From teachers and nurses to border force staff and ambulance drivers, the wave of strikes that has crippled parts of Britain since late last year is continuing from today.
Britons had to sacrifice seeing loved ones over the holiday period in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic - but now face having to do the same due to union barons shutting down critical services.
Royal Mail staff, nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials will all stage walkouts over jobs, pay and conditions this month as Brits prepare for mayhem over Christmas.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: There s been nothing like it since the Winter of Discontent in 1978/79. Unions are falling over each other to cause as much disruption as possible this Christmas.