Finding UK Christmas Goodies in the US
 

OK, Christmas is coming up... so I thought I would steer the thread in a festive direction and get some ideas on where to track down festive foods! :) Where's the best/cheapest place to locate a Christmas pudding? I ordered a Matthew Walker one last year from Amazon and it was hideous :(

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This is a great idea, maybe we should a seperate thread for it though?

We got a fantastic Chistmas Pudding (as a gift) from Bettys in Harrogate last year, along with a iced Christmas cake. Both were fantastic, it wasn't cheap, but for a one off special treat for Christmas it's really worth it. I'll definately be ordering them this year.

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Good idea Nicky. Done...although I've titled it goodies not food...as locating Christmas crackers is a common question in the run up to Christmas. You can buy luxury crackers from Costco.

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a) It's still September, we have to get past Halloween and Thanksgiving first!

b) make your own.

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I made the mistake first year I was hear of thinking, I'll start after Thanksgiving. Then discovered the last post date was 3 days after TG

I can never find any currants

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I ended up getting stuff from Goodwoods last year.

Prices were ok (but not great), but the items were well packaged and the delivery was as promised.

http://www.goodwoods.com/christmas2012.aspx

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Here's the link to Bettys

http://www.bettys.co.uk/

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I did find some Walkers mince pies, crackers and selection boxes in World Market last year. I guess there won't be any choccies there this year.

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World market and TJMaxx usually has a plethora of British goodies....don't know if they're stocking them just yet.
Bought a massive tin of walkers shortbread from Costco yesterday :thumbsup:

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Home Goods get the nice Christmas crackers in.
World Market had selection boxes and Advent calenders last year, but I wonder if they will this year as they were Cadbury.

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I suspect all my chocolate will have to be shipped here by my parents this year.

I hope this cadburys thing gets resolved.

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Has anybody asked a British shop to import a job lot (and thus cheaper) on a promise to get enough people to exhaust the supply?

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At a price....britsuperstore.com

Used them last year with mixed results, but if you need a wide range of sources, including M&S, they fit the bill.

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I was wondering... Is it actually legal for them to sell it? I'm not sure how this really works.

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I don't really know - as long as it's not got any banned ingredients and relevant duties paid then maybe it's okay. Some imported things have a US-style nutrition label, some don't :confused:.