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 • Dec. 15, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022

U.K-based high-end department store Liberty launched its own Advent calendar in 2014, which Ibberson said has become "the most successful and fastest-selling product in its nearly 150-year history."

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022

The Danish confectionery Lakrids by Bulow has brought back their Advent calendar filled with 24 days of licorice covered in chocolate.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 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