You’ve studied the picture … so how did you do?
1 The nail bar on the left of the picture is a bakery. Maybe in this age of retail innovation there really are nail bars which double as bakeries, but this isn’t one of them, and I know this because I drew it.
2 The pub next door but one has different names on front and sign.
3 The kid front left has a Bukayo Saka “3” shirt on, but Saka is actually England’s number 17. It may be that this kid, for reasons of his own, got a personalised 2022 shirt referring to Saka’s brief 2020 spell as England’s number 3. But again: no, he hasn’t, I know this because I drew it.
4 The robin sitting next to the pigeon at the front has a green chest. It should be red!!!!
5 There’s a spring tree in a winter scene (to the right of the Christmas tree). Even with the weird weather this year, I’m pretty sure this couldn’t happen. It is, at the very least, contrary to Christmas illustration laws.
6 A house on the right has an upside down chimney pot. Freaky stuff.
7 The backwards FIRE on the fire engine is misspelled.
8 The reindeer front right has five legs. If you or anyone you know is in fact a five-legged reindeer, please feel free to complain to the Guardian.
9 The kid standing by the railing on the right has one wellie and one trainer on. I know from experience that this may occur in reality, but it is nonetheless a mistake.
10 Rudolph (in the tree) has a yellow nose. This is absolutely wrong: it should be red.
11 Blue strip on the fireman’s uniform, where it should be yellow.
12 One different railing head (sixth in from left).
* It may be that I’ve put more than 12 actual mistakes in, but I know there are definitely 12 intentional ones.