{"id":1122039,"date":"2022-12-22T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1122039"},"modified":"2022-12-22T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:10:53","slug":"premier-league-christmas-top-table","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/premier-league-christmas-top-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you name every team to be top of the Premier League at Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Occupying top spot in the Premier League table at Christmas does not guarantee a team the title, but it certainly puts you in prime position.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, sometimes clubs fade away and the fact they were sitting pretty at the halfway stage is forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>But others get a psychological boost from the December standings and go on to see out their title challenge during the second half of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, who are going to be spending December 25th looking down on their rivals, will be hoping they fall into the latter category&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, can you name every Premier League team to be in first place when Santa Claus came to town?<\/p>\n<p>Take our quiz and find out. 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