Calling out “Call the Midwife” for being too sentimental would be like blaming a Christmas tangerine for smelling too sweet. It originally aired on 25 December 2012 in the UK. Baby Boom, where Anglican religious women, assisted by their secular associates, usher new English people into the world of London’s underprivileged East End. S02E01 Christmas Special 2012 is the first Christmas special and the seventh episode overall of Call the Midwife. Christmas is coming, and in Poplar the midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. 2), the storyline arrives in 1966 with the midwives facing problems old and new (“I want to go on the Pill, but the pope won’t allow it!” cries one very expectant mother-of-many, which is funny, at least in the heat of the moment.) But the purpose of the show is a trip into a neuroses-free bubble set during the postwar U.K. 1 Call The Midwife - Christmas Special 2012. So maybe it’s too many eggnogs.Įither way, there may not be peace on earth but there’s an atmosphere of angelic tranquility at Nonnatus House, despite the sisters having dealt with some dire situations and maladies over the years, including tuberculosis, Down syndrome, leprosy and genital mutilation. It would explain a lot, although the only legal dispensary at Nonnatus House-the nursing convent where the show has been set since real-life 2012 and fictional 1957-is traditionally medical. Chummy is arranging a nativity play with the Cub Scouts, Jenny is faced with a difficult case, and a young girl's predicament leads to a big decision. The fact that everyone tells everyone else things they must have told them a thousand times before. Christmas Special Episode aired TV-PG 1 h 15 m IMDb RATING 8.5 /10 555 YOUR RATING Rate Drama History Nonnatus House is alive with preparations for Christmas.

If you wanted to liberate your inner Grinch, you could watch the annual “Call the Midwife Holiday Special” and imagine that all the nuns, nurses and pregnant ladies were stoned out of their minds.

Call The Midwife Christmas Special 2012