The Young and the Restless’ Nikki may not like what’s in store, but the holidays are sure to be especially happy for her portrayer, the legendary Melody Thomas Scott. She’s hit the storyline jackpot!

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With Claire’s crazy Aunt Jordan still on the loose and finding new and inventive ways to drive Nikki to drink, the veteran actress is seated right where she belongs — front and center. And sure, we’ve had quibbles with the plotline that found Eve Howard’s never-before-mentioned sister waiting eons to exact her revenge on the Newmans. But the end — Nikki under fire — certainly justifies the means.

What’s more, the best is yet to come, for both the fan favorite and her fans. “Nobody crosses Nikki Newman,” Scott recently reminded TVInsider, adding that she “looks forward to teaching Claire that lesson sooner rather than later!”

Meanwhile, who knows what kind of trouble Nikki will get into as she struggles to climb back on the wagon! In the past, alcoholism is made her vulnerable to even the likes of skeezeball Deacon Sharpe!