If there’s someone on your Chrimbo pressie list who hasn’t got anything against their name yet (i.e. everyone, if you’re as organised as me), you might want to consider an old favourite that’s back in the top slot after two decades in the wilderness.

Apparently the game that’s all about words, Scrabble, is once again the nation’s favourite board game.

And the irony is that it’s all being accredited to Scrabulous, the online version of the game that took Facebook by storm - and caused more than a storm in a teacup over at toy-makers Mattel and Hasbro, who ordered Facebook in no uncertain terms to remove the online game designed by Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, which they did earlier this year.

Some say its proof that the old-fashioned favourites are still the best… others that it’s proof of the contemporary power of “social meeja” when it comes to setting trends that affect not only the virtual world, but the “real” one too.

As for me, after reading a few articles about the topic, it’s made me really, really want to play Scrabble while 13,000ft up in the air…