As a wise man once screamed down a microphone: "IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
Alright, not quite yet, but we're definitely firmly embedded in the Christmas period where the tree is up and you've got yourself on a cycle of classic festive movies and TV specials.
Something else to look forward to is all the days off you're going to get, because most people will get a nice chunk of the end of the year off to do something fun with.
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With that in mind it's always useful to know when the festive bank holidays are going to fall so you don't end up going to something that's shut.
While many bank holidays are pinned to certain points in the calendar, like Easter rather than actual dates, you can't really move Christmas around - it's 25 December and 25 December it shall remain.
That means that instead, it's the bank holidays themselves that will have to move, and it's always useful to know well ahead of time where they'll go.
This year Christmas Day and Boxing Day will fall on a Monday and Tuesday, so the bank holidays will be then.
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In each successive year, this festive window shifts one space along the week, and since 2024 is a leap year, it'll actually move two places and next year's Christmas will be on a Wednesday.
In 2025 the festive days will be on a Thursday and Friday, and then in 2026 they'll be on Friday and Saturday.
Since Boxing Day will be on a Saturday in three years' time, the bank holiday it would have been jumps over to the next available day - which will be Monday, 28 December, 2026.
Things get even more complicated the year afterwards, as Christmas Day and Boxing Day are on a weekend.
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Luckily for us lot (or at least you lot who actually get bank holidays off), you don't lose the bank holidays as they jump to 27 and 28 December, the Monday and Tuesday after the weekend.
That's got to be the crème de la crème of Christmas weekends, a block of four consecutive days off so you can enjoy yourself and have a bit of a detox from eating roughly your own bodyweight in turkey.
Since 2028 is a leap year as well, the double helping of festive days then leaps off the weekend, so you'll get the days themselves as bank holidays like normal.
Of course you get the weekend right before it, but that means Christmas Eve will fall on a Sunday, and that's got to be a nightmare for everyone planning a final day trolley dash.
Joe Harker