PASTY lovers in Carlisle are being given a chance to have a special Christmas treat up to a week before the rest of the country.
Bakery chain Greggs has selected the city as one of 20 locations across the country to be in with the opportunity of getting their popular Festive Bake in stores before anyone else this year.
A Greggs spokesman told the News & Star: "A week of voting will result in the top five lucky locations being granted early access to the iconic Christmas product, up to a week before its national launch in November.
"The winning location will be the first to have the Festive Bake on sale on Friday, November 1 in one of its shops.
"The tour will then head to each of the other four cities each day leading up until the nationwide launch.
"Voting is now open in the top 20 best-selling Festive Bake towns and cities across the UK at www.christmasstartshere.co.uk."
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