by TerriRexson
Find Advent Calendars that are a bit different! I love the build up to Christmas. I think it's fun for adults as well as children. I do love traditional advent calendars but sometimes it's nice to try something a bit different.
Read on to discover some unusual advent calendars so you can enjoy December in your own style and have a conversation piece that everyone will ask about.
This advent calendar is wonderfully different and still very traditional at the same time.
It takes a while to work out what is going on there but it's worth it.
This stone resin advent house is made from four pillars. On the inside you'll find Clement C Moore's A Night Before Christmas poem with illustrations.
Inside the house are tiny ornaments to hand on the windows of the house in the countdown to Christmas.
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| LEGO Build Your Own Holiday Countdown Candle Only $242.99 |
You've probably seens the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and Lego City Advent Calendar. But what about an advent candle that you build from festive Lego countdown blocks.
Remove a block each day and the candle will get shorter and shorter as Christmas day approaches. A modern twist to the traditional advent candle.
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| Thomas Kinkade Illuminated Advent Tabletop Christmas Tree... |
Thomas Kinkade make delightful collectible advent calendars. This Santa with Christmas tree advent calendar comes with 24 traditional Christmas ornaments in a storage box. The calendar is hand-painted and very collectible.
The Christmas tree has 25 golden LED lights and a crystalline star topper making it very pretty. A lovely calendar for adult Christmas lovers.
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| Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Magnetic Countdown Calend... |
This Hallmark Countdown to Christmas magnetic advent calendar is very sweet.
The calendar itself has magnets so can be stuck onto a fridge.
It comes with adorable Christmas themed magnets, one for each day of advent, that look like decorated cookies.
Topped with a festive bow, this calendar is great for giving your kitchen a festive touch. And adults and children alike will enjoy adding the Christmas cookies as we get closer to the big day.
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| Schmidt Advent Calendar 2011 |
Well this is a great idea. This Schmidt Advent calendar is filled with German Lebkuchen.
Lebkuchen are spiced cookies in various shapes covered with chocolate or frosting.
Mmm. We're big Lebkuchen fans in our house.
This advent calendar is beautifully designed and makes a lovely advent gift.
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| 2011 Hallmark " 'TWAS THE MONTH BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Countdown Ornament Only $13.5 |
The 2011 Hallmark " 'TWAS THE MONTH BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Countdown Ornament features a jolly Santa preparing for Christmas.
On each day of advent you turn the knob to increase the number. Then you get to listen to one of 24 different stories - a new one each day.
You listen in as Santa and his helpers make toys and prepare for Christmas. (Batteries included.)
What a fun idea!
The first advent calendars were simply marks made with chalk, or cuts into wood with a knife. There's something appealing about continuing a tradition that our ancestors followed, but adding our own modern twist and evolving the tradition.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
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Did you like the Unusual Advent Calendars?
Nice Advent calendars!
I have a few reusable advent calendars generally geared towards kids and nothing as fancy as these!
beautiful, I love the holiday buildup also...