And Christmas without turkey, pigs in blankets, stuffing and those dreaded brussel sprouts just isn't Christmas for some people.

But those of you who like to keep on top of green issues will also know that the typical Christmas dinner has a carbon footprint equal to 6,000 car journeys around the world.

On average, people in the UK share Christmas dinner with seven or eight others - generating around 20kg of carbon emissions.

In a continuing bid to battle these emissions, one man and his family will be spending their Christmas dinner this year on the Fife Diet - a diet of food coming only from the Kingdom.

When The Fife Free Press covered the story of Mike Small and his family, from Burntisland, back in August, no one knew just how closely they would stick to their diet.

But now, less than a week before Christmas Day, the Small family have their whole dinner sorted out - and haven't ventured far from the traditional treats either.

"We'll pretty much be having everything that other people are having - very traditional. We've got a free-range turkey, and of course all the winter vegetables that you'd normally have, as well as ice cream and wine.

"The real difference this year is the time it has taken to source the food and the preparation, because you're doing everything from scratch, but that's what's really enjoyable and it can be really nice to take the time over it."

Mike, his wife Karen and two young sons Sorley and Alex, will be joined by more than 40 others around the Kingdom who are sourcing their entire Christmas feast from Fife.

"It's really not as difficult as it sounds" Mike added. "You don't need to do it 100 per cent to be part of the experiment and you can still make a big difference to food miles while eating some great Fife food!"

• Where you can get your carbon-footprint-free... see full story in Thursday's Fife Free Press