The Christmas trees are in place in Albert Square as EastEnders begins filming its Christmas episodes on Wednesday.
The hit BBC soap transformed the set by decorating a large tree in the middle of the square for the festive season.
In front of the famous Queen Vic, two large nutcrackers stand in front of the pub doors.
Decorations were hung along the railway bridge while the streets were lined with Christmas lights.
EastEnders has announced a big reveal in its Christmas episode where viewers will find out the identity of the body from The Vic.
Festive: The Christmas trees are up in Albert Square as EastEnders begins filming its Christmas episodes on Wednesday
Exciting: EastEnders fans try to solve the case after Stacey, Suki, Linda, Sharon, Denise and Linda are involved in a Christmas Day murder
The BBC soap made history with an episode in February when it showed a preview of a Christmas murder.
In the shocking scenes, Denise (Diane Parish), Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) were seen around a body, but the identity was not known. The identity of the body and the murderer was kept secret.
It will be over three months before fans find out who the victim of the Christmas murder is. However, some viewers believe they are one step closer to discovery.
Based on this week’s episode so far, soap fans believe that it will be Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) who falls victim to the Christmas killer.
This week’s scenes were full of drama as Suki upped the ante to bring Ravi down.
When the two met at The Albert, Suki wanted to record Ravi’s confession when he admitted to killing his adoptive father Ranveer Gulati.
But a sudden call from prison jeopardized her securing the evidence she needed when she received news that her imprisoned son Kheerat (Jaz Deol) had been beaten up.
It turned out that Ravi had staged the attack, but Suki was undeterred by his threats and went to speak to Ravi’s former lover Denise for help, but she refused out of fear for her safety and her family.
Christmas in September: The hit BBC soap has transformed the set by decorating a large tree in the middle of the square for the festive season
Decorations: Outside the famous Queen Vic, two large nutcrackers can be seen on the pub doors
Amazing: Decorations were hung along the railway bridge and the streets were lined with Christmas lights
Preparing for December: Christmas trees were wrapped and leaning against one of the stalls outside The Vic
WhoDunnit: EastEnders has announced a big reveal during its Christmas episode in which viewers will find out the identity of the body from The Vic
Wow: The BBC soap made history with an episode in February when it previewed a Christmas murder
Fans took to Twitter after the episode to share their theories as they suspected that Ravi will meet his end in December.
One wrote: “Ravi is definitely dead on Christmas,” while another agreed: “Ravi will be the one to die on Christmas, it has to be.”
Another tweeted: “I’m MAD.” I want Ravi on the floor for Christmas. You think Suki will let this go.’
A fourth added: “Ravi making Kheerat break her leg just to punish Suki is beyond cruel, she’s almost on the verge of collapse.”
“Ravi broke Kheerat’s legs because Suki tried to record a confession. Nasty piece of work. I hope either Ravi or Nish is on the floor (for Christmas). “Either would be an excellent twist,” wrote another.
But not everyone believes that it will be Ravi, as others suspected Nish, Keanu or Theo.
One viewer wrote: “If Nish, Theo, Keanu, Ian and maybe Peter are the bodies on Christmas Day then it will be a very merry Christmas.”
Soap boss Chris revealed back in February that plans for the epic crime drama have been in the works for more than a year, as he revealed glimpses of what’s to come from the six scorned women in the spotlight.
Of Suki, he said: “As the year progresses, Suki will uncover truths and test her relationships, but ultimately her biggest secret could push her to the extreme.”
Amazing: It’s still over three months before fans find out who the Christmas murder victim is, but some viewers believe they’re one step closer to finding out