When we heard that John Sergeant from Strictly Come Dancing was releasing a song called Let’s Not Fight This Christmas as a single for The One Show, we responded in time-honoured fashion.

Namely – like the jumped-up little Veruca Salts we are – we pointed out that listening to John Sergeant try and musically channel the spirit of Christmas for three minutes would be about as festive as carbon monoxide poisoning. But we were wrong.

We know this because regular hecklerspray reader Kenton Hall co-wrote the bloody thing, and he helpfully informed us that John Sergeant only faintly appears in the chorus. So, thankfully, does Adrian Chiles. In fact, the bulk of the singing on Let’s Not Fight This Christmas is done by Chris Difford out of Squeeze.

So, by way of an apology to Kenton, and partly out of sheer relief that we won’t have to hear a Christmas song performed by a man who looks like Santa’s gout-ridden cousin, not only are giving you the video to Let’s Not Fight This Christmas to watch, but also some links to where you can buy the song from iTunes and Amazon and HMV.

If that’s not enough to convince you, know that the song’s been released to raise money for Children In Need. And if that’s still not enough, know that YouTube user simpsondudes has called it “the best sond i hav heard in ages, lol”. Enough said, really.