Tottenham's Christmas list is long and demanding.
Even the Big Man himself may struggle to make everyone happy.
Top of the list is the return of some attacking players â Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski in particular. They would make a huge difference.
Sadly not even a Christmas miracle would bring James Maddison back any time soon. He is, and will remain, desperately missed.
There has been lots of speculation that the new people running the club will inject some much-needed resources into the playing squad in January.
The past 18 months have shown that this team as currently constituted is not good enough to challenge at the upper echelons of the Premier League. This is not just about injured attacking players - Spurs need more and better defenders and midfielders as well.
As if these were not daunting enough challenges, Tottenham have to do something about their poor home form too.
Fans will not put up with paying through the nose to savour victories against the likes of Doncaster, Slavia Prague and Brentford.
If Spurs fans get what they want for Christmas, it will do something to ease the mood around the club and give Thomas Frank the time to do the job he was tasked with in the summer.
However if those big-ticket items do not make it down the chimney, Spurs fans will continue to feel this season slipping away from them.