How do people buy Xmas food now when it's not in shops?

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Just wondering how people buy Xmas food like chocs, sweets, nice meat now when it's not in the shops yet?

Asda hot the tubs of sweets in today...

But surely you have your sprouts already boiling op?

Matchmakers in the shops and tubs of sweets!!
And Home Bargains do great sweets for stockings!

I've been to b and m today and they have some Christmas chocolate in. The also had some nice Christmas foliage and candles too.

We don't really buy chocolates and sweets. We do buy savoury snacks though, which are obviously available all year round and I'm going to start to get from next weekend.

I buy M&S biscuits when they have their 2 for £6 offer.

Tesco has tubs of Christmas sweets now.

Supeemarkets sell ground almonds, dried fruit, alcohol, and chocolates all year round.

You can buy chocolates all year round, just check the dates. I've already got a few chocolate oranges put away for Christmas. I noticed Tescos have started putting the christmas tubs out. Also alcohol/soft drinks and dried stuff is always around

You can buy chocolates, sweets and meat all year round. 🤔

I know you can buy chocolates all year, I meant the fancy chocolates and Xmassy nibbles and gift sets that aren't sold all year

B and m etc already have christmas chocolate I'm stock and gift sets. I personally don't buy any as I can't seem to keep it until Xmas. So I don't buy chocolates etc till November.

@ZNation

I know you can buy chocolates all year, I meant the fancy chocolates and Xmassy nibbles and gift sets that aren't sold all year

B&M have these in stock. Mandatory Terry’s chocolate orange on sale everywhere all year.

B&m has its Christmas stuff out. I'm expecting it everywhere soon.

I put money away on supermarket stamps at this point in the year (and earlier) - so that it is not a painful experience when I go out to buy these treats later in the year. Because a lot of the nice meats etc that we like are only available much, much closer to Christmas itself. So it means when I do see them, I can just get them straight away and not feel guilty.

Several shops already have lots of Christmassy goodies on sale.

Christmas is actually ruined because Terry's chocolate Oranges are fucking vile now

@ZNation

I know you can buy chocolates all year, I meant the fancy chocolates and Xmassy nibbles and gift sets that aren't sold all year

Yeah but... they are always more expensive than the regular version for the very reason that they are in fancy Christmassy packaging.

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Christmas is actually ruined because Terry's chocolate Oranges are fucking vile now

Tell me about it? Greasy little bastards 🤮

We've given up on chocolate oranges too. Leonidas orangettes can be bought in nice boxes, or you can ask for a large bag and just put them in a nice bowl at home (we buy €10 worth as a Christmas treat).

Tesco have tubs of sweets

I need to make a note of those orangettes. Choc orange was vile when I tried it recently!!

Oh i love Terry’s chocolate orange! But ive also discovered Cadbury choc orange buttons. Yummmmyyy!

I wont buy them now, as i know they’ll be eat!

They also do orange chocolate Fingers and orange Toblerone. AND orange Daim bars. And Milka Daim things like the Crunchie Rocks.

EBF DD is dairy intolerant - I have a list for when she weans...

Orange Toblerone???

Cadbury are also bringing out mint chocolate buttons and fingers this year as well. If anyone is into mint chocolate. Personally I can't think of anything worse. However we got some mince pie chocolate digestives in asda yesterday and they are nice.

Has anyone seen any Christmas puds yet? I'm doing a belated "Christmas dinner" on Sunday, it's far too late to make one unfortunately.