With less than two weeks until Christmas Day, supermarket aisles up and down the country are filled with festive treats to tempt everyone's tastebuds.
But while some have had their premium Christmas offering in for weeks already - we saw our first M&S party food hit shelves in late October - fans of retailer Lidl know the company, which prides itself on a varied and constantly changing range of weekly special products to go alongside its staples, bring the bulk of their festive fare to stores in early December.
And, in the interests of science, it seemed only right to taste test their Christmas range in readiness for the big day - in part with items I tried at a special event hosted by the firm and part by the much less glamorous method of 'going to my local store and doing my shopping.'
