Are Airports filled 1 week before Christmas?

This is the first year I travel by plane to spend Christmas in my country. Will the airports be full 1 week before Christmas? How long do you think we have to be at the airport before our flight?

2 hours before, they overbook flights so only the first in line get on sometimes.

YES they will get busier during the week. The weekend before is busy with those that have some extra time off at year end.
For domestic flight 2 hours. International at lest three. As it can get busy with the full luggage bags and extra road traffic aim for earlier if you can.
WINTER has storms flights get disrupted. First in line is looked after first.

Of course airports are always extra busy at holiday times.
The standard recommended MINIMUM times for arriving at the airport are two hours for domestic flights, three hours for international.
But obviously at busy times like Christmas it makes sense to get there even earlier. The worst that can happen is that you'll maybe have to spend an hour sitting drinking coffee watching late-comers race around in a panic.

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