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Advent calendar

British

noun

a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Advent calendar

If you’re like me and forget to purchase your Advent calendar in time before the beginning of December, fret not!

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

Advent calendar day 22: GB's Kerr wins 1500m gold.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

Specifically, Lidl is recalling Favorina-brand Advent calendar boxes, which contain 8 ounces of cream-filled chocolates.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

Retailers from Target to LVMH's Christian Dior are betting that the spirit of this season can be summed up with a centuries-old religious object: the Advent calendar.

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2022

As the day approached, with fewer and fewer windows to open on the Advent calendar, my sisters and I were unruly with excitement, but the grownups seemed too busy to care.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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