What's In Your Advent Calendar Today?

I haven't got one got everyone else one including OH but I seem to have been overlooked sniff sniff

Daughter has malteser one - same as Flow but no malteser choc one!! I think you get a bag of maltesers at the end

OH and I have the Cadbury one when the chocs get bigger through the month hehehehe

but.. we both forgot this morning so will have to open when we get home

HATE KINNERTON CHOC with a passion - but blinking stupid as you get all the character ones, they must have a monopoly

My mum bought my son a Cars 2 calendar and it had a christmas tree in it.

He only likes milky bar chocolate so each day we open a door and throw the chocolate in the bin, as I can't stand the stuff (what a waste)!

My mum would never let me open mine til after tea, and I still wait for some reason....

I have an awesome one...

https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/christmas/advent-calendars/

OH away today so ate BOTH choccies!!!

I've never had an advent calendar. I don't even know what they are for. I don't know what advent is.

I *think* it means The Coming. So you are essentially counting down the days till the birthday of Jesus.

I am atheist, so I dont have a calnder for religious reasons, I just like getting chocolate everyday!

Think kiddies use them as a countdown till santa!

Why not just buy some chocolate every day? Or is that less fun somehow?

I don't really eat much chic anyway so maybe this is why i've never bothered with them.

Because I would buy a MASSIVE slab bar of chocolate everyday...I'm not very good at controlling myself round chocolate. As a kid I used to peel the foil of the back of the calender eat all the chocolates then re stick the foil and pretend I had a dud calender so I would be given a new one...

? £17.50... on an advent calender?!!!!....

I don't have one either

OH normally does it and he forgot! Going to see how long it takes him to remember.

? but it's yum

Hotel Chocolat is gorgeous! I can't afford it often but I do love their stuff even though I'm not a chocoholic! In fact, THAT has just made me want some chocolate now!

I agree. Hotel Chocolat chocolate is amazebombs, but I couldn't justify that. My dress for the Xmas party cost less! ?

Really?? Its basically a countdown to christmas and the choc is a daily treat. I am so shocked!

Flo, I have a malteasers one- I thought i'd get the little choc that comes in the celebrations box, was quite disappointed.

I'm not daft, I know what an advent calendar is but I have no idea why they exist and what advent is in a religious sense. Also why a daily treat of chocolate, where does that come from? I have the same questions about Easter Eggs.

this is what i was expecting!!!! I was most put out!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar

I've never thought much about it, just a bit of fun!

so was my daughter flow. I believe there is a bag of maltesers in "24" but thats a long way away!

there is Ash...i may have to get abag of malteasers in the house and have one a couple a day to make up for it!

I solved the problem of my teeny tiny chocolate today by having a pack of cola Chewits...

Do Want!

I'm not even sure where to get these anymore? I've not seen them in my supermarket, though I think they have the strawberry ones. I must find some cola ones!

I got mine in Smiths - they're selling packs with cola and ice cream in...

I'm a bit disappointed to be honest. We have a posh Hotel Chocolate calendar, but apart from the chocolate, there's nothing behind the door, so it looks a bit messy when you've eaten the chocolate. they could at least put a picture behind the chocolate.

Oh, and the chocolate was just a rectangle with the words "let's begin" on it.

Think I'll get an old fashioned non-chocolate one next year.

To make up for my earlier disappointment, I now have a personalised Thorntons one and a Glee one =)

Mooey, my OH tells me thorntons are still 3 for 2.

Sadly was in too much If a rush shoving it in my gob to look. The door dosnt have a picture. There us a message from 'Santa' telling me too write him a letter regards my wish list but frustratingly there is no address.

I had a little robin this morning ?

Wan an angel for me and a note to ask if it was snowing yet.

A stupid tiny drum - I had to study it to see what it was. My son thought it was a monster...

Well I remembered to open it this morning, but had eaten it before I thought to look at what it was!

I forgot to open mine!☹️

Only had one of my chocolates this morning and it was a sleigh The picture was of penguins!