In case you are immune to the onslaught of magazine articles, email campaigns and TV coverage you will be well aware of the forthcoming festivities and the glamour it brings with it to women's fashion.
Pages and airtime that are not filled with gift ideas and tips on decorating the tree are dedicated to how to look sensational this Christmas.
Women's fashion retailers are hopeful that they will see an uplift in sales this season.
There are plenty of offers out there to help tempt us when shopping for gifts, treating ourselves to a new festive party outfit or stocking up on the essentials to beat Januarys VAT increase.
And this year there seems to be more choice than ever as the trend of home shopping continues to make buying easier and the selection available to us more varied.
The fashion industries continued growth online and the facilities that are now available to us when shopping online can take a lot of the hassle out of doing the Christmas gift shopping.
Many sites now offer a wish list' service as standard, so as a customer you can point your loved ones in the right direction when they are buying you clothes, in turn this also means that you can make clothing purchases to give as gifts safe in the knowledge that it will be just what the lucky recipient wanted!
Informed choices can also be made with the help of customer reviews and feedback, video clips, zoom features and 360 degree images.
And although you could argue that you can't beat the advantages of actually feeling the products in a shop you also can't deny that shopping from the comfort of home at a time that suits you is ideal during this busy time of year, and if the online retailer offers you free returns all the better!