It’s that time of year already, the countdown to Christmas has begun, with an early favourite for number one emerging.

Last Christmas saw Wham take the win despite hot competition from Mariah Carey and Tom Grennan, who even got a pre-emptive celebratory tattoo.

This year, a new song from McFly star Tom Fletcher, written for Paddington The Musical, is the bookies’ favourite.

One Of Us, which is also sung by Tom, 40, dropped last week with a music video featuring the beloved bear at Paddington Station.

‘A Christmas number one race isn’t complete without the arrival on the starting blocks of a bona fide legend,’ said Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot.

‘The vision of Paddington taking on this year’s diverse gaggle of new festive chart contenders, alongside seasonal cla

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