I grow orchids as a hobby (not to sell) and belong to our local orchid society as well as an orchid forum online. So my favourite calendar is an orchid calendar. Some years there have been photo contests on the orchid forum. The top 13 are voted for and find their way on the cover and 12 months of a calendar. Winners get a free one and everyone can buy them. I've won them several times. Otherwise when this contest doesn't happen, our society buys copies of one that is made by another society in a neighbouring province.

My favorite is always what my kids get me for Christmas. One year it was the Blue Dog calendar with prints of George Rodrigue's artwork - loved that one and kept it. Maybe you'd like it? Blue Dog Calendar

Usually it's an island theme calendar (we love St John - our fave vacation spot and very near to our hearts as we had a memorial for DH there and scattered some of his ashes.) St John has wild donkeys, and so we make jokes about 'some jackass' slowing down traffic when we're driving. So my 2015 calendar is titled "Jackasses" and has funny pictures of donkeys. It probably sounds low class to some folks, but it makes me laugh and reminds me of our favorite place. Looking forward to seeing what 2016 will be!

I love Rifle Paper calendars. I think they are gorgeous.

https://riflepaperco.com/shop/calendars/

I get a calendar from my favorite TV show every year, but when you are a geek married to a geek, there really isn't any other option.

Monster Grid calendar From Calendars.com and Zebra Publishing, the Monster Grid. The grids are 2.25"x3.25"! I can fit our busiest days on it. I wish, however, that they wouldn't write the year on each page so big. I know what year it is, what I need is the real estate for jotting phone numbers, misc info, etc.

Depends on what you're going for. I like this concept for a single month (or you can make a double month one too I suppose)

http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2009/09/picture-frame-calendar/

To make it prettier you can print your own grid/design and stick under the glass and then just write with the dry erase on top.

Those Rifle Paper ones are very very pretty.

Our local Wild Birds Unlimited has a free calendar every year for their customers. Beautiful pictures of birds and nice sized squares to write int.

With my monster grid I'm all about function. For DH, though, he just needs to see the date and a picture in the study. DMIL always sends him the Group of Seven calendar (Canadian artists) but since I think we've seen all the pictures, this year she sent a new one that we will enjoy: Raffi. Not that Raffi, this is a newspaper illustrator.

I love calendars. We've been defaulting to free ones we receive but perhaps I need to pick a special one out for 2016.

Keep the ideas coming!

@buehl, do you have your 2016 Dr Who yet? I need to order mine still.

I love the Charley Harper calendars. They are lovely graphic depictions of animals, often birds. And we also get theAbacus Gallery calendar every year. http://charleyharperartstudio.com/shop/Calendars http://www.abacusgallery.com/store/calendars/

Kittens! Like I don't have enough (LOL) but they're so cute :)

This year I've had kitty calendar in my office and my mom got me a fairy calendar for Christmas, which I have in the kitchen. The drawings are by Jean & Ron Henry and it's called Fairyland. Very pretty!

DH and I do all our scheduling on our Google calendars on our phones/computer so I really don't do wall calendars anymore. However, this year we'll put one up because our local theater group, which DH and I are involved with, did the play Calendar Girls and sold 2016 calendars with the calendars girls in their poses. If you've seen it, you know what kind of calendar it is. It's hysterical and since we know most of the actors that were in it, it makes us smile.

But I may have to plan a Doctor Who calendar for next year. On my phone, the TARDIS is my wallpaper, the TARDIS sound is my notification for text messages, and the Doctor Who theme, circa 2011, is the ring for phone calls. :)

Ours hangs on the inside of a cabinet door, so the cheaper the better. All we require is one with big enough boxes to write in appointments. Next year's is from Marcs and cost 50 cents (but it does have pretty pictures!).

Thanks everyone! It's neat to see everyone's individual tastes shine through. : ) I'm definitely skipping calendars.com now that I know Amazon is cheaper (and I find their website easier to navigate.)

Happy calendar hunting, all!

One of these cycling calendars: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/cyclingalps Discount code: getit15. Inspiration for me!

365 Kittens A Year. Big duh, right? I must have it. It hangs on the wall in my kitchen, just like my mom used to do (see Mom, you were right about a few things). It has enough room in the day boxes to write all the stuff I do. Plus KITTENS!!!

Okay-buehl and Erin-is the only 2016 Dr. Who calendar available Peter Capaldi? (I guess I could look that up online). And funky-I used to have my phone emails signed as "Sent from the TARDIS", but never thought to use the music or the sound for anything.

My favorite calendars for myself are the free ones we get from charities we have donated to, but I like to get the Vintage University of WA one for my son-in-law every year: Vintage Huskies Football Calendar.

My 17 yo daughter gets one for each of us every Christmas. Dh always gets a trivia or puzzle one. For me 2013 and 2014 were both Dr Who, which I loved. 2015 is a horse calander with really sappy captions that was meant as a joke since I'm afraid of horses (don't ask).

When I was still doing wall calendars I would either get Group of Seven or Currier and Ives. Now I just do a small daytimer and it is always cat themed.

My favorite is the one my baby daughter (30) gets me each year. She takes pictures from each and every month of me and grandkids or just grandkids, or the whole family, sometimes multiple pictures on a month and has it made for me through shutterfly. In July, kids in the pool, Making flag cake, December, all baking in the kitchen. It's the best ever!!

We have similar one from our niece of their family's travels and adventures throughout the year. She is a very skilled amateur photographer, so it is pro quality. I love calendars, and wish I had places to hang several of them.

I love seeing the enthusiasm for calendars - thought it was only me.

I've loved the Tintin calendars but have moved on to The Walking Dead lately:)

I've bought my mom Thomas Kincade calendars for the last 6 years. Even though he has passed, his estate? Keeps coming out with new ones. She saves all of them, not only because she loves the pictures, but because her notations serve as a kind of diary of what went on over the course of that year.