It’s a project that has always had a slight air of Mean Girls’ Gretchen gamely trying to make “fetch” happen, but ‘tis the season of goodwill and all that so let us continue to try to embrace BBC Two’s attempt to make an MR James adaptation by Mark Gatiss a Beloved Christmas Tradition.

Last year, if you remember, it was the turn of The Mezzotint, the tale – pleasantly spookily and cosily told – of a possibly possessed picture. Its gentle progression through just enough twists and turns to fill a half hour was a lovely little treat.