Best mid-range Advent Calendar

Probably the Lindt one, gift for elderly relative who likes a chocolate.

Correct?

when did advent calendars become such a thing.

When I was a kid it was the surprise of whether the door would reveal a badly printed angel or sheep - a countdown to the big day rather than more pressies.

 

I don’t really get the fancy ones

still something mildly thrilling about eating a knob-shaped piece of Cadbury’s for breakfast and speculating on what it is actually supposed to be

ps I see that the phallic Cadbury’s snowmen are back again this year