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Advent calendars

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Ultracat Dec 2022 9:03am, 1 Dec 2022 14,553 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat I have a purely chocolate advent calendars, as I am dairy intolerant it’s a Nomo one. Which one do you have?
HappyG(rrr) Dec 2022 9:07am, 1 Dec 2022 44,861 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) I've got a Matchbox Hotwheels cars advent calendar. For my nearly 4 year old grandson. But I probably won't get it to him. So it will have to wait until next year. At least it won't go off! G
cackleberry Dec 2022 9:33am, 1 Dec 2022 2,747 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry At work, we've been sent a Cadbury Dairy Milk one. We'll have to share that between 3 of us. At home, my OH bought me a Haribo one! (I'm 42 years old...)
HellsBells Dec 2022 9:43am, 1 Dec 2022 30,161 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells I asked Mr HB to get me a yarn one, he forgot and they sold out
PenW Dec 2022 9:59am, 1 Dec 2022 2,851 posts	Quote Pin PenW I have a picture only one and have done for the last few years. It brings back memories of the advent calendars I had as a child and I now prefer them to the chocolate ones. My sister and I have the same advent calendars so we can share the experience of opening them despite living 350 miles apart.
WA Dec 2022 10:02am, 1 Dec 2022 10,434 posts	Quote Pin WA I have a Nespresso one for me. We also have cardboard ones with little figures that slot in - one a day- to build up a scene. One is a traditional Nativity, the other is a school Nativity. We've had them for years and the girls do one each.
Sharkie Dec 2022 10:09am, 1 Dec 2022 20,809 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie I think I will have a rant about calendars with food and drink in them. JUST WRONG (and greedy)
Sharkie Dec 2022 10:12am, 1 Dec 2022 20,810 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie Raffo saw one in the Co-op yesterday and said basically it was just an advert for Maltesers. I don't even think chocolatey ones are 'nice for children.' Spoils the fun of a selection box and a MASSIVE tube of Smarties on Christmas morning. BAH!
Yorkshire Pie Dec 2022 10:18am, 1 Dec 2022 14,837 posts	Quote Pin Yorkshire Pie I don't have an actual advent calendar, but usually buy myself a box of chocolates with 24 or 25 pieces in it and have one a day. This year it is a Green and Blacks mini bar selection box
Velociraptor Dec 2022 10:19am, 1 Dec 2022 61,360 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Last year I got a Nespresso Advent calendar with a massive price reduction towards the end of the season of Advent, stacked with a discount on a purchase of capsules and a "free gift" which might have been useful in a household accustomed to serving coffee up daintily with sugar lumps in a bowl and cream in a jug.