With the big day fast approaching, one question's sitting patiently on the lips of EastEnders fans - what can we expect from Walford this year?
The EastEnders Christmas specials are famously dramatic - and often tragic - affairs, and 2019 will be no expception.
An EastEnders higher up has confirmed that we can expect not one, but two savage deaths.
Long-standing cast member Steve McFadden's Phil Mitchell is set to get to grips with who the dad of his wife's baby is, while James Bye's Martin Fowler and Tayla Kovakevic-Ebong's Charlie "Tubbs" Savage have been confirmed for a heartbreaking hit and run incident.
It's rumoured that Keanu Taylor could be meeting his end for his fling with Phil's wife, Sharon, while Martin and Tubbs' victim remains a total mystery.
Phil previously thought that it was Scott Maslen's Jack Branning - however he finds out the truth of it, he and son Ben, played by Max Bowden, are on the hunt.
It's not the first time Martin's driving has got someone killed - back in 2002 he hit Jamie Mitchell with a car.
EastEnders' Senior Executive Producer, Kate Oates, told Daily Star Online : "If you cross one Mitchell, you cross them all.
"There's a little bit of a twist in there as to who will strike the killer blow."
She added of Martin and Tubbs: "They left a guy lying in the road so there's still that to play out.
"And the resonance for Martin over what happened with Jamie will be there too."
*EastEnders returns to BBC One this evening at 8pm, while the Christmas Day special will air at 9:30pm.
