to

is, like, my main focus right now. Right. And then, you know.

Well, there's a lot of changes going on with you, huh? Great friend through it

all, and, like, we've known each other so long. Why don't you go play a little

bit? Go play, baby.

So how you doing, all right? Good.

Yeah? All right?

Yeah.

Here, thank you.

Yeah? You know, living day by day.

Some lady came up to me. I was at Costco with Daddy, and she's like, I'm praying

for you.

And I was just like, that was, like, so nice. You know, she doesn't even know

me, this lady. That's nice.

A lot of love and support, which is nice. That's cool, man.

You're so cute.

Anything you need.

Anything you need, I'm there for you. I just don't know what to say. I don't

know what to do.

There's nothing to do, Joe.

I'm not going to ask you anything.

If you ever want to talk, you call me.

And of course, the lawyers are handling it, and that's it.

There's nothing that anybody could do.

There's nothing that my brother could say to make things better, but it's nice

that he asked.

How are the kids doing?

They're good.

Yeah? Pretty much she is the only one that knows what's going on. She's a

kid. She sees mommy's a fighter and mommy's not going to give up.

And I want her to be like that.

Noah's life is perfect.

Everyone goes through ups and downs.

I mean, look at us. We went through ups and downs.

And then, look, you come back stronger.

Yeah. It's not like I'm in denial.

I mean, I know what's going on. You know, I'm not stupid.

But I'm also not going to deteriorate or just... Be miserable?

Because then what kind of, what am I going to, what would I be showing my

daughters? Keep on pushing. That's it.

She doesn't talk to me about any of this legal stuff that's going on. I'm her

brother, and she's been extremely private about it, and I understand.

No one could imagine what they're going through.

I don't like to go to traffic court.

Well, I ain't going to hug you and get all emotional, so.

You can hug me.

You don't have to get emotional.

But, you know, I'm just saying, you know, I'm not a dude.

Coming up.

What'd you get?

A dictionary.

You need that. That's perfect for you.

How you been?

How are you?

What the heck is this?

Tile. Whoa.

We'll bring it all down here.

Are you ready for all this?

Yeah. The best thing about having money is freedom.

Reno and I are starting a new restaurant here in New Jersey.

Reno knows his way around the kitchen, but I know my way around fabrics and

decor because some of the things that he will pick out, I'm like, no, not.

Happening? Uh -uh. You know I'm all about, like, the total concept.

Yeah, such as.

I'm thinking I actually do paneling throughout the whole restaurant.

Maybe wallpapering the ceiling in gold. Oh, my gosh.

Like, what's above?

What's above my head?

I even brought, like, what I think the tabletop should look like.

Wait a second. So you're thinking no tablecloth? Well, I do love a

still think it's good. There's always a lot that goes on under the table, but no

one has to see.

We dance very well together, me and Antonino. So we create beauty.

People feel good when they're in our restaurant.

We want this to be like a sexy place.

I love sexy.

This is like also introducing Giovanni to the restaurant business. This is

to be like his restaurant, like Giovanni's restaurant.

My son Giovanni wants to be in the family business. That like rocks my

want Giovanni to learn every aspect of the business.

So he can be a success, like Dad.

Reno can train him that aspect.

This is our forte, my dear.

Just need a blank, Dad.

Reno, that's just throwing him a dotted line.

That's where I met your mother, Jay. I know, I know. Right there at Angelos.

now, we come to a crossroad.

Giovanni, you see this door right here? Anybody in our family that has walked

through that door has brought nothing but success.

Giovanni is becoming independent.

Telling that, I want to do the restaurant business.

It's okay. Tell you what we're going to do. Why don't we try what worked for me?

Let's go. It's your turn to turn the door of success.

You learn the system from the ground up.

Gee, let me tell you. This is where it all started.

Over here.

What happens over here, gee, we walk in.

These are all the refrigerators that we have that we keep all the food.

Giovanni feels so strongly about being in the restaurant business. He loves the

restaurant business.

From this section down is all pasta.

I'm really excited about supporting him on this venture and having my husband,

who knows this business inside and out, teaching him. I want you to make me a

white clam sauce. Turn it on.

That's it.

Perfect. Pick up the pasta underneath.

It's like a woman. The flavor comes from underneath.

Yeah, I got it. Yeah, son, you can do it.

Swirl it up and point it down.

That's how she talks to her men. Point it down.

No, I like pointing it up. Sorry. Put that down. Get the saucing. Right on

That's it, baby.

Look at that. And for a little decoration.

Decoration? Come on.

Just flick it. There you go.

