Boxing Day; a day for turkey sandwiches, tolerating in-laws, and lots and lots of football.
The festive fixture list is a packed one, but few days in the footballing calendar command the same kind of attention and romance as the afternoon after Christmas.
Whether you’re heading out to a match, watching from the warmth of a pub with mates, or curled up on the sofa with a tin of Quality Street, there’s nothing better than the splurge of action that the Boxing Day fixtures usually bless us with. They’re an added little sweetener to the festive period, like finding an extra present under the tree that you didn’t know was there.
And it’s not just fans who enjoy the festive high jinks.
We’ve gone all “ghost of Christmas past” to rummage through the archives and take a look at the Premier League’s all-time leading Boxing Day goalscorers - the players who get into the holiday spirit like nobody else.
Check out our countdown of the top 10 below...
1. Dimitar Berbatov - 5
Cooler than a snowman but infinitely more lethal, the Bulgarian’s Boxing Day record was bumped up considerably by a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic in 2011. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) | Getty Images
2. Andy Cole - 5
No player has played for more different Premier League clubs on Boxing Day than Cole, and his tally of five strikes puts him right up there with the divisions most prolific festive finishers too. (Mandatory Credit: Ross Kinnaird /Allsport) | Getty Images
3. Frank Lampard - 5
The Chelsea legend had to wait a while for his first strike for the Blues, but after finding the back of the net in a flurry of fixtures around Christmas 2001, he never looked back. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images) | Getty Images
4. Steven Gerrard - 5
The Liverpool hero will be looking to pick up his first Boxing Day win as a Premier League manager when his Aston Villa side come up against Chelsea, and he didn’t do too badly as a player during the festive period either. (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images) | Getty Images