The Christmas television schedules have been confirmed for 2025, with the more old fashioned of us looking forward to circling our must-watches in the Radio Times.
The BBC has the likes of festive specials of Call The Midwife, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Strictly Come Dancing, Amandaland, Beyond Paradise and Death in Paradise.
Meanwhile on STV viewers can look forward to one-off festive episodes of The Chase, Bullseye, The 1% Club, Romesh Ranganathan's Parents Evening, and Loose Women.
And if that’s all too cheery there will doubtless be yuletide drama in the soaps - with Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Eastenders all having special episodes on Christmas Day.
Last year saw the finale of Gavin and Stacey watched by 12.3 million viewers - the biggest Christmas Day audience since 2008.
New Wallace and Gromit film Vengeance Most Fowl came second with 9.4 million viewers, followed by the King’s Speech with an audience of 5.04 million.
But even Gavin & Stacey’s viewing figures are dwarfed by the audiences of yesteryear, when streaming wasn’t available and telly was limited to just a handful of channels.
Here are the 17 most watched programmes on Christmas Day in history - figures that are unlikely to beaten any time soon.
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9. Birds of a Feather Christmas Special 1993
Following the adventures of three friends played by Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, the Birds of a Feather Christmas episode scored an audience of 19.39 million in 1993. It saw the girls fly to Hollywood after sisters Sharon and Tracey discover their real father may be actor George Hamilton, who co-stars. Meanwhile Dorien is mistakenly imprisoned for stalking Cheers actor George Wendt. | Contributed
10. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
All of the entries so far have been broadcast on BBC1, with ITV's first entry coming courtesy of the first Indiana Jones adventure starring Harrison Ford. In 1984, 19.33 million people tuned in to watch Raiders Of The Lost Ark on Christmas Day. | Contributed
11. Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom
Harrison Ford returned as Indy in Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom - watched by 18.95 million people on BBC1 on Christmas Day 1987. | Contributed
12. EastEnders 1986 Christmas Special (late evening)
The second part of the EastEnders festive double-header in 1986 reached 18.90 million people. It sees Angie reeling from Den's delivery of divorce papers. | Contributed