Christmas is, above all, the end of a wait. A wait filled with hope and anticipation, the awareness that renews year after year, that something wonderful is about to happen. Year after year, we are once again moved by the intensity of Love and tenderness we feel when we see that Child of light appear in the manger of the Nativity, just as we marveled as children on Christmas morning. The mystery of Jesus’ Incarnation lives on each year in the Nativity scene, a recreation of the Birth, but there’s another Christmas tradition that represents the anticipation of this mystery even more: the Advent calendar.
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The Advent Calendar was originally designed for children. It was invented at the end of the 19th century by Gerhard Lang, a German publisher inspired by his mother. According to legend, she would bake twenty-four biscuits, each wrapped in coloured paper, and give one to young Gerhard each day from the first of December until the anticipated date of the 25th.
Today, many Advent calendars are made to be filled with sweets or small gifts for children to discover day by day. Many mums choose to make their own DIY Advent calendar using recycled materials like toilet paper rolls, decorated glass jars filled with little surprises, and small notes. We see plenty of fabric Advent calendars, felt Advent calendars, and even wooden ones for those with a knack for crafts. It’s not so much about the exterior for children, but the surprise hidden inside. If well-crafted, an Advent calendar can even become a beautiful Christmas decoration, setting a festive atmosphere in your home. After all, there’s a bit of a child in all of us, especially during this magical, one-of-a-kind wait.
Once you’ve decided whether to buy an empty Advent calendar or one already filled with sweets or surprises, it’s up to you to choose how to fill it. Sweets, chocolates, and Christmas biscuits are the most popular choices, but there are now Advent calendars with small jewellery, miniatures, toys, or those for adults filled with beauty products, and even mini bottles of spirits or beer! You can personalise your own Advent calendar based on the preferences of the recipient, whether child or adult. Small toys, crayons, marbles, bead kits, toy cars, chalk, or Christmas tree decorations for a child’s calendar; small perfumes, socks, magnets, lip gloss, beauty products, body care minis, teas, or costume jewellery for an adult’s calendar.
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Empty Advent Calendars at Holyart
If you’re not particularly handy or don’t have time to experiment with cardboard, clothespins, and coloured ribbons, our store has a wide selection of beautiful, colourful Advent calendars ready to be filled with little surprises and all your love!
Some even come with lights, like the beautiful Advent Calendar with a Christmas landscape. It has practical drawers where you can place sweets, candies, or small gifts. The top features a charming wooden winter scene, with with snowy landscape in German style. This calendar is equipped with LED lights and a music box activated by a lever on the back that plays Winter Wonderland, making it a joyful, luminous Christmas decoration for your home.
The Star-shaped Wooden Advent Calendar includes a cheerful music box. This model also features 24 wooden drawers ready to be filled with delicious treats and sweet thoughts, and is decorated with a Santa’s village carved in wood. Alongside the LED lights, the calendar also includes a music box that plays “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” when wound from the back.
Returning to wooden Advent calendars, we have one for a more elegant and refined home: the Grey Wooden Advent Calendar with Santa’s Sleigh, house-shaped, with delicate tones of white and dark grey, decorated with trees, a reindeer, a bird, and a snowman. Santa and his sleigh are on top with reindeers against a forest backdrop.
In this category you can find advent calendars models with different prices and styles.
Advent Calendars with Sweets
If you’d like to fill your Advent calendar with truly wholesome and natural sweets, our store offers a wide range of candies and treats produced in monasteries or made to their exclusive recipes, responsibly and with the highest quality for health. These monastery candies come in different delicious flavours and shapes, from honey to mixed berries, hard or gummy, gelée or filled – perfect for both young and old sweet lovers.
In recent years, there has been a trend of filling Advent calendars with small gifts other than traditional chocolates or sweets, perfect for adults as well. Why not create a truly unique Advent calendar with small pieces of jewellery?
In our store, you’ll find jewellery of all types and materials, including rosaries, necklaces, medallions, and pins, all beautifully handmade by Italian artisans. We also offer gold and silver jewellery, elegant and unique, to make your Advent calendar even more special. You’ll find religious bracelets in wood or metal, with elastic or leather, featuring images of saints and rosary decades in bracelet form, with classic or spring closures. Our collection includes pendants, medallions, crosses, and Tau crosses in various materials, suiting all tastes and budgets.
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