Is everyone feeling suitably festive? I certainly am. However, if you’re feeling more Scrooge-like than Elf-like on the holiday spirit spectrum, fear not. All you really need for Christmas is this quiz to get you going, and you’ll be merrily demolishing mince pies while belting Mariah Carey from the top of your lungs before you know it. Just you wait.

Which is your favourite Christmas storyline from an iconic film?

A) Elf: a wholesome, lighthearted classic, full of feel-good festive cheer

B) A Christmas Carol: a traditional choice, ghostly and wintry but brimming with moral warmth at its core

C) Home Alone: playful mischief and Christmas chaos

D) The Holiday: a cosy Christmas romance where rustic Surrey cottagecore meets glamorous LA mansion

E) Nativity: a nostalgic reminder of Christmas at school; sentimental, sparkly, hilarious

When do you first start brainstorming your New Year’s Resolutions?

A) Back in early November, when the tree went up (I’m so ready)

B) On New Year’s Eve, while killing time leading up to the fireworks countdown, as it should be

C) You don’t bother anymore; you never stick to them

D) Save it for Boxing Day, while snacking on the buffet table and lounging around, thinking hard

E) What are they?

Choose your favourite Christmas song from my careful selection…

A) All I Want For Christmas Is You: loud, proud and iconic

B) Last Christmas (it never gets old)

C) Jingle Bell Rock: a fun and uplifting tune

D) Baby It’s Cold Outside: slightly sultry, the perfect choice for a drunken duet

E) Underneath The Tree: pure energetic excitement

The best Bridgemas tradition is…

A) Visiting Christmas in Cambridge on Parker’s Piece, complete with a Yorkshire pudding wrap, looking like Bambi on ice and a go on the bumper cars

B) The traditional ‘BIG light switch on’ in town, where everyone wraps up in scarves you can't see their faces out of

C) Your college Bridgemas BOP, best night of the year

D) Bridgemas formal dinner (because attempting to cook it in college accomm is a nightmare waiting to happen, though it has to be done at least once)

E) Christmas shopping in every cute Cambridge gift shop imaginable, beware of the tourists

You’ve been tasked with bringing the Christmas dessert to the table this year (no pressure), what do you provide?

A) A Christmas cake with marzipan, royal icing figurines and all the trimmings

B) A classy box of After Eights

C) A rich chocolate yule log

D) Brandy soaked Christmas pudding

E) A massive trifle (my nan's recipe)

If you got mostly As…

You're the tinsel, the sparkle that catches everybody's eye (especially your mum's, who hates the way you've thrown it onto the tree, too close to that one matching red bauble to be aesthetically pleasing). Enthusiastic and deeply committed to encouraging the festive cheer, you bring that ever so slightly over-the-top flourish the season truly deserves.

If you got mostly Bs…

You're the bauble, an absolute classic of a decoration, effortlessly elegant but fragile, and therefore liable to smash when dropped (learnt this the hard way). You're polished and classy, no need to shout about it: everyone needs and relies on you regardless.

If you got mostly Cs…

You're the tub of Quality Streets, the life and soul of the living room. You're colourful and bright; a sugar rush in human form. Nobody ever knows quite what they'll get with you, but it'll always be fun and always delicious. You can't go wrong really (except with the orange creme, why choose that?)

If you got mostly Ds…

You're the mulled wine: warm, comforting, slow and soothing, all in a glass. I'm thinking twinkly lights, carols in the background, dried fruit being added generously to the steaming pan on the hob, chatting to friends and family. Now that's what Christmas is all about (the friends and family, not the alcohol).

If you got mostly Es…

You're the pile of presents under the tree, mysterious and exciting. You're all about anticipation, the pure joy that comes with aggressively tearing away wrapping paper to reveal what's inside and the fiery anger that an excessive sellotape-user provokes within you. You find a lot of joy in gifting to others, but (deep down) it's even more fun to see what you receive yourself (if you can manage to open them first).