Ignoring my aggrieved expression (et tu, Brute?), my Very Own Buddy continues: “Walking through Covent Garden to see the biggest Christmas tree in London covered in twinkling lights with Maria Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is heaven, so to make sure my first jingle feels peak-Christmas I like to wait until everything else has caught up.”

Annoyingly, some 64% of people insisting Christmas music should never be played before 1 December (Scrooges, every last one of them). And, for a short while, I feel defeated: maybe I’m the one in the wrong here?

But then I pull myself together. Because, yeah, 64% of people might think that, but that doesn’t mean that the other 46% are wrong. After all, we all need to just admit that most Christmas songs – even the bad ones – are total bangers.

So, when is it socially acceptable to start listening to Christmas music?