What do you buy only at Christmas that's available all year

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Inspired by another thread where a poster commented that another buys Pringles for Xmas when they are available all year....

For us
Cranberry sauce - I never bother rest of year even though I love it with bacon and Brie
Brie come to think of it, prob because of the cranberry thing
Chocolate oranges
Baileys
Those teeny tiny pickled onions
Mini marshmallows for hot chocolate (in December really)
Tubs of dry roasted peanuts

No logic in most of it. I know I could buy but I just don't.

Oh I missed gingerbread, and parsnips off the list!

Gold top milk
"Grownup" chocolate cereal like triplechoc granola crunch
Cheese that has bits of fruit embedded in it like cranberries or apricots

Walnuts in their shells

This, definitely!
Bitter lemon. It’s blue-why?
After Eights
Baileys
Honey roast nuts
Goose fat
Bucks Fizz
Quality Street
I buy cranberry sauce all year round.

Toblerone

Baklava, Turkish delight and Florentines. I just associate treats like that with Christmas and it's nice to wait for something and really look forward to it.

Boursin

Turkey
stuffing
Chestnuts
Sprouts
Goose fat
Matchmakers
After eights
Quality Street
Pringles
Blinis
Tubs of nuts

Twiglets and after eights

Just an excessive amount of treats and snacks, normally we just have some lunch box fillers for the kids (penguins and some cheap crisps) at Christmas we have every treat under the sun.

Cheese footballs!

A tube of Pringles to go with Christmas supper which is always gammon sandwiches.
Coke. My household know Christmas is nearly here when I buy a box of Coke in cans. We only have tonic, fizzy water and soda water for the rest of the year.
candied mixed fruit to make my non-negotiable festive pudding of iced nougat parfait.

that's about it. We don't really buy anything special for Christmas, just eat pretty much as normal.

These are SO hard to find now! I spend eleven months hunting them down - if I could find them all year I'd eat them all year.

Nobody else likes them except for me. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Oh and Amaretto and Manzanilla sherry both of which I adore but confine to Christmas.

Pate
pickled Onions
brie
fancy chocolate biscuits
hot chocolate and mini marshmallows

Turkey
Ferraro Rocher
Baileys
Red cabbage
M&S chocolate selection box

J2os

Big tin of chocolates
Nuts in their shells
Dried figs
Posh assorted box of biscuits

Pigs in blankets
Masses of cheese

Smoked cheese
Baileys

I buy things associated with Christmas all year round as I have a slight Christmas obsession and if I feel a bit rubbish ever the first thing I do is have something Christmassy (eg a mini Xmas pud for breakfast with some marzipan fruits) the only thing I ever only get at Christmas time is candy canes as they are the only thing I don’t see year round in shops

Pigs in blankets
Actual Herman's mayonnaise
Real Lurpak

Ha I can't believe I've been the inspiration for a thread!

Feel like I've unlocked some sort of Mumsnet achievement! 😂

Can't wait for my December pringles!

Pickled walnuts, truffled Brie, marrons glacés. And sprouts.

Cheese and crackers
Cranberry sauce
Turkey
J20 / Schloer
Baileys
Mini frozen sausage rolls
Party food
Sharing bags of crisps.