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

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

It claims it was the first to offer a beauty 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