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.
10. Cowboys: Sort out second-row headache
The Cowboys have more quality second-rowers than they will have hot dinners in 2024.
Okay, maybe that's overkill, but still, they have four players fighting for effectively three spots. Director of football Michael Luck, publically at least, has claimed the club are keen on keeping all four, but it's difficult to see just how that is going to happen when one of Luciano Leilua, Kulikefu Finefuiaki, Jeremiah Nanai or Heilum Luki will likely miss the side on a weekly basis.
Of course they'd like to keep all four - they are all exceptional players.
But Luki is understood to have already shown interest in signing elsewhere for 2025 having toured the Dragons facilities in Wollongong, and while the rest aren't neccessarily in a rush to go anywhere, it has been reported the Canberra Raiders are monitoring Luciano Leilua's situation closely.
Todd Payten of course has other issues heading into 2024 after the side missed the finals in 2023, but getting this selection right and by extension the future of contracts in the position at the club will be a critical storyline to follow throughout 2024.
