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The Advent Calendar
The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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When Alices Uncle Sam brings home a mysterious calendar thats short on chocolate but big on surprises, she is thrown into an advent she never dreamed of. Codes arrive by text message and open the doors in the calendar, drawing Alice and Sam into fantastical new worlds that are wondrous, frightening and beautiful - and strangely familiar. Packed with codes and secrets, and inviting us to explore the deeper meanings of Christmas, this enthralling and touching tale can be read on many levels, and will be loved by adults and children alike.
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Kshakal
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The Shakal family advent calendars this year! #advent #decemberdreams @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Gissy Great🤗 5mo
Eggs Love these💚👍🏼❤️ 5mo
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Kshakal
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I couldn‘t resist… I hat to go back for the coffee one too!

ShyBookOwl Oh how fun! 5mo
gossamerchild Okay, that's cool 👀 5mo
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Kshakal
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Went to my local Aldi today and was super excited that they had many of there advent calendars still in stock! I just had to get the cheese one and am tempted to go back to get the coffee one!

JenReadsAlot Oh fun I want one! Lol 5mo
Kshakal @JenReadsAlot they had so many varieties this year! 5mo
julesG 😳😍😍😍😍😍 5mo
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maich
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Who else love advent calendar?
This year I made #AdventCalendar for my daughter. Used these middle size brown envelopes and decorated them with Christmas stitches. I put inside some candies, figure toys, coloring pages, activities... She can't wait for every day to open them.
#HolidayTradition #HolidayCraft #WinterGames #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers
@StayCurious @Clwojick

Clwojick This is so fun! I love it! 2y
maich Thanks. It is fun😍 2y
Linsy I made one for my boys as well! I love advent calendars 2y
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maich @Linsy I love them too. Kids having so much fun opening them😍 2y
StayCurious what a great idea! 2y
maich @StayCurious I found it on Instagram and then check Pinterest for more inspiration. 2y
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Charityann
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Another tradition we have is to get some kind of advent calendar gifts, where we count down the days to Christmas with little gifts - one per day. 🎄🎅🏼😊 #merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick

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Heideschrampf
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Opened the REMartKABLE WOMEN #adventcalendar my mom gave me & found a quote by Fanny Mendelsohn Bartholdys dad: „Music may become his profession, but for you it must remain an ornament, never the bassline of your being and doing. Thus adhere, and remain feminine, because only through femininity woman is embelished.“ referring to her famous composer brother Felix. 🙈 Though her talent equaled his she was never allowed to publish or perform! #sexism

CBee This book is fantastic and touches on this very subject: 3y
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wanderinglynn
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Here is the complete Christmas Is Coming jigsaw calendar by Gibsons. 12 puzzles, one every two days. Each individual puzzle has 80 pieces. And I love that it tells a progressive story. (My Instagram, wanderinglynn, has more photos if you want to see more.)

It was super fun and I‘ll definitely get another one next year.

KT1432 Oh my goodness! This looks amazing!! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas! 🤗🎄 4y
Texreader I love this!! 4y
mabell How cool! I love the design and the idea! And it‘s a good pace - 40 pieces a day? 4y
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Hooked_on_books That‘s really cute! 4y
wanderinglynn @mabell it came in 12 small bags with 80 pieces. But you could just do half of the bag. 4y
Addison_Reads This is awesome! I'm definitely going to try and get one next year. 4y
janeycanuck How fun! I‘m filing this idea away for next year. 4y
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TorieStorieS
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#WinterGames #ReadNosedReindeer (1 point)

Here‘s my favorite #AdventCalendar - it was my grandmother‘s and I love moving the mouse each day! Above is a list of my #DecemberTBR - hoping to make it through at least 17 books this month! #FestivePhotoChallenge #HollyJollyReading

