Bournemouth continued their ascent up the Premier League table with a 3-0 triumph over Fulham.
It was their fourth successive victory in this competition, the longest winning run for the Cherries in a single top-flight campaign, moving them up to 10th in the table.
The home side benefited from a pair of individual errors by the Cottagers to go up 2-0 before a breathtaking third goal in second-half stoppage time gave them a well-deserved 3-0 victory.
Bernd Leno missed a routine shot by Justin Kluivert late in the opening half before the red-hot Dominic Solanke put the match to bed from the penalty spot in half number two.
Colombian substitute Luis Sinisterra rounded out the scoring with a fabulous curling effort in the third minute of stoppage time, the first goal for the Leeds United loanee at Vitality Stadium.
It is the first time that Bournemouth have claimed three points at home on Boxing Day, with the Cherries having claimed 19 out of a possible 21 points from their last seven Premier League encounters.
With both sides eager to play on the front foot early on, an outstanding individual run by Alex Scott turned the tide in Bournemouth's favour.
The 20-year-old ghosted past several Fulham players before laying the ball off to Kluivert, who slotted home a right-footed effort which sneaked in underneath Leno in the Fulham goal on 44 minutes.
The German goalkeeper will not want to watch that one back as he got down a little late, though the shot was close enough to him that it should have been covered.
It was 18 years and 236 days ago that Justin's father, Patrick Kluivert, netted against the Cottagers in what was his final Premier League affair.
From the opening whistle, both teams looked intent to play on the front foot, though there were few clear-cut chances for either side.
The Cherries press seemed to put the visitors on their heels, but some fine defending from Tosin Adarabioyo kept the score even early on.
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He blocked a Kluivert effort with the Dutchmen in on goal before denying the in-form Solanke from heading home into an empty net.
Leno's error on the opening goal seemed to knock the stuffing out of the visitors, who self-inflicted another wound on themselves when a clumsy challenge by Joao Palhinha gave Bournemouth a penalty just before the hour mark.
Solanke found the corner quite comfortably for his 12th goal of the top-flight campaign, twice as many as he had in this competition a season ago in what was the first penalty for the club in 66 matches.
That puts him in a tie for second in the league in goals alongside Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and two behind Erling Braut Haaland in the Golden Boot race.
Fulham had the bulk of the possession with 58% of it for the match but rarely troubled Neto in the Bournemouth goal.
One of the few noteworthy moments for Marco Silva's side in the final 45 minutes occurred when Leno shoved a ball boy for not giving him the ball quickly enough, drawing a chorus of boos from the Cherry faithful.
The goalkeeper later apologized, and the young ball boy was reassigned to another area of the field.
The Cottagers are now 13th in the table, having lost their last three Premier League affairs.
Fulham will end 2023 by welcoming Arsenal to Craven Cottage on New Year's Eve.
The Cherries will seek a fifth successive domestic triumph when they travel to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to battle Spurs on Sunday.
Joel Lefevre
