https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/02/microsoft_roundup/

Roundup It may be 2004 within the bowels of Redmond, but the eyes of Windows 7 users are nervously fixed on 2020 as the end of support nears.

Like a tot excitedly fumbling with the second window of their advent calendar, Microsoft flung open the doors to customers hoping to keep security updates flowing for Windows 7 for just a little longer.