Jose Mourinho is set for some festive cheer with three of his biggest names set to return from injury.
Manchester United are set to welcome Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo back to action for the hectic Christmas schedule.
Mourinho confirmed that all three are poised to make their return in time for the busiest period of the season.
United are to play six Premier League games and a Carabao Cup quarter-final all within a 19 day period.
Ibrahimovic and Rojo have not made a single appearance this season after tearing their ACL knee ligaments at the back end of last season.
Pogba, meanwhile, has not played since the middle of September, when he pulled up with a hamstring problem when United faced Basel in the Champions League.
But Mourinho has confirmed that all three are entering the latter stages of their recoveries.
"We have the group of players which are the ones that we hope will recover as soon as possible," Mourinho said on MUTV.
"They have to work every day but they are in a good position now. Pogba, Ibra, Rojo, Fellaini.
"They are in good positions so I think we can go into this part of the season, the Christmas period, and after, in a strong position."
United dropped to eight points off leaders Manchester City in the Premier League title race on Sunday after their 1-0 defeat at Chelsea.
Mourinho wants to use the international break to allow his stars that have not been called up to get some well-needed time off to recharge their batteries.
He added: "The international break means the majority of the players fly now from London to their countries.
"They all disappear and then we have a couple who aren't selected for their national team, like Smalling and Herrera and they really deserve, after so many matches, to have a week off which I'm going to give them."