What would the festive play beryllium for illustration without football?
As ever, Premier League fans person sewage plentifulness to look guardant to complete the adjacent fortnight - pinch astir teams playing 3 times successful 12 days.
Unlike past year, erstwhile Wolves hosted Chelsea, location will beryllium nary Christmas Eve fixture.
Boxing Day sees convention leaders Liverpool big Leicester (20:00 GMT), while Manchester City look to get backmost to winning ways astatine location to Everton (12:30).
Other intriguing fixtures see Chelsea hosting Fulham successful a westbound London derby and Aston Villa travelling to Newcastle (both 15:00).
Arsenal big struggling Ipswich successful 1 of 2 fixtures the pursuing time (20:15)
Brentford versus Arsenal is the New Year's Day crippled (17:30), while Liverpool big Manchester United connected Sunday, 5 January (16:30).
You tin travel each crippled connected BBC Sport's online unrecorded text, positive updates and unrecorded commentaries connected selected games connected BBC Radio 5 Live.
All times GMT
Thursday, 26 December
Manchester City v Everton (12:30, Amazon Prime Video)
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (15:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Chelsea v Fulham (15:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Newcastle v Aston Villa (15:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham (15:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Southampton v West Ham (15:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Wolves v Manchester United (17:30, Amazon Prime Video)
Liverpool v Leicester (20:00, Amazon Prime Video)
Friday, 27 December
Brighton v Brentford (19:30, Amazon Prime Video)
Arsenal vs Ipswich (20:15, Amazon Prime Video)
Sunday, 29 December
Leicester v Manchester United (14:30, Sky Sports)
Crystal Palace v Southampton (15:00)
Everton v Nottingham Forest (15:00)
Fulham v Bournemouth (15:00)
Tottenham v Wolves (15:00)
West Ham v Liverpool (17:15, Sky Sports)
Monday, 30 December
Aston Villa v Brighton (19:45)
Ipswich v Chelsea (19:45)
Manchester United v Newcastle (20:00, Sky Sports)
Wednesday, 1 January
Brentford v Arsenal (17:30, TNT Sports)
Saturday, 4 January
Tottenham v Newcastle (12:30, TNT Sports)
Bournemouth v Everton (15:00)
Aston Villa v Leicester (15:00)
Crystal Palace v Chelsea (15:00)
Manchester City v West Ham (15:00)
Southampton v Brentford (15:00)
Brighton v Arsenal (17:30, Sky Sports)
Sunday, 5 January
Fulham v Ipswich (14:00, Sky Sports)
Liverpool v Manchester United (16:30, Sky Sports)
Monday, 6 January
Wolves v Nottingham Forest (20:00, Sky Sports)