I’M NOT one of those people who moan that Christmas getting earlier every year or that it’s too commercialised when Christmas fare starts appearing in the shops at the end of the summer. I always get excited when I go shopping and see the first Christmas puddings and chocolates on the shelves. However, even I was a little taken aback when my mum showed me a box of festive Bakewells made by a well-known cake company that someone had given her, with a best-before date of mid-October!

Lynda Strong Salisbury Court Cwmbran