Sky Sports has announced their TV games for the month of December

It's always the best time of the year.

Most people love Christmas, whether it be because of the food and drink, the movies on TV or the football coverage. All of which are always in top form and this year will be no different after Sky announced the fixtures they will be showing for the month of December. But there is one fixture that stands out, one that could give us a real indication of where the top teams really are this season as Manchester United face Manchester City on 10 December. There is also the added bonus that Ireland get the advantage of exclusive three o'clock kick off games, in the United Kingdom games cannot be shown at that time. Here is the full fixture list (three o'clock kick off in bold).

Sat 2 Dec              Chelsea v Newcastle Utd                              12:30

Sat 2 Dec              Brighton v Liverpool                                       15:00    

Sun 3 Dec            Bournemouth v Southampton                   13:30

Sun 3 Dec            Man City v West Ham Utd                            16:00

Sat 9 Dec              West Ham Utd v Chelsea                              12:30

Sat 9 Dec              Spurs v Stoke                                                     15:00

Sun 10 Dec          Liverpool v Everton                                         14:15

Sun 10 Dec          Man Utd v Man City                                        16:30

Sat 16 Dec           Leicester City v Crystal Palace                     12:30*

Sat 16 Dec           Chelsea v Southampton                               15:00

Sun 17 Dec          WBA v Man Utd                                                14:15*

Sun 17 Dec          Bournemouth v Liverpool                            16:30*

Mon 18 Dec        Everton v Swansea                                          20:00*

Fri 22 Dec             Arsenal v Liverpool                                          19:45

Sat 23 Dec           Everton v Chelsea                                            12:30

Sat 23 Dec           Man City v Bournemouth                             15:00

Sat 23 Dec           Leicester City v Man Utd                               19:45

Tue 26 Dec          Spurs v Southampton                                    12:30

Tue 26 Dec          Liverpool v Swansea City                              17:30

Wed 27 Dec        Newcastle Utd v Man City                            19:45

Thur 28 Dec        Crystal Palace v Arsenal                                 20:00