All around the dish. Look. Ready?

Listen, that was his creation. That's it. Perfect.

I'm a teacher.

Yeah, I know. That's what I do. I teach. I know, but he has to put his own

personal. But I have to show him exactly.

We don't have to be Hitler about it.

Thank you. Thank you. Sit there, huh?

You want this side? Yeah.

For the past few years, everyone's been so busy on Christmas Day. How you doing?

I miss you. I haven't seen you guys in a while. So all of us cousins decided to

have a holiday dinner now that everyone's getting along so well. Hey.

Hi.

How are you?

You look good.

You too. I thought I was going to wear the white. What the? Looks like we're

couple tonight.

Merry Christmas.

Where is Teresa?

I know they're coming.

There was a lot of traffic.

Have you seen Teresa at all or no?

No. How about you guys? Have you seen her?

Yeah, actually. We've seen her a couple times.

How are they doing?

She's doing good.

She's being really strong and just very positive about it. She doesn't want to

talk about it too much.

Well, no, she's... Listen, mentally, I guess you've got to stay positive in a

situation like that. Right. Because, you know, if not, you can crumble easily,

you know? When the news initially broke that they may be going to prison, I was

in Italy.

Teresa and Joe Giudice indicted on federal fraud charges.

I got the news report over in Italy, even, and I called and I texted Teresa

right away.

How are you holding up?

Are you being positive, too?

Your family will go.

We'll go sit down and have Christmas. Well, Joe, everyone's busy. The time of

the year that, you know, you need to get together with family and just having

good times and being thankful for, you know, for having family and friends.

I mean, family used to stress me out. Not anymore. I'm so past that.

I mean, we have other stuff to be stressed about, but families, these are

worries.

You guys are out of the other house, but you're building another house. Right.

Is that what's going on? We jumped in a rental, yeah.

So we're in a rental, and it's maybe like a mile or two from where we're

building. How many times did you move since you've been married to this guy?

guys. Hey, Teresa.

What's going on, man? How are you? How you doing? Good.

What's going on, man? How are you? How you doing? Good, good. How are you?

Listen, I am Teresa's cousin. How you doing, honey? When I think of what

going through, I automatically think of the children and just pray that

everything works out.

I saw Gia in the mall. She looked so beautiful with her braces off.

How's it going? How you doing? Good, man.

Got a good team together.

You know what I mean?

Everything's good, man.

Everything's good. Thank God.

The thought of Joe and Teresa having to be away for years

devastates me.

I want her to let me in even more. I wish she knew.

how much I want to be there for her through this, no matter what. I want to

out our gag gifts. Grab one that is not from your household.

Oh, here. Tell her to send it down.

Pick a gift.

Pick a gift.

Well, Rosie put this by me, so I'll pick this. Okay, hold on. Don't open yet.

Borga, you're first.

Nobody tell who gave this gift.

What the hell is this thing?

It's a fruit cake.

A fruit cake with a fruit. From one fruit to another.

Kathy, what'd you get?

Horny goat wheat. Horny goat wheat.

No, man, no. Don't act like you don't know what that is. Put the battery in

Here, I'll put it right here.

Can I get over mine?

Three's a third.

Dictionary.

I did, because we all have a hard time with the English language.

Hey, I'm a guy, and I'm proud of you.

I'll give this to my kids.

Can I just say something real quick?

I haven't seen all of us together like this in a while, and it makes me really

happy. I love you all. I do, and I'm happy that we're all here.

Merry Christmas.

It's our cousin's Christmas dinner. I love it.

I'm going to cut the lobsters. Be careful they don't bite.

There's eight of us and you're making, I don't know, 20 lobster tails. You never

know. We could feed other people. You never know.

Hi. We're here. Hi, Mom.

We're here.

Yay, Nicole's here. I was going to come earlier. I had to wait for Mommy and

Daddy. That lobster, I can't wait to get into it.

Only noveladons can make lobster like that.

Family dinner once a week.

Gee, put the steaks. Really good food.

Love.

But it starts with the cooking part. You know, we just have fun old cooking

together. Now, put the cheesing on.

Wrinkle all my daddy. Yeah, exactly.

Toot, toot, toot, toot.

Giovanni, you want to be a chef, right? Taste that.

What do you think?

Like the restaurant? Taste it.

Reno, is this a clean knife, babe?

Giovanni's a good kid, but you can't just walk into a restaurant and put a

jacket on and act like you're your father. Don't worry about the flame.

Sprinkle it.

That's it.

All over.

