Christmas! It’s here! It even says it in the day! Christmas eve! Anyway you look at it, good times are upon us because it’s a day off we wouldn’t normally have, or, if you’re not a Christian, you have the chance to exploit the double-time wages at work! Anyway, Christmas is all about one thing… and that thing I learned from watching Charlie Brown’s Christmas… Christmas is all about watching telly…

Tonight: Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special, BBC One, 10pm

James Corden and Ruth Jones have come up with an extraordinary sitcom that somehow appeals to just about anyone with a beating heart and a laugh-gland. Tonight, we get an hour-long special that sees Smithy wrapping presents in tin-foil, Nessa grooming regime and everyone getting together in Billericay for Christmas Day. Hell will break loose, we’ll all have a laugh and no doubt Rob Brydon will steal the whole show as usual.

Read over for the best of the Christmas telly

Christmas Day: Doctor Who, BBC One, 6pm

The Next Doctor? Yup, it’s Christmas Eve, 1851 and Cybermen are going around being all evil! Thankfully, our Doctor meets another Doctor and the two combine forces to stop the rise of the CyberKing! Thrills for all ages!

Christmas Day: The Royle Family, BBC One, 9.30pm

We’ve missed this ragtag bunch on our screens, so it’s welcome that their back in time for a Christmas full of farts and a dubious sounding ‘yuletide log’ from Jim. All the family are there… so what could possibly go wrong? Absolutely everything, that’s what.

Christmas Day: Blackadder Rides Again, BBC One, 10.30pm

The entire cast of Blackadder appear together in a documentary for the first time ever as the celebrate 25 years of the show. Rowan Atkinson talks for the first time about his experiences making the show, and also, we’ll get Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson, Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and Richard Curtis.

Boxing Day: Harry Hill’s TV Burp Review of the Year, ITV1, 7pm

Showing that the BBC doesn’t have the monopoly on Christmas, Harry will head-up a special edition of TV Burp, which will guarantee belly laughs galore. Watch out for Joss Stone singing out the show accompanied by a cat on piano. Marvellous.