LOOKING forward to jetting off this Christmas?

Or perhaps you've booked a flight to see family or friends.

With the Christmas getaway just a few weeks away, Liverpool John Lennon Airport has revealed some of the items seized from passengers' hand luggage.

Prohibited items include snow globes, toy guns, pate and Christmas crackers and passengers have also been urged to keep presents unwrapped.

A spokesman added: "Management at the airport want to ensure that passengers have a great experience ahead of their festive departure and are once again keen to remind all passengers that restrictions on liquids carried in hand luggage are still in place.

"Passenger are asked to think carefully about what items they are intending to pack in hand luggage and to check with their airline before they set off for the Airport - especially those who are travelling with presents for friends and relatives.

"To avoid disappointment at the security search point and to help keep security queues to a minimum, passengers should also keep presents unwrapped if they are to be carried in hand luggage, as items may need to be opened in order to satisfy security personnel that goods comply with the security restrictions in place."

Staff have already refused permission for large numbers of items in hand luggage with the list including liquid snow globes, bottles of spirits, perfumes and also some children’s toys.

The spokesman added: "Since these items are either in excess of the current liquid size restrictions or have the potential to cause or appear to be able to cause, harm to passengers or airline crew.

"Christmas crackers are also prohibited by the Airport from being carried in hand luggage.

"Most of these items are however permitted to be carried in a suitcase and placed in the aircraft hold if passengers wish to take such presents away with them. However some airlines also ban Christmas Crackers from hold luggage too."

Further information regarding hand luggage restrictions is also available here: gov.uk/hand-luggage-restrictions