One only has to think of the controversy about Doctor Who, and the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor back in 2018, to be reminded that there’s nothing like the overhaul of an old favourite to divide opinion. As 2021 drew to its close, a friend of mine posted a photograph on social media of a sheet of wrapping paper that he had encountered being sold in a high-street store;. At first glance, it appeared to depict a nativity scene, a statue of the Sacred Heart, and Our Lord with his disciples at the Last Supper. An ideal choice, then, for wrapping up that tartan scarf, or those marzipan fruits, or Antonia Fraser’s latest.