This Christmas will be the fifth since Michael Schumacher suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident in December 2013.
After being placed into a medically-induced coma after the accident in Meribel, France, he was eventually brought back to his home in Switzerland where he has been convalescing ever since.
His family remain tight-lipped over the Formula 1 legends health and condition as they try to protect his privacy.
But a heartwarming message from his son, who has followed in his father’s footsteps as a motorsports buff, called on supporters to keep Michael Schumacher’s memory and legacy alive.
Writing on Instagram, Mick Schumacher said: “For many years, our family has received positive energy from people who feel inspired by my father.
“We want to channel this energy into a force that does good by helping in areas my dad has always supported.”
The 18-year-old, who has been dubbed ‘Quick Mick’, has been competing in the FIA Formula 3 European Championships.
Although the Schumacher name has become synonymous with the sport, Mick initially raced under his mother’s maiden name Betsch.
But the youngster has now gone full throttle into honouring his father’s legacy and is living up to the name in true Schumacher form.
If Mick were to reach it to the top, he would become the third Schumacher to compete in the sport after his father Michael and uncle Ralf, who raced for Jordan, Williams and Toyota between 1997 and 2007 and recorded six wins.
It comes as the seven-time world champion’s eldest child Gina-Maria Schumacher, an amateur equestrian, posted an impassioned reminder to her father’s supporters on her instagram page.
Alongside a picture of one of her horse rides, she wrote: “There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved #keepfighting.”
The slogan is the same as the one used by the Schumacher family’s charitable foundation of the same name, and relates back to the words of the man himself.
In 2007 he said: “I’ve always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there’s only a slightest chance.”
(Additional reporting by Monika Pallenberg)