Actually, I do....I was just checking everything out! Mine is a Lindt Lindor

Chocolates one. About 7 different flavors appear. Yummy...not as good

for you as tea, maybe...but, oh my! LOL My SIL got it for me. He said

he would be coming over to check it every day to make sure I didn't finish

the month in just a couple days. LOL LOL

We bought ours at the grocery store. They sell them every year, about $2.00. Its a large piece of plastic covered with cardboard and decorated with Santa things. Each day is a window and inside is a small piece of chocolate. The entire calendar is one serving according to the nutrition information on the back. 24 pieces, 260 calories in total and 14 grams of fat.

I've seen some pretty fancy and expensive ones, but we are happy with the ones we get. Small piece of chocolate everyday.

DH and I have an Ikea calendar, chocolate and two $5 gift cards! We gave DS#1 and his GF a bird calls calendar (I was tempted to keep it for myself!) and DS#2 a pop-up chocolate calendar.

Every year my BIL sends me a Jacquie Lawson online advent calendar. Every year I have trouble getting it to work but when I do, it is very pretty.

When I was a little girl Imloved the kind that had a picture behind each door.

When our two children were little I bought them each a chocolate Advent calendar every year. I don’t get one of those for us now, but I do have an Advent calendar ornament box, with a tiny ornament to hang on a tree each day. It’s now quite old, but we cherish it and it’s memories. I have a small tree I place in our kitchen every December 1st and add each ornament to it. A festive bit of cheer!

Last year I gave my husband an XOmarshmallow calendar. in addition to being stupidly expensive we both hated all the flavored marshmallows. I’d go back to the traditional ones with a glittery scene and tiny pictures.

Ded, my DSIL sends that, too, and I always enjoy it (once I get it to work).

We used to get the boys the Lego calendar. One year I was too slow and they sold out, so I took an old one (yes, I kept the boxes) and dug through our Lego bricks to recreate 24 mini-kits. The extra fun each night was to see how well Mom provided the right pieces for each kit.

My favorites are pretty pictures.

Where do you all put your calendars? We always open ours at dinner, so box-types get propped on the table somehow, and flat picture-types get hung by a ribbon on the window.

I love the Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendars and have already downloaded mine for 2023. I usually wait until bedtime to check out the day’s entry.

There’s so much to do with each day’s calendar, I just spent half an hour playing with it.

I just took a lego advent calendar out to my 5 year old grandson last night, of course at that age I wasn't sure he could wait til today but mom sent me pic this morning of snowman on skis for the first day.

LOVE Aldi's offerings! I always give out Advent calendars at Thanksgiving to my adult offspring. The girls got cheese and son got Hot Sauce. Me I have the candle array and am excited to get it started! I sent my mom an Amazon puzzle advent calendar. One large puzzle of 24 vintage cards--one to make each day.

I've had this one in my kitchen for years. When my kids were little I wrapped up a nativity character with a little book telling their story and we opened one each night of advent. They knew the story of the first Christmas from every perspective by the time baby Jesus arrived!!

Arcy, that’s so cute, and a great way to count the days!

A couple of years ago I was seeing Advent Calendars with 25 doors. I never could figure that out, and I don’t see them anymore.

We watched a Lucy Worsley programme aboutChristmas during Henry VIII’s time. While we knew that the Twelve Days of Christmas actually start on Christmas Day. we didn’t know that in England at the time, Advent was a time of fasting and no work, although I imagine the ”no work” varied with who you were. After all, it was also the time of preparation for Christmas, and then as now, it can be a lot of work.

Smiles and waves of great memories no doubt!!

I had the advent calendar with pictures behind the doors growing up. My sister and I took turns opening the doors. My kids got the cheap chocolate advent calendars for years. I picked up the advent calendar I use now in the Czech Republic.

I've sent my DGD the Lawson calendar every year since she was about five. Never thought to get one for myself. This year's Edwardian theme looks like it's loaded with puzzles and chances to *decorate* the rooms.