Holy moly, cannoli. You want to become a star like me and walk around in the

dining room and be the ringleader, you have to know how to cook.

That's when the fun starts.

I'm starving.

Sal, lead us.

Dear Lord, bless us so we can be a blessing to others.

And it's a pleasure to have family here and keep tradition with some good

Neapolitan cooking from Reno.

Some mushrooms, please.

Last night, I can't believe I had to, like, get off the phone with Bobby

Mommy kept on yelling at me. No, no, no, no. Uh -uh, uh -uh, uh -uh, uh -uh, uh

-uh, uh -uh.

I did not keep on yelling at you.

It's been three years since I moved in with my parents.

One, I started dating Bobby.

It seems like my mom and dad, they're more concerned than I am about my

relationship.

They just know they.

I made one comment. I said, Nicole.

You're talking so loud.

I love living with my parents, but at the same time, you do things the way you

do things. So are you telling me that you're ready to move on and move out?

I don't know if I'm ready tomorrow, but I think it's something eventually.

When the time comes, no matter how many disagreements we might have, I would, of

course. have separation anxiety.

Aww. But I know one day you're going to be leaving and that will be good for

you. But of course I'll cry and get an attack of IBS.

That'll be okay.

It's going to be hard when I move out of my parents' house because first off, I

don't like change.

Moving in with Bobby is not an option at all. The only time I'll ever move in is

when I get married.

You know, why buy the cow if you get the milk for free? I don't think so.

No. Here's to Nicole. I personally think that she has been making the right

decisions, and she handles it like patent.

Good job, Nicole. You know what? The only thing she's missing is the cigar.

Coming up.

If, for whatever reason, things turned out to the worst, what I think about is,

you know, being away from my girls for a long period of time.

This family cannot function.

Without you.

Hey, let me in.

What's the password?

Crotch.

Crotch? What do you got on your head?

Man, do they need all this garbage?

Buy him a couple things.

Tell me Joey's not going to run all over the house with these.

Does it hurt?

Easy, you.

Easy. Easy. Want to see me practice my kickboxing?

Ow!

Don't really hit. I'll knock you out.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Ciao. Ciao.

Girl.

Girl, are you up?

Girl!

No, wait. Hold that. Wait for Daddy to get here.

Merry Christmas, my little princesses.

Merry Christmas.

All right, girls, open one at a time so we can see everybody's gift.

All right, all right. Hey, what happened?

You love your easy bake?

Now you guys can make desserts like mommy. Oh, my God. What are you going to

with all these Barbies? Oh, you see that?

I love them and totally bring them to school.

Wait, wait, wait. Don't open. Don't open. They're right here.

Okay, right here.

Wait, hold on.

Hey, here's your puppies.

You'd want a real dog, not this little fake dog.

Wait, listen, listen.

Oh,

Joanna likes it. She'll take them all. Here, Gia.

There's your...

Everything's changing.

Our lives are going to change so much.

It's stressful.

Christmas is my least favorite holiday because I've never had a good one in my

life. And Lexi's going to be going off to college, and she's my everything.

And my birthday.

I don't want you to, like, force the idea of getting into NYU.

If you don't get in, you're not supposed to be there. Maybe there's something

bigger waiting for you somewhere else.

We're just going to have to see what happens.

Lexi and I are definitely very attached to each other. I see a rock.

I see one, too. I think it's just going to be a bigger adjustment than most kids

that leave their home because we're so tight.

All right, here. Write the NYU one first.

Do you want to put it on the biggest rock or the smallest rock? Smallest.

Definitely the smallest.

Now, do we say something when we throw them in?

So this is about just allowing whatever the universe has meant, wherever you're

supposed to go, wherever you're supposed to be.

You're making me cry.

Stop. I didn't want to cry.

I'm going to cry. You are open to either getting in or not getting in. I am

open.

I'm learning that I can't control every situation and I have to just sometimes

give up to God and whatever is supposed to happen will.

Just be smart and don't do anything bad because I'll beat the shit out of you.

I just want to enjoy the holidays. It's really nice to have someone to share

them with.

You mean me?

You have every day. I live with you.

I think we should have some champagne.

Maybe I'll make some hummus.

Oh, sure.

December is an emotional time.

I share the custody of my boys with my ex -husband. Then Christmas Day, the

go to their dad.

They're lonely when they're not around.

You always make Christmas special.

Oh, my gosh.

Coming.

Hi.

Hey. Hi.

Santa. Oh.

Merry Christmas, Santa.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

You know what this guy needs right now?

What? A mimosa. A mimosa. I'm sorry.

