It's the first of December which means just one thing -- Advent calendars! Gone are the days when my brothers and I opened tiny windows on an Advent calendar, like the one above, to be rewarded with a little drawing of a candle or an angel. It was always a fight (even up through high school) to see what the order would be for opening windows, because we figured out early that whoever opened December 3rd would also be the lucky one to open the large doors on the 24th to find the Baby Jesus in his manger.
Germans love their Advent calendars and, as you also see in the U.S., they have gotten more and more elaborate. You find inexpensive calendars here with little chocolates and expensive calendars with gourmet chocolates. It seems that every popular character and toy has its own Advent calendar, including Spongebob Schwammkopf, Legos, and Polly Pocket.
I'm a sucker for Playmobil, so this year our kids are taking turns opening the little boxes of a Playmobil wildlife calendar and also a Kinderschokolade calendar.
Who knew you would need an instruction booklet for an Advent calendar?
Setting the scene.
It's the first of December which means just one thing -- Advent calendars! Gone are the days when my brothers and I opened tiny windows on an Advent calendar, like the one above, to be rewarded with a little drawing of a candle or an angel. It was always a fight (even up through high school) to see what the order would be for opening windows, because we figured out early that whoever opened December 3rd would also be the lucky one to open the large doors on the 24th to find the Baby Jesus in his manger.
Germans love their Advent calendars and, as you also see in the U.S., they have gotten more and more elaborate. You find inexpensive calendars here with little chocolates and expensive calendars with gourmet chocolates. It seems that every popular character and toy has its own Advent calendar, including Spongebob Schwammkopf, Legos, and Polly Pocket.
I'm a sucker for Playmobil, so this year our kids are taking turns opening the little boxes of a Playmobil wildlife calendar and also a Kinderschokolade calendar.
Who knew you would need an instruction booklet for an Advent calendar?
Setting the scene.
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