27,000 turned up on Christmas Day 1954 to see St Mirren beat Queen of the South 3-2 at Love Street
— St Mirren Nostalgia (@stmirrenretro) December 22, 2023
If Christmas Day fell on a Saturday, there was a full fixture list in Scotland up until 1971
Clydebank v St Mirren 1976 was the last game played on Christmas Day in the UK pic.twitter.com/dn5RtxXeG4