Not head in sand at all, it was a teeny tiny complaint: just one World Cup commenter who said that they found it out of place, and that the intrusion of my personal beliefs was an odd authorial choice. They were actually quite polite, as were the people who said 'Hang on, Christmas, godsons et al sounds rather Christian, you know ...' and I was able to say 'I see your point, but I have to say that ...' in a reasonable way and that was that.

Which is why I have hope for sanity!