OriginalCyn620 That‘s awesome! 🎄 4y
Nute What a cool tradition to continue with in honor of your grandmother!💕 4y
StayCurious Lovely! 2 points! (1 for participation) 4y
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TorieStorieS @OriginalCyn620 Thanks!!! ☺️☺️☺️ 4y
TorieStorieS @Nute Thanks- the mouse likes to jump out sometimes but I love it!! 4y
TorieStorieS @StayCurious Thanks!!🦌🦌🦌 4y
Crazeedi That is so special Torie 4y
TorieStorieS @Crazeedi Thanks- if we had a pantry door, it would hang there like she used to have it, but for now, this works! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!!! ❤️ 4y
BookmarkTavern My mother has this same one! ❤️❄️❤️❄️❤️ 4y
TorieStorieS @chaoticgoodhufflepuff wow!!!! That‘s so neat!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Texreader
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#wintergames #tmskellington @crimson613 @clwojick @StayCurious

#festivephotochallenge day 1 advent calendar

1 pt photo challenge
1 pt participation

AnneCecilie I love it 😍😍😍 (edited) 4y
coffees 2pts! This looks awesome, did you make it? :000 4y
Texreader @AnneCecilie @Crimson613 Thanks! It was a gift from a good friend when the kids were little. Our family loves it. 4y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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overtheedge
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julesG 😄😄😄 4y
SaturnDoo 🤣😂🤣❤❤❤ 4y
Amiable Ha! 😄 4y
StayCurious Haha this is great! +5 points for Holiday laughs, + 1 point participation = +6 points 4y
Sleepswithbooks I laughed out loud at this 😂 4y
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bookish_wookish
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So because im a huge child, i ordered the Book-Club-Mas Advent Calendar from Once Upon A Bookclub. For each of the 12 days you read a story and open a gift! As luck would have it my box was missing Day 3. Its in the mail but the stories start tomorrow! Im overly excited for this! ☺️ Should i post the gift each day? I dont want to spoil it if anybody else got this too!!

Jee_HookedOnBookz Is this like a book subscription? 5y
Lovesbooks87 That's pretty awesome! 5y
bookish_wookish Once Upon A Bookclub is a monthly subscription but they were doing this as a one time special Christmas box! @Jee_HookedOnBookz 5y
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Jerdencon I‘d love to see what you get! 5y
BookwormAHN I'd love to see 💚 5y
Jee_HookedOnBookz @bookish_wookish gahhhhh looks like they're sold out?? 😭😭😭 5y
bookish_wookish Yes i believe so! But the regular subscription is pretty cool too! @Jee_HookedOnBookz 5y
JoScho That is very cool! I would love to see what you get! 5y
ReadingRover That‘s awesome!!! 5y
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A_planNerd
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My 12 Days of Book-Club-Mas Advent Calendar has arrived. I feel like a kid again eagerly waiting to read each of the 12 mini stories before unwrapping the designated gift the story comes with #onceuponabookclub #adventcalendaredition

rather_be_reading im so jelly! i really wanted it bt i couldnt spend tht much on myself 😢 5y
A_planNerd Bummer, I understand as it was priced higher than original boxes. I had to cancel my original membership but I couldn‘t pass this up. It was a Christmas splurge on myself for sure. @rather_be_reading 5y
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Gleefulreader
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Being away for the start of advent means I not get to catch up with this! Can't wait to crack my first short story.

JacqMac Fun! 7y
Hooked_on_books I'm doing this, too! Loved the first and third ones and not so much the second one. Still have to read the fourth. Enjoy! 7y
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Hooked_on_books
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It was so nice to come home from a loooong day at work and finally break into my short story advent calendar! This is a promising start from Kevin Wilson. Best line: "It was the apartment of someone who was retarded but allowed to live on his own." ? I hadn't planned to read The Family Fang, but I may rethink that now.

