diff --git a/src/app/home/home.component.ts b/src/app/home/home.component.ts
index 393cfdc6a..23a6111f2 100644
--- a/src/app/home/home.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home/home.component.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     // start the redirect 12 hours in advance of CC open:
-    const startRedirectingToCCAt = new Date('2023-11-28T00:00:00+00:00');
+    const startRedirectingToCCAt = new Date('2023-10-28T00:00:00+00:00');
 
     // end the redirect exactly at the time CC closes.
     if (
@@ -137,7 +137,13 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
       this.currentTime >= startRedirectingToCCAt &&
       this.currentTime < CCCloseDate &&
       isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
-      this.router.navigate(['/christmas-challenge-2023']);
+      this.router.navigate(
+        ['/christmas-challenge-2023'],
+        {
+          replaceUrl: true, // As we are redirecting imediatly it would be confusing to leave a page the user hasn't seen in their history.
+
+        }
+      );
     }
   }