Well, I suppose it depends on whether you want to watch seasonal customs or whether you want to watch the Unthanks. Personally, I'm wondering how far they'd be prepared to go with all this participation stuff. After all, it was once thought that many of our winter customs originated with the ritual sacrifice of delectable young maidens. Pacifying the Gods and killing off the old year and all that. That conjures up a very bizarre image indeed; the Unthanks being sacrificed on the altar of tv ratings to assuage the wrath of the great God BBC. Go for it girls. That's one honour they certainly wouldn't have awarded to David Attenborough.

Hey ho. Merry Christmas everyone.