Advent calendar

British  

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

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

From Salon

“I love the idea of an advent calendar, so I wanted to do it for my own kids,” Meghan says at the beginning of her holiday special.

From Salon

Tracy Gibson from the Redcar Area Foodbank said it was "always busy at this time of year" and the advent calendar allowed people to give something to the local community.

From BBC

A foodbank is asking for donations ahead of Christmas through a reverse advent calendar.

From BBC

Ms Gibson said instead of people getting something from an advent calendar in December, it was asking them to give something to the foodbank.

From BBC