Christmas has officially arrived on The Young and the Restless. However, it might not be such a jolly season for many Genoa City residents. Given the bad things that some characters did in 2025, they might find themselves on the naughty list instead of the nice list.

Victor (Eric Braeden) finds himself at the top of Santa’s naughty list. The Moustache spent the early part of 2025 trying to break up Claire (Hayley Erin) and Kyle (Michael Mealor). But when his plot failed, he turned his attention to his long-time nemesis, Jack (Peter Bergman).

Victor’s quest to take down Jabot had him doing many terrible things, including stealing Cane’s (Billy Flynn) AI software. Although Victor didn’t use the software, he did hurt Jabot’s reputation by making their shutdown public. While Victor might get his wish of seeing Jabot’s downfall, it’ll cost him something much more precious: his family.

2025 was a rough year for Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) because of her kidnapping ordeal. One would assume the ordeal would’ve made Phyllis humbler, however, the redhead proved there’s no changing her. Between picking fights with Lily (Christel Khalil) and Christine (Lauralee Bell) and stealing Cane’s AI program, Phyllis showed her naughty side in many ways.

Instead of being back on top in the business world, Audra (Zuleyka Silver) suffered a downfall. Her deal with Victor to break up Claire and Kyle failed and resulted in Audra losing funding for Vibrante. But that wasn’t all that she lost. Nate (Sean Dominic) walked away after he learned of Audra and Victor’s scheme. With no job and no boyfriend, Audra’s holiday is looking like it won’t be so jolly.