In the same way that dogs hate cats, fish goes with chips, and England fail at football, freezing goes with winter, and freezing it will be this weekend.
Temperatures will fall to between two and minus three degrees tonight, according to Met Éireann forecasts, but embrace it - things are as they should be.
The cold spell comes not a moment too soon as the 7-Up Christmas on Ice rinks open today at the RDS and Liffey Valley. The rinks will be open until January 13th 2008.
AA Roadwatch has warned drivers to expect delays in Ballsbridge and the surrounding area. There will be also congestion around the Lucan exit of the M50, on the N4, on the Fonthill Road and in the area surrounding the Liffey Valley rink.
To mark the one-month countdown to Christmas, the lights on O'Connell Street will be officially switched on this Sunday. O'Connell Street will be closed southbound from 3pm and 7pm, between O'Connell Bridge and Cathal Brugha Street, but diversions will be in place.
On the sporting front, Connacht will play Ulster tonight in the Magners League at the Galway Sports Ground. Kickoff is at 7:30pm. Elsewhere, Munster will play the Newport Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park on Saturday, kicking off at 7:30pm.
Co Cork's two-day, point-to-point race meeting starts tomorrow at 11.30am in the birthplace of steeple-chasing, Ballynoe. There will be six races on each day.
Fishing enthusiasts will be heading northwest on Sunday to Donegal's Angling Festival. The one-day event is bound to test the patience (and resilience) of fishing buffs as there is a forecast for clouds on Sunday with rain later in the evening. The festival starts at 2pm and finishes at 7pm.