There’s a scene in Peep Present when Mark flies off the deal with with Jez on Christmas morning as a result of he forgot to purchase the turkey. “No turkey?” Mark says, quaking with rage, earlier than screaming “That was your job, you f***ing moron” and happening an expletive-ridden tirade. Nevertheless it seems to be a joke – Jez has in truth purchased an natural turkey which he spent “ages researching on-line”. Mark apologises. “That wasn’t very Christmassy,” says Jez.

“That wasn’t very Christmassy” has change into a catchphrase in my home. My siblings and I’ve shouted it at one another through the years for unwrapping stockings earlier than certainly one of us has woken up, for presents that are apparent regifts, and when somebody pulls the crackers and loses on either side.

However these days essentially the most un-Christmassy factor I fall foul of is happening my cellphone. Scrolling Instagram on the day of Jesus’s beginning is the platonic very best of not very Christmassy. This can be a time to return to the analogue, to learn a e book or watch Harry Potter with advert breaks on Channel 4 despite the fact that you may put it on Netflix.