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It’s time to discover the limited edition 2023 Advent Calendar – a perfect gift or lovely treat for yourself! As popular to 2020s kids as Pokemon was with their parents, Smiggle stationery is either bright, sparkly, sweet-smelling or fun to fiddle with and, best of all, keeps kids gainfully occupied. Kurt Adler is the 70-year old Christmas ornament specialist and, while this 12-inch high wooden calendar is not exactly Antiques Roadshow-worthy, it should last years and look good on the mantelpiece. The only downside is each day only has one of each, so you’ll either have to use it as a 12 day calendar, or save your gin and tonic for every other day.My daughter Olive, six, in particular, loved trying the different festive flavours and it includes a surprise gift for Christmas Day. Behind each door is a small bag of popcorn in six different flavours: Butterscotch, Cherry Pie, Chocolate Orange, Gingerbread, Cocoa Caramel and Christmas Pudding.
Biscuiteers’ solution is to team up with designer Sophie Conran on on a limited-edition cloth calendar with 24 embroidered pockets, with the biscuits sold separately.It felt really indulgent and special, warming for the winter and perfect for the run-up to Christmas Day. Flavours include Milk Caramel with Cinnamon, Chestnut Orange with Spices and cherry with Pink Peppercorn. We’ve picked the Lego Star Wars one but could equally recommend the Lego Harry Potter advent calendars, There are dozens in all, and Playmobil advent calendars now vie for kids’ attention too. You only have to look at the value of the products in some advent calendars to see why they sell out so quickly.
This year's cheeses include Ilchester Apple, Onion and Sage, Applewood, Mexicana and Ilchester Cheddar with Caramelised Onion. This is where advent calendars start to become advent boxes: you’d have a hard time hanging this on the wall. Being endlessly personalisable, iced biscuits are a popular gift – but to keep 24 of them fresh, you really need a tin.For a slightly more intellectually stimulating December, Julia Donaldson’s much-loved monster counts down to Christmas with a big hardback calendar containing 24 colouring, quizzing, drawing and activity mini-books based on The Gruffalo, Room On The Broom, The Snail and The Whale and others. Given the huge interest in fidget toy calendars, you’d think premium toy brands might have entered the market but it’s still dominated by Chinese suppliers.
Not all advent calendars have such dramatic cost-to-value ratios, but the basic principle is that you get more than you pay for. Anyone lacking a sweet tooth is cruelly neglected by the majority of advent calendars and this savoury salvo from the 225 year-old London cheesemongers is like the cavalry coming over the hill. There are some amazing treats inside including 12 hot chocolate bombs in different flavours, eight hot chocolate spoons and sprinkles. Everything included was incredibly delicious - these really are the tastiest and most luxurious hot chocs around.But in 2023 we have Lego advent calendars, Pokemon advent calendars and calendars filled with every kind of sweet and children’s toy you can think of. Whoever came up with Lego advent calendars is now rich enough to build their own life-size spaceship. The large central door for Christmas Day boasts a raspberry and prosecco marshmallow bar covered in Belgian milk chocolate. The childish excitement of revealing a new chocolate every morning never really goes away, even when you’re over 30 and the treats include a cheeky tipple or two. The full list is further down, but if you’re in a hurry, here’s a quick look at our top five: Which are the best advent calendars in 2023?
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