The supermarket shelves may be lined with all manner of the chocolate varieties to suit every budget – but look a bit further afield and you’ll find advent calendars containing everything from herbal tea bags and gin, to beauty products and even dog biscuits.

We’ve scoured the internet to bring you our top ten advent calendars:

While it is understandable that advent calendars need to be on the shelves in November, is there really a need for any other Christmas products to be on sale before 1 December?

We asked some Islanders in town for their opinion. Check our our video to see what they thought: