Festive food are those food items that we look forward to on special occasions and this year is certainly no exception with the lure of holiday foods strong in the air as the year draws to a close. However, it will need some careful consideration when you contemplate about the top 10 best festive food this season. With so many festive foods to choose from you do need to be careful about selecting each and every item of festive food that deserves a place in the list purely on basis of its merit.  Let us now take a look at the particular festive food that succeeds in catching our eye and gets to double up as holiday foods as well.

1. Christmas Pudding - A traditional favorite and considered as one of the most popular festive foods of all times, the Christmas pudding has absolutely no competition.
    
2. Smokey Cheddar - If you do not have a sweet tooth and are sick and tired of the sugary festive food items, spicing up your crackers or oatmeal cakes with a slice of thick smoked cheddar cheese will be the right kind of festive food for you.
    
3. Chocolate Truffles - Specially made chocolate truffles can help to satiate your urge for gorging on holiday foods this season.
    
4. Lamb Stew - A nice steaming pot of lamb stew or a leg of roast lamb can turn out to be the best festive food as you brace yourself against the cold and prepare to tuck into the deliciously spiced dish of lamb.
    
5. Gingerbread - You can never go wrong with festive foods that spell tradition. Baked and decorated into a gingerbread man, it is bound to enthrall both you and your kids alike.
    
6. Mince Pies - Small, bite sized sweet pies tinged with the flavor of mint is a surefire way of celebrating the holidays with festive food.
    
7. Nachos - The popular Tex-Mex delight, Nacho is a spicy way to enliven things up this season.
    
8. Prime Rib - Holidays make you hungry and what best than too tuck in to wholesome all American festive foods like the beef prime rib.
    
9. Crab Cakes - This authentic Maryland recipe has no parallel when it comes to the quaint little crab cakes.
    
10. Shortbread - What is Christmas without shortbread? Or the entire holiday season if you think about it? This melt in your mouth dessert is the perfect festive food that has remained a firm favorite.

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