The traditional Advent Calendar consists of two pieces of card stock on top of each other. Twenty-four doors are cut out in the top layer, with a number ranging from one to twenty-four on each. Beginning on the first day of December, one door is opened each day, counting down the days remaining until Christmas Eve, from one to twenty-four where the 24th door often holds an extra surprise like an extra large piece of chocolate.
Some modern calendars are labeled as "countdown calendars" and are designed to start at number 24 and count down to number 1 so the number of days until Christmas can be easily determined. Each compartment displays an image, which can be either a feature of the Nativity story and the birth of Jesus or a piece of paraphernalia to do with Christmas (e.g., bells or holly).
Wooden Advent Calendars
Wooden Advent calendars can be used year after year, if well looked after, and if of sufficient quality, can be passed down from generation to generation.
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The calendar comes with 24 nativity decorations to hide in each of the 24 compartments which can be hung on the little posts on the back panel of the calendar to build and complete the nativity scene
