WATCH: How easy is it to give blood?
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service nurses are at the Citadel Center in Ayr this week for the festive donation cycle.
It is one of their busiest stops and they expect to take around 160 pints per day, over 3 days.
There is still a national shortage of the red stuff though and our reporter Natalie Crawford spoke to charge nurse Anne MacLean to address some of the fears first time donors might have...