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The reindeer pate's packaging does not mince words, selling the meat paste as a "farm raised relative of Rudolph". Those hoping to bring a rare delicacy to the annual holiday party will have to forget about reindeer pate, as the U.K. retailer behind the meat paste has run out of the seasonal product.

Labels on the $23 tin on sale at Harvey Nichols say the meat comes from a "farm-raised relative of Rudolph," The Sun newspaper reports .

The pressure group Viva! is keen to get the food banned because it says it is produced through the cruel force-feeding of ducks or geese.

Patrick's week gigs , two September Fenway Park [ map ] shows for 18,000 fans. Last night at the Liberty Hotel, the Dropkicks made their 2011 supremacy official at the Boston Music Awards.