There's no Christmas-New Year break for English Premier League footballers.
Over the next two days the top flight in England face a full fixture list with possibly the best match taking place on Boxing Day, with Aston Villa taking on Arsenal.
In what's the most open competition in years, Villa are third and Martin O'Neill's men will welcome the chance to put some distance between themselves and the fifth-placed Londoners.
The Birmingham side are bidding to stay in the top four while the increasingly desperate Arsenal have also lost their playmaker, the Spaniard Cesc Fabregas, who's sidelined for up to four months after damaging knee ligaments.
Another big game is a London derby, with Fulham visiting Tottenham. Both sides have flirted with relegation, Spurs much more recently than Fulham, who are currently eighth.
Spurs are 16th but have had a marvellous run since Harry Redknapp took over. However this is still a must-win for the former West Ham and Portsmouth boss, who wants to seriously strengthen his squad next month.
Meanwhile Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has broken his silence to condemn the sending off of captain John Terry in his side's nil-all draw at Everton in their match earlier this week.
Terry was sent off for serious foul play after making a reckless lunge and Scolari refused to attend the usual post-match press-conference saying he needed too calm down.
But Scolari still says he's bewildered it was a sending-off offence despite Terry going into the tackle with two feet raised, bringing him within the FA's definition of serious foul play.
The draw leaves Chelsea second in the table going into the Boxing Day fixtures, a point behind leaders Liverpool.
Chelsea have probably the easier game at home - the Blues host the bottom side, West Bromwich Albion. But the Reds have Bolton at Anfield, never an easy fixture.
West Brom won their first game in three months last weekend but their task isn't just to beat Chelsea at home - they have to make history again if they want to turn their season around and stay up.
Back in the 2004-2005 season under Bryan Robson West Brom became the first and only club to be bottom at Christmas and avoid relegation from the Premier League.