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Along with a religious undertone, "they are what get people through the dark time", she explains.

Meanwhile, John Lewis’s festive advert explores masculinity and emotion, leading some analysts to suggest it has undertones of one the year's biggest TV shows, Netflix drama Adolescence.

"There was a sinister undertone and it was difficult to build rapport," she wrote in a statement.

Co-written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski with comic undertones, it’s a caper about an American therapist living in France who suspects she hasn’t been told the truth about a patient’s demise.

He had also made several statements over the years that were interpreted as having political undertones.