Books_Wine_Repeat What an awesome idea for an advent calendar!! 😁👍 7y
Hooked_on_books @Books_Wine_Repeat I know! I was so excited to learn about it. 7y
Texreader I'm with @Books_Wine_Repeat ! Great idea! 7y
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DebinHawaii Very cool! 👍😀 7y
vivastory Where did you get this at? Awesome idea. 7y
Hooked_on_books @vivastory It's sold online: http://www.shortstoryadventcalendar.com/ I originally discovered it from a post by @BookHermit 7y
BookHermit ☺️ 7y
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MrsCappuccina
The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Wishing everyone a wonderful first of advent #christmas

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Well-ReadNeck
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Photo from Jolly Mom blog

Have you guys seen these genius book advent calendars? Great article on bookriot about this: http://bookriot.com/2016/11/22/make-a-book-advent-calendar/

Have you/are you planning to do this for 2016?

... and is it wrong to want one just for me?

Cortg Ooooh...I love this! 7y
DGRachel I would totally do this if I had kids. 7y
Faibka Cool!!!! 7y
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jpmcwisemorgan I really want one but it's just me. I can't very buy and wrap my own books up because then I'd know what they were. Sigh.... 7y
Hooked_on_books I saw this on Bookriot and WANT! 7y
Well-ReadNeck @jpmcwisemorgan maybe we should do one for each other!! 7y
jpmcwisemorgan @Well-ReadNeck I thought about giving a friend some money and setting them loose in Recycled Reads and maybe Book People for a couple of special books. I know some people did a Christmas book swap thingie here on Litsy. Maybe we should have coordinated an Advent Calendar? It's probably not too late to do a small one? 7y
MrBook 😳😁👍🏻 7y
tpixie Great idea. 7y
8little_paws You know, that might be a fun way to get through books on your shelves you haven't read. Wrap them all up, mix them all up well, then unwrap and that's your next read! 7y
Well-ReadNeck @8little_paws Yes! That's a great idea!!! 7y
CherylDeFranceschi Love it! 7y
LiteraryinLawrence This is such a clever idea. If I had kids and celebrated Christmas I would totally steal this idea! 7y
obviateit I'm planning to do one for my boys! I'm going to use mostly books that we own and either haven't read in awhile or are Christmas themed. I might use some library books too if I run out of ideas. 7y
Kimzey I love this idea! 7y
kspenmoll Love this! 7y
Theresa Like others I'm single/no kids so I don't have anyone to do this for. But, I'm also thinking why limit this to advent. Maybe I'll bring my TBR books home with me at Christmas & ask my family (ok, bribe my family) to wrap them & then I can just pick them randomly throughout 2017 & have a year of surprises. 7y
tysephine My uncle's wife did this for her grandson last year. She bought 25 picture books and every night he got to unwrap one to read at bedtime. She said he loved it. 7y
Texreader @tysephine What a darling idea for little ones!! 7y
Texreader @Theresa Nice twist on the idea!! 7y
Reviewsbylola I just wrapped 48 books for my two and four year old. My four yo loves to read so I decided to take the plunge and try it this year. It was a huge pain in the ass to wrap all those books. 😂 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess Love! If my boys were younger but since they are 23 and 24 and on their own, it's just me. But I love this idea!❤️ 7y
anwade88 I like the idea but I like having our Christmas books out to read for the entire season... though I can think of a few that wouldn't be opened until the day before Christmas (I'm looking at you Elmo's twelve days of Christmas 😬😵😂) 7y
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Hooked_on_books
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My short story advent calendar has arrived! I'm very excited, and a big thanks to @BookHermit for posting about this. Don't worry--I haven't cheated, just pulled out the first story for the picture! If you're interested, here's the site:

http://www.shortstoryadventcalendar.com/

SharonGoforth That's really cool!! 7y
queerbookreader Wait omg that's so cool!! I just got a tea advent calendar in the mail that I'm super excited for 7y
Bookcation74 Since childhood I have had an intense love of advent calendars... this may be the best one yet!! 7y
TheLudicReader I ordered one, too. Can't wait for it to arrive. 7y
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