Chocolate Advent Calendar

Finding the perfect advent calendars can be quite a challenge, let alone the perfect chocolate advent calendar! Here at chocolateadventcalendar.net, we have discovered the best source for shopping, and have found some great recommendations. Enjoy!

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Our favorite resource for shopping is the Amazon Holiday Collection.
They have many wonderful holiday calendars of all sorts.

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Who doesn’t remember the childhood anticipation of waking up every morning to open a new door on your countdown calendar during the month of December? For many of us, Christmas would be missing something without this wonderful tradition. The most classic Christmas calendars feature the Nativity Scene. Of course, a Toy Shop or Santa’s Workshop scene are just a couple of the many wonderful options also available!

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Advent calendars aren’t only for children!
Check out these three grownup selections.

For the chocolate connoisseur, we’ve found this wonderful, imported Hachez Haus Calendar. The outside features a classic and nostalgic Christmas design, and behind each window is a different dark or milk chocolate specialty with different flavors.

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How delicious does this sound – Asbach Uralt Brandy Filled Chocolate Calendar? Yumm!

Reber makes another wonderful, gourmet selection, with delicious chocolate treats that are far too decadent to share with the kids!  You might find marzipan, Kirsch, and prosecco peach flavors among the chocolate delicacies. Scrumptious!

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When did advent calendars first become a tradition and where?

Like so many of our Christmas traditions, this one began in Germany.  Originally, it was simply a way to count down the days to Christmas. Advent comes from the Latin word, adventus, meaning arrival. The term advent is actually a religious term referring to the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Traditionally, it begins at the end of November. Though in modern times, people use the more convenient December 1st to begin their Christmas countdown. Before the printed calendars, many families would mark each day with a chalk line drawn on a door. Other families might light a new candle or offer some other small token for each day.

Gerhard Lang first printed the advent calendar in 1908. As he was growing up, his mother attached candy to pieces of cardboard. He would take one piece off for every day leading up to Christmas. The first calendar he printed had colored pictures that would attach to cardboard for each day. Eventually, these holiday treasures were made with doors to open daily. Often, they would be filled with candies, pictures or Bible verses.

In Germany, the advent tradition is still going strong. Many towns actually transform buildings into life size calendars, each day showing a new Christmas scene! This beautiful town hall in the German city of Hunfeld is perhaps the most stunning example. Twenty four windows on the front are marked for each day, and opened to reveal a new scene.

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For more information on the history, please visit – advent calendar history and Christmas traditions.

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Would you like to make your own?

Try these suggestions from essortment.com filled with chocolate kisses, and lovetoknow.com with links to several different styles. This one from About.com is a make at home daily activities advent calendar. What a great idea!

We hope you have enjoyed learning more about and shopping for chocolate advent calendars. Have a wonderful holiday season and a merry Christmas!

- Julie at Chocolate Advent Calendars

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