As the classic Andy Williams hit goes, it is almost "the most wonderful time of the year".
But when Christmas is your business, it is also the busiest and most important time.
With exactly one month to go until the big day, getting to that point is not without its challenges.
For the next few weeks, the pressure is on Ireland's turkey producers.
The Christmas period is the culmination of everything they do throughout the year.
Hogan's Turkeys in Co Meath has grown from producing around 70 birds for Christmas 50 years ago to up to 70,000 birds for the Irish Christmas market.
Managing director Fintan Hogan said the season is vital for anyone in this business.
"One thing we know is that Christmas day, the 25 December, is a deadline you can't change. That's the deadline we have to work to and get the products out," Mr Hogan said.
Employing 30 people year-round, the company needs an extra 60-70 seasonal staff to get them through the busy period.
Their biggest customer is Dunnes Stores.
Mr Hogan said that the weather has been the main difficulty for the business this year.
"For our outdoor turkeys this year, it has been a challenge, because it has been so wet. I think every aspect of farming has experienced this challenge this year."
"From July it nearly didn't stop raining," he said.
He said: "Believe it or not, some of these outdoor birds, they like the rain but it does leave the ground very soggy and very hard to keep because we can't let them get too dirty or mucky.
"That's where the challenge is, and it's a challenge getting in with feed and water with the mechanical vehicles."
With the energy-intensive processing ramping up over the course of the next month, the bills will get higher too.
Mr Hogan said that higher energy costs are something they have had to "take on the chin".
Although Mr Hogan said these costs are not as bad as they were in 2022, he said they have had no choice but to manage.
"We have to get the birds out, we have to take a lot of that extra cost on the chin because we have to get the birds to the customers," he said.
Also thinking about the cost of living are small businesses hoping to sell Christmas presents to shoppers in the nearby town of Kells.
This is the sixth Christmas in business for interior and gift shop Mulberry on Main, but so far, the Christmas shopping has been a slow start.
"My thinking on why it's been so slow to start is because of inflation and the economy at the moment, I think people are afraid to spend," said owner Jonathan Brennan Kierans.
Along with his husband John, the couple run the shop and a hair salon "The Bees Knees" in the town.
He said: "Small businesses up and down the country are up against the big chains, so it is a bit harder to compete.
"Everybody is a little more price aware, and it's one thing we want to get across to our customers is that we have gifts for all different price points and ranges".
Jonathan said that the cost of living has "hugely impacted" on both businesses, describing electricity bills as "astronomical".
"The cost of wages, the whole cost of running a business is now huge," he said.
Jonathan urged Christmas shoppers to spend local.
"It's vital people remember, and they were great during to covid times, that it's vital to support businesses in their community to keep them open," he said.
A few doors up, florist Yvonne Carpenter is hoping she will have a "good Christmas".
"I hear some people saying they're not going to go mad, and others say Christmas is Christmas, you have to do it. We hope to have a good Christmas," she said.
Yvonne says that energy, fuel and delivery costs have all gone up for her business, Flower Innovations.
Ms Carpenter said: "They're all factored in now, we have to keep an eye on things and make sure we are here to make a profit, and look after our customers as well.
"I don't know how well I'm going to do, but I do hope that people will support local."
Keeping it local is even possible when it comes to the festive focal point for many homes - the Christmas tree.
Bob and Rena Gogarty have been growing Christmas trees in Meath for more than 25 years.
They sell around 400 trees every December.
Hand planted and tended to by the couple and their flock of Shropshire sheep, it takes between eight and ten years before they eventually make it into living rooms around the county for Christmas.
This year, Bob said that the rain has been the biggest challenge for their business, with conditions wetter and warmer than they would like.
He said: "We grow noble fir, and most of the trees, the noble fir, they don't like wet conditions, it's not very good for them. But we are managing so far."
"We'd like to get a bit of frost. If we get cold frosty nights it will tighten the needles on the trees so there'll be less shedding."
Customers have already been visiting their farm, to tie a ribbon around their preferred tree.
"It's the busiest time of the year, and it's a very exciting time for us. We love this time of year, because it peps us up, we get a lot of visitors," he said.
For the Gogarty's and all other Christmas-focused business, the countdown is now on.
