Advent calendar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Fantastic stocking-stuffing clearly happens here, and recently, a delighted child clutched an Advent calendar, discussing it in German — overheard here almost as much as English — with a kindly staffer.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Specifically, Lidl is recalling Favorina-brand Advent calendar boxes, which contain 8 ounces of cream-filled chocolates.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 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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