Let Fairtrade make your Christmas truly festive this year. There are more than 4,000 Fairtrade certified products now available, so it’s easier than ever to spread joy at Christmas – giving you and your family a special time and giving hope to farming families in developing countries around the world.

• Start the countdown to Christmas with a Fairtrade chocolate advent calendar
• Get the party started with Fairtrade beers, wines and spirits – not to mention a wide range of fruit juices and other non alcoholic drinks
• Enjoy the vast array of tasty food made from Fairtrade ingredients, especially nuts, fruit and chocolate
• Buy a Fairtrade Christmas pudding or make your own pudding from Fairtrade ingredients

George Alagiah, Patron of the Fairtrade Foundation, said: ‘What could be better than receiving a present you will enjoy and has also brought benefits to the people who produced it? The choice of gorgeous gifts is bigger than ever this year, so give something from our Fairtrade Christmas wish list and bring happiness to everyone involved.’

Advent calendars: Children will love to count down the days to Christmas with a Fairtrade chocolate calendar from Divine Chocolate, the Fairtrade chocolate company part-owned by cocoa farmers.

Party time: The party season can be fully Fairtrade from the drinks to the delicious Fairtrade food. Among the Fairtrade wines on offer are Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Chilean Syrah, Pinot Grigio, Organic Malbec, Cape Chardonnay and Organic Sauvignon Torrontes. Spirits include Fairtrade White Rum. There are lots of beers including Co-op Bumble Bee Ale, Co-op Fairtrade Organic Ale and Wychwood Bee Wyched Honey’d Ale. A selection of soft drinks and fruit juices is available from most major supermarkets.

Festive food: For festive food, nuts are the traditional choice. M&S have Fairtrade InSkin Lightly Salted Peanuts, Fairtrade Roasted and Salted Cashews and Brazil Nuts. Sainsbury’s range includes Oven Roasted and Salted Mixed Nuts and Oven Roasted Nut Mix with Fruit. Tesco’s range includes Brazil Nuts and Cashew Nuts with Peanuts and Raisins.

Fairtrade fresh fruit includes apples, avocados, bananas, clementines, red and white grapes, lemons, lychees, mangoes, oranges, pears, pineapples, plums and satsumas, all available from most supermarkets.

Why not finish the evening with traditional figgy pudding using fruit and spices carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark, such as raisins, apricots, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon? Follow with Fairtrade Christmas coffees or teas, available from Marks & Spencer, Taylors of Harrogate and the Eve Coffee Company. If all that sounds like too much hard work, easy options include the Traidcraft Christmas Pudding, their fully iced Christmas Cake or Co-op Yule Log!