With the season of Advent 2023 already underway, many people are using Advent calendars to count down the number of days until Christmas. But what exactly is an Advent calendar? Where did the ...

If you haven't already grabbed an Advent calendar, expect your options to be limited and be prepared to go the do-it-yourself route. For many of the holiday calendars, Dec. 1 is the first day to ...

While tradition dictates that you should start an Advent Calendar on Dec. 1 and continue with it every day until Dec. 25, modern Advent Calendars can be found with fewer days (like a dozen or less ...

On Friday, people young and old started to take part in the holiday time tradition of the Advent calendar. So what is the story behind this time-honored tradition and how did it come to mainstream ...

Learn more about it. Each year, shortly after Thanksgiving, our household Advent calendar, a simple carved wooden upright box with 24 tiny doors, is collected from our basement. My children and I ...