In 2021, MI6, which has historically distanced itself from the Bond franchise, released the image of its annual Christmas Card, which that year featured Father Christmas posing with a candy cane against a backdrop reminiscent of the Bond movies' gun barrel sequence. See also Outline of James Bond References External links Show spills Bond's secrets, BBC News coverage of a museum exhibition featuring a 'walk through' gun-barrel James Bond in film Film and television opening sequences Cinematic techniques