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Susan Knox

This Morning fans delighted with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield's replacements

This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are on their Christmas break, and filling in for them for the week are Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle.

Permanent This Morning hosts, Holly, 41, and Schofe, 60, are missing from the show and will be absent til Christmas Day.

While Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary were taking charge last week, this week, Josie and Craig are taking the reigns - much to the delight of surprised This Morning fans who tuned into Monday's instalment.

Dynamic duo Craig and Josie will host between Monday and Thursday, and Josie will then host with Andi Peters on Friday, December 23.

Taking to Twitter to share their joy over Holly and Phil's replacements, one This Morning fan tweeted: "Yay, so happy Josie is back presenting. She's such a light."

Dynamic duo Craig and Josie will host between Monday and Thursday (ITV)

"Unpopular opinion but Josie and Craig are the BEST This Morning presenters," another echoed.

"We have Josie for an entire week? We are blessed," someone else quipped, while another tweeted: "Craig is so easy on the eyes. Delighted he's on This Morning Christmas week."

"Yasssss Craig and Josie are elite," swooned another This Morning fan.

It comes after Holly and Phil announced that they would be taking some time away from the ITV show over Christmas.

Craig and Josie are popular among This Morning fans (ITV)

Holly said as they signed off: “We’re off for a bit of a break now. We look forward to seeing you on Christmas Day.”

ITV are treating viewers to a full run down of their daytime shows on Christmas Day.

Usually, the channel just airs two specials of Good Morning Britain and This Morning to mark the festive season whilst Lorraine will also be aired to mark the festive celebrations. All the shows will be pre-recorded with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield taking the reigns on This Morning with lots of festive guests expected.

Holly and Phil will present This Morning on Christmas Day (ITV)

Lorraine Kelly will also be joined by her team for a special episode with the likes of Joel Dommett as a special guest, whilst Loose Women will also be marking the occasion as it will air between Christmas and New Year for the first time ever.

This Morning usually airs on Christmas Day for a pre-recorded special but for the first time this year, This Morning and Loose Women will also air between Christmas and New Year alongside Good Morning Britain and Lorraine.

There will be additional episodes of the two shows, as a special new festive advert featuring some of the show's biggest stars debuted recently as they celebrated and marked ITV Daytime's offerings this festive period.

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