"I think I forgot to season the potatoes," she answers, but she smiles over at Michonne and gives the snowflake one last little pat before turning toward her. "And maybe the rest of dinner, too."

But she doesn't think Michonne means just the food and Beth looks at the tree again, then around at the apartment, at the people who are here with them and she nods. This is exactly what she wanted. A first Christmas to remember after all the awful things they've been through, something for Rick to look back on when Judith is older and remember as his daughter's first Christmas, something better and happier for all of them.

"I just wanted it to be somethin' special," she says.