Yorkshire takes on Lancashire for the first game of 2016 - Huddersfield Town against Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium.
It was a largely delicious December for the Terriers faithful, who watched Town embrace a more attractive style and pick up points, with the away win at Birmingham a particular highlight.
Now they must ensure that momentum continues into the New Year with Bolton the first stop on the calendar.
Here are five things to look out for....
A quick start?
Bolton Wanderers have scored inside the opening three minutes in their last two games against Huddersfield Town. Although they went on to lose both of those games - most recently Town went on to triumph 4-1 with Emyr Huws scoring twice at the John Smith's Stadium in September - David Wagner will be keen to avoid a hattrick of early goals conceded.
The manager will be wary of the damaging effect of a sluggish start after watching Town give away a goal in the first ten minutes to Middlesbrough's Adam Clayton, Bristol City's Jonathan Kodjia and to Sergi Canos in the 4-2 defeat to Brentford.
Town lost all three of those games and must guard against this becoming a regular habit. Monday's trip to Loftus Road was the first time under David Wagner that the Terriers have collected any points from a game in which they have conceded first, and it was a big positive to see the strength of character as the players went about searching for a deserved equaliser in the capital.
However, losing an early goal immediately puts Town on the back foot and with Bolton's impressive defensive statistics on their own turf a strong start will be important to Town's hopes of a win to kick off 2016.
Second half of the season record
A New Year, a new dawn - for most football fans that time comes in August, but the switch from December to January still provides an opportunity to change the narrative from the first half of the season.
Unfortunately for Town, for the last two seasons they have only managed six league wins between January and May. In 2014/15 under Chris Powell it was six wins and nine draws after the New Year, compared with seven wins and seven draws before it.
In 2013/14 under Mark Robins it was a far more pronounced downturn, with six wins and four draws in the second half of the season compared with eight wins and seven draws before the New Year bells. The Terriers lost 13 times between January 1 and the end of the season in the first half of this calendar year.
The good news for Town fans is that 2016 looks more promising. Of Huddersfield's six league wins this season, three have come in the last month under David Wagner. The new boss has brought a buzz back to the John Smith's Stadium, with more and more fans now looking to Saturday afternoons with excitement rather than trepidation.
Extending that success and feel good factor is the next challenge.
Chilwell's last game
With no sign of a loan extension, the clash at the Macron will be Ben Chilwell's last for Town - at least for now. The young left back has made quite the impression during his stay in Yorkshire, and while David Wagner would clearly love to keep him he has been attracting interest from the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal - while Leicester may see a regular role for him now in the absence of the injured Jeffrey Schlupp.
Wagner started Jason Davidson against QPR, although Chilwell came on from the bench for his first substitute appearance of the loan spell. With Chilwell's time running out, will the boss stick with Davidson as he looks to life without the young Leicester left back?
Davidson would be the only orthodox left back in the squad if and when Chilwell departs, although Kyle Dempsey deputised during Wagner's first game in charge at Sheffield Wednesday. Davidson will be chomping at the bit to impress - but will Wagner be tempted to dip into the market again?
The Australian would dearly love to win his place back but if he is handed a chance, he must take it. The transfer window, with potential loan or permanent deals, looms large.
The Bunn and Wells effect
It's impossible to preview a Huddersfield game without talking about Nahki Wells at the moment - he of three goals in the last two games.
However, it's also worth looking at his supporting cast.
Harry Bunn has set up Wells on three occasions, making their partnership one of the most fruitful in the Championship - and Town's most common route to goal by some distance.
It's been a strong first half of the season for Bunn, who signed a contract extension in December and is top of Town's assists charts with five to his name, while Wells has netted eight times.
Getting these two singing from the same hymn sheet has been a great success for Town, despite the recent rotation meaning they haven't always been on the pitch at the same time. Long may it continue!
Dealing with the "favourites" tag
While betting markets have fluctuated in the last few days and many now have Bolton as slight favourites - mainly down to their home form and defensive solidity at the Macron Stadium - Town fans will all be targeting three points and, on paper, this is an easier fixture than the trip to Loftus Road on Monday when the Terriers were well deserving of at least a point.
However, it is worth remembering what happened against Bristol City.
Fresh from a first win under David Wagner away at a high-flying Birmingham, Town were expected to have too much for the Robins, who were also struggling at the wrong end of the Championship. Instead, Harry Bunn's spectacular strike proved mere consolation as the visitors made off with the full complement of points.
Since then, Wagner's men have seen off both Rotherham and Preston North End at home, and continuing that run of beating other teams in and around the drop zone is vital.
The Millers put four past Bolton two games' ago - taking points off those around you is an easy way for the table to look much healthier for the 18th-placed Terriers.
