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.
13. Rabbitohs: Jack Wighton works at centre
The Rabbitohs have made one of the more audacious signings for the 2024 campaign in Jack Wighton, who shifts from the Canberra Raiders in the first move away from the club in his career.
The biggest part of that move is that, instead of continuing as a five-eighth, he now becomes a centre.
For South Sydney, it's an enormous call. Isaiah Tass has filled the role solidly in recent times, but will now find himself out of the centres for Wighton to come into the side.
The former New South Wales Blue has played in the centres at representative level, but doing it week in and week out will be a new kettle of fish as he heads into the back-end of his career.
Adding to the dillema for South Sydney is the simple fact they missed the finals despite being top of the table in Round 11. Another miss will leave Jason Demetriou in trouble and other contract decisions likely to be calling for change at Redfern.
