MID-WAY THROUGH OCTOBER… Halloween just ’round the corner, still too balmy for a hat and scarf, but we’re officially in the most wonderful time of the year… the Christmas chip is back in chippers right now up north.

I’m ashamed to admit I’ve not yet had the pleasure, but long lusted after it, seduced by its belly-filling allure. I’m putting it to the people right now: WHEN are we getting this wondrous monstrosity down south? My suggestion is: quicker than immediately.

“It’s your turkey, your ham, your stuffing, your cocktail sausages, on your chips with gravy; cranberry sauce, if you wish, but the majority don’t,” we’ve probably all heard the unmistakable lilt of Seaneen Clarke Selby, owner of Selby’s chip shop on The Falls Road, at this stage.

For the last three years, their take on Christmas dinner — “all in one, on your bed of chips” — has gone routinely viral, with unprecedented demand more recently forcing the seasonal special to be brought forward, arriving on the menu from 1 October, rather than, traditionally, once Halloween has passed.

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