As you tuck into the Christmas ham, try to dodge the worst of the chat around the table and open the presents, NRL clubs will also be hoping they can score plenty from the most festive day of the year.
It's time of year when the NRL seems to stand still. Players are on leave, clubs go quiet and the signings - for about the only time all year - slow down.
But it won't stay that way for long. Clubs have turned their long-term attention towards their 2025 squads, while pre-season training will be back shortly ahead of the season kicking off in Las Vegas, which itself follows pre-season trials from the middle of February.
So, what does your club want for Christmas ahead of the 2024 season?
On behalf of the entire Zero Tackle team, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and safe holiday period.
4. Sharks: Support for Nicho Hynes
The Sharks have had one big criticism levelled at them time and time again over the last two years - that they are effectively a one-man team.
And there is no doubting just how well Nicho Hynes has played. His first season in black, white and blue - 2022 - was one of the greatest individual seasons ever produced.
2023 was below that level, but still made him comfortably one of the game's best players.
But if the Sharks are going to go to the next level, they need others to stand up around him at both ends of the park. Addin Fonua-Blake's arrival will go some way towards addressing a problem for the Sharks, but they won't have the impacts and benefits of that until 2025.
In the interim, the forwards that are at the club need to fight for their positions and future, while the club simply need more consistency in attack from the remainder of the spine, particularly Blayke Brailey and Will Kennedy, if they are to feature any further into the finals than Week 1 or 2.
