In the lead up to Christmas, the airline Jetstar caused to be published on Instagram, the following offering: “Can’t get off Yiayia’s plastic covered couch? Refresh yourself with a Post-Chrissie Recovery at a swim-up bar instead. This Chrissie is gonna be hotter than a Shearer’s armpit, so tell us your favourite summer cocktail for the chance to win a $3,000 flight voucher on us.”

The text is accompanied by an animated sketch whereby a young man clad in a singlet, shorts and white socks, wearing around his neck a large golden cross that covers almost the entire length of his chest, sits upon a plastic-coloured couch, presumably that of his yiayia. The man’s luxurious tresses are in the style of Vince Colosimo in the original Wogboy movie. On the wall behind the young man, in prominent position, hangs a very large cross. Around it are arranged picture frames, containing the obscurely drawn images of what presumably are members of the yiayia’s family as well as an image around which there exists a halo, most likely an icon.

As the scene opens, a narrator informs us that it is the hottest Christmas day on record. A hand appears on the screen. It wears a thick pearl bracelet and its fingers end with long curved nails that look more like talons or claws than anything else. These nails are coloured a deep shade of maroon that almost looks black. The claws are curled around a long glass containing an orange liquid. We assume at this point that the hand…