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.

Cheap/knockoff 'caviar'- too frivolous & expensive for us to justify buying it all year round, goes v quickly as we'd eat it straight from the teeny weeny jar if we could, and also is one of the few remaining special-feeling things at Christmas time (due to so many items being enjoyed other months).

Matchmakers
Chocolate orange
Turkey
Nuts in shells...so many things

@StiffyByngsDogBartholomew Recipe for parfait, please? It sounds very interesting!

Blue cheese
wenslydale with apricot
caramelised onion chutney
pate

Baileys
Mince Pies (available September onwards in Sainsbury's)
After Eights
Stilton
Port
Orange Juice (for Bucks Fizz)
Twiglets

Nothing but I buy things like tubs of Celebrations around the year but don't bother at Christmas.

Ingredients to make pork and sage stuffing

Turkey

Brie

Port

M&s canapes (not sure if they are available all year round).

It’s more cooking and baking in our house - lots of recipes I only make at Christmas - cinnamon knot buns, stuffed brioche, mince pies, turkey, stuffing, turkey gravy, goose fat and rosemary roasties, trifle, vanillekipferl, whiskey cake, gingerbread, glazed ham, mulled wine, spiced cider.

Some of the shop bought treats are brought back from France - so they’re summer holiday indulgences as well.

Bailey's is probably the only thing I buy that I won't otherwise buy

Advocaat 🥳 I love, love LOVE a snowball with the fancy (also only buy at Christmas) San Pellegrino lemonade and a squeeze + slice of lime.

Quality Street.
Think I only get these out of tradition really as I only like the soft centres. But you open the tub and it smells like Christmas 😊

Cheese footballs, brie, Stilton camembert, boxes of chocolate biscuits rather than just packets, trifle, custard, frozen desserts like roulade, gateau etc.

I was just about to head off to the supermarket. I suspect I'll come back with all sorts of festive fare. It's only September.

Lindt balls

Stollen, lumpfish roe caviar-a-like, crackers for cheese. Turkey.

Port, 8+ types of cheese at once (usually only have 3 or 4) otherwise can't think of anything particularly

I would like to spend the Xmas break at your house!

Ferrero Roche

After eights.
No one eats them, no one likes them, but they essential table decoration for Xmas evening.

Parsnips
Brie
Baileys
Chocolate, any form
Turkey
Streaky bacon
Cheese board cheeses generally
Stuff to make trifle with
Sausage rolls

Ritz Crackers
Pringles
Twiglets
Camembert
Pop tarts

Sprouts, After Eights, Matchmakers & Wensleydale with cranberries

J20

Pork pie