Advent calendars 2016

Toto Wolfcastle

L’OCCITANE

ASOS - MAD Beauty. It's only 12 days though.

Lush. Again, only 12 days.

Lego

More Lego

Star Wars Lego

Ciate

Tanya Burr

Advent calendar you can colour in.

Cookie recipe advent calendar.

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups calendar. For gross people who like gross things.

Yankee Candle.

And I know people here have bought the Lindt ones in Brown Thomas. Can't beat a chocolate Advent Calendar!

A couple of years ago I made my own calendar. I made little cards with a different activity on each of them, like having a hot chocolate together, going to see the Christmas lights and going out for a Christmas drink. There are loads of ideas if you google.

Posy

I like the look of the L'Occataine one... but for me an advent calendar must contain chocolate!

I think I'm going to try and get a nice doggie advent calendar for my dog this year too.
They had ones in the Two Euro shop last year but I just couldn't give my dog the coloured rawhide crap that it contained!

Toto Wolfcastle

Yeah, I like the chocolate ones too. I like the idea of getting a little gift every day from one of the other ones but in the end I think I'd be sad that I couldn't eat it.

Your dog will be so excited by getting new stuff everyday!

Loughc

This is a fantastic thread!

matchthis

They have advent calendars for dogs in dealz. Good few Christmas pet bits actually. Christmas food bowls, stockings with treats. Good selection in fairness

Posy

Oooh I'll check out Dealz tomorrow.

Jude13

Just splashed out on this bad boy, so it should be one of the last we buy as we fill it ourselves

https://www.fortnumandmason.com/products/fortnum-mason-wooden-advent-calendar

polydactyl

Got my husband the Lego Star Wars one last year. He requested it again this year so I am also having the Lego city one.

Need to find a choccy one for my daughter age 2. She loves opening ours but still wants her chocolate.

I am planning on adding the Lego bits from the calander to my Christmas Lego village.....which I decided to start this year.

Gangu

Where is the best deal for the Lego Christmas toy advent calendar? I've seen 30euro in Boots.

Loughc

Gangu wrote: »

Where is the best deal for the Lego Christmas toy advent calendar? I've seen 30euro in Boots.

Hey Gangu, I've merged your thread into our Advent Calendars 2016 thread, hopefully you'll get some help here.

Shadow1983

Got the Yankee Candle Advent Calendar in Boots today, €14.50, still showing €29.00 on the website.

Loughc

Shadow1983 wrote: »

Got the Yankee Candle Advent Calendar in Boots today, €14.50, still showing €29.00 on the website.

That's a great price!

Posy

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups calendar. For gross people who like gross things.

Only just noticed this bit of the OP

vicwatson

The Lego ones linked to littlewoods above are stonewall robbery on littlewoods, you'll get these in heatons in a couple of weeks for around a tenner cheaper, might already have them in stock

Loughc

Posy wrote: »

Only just noticed this bit of the OP

Spot on tho. I hate peanut butter.

Toto Wolfcastle

Posy wrote: »

Only just noticed this bit of the OP

:cool:

Toto Wolfcastle

Loughc wrote: »

Spot on tho. I hate peanut butter.

I like peanut butter in things, like cookies and cakes and satay, but not in disgusting American chocolate cups.

kitten_k

Reusable ones from Lidl:

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=46731

Loughc

kitten_k wrote: »

Reusable ones from Lidl:

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=46731

Ah they're real cute but you wouldn't be able to fit much in them.

kitten_k

Aldi have a kids jewellery calendar on sale from Sunday, will post pic tomorrow

Toots

Just got a tracking number from an post! My Yankee calendar is on the way!!

Glitzgirl

It may have been posted already but I see aldI are doing advent calenders wit jewellery on the 17th of this month! Perfect as a chocolate alternative

chuckles30

I know this is a long shot.....but has anyone seen anything like this for sale in this country? It's an advent calendar that's filled with chocolate covered marzipan. I was in Berlin last year and got one on my way back through Duty Free....it wasn't cheap, but it was delish!! I did look at buying from their website, but the shipping cost is ridiculous!!

My alternative is to buy one of the re-usable advent calendars & the marzipan bits in aldi/lidl and make my own.

Bosupe

Available in TKMAXX (Galway)

chuckles30 wrote: »

I know this is a long shot.....but has anyone seen anything like this for sale in this country? It's an advent calendar that's filled with chocolate covered marzipan. I was in Berlin last year and got one on my way back through Duty Free....it wasn't cheap, but it was delish!! I did look at buying from their website, but the shipping cost is ridiculous!!

My alternative is to buy one of the re-usable advent calendars & the marzipan bits in aldi/lidl and make my own.

chuckles30

Bosupe wrote: »

Available in TKMAXX (Galway)

Thank you - off to check out TK Maxx in Limerick!!!

chuckles30

Thank you Bosupe - while they didn't have that style in Limerick - they had a smaller one and they also had other boxes of that make of marzipan sweets. I had to have a good old root on the sweet shelf (which is why I don't like TK Maxx normally) but came away a happy customer. (Plus I bought a Christmas jigsaw and Christmas towels too)

Loughc

I got a Christmas jigsaw in tk maxx last year 1,000 piece so much fun.

Loughc

Loughc wrote: »

I got a Christmas jigsaw in tk maxx last year 1,000 piece so much fun.

I would love that!

Last year was the first year in a very long time that I had an advent calendar. I definitely enjoyed having a piece of Cadburys chocolate every morning

gypsylee

I got a lovely Cadbury's Advent Calendar in Tesco this morning. Bigger than the usual one. Was half price at €3.49. I wouldn't have paid full price for it but was worth €3.49.