Christmas may be weeks away but pubs in St Albans are certainly getting into the festive spirit.

Nominations for our Festive Pub of the Year competition, launched last week, have been flooding in and we want the influx to continue.

So far more than 40 nominations have been received with The White Swan, The Peacock, The Horn, Slug and Lettuce and The Boot all already entered into this year's competition.

The Retailer of the Year committee - which comprises of the Review, St Albans District Council, St Albans Chamber and St Albans Civic Society - has challenged city centre pubs to push the boat out in a bid to be crowned St Albans Festive Pub of the Year.

Does the pub you drink in have the best decorations or have you enjoyed a particularly good Christmas meal over the years?

Anyone can nominate a pub as long as it is based in the area shown on our map. The pub will then be put to the test by our team of mystery drinkers.

They will mark each establishment on criteria including service, drinks selection, decorations and atmosphere.

To nominate a pub you can email the name and address of the pub to revieweditor@london.newsquest.co.uk or you can nominate a pub by text. Send your text to 80360 starting with the words ‘festivepub’ leave a space and then the name of your pub.

Calls cost no more than 25p per call from a BT landline. Calls from mobiles and some other networks may cost more. Texts cost 25p plus your normal operator text charge.

Text voting lines are open and close at noon on December 10.