The Magpies travel to Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day and entertain Liverpool two days later, and Newcastle could put real distance between themselves and the relegation zone.
Also in Newcastle's favour is the injury situation at Spurs.
Harry Redknapp says the north London club are "down to the bare bones", as they have key players injured.
Redknapp has threatened to play a number of youth-teamers against Spartak Moscow this week, with Redknapp's defence in tatters ... which can only be good news for Joe Kinnear.
| The full Christmas Premiership programme .... |
| Saturday 20th December 2008 Blackburn v Stoke City 15.00 Bolton v Portsmouth 15.00 Fulham v Middlesbrough 15.00 Hull City v Sunderland 15.00 West Ham v Aston Villa 17.30 Sunday 21st December 2008 Arsenal v Liverpool 16.00 Newcastle v Tottenham 15.00 West Brom v Man City 13.30 Monday 22nd December 2008 Everton v Chelsea 20.00 Friday 26th December 2008 Aston Villa v Arsenal 17.15 Chelsea v West Brom 13.00 Liverpool v Bolton 15.00 Man City v Hull City 15.00 Middlesbrough v Everton 15.00 Portsmouth v West Ham 13.00 Stoke City v Man Utd 12.45 Sunderland v Blackburn 15.00 Tottenham v Fulham 13.00 Wigan Athletic v Newcastle 15.00 Sunday 28th December 2008 Arsenal v Portsmouth 14.00 Blackburn v Man City 16.15 Bolton v Wigan Athletic 14.00 Everton v Sunderland 14.00 Fulham v Chelsea 14.00 Newcastle v Liverpool 12.00 West Brom v Tottenham 14.00 West Ham v Stoke City 14.00 Monday 29th December 2008 Man Utd v Middlesbrough 20.00 Tuesday 30th December 2008 Hull City v Aston Villa 20.00 |