It's our first Christmas together. It's our first Christmas. Come on, Nick.

Present time. Oh, it's present. Should I leave? Bobby and I are mushy, mushy,

gooey, gooey. Oh, you're not?

Should we be mushy -mushy?

Is that not the nicest

wine bottle holder you've ever seen?

I

don't

consider myself a materialistic person, but what your boyfriend gives you for

Christmas is a little telling.

Was that fun, Shotzi?

Do you like to see people open their presents?

Shotzi loves Christmas.

Merry Christmas, babe. I feel like we should roast chestnuts on an open fire.

What are you doing, babe? Orange. You should go have hot chocolate.

I don't like hot chocolate. Is that yummy?

Here, a little bit more.

Hey, babe, is all of this snow going to affect the starting of our house then or

no? Slower, but we can do it. Like, can it be cold when you frame it and

everything, the foundation?

No, it cannot be very cold. It has to be 35, 36 degrees.

It stinks that we're starting in the winter because I feel like it's going to

hold things up more, you know?

The rental is not exactly what Melissa's accustomed to.

She has clothes in every closet, shoes in the kitchen cabinets.

These are the ones I want.

I'm definitely going to try to build this new house in nine months.

But everything in this town takes forever.

We had a hearing, a hearing, for us to start building this house. That means

I've got to take ten times as long as hearing Melissa bitching. I can't take

anymore, man. I can't.

You want to play in the snow, Tonya? Yeah.

Go ahead.

That's terrible. Watch Daddy.

You gotta steer it.

No, no.

Contrary to popular belief, I am not the master of the pole.

You think your tongue really gets frozen on it? It gets stuck.

That's a myth.

Joe!

You guys

gonna

sleep together tonight? Your first night with the dog?

Learn to share.

All right, I'm going to tell you right now. You girls got to not fight.

The most important people in your life are right here. That's right. You four

girls are going to be best friends when you get older.

When Gia goes to 19, she's going to be driving me wherever I want to go. That's

right. I love you. All right. Good night. Go to bed.

All right?

We're both hopeful that you can get past this.

Because we have our kids to take care of.

Four of them.

You know what? They all look like you. They all look like me?

Yeah. You like that?

I look like my Dada.

All right, love you girls. Good night. All right, love you. Good night.

Come on, Tree.

I'm ready to light this fire.

Make sure it works right so we don't get fumigated in here.

Yeah. Otherwise, we're going to get the fire extinguisher.

Looks like it's going right.

Oh, babe, I got you a little gift, too.

I know you used to like when I got you cards. So read the card.

I know you always gave me the best cards.

Ah, for my beautiful wife.

I can't imagine a life, a home, or a Christmas without you. Merry Christmas.

Your honey.

I'm, like, crying.

You know, I wish that we didn't have these little issues that we have, but, I

mean, we just got to keep working hard, just keep moving forward and keep

fighting and making money.

You know, that's what makes us the family that we are.

I'm glad that I have such a strong wife and I don't have, like, a wife that just

sits around crying all the time and doing whatever because then I wouldn't

want to come home.

No, I mean, every day, like, even though I look strong to you, but I always

think about it.

Oh, I do too.

Trust me.

I hate us being in the newspaper. I hate us being on the news.

We were on, like, every single channel.

It's like, I hate seeing that.

So I do cry myself to sleep sometimes.

Babe, we are human, you know what I mean?

No, I know.

Even though we do have a good team and everything, nothing's guaranteed in

you know? Life isn't guaranteed.

If, whatever reason, things were to, you know, turn out to the worst.

And I, you know, whatever, would have to go wherever, you know, on vacation,

let's just say.

Or to college, let's just say.

What I think about is, you know, being away from my girls for a long period of

time. I mean, that's crazy. Or leaving you. I mean, who's going to take care of

everything around here, you know what I mean?

We need you to be around, like, always.

This family cannot function without you.

And despite what people say, this is not going to be our last Christmas

together.

Next time on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

There it is.

What? The Gorgers are in the garbage business.

And what if this doesn't work?

Then we lose everything.

Your application has been declined.

Why?

As a parent, you want to fix it, and I couldn't fix it. It was Nicole that

up a family. Amber mentioned that maybe you had wrecked a family.

You made up a horrific lie.

She's going to have to apologize.

You'll feel better.

Joe has been indicted for mortgage fraud. I can't be in the same room.

Even though we just met, we're all here for you. I sense that things are going

to be fine for you.

Why did you say for me?

Your husband I'm not too sure about.

I don't know if he's going to get off with those charges.

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