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beanielou

PennysIntoPounds said:

Aw glad you've got a wee chocolate advent calendar to look forward to. I was thinking the other day about when I was a kid at Christmas and getting a selection of chocolate bars, packaged in the shape of a stocking, was the most exciting thing ever. Probably still would be 😁

I remember them too 😹

KajiKita

beanielou said:

Sun_Addict said:

I’m glad you treated yourself. I’m old enough to remember the advent calendars where you opened the window and got a picture of a star or a donkey etc, how things have changed 🤣

Yes! I do too. How boring were they! 

I hope they’re not toooo boring … I bought a new one for Mr KK for December this year as he was pining after one last year! 😂

KK

beanielou

KajiKita said:

beanielou said:

Sun_Addict said:

I’m glad you treated yourself. I’m old enough to remember the advent calendars where you opened the window and got a picture of a star or a donkey etc, how things have changed 🤣

Yes! I do too. How boring were they! 

I hope they’re not toooo boring … I bought a new one for Mr KK for December this year as he was pining after one last year! 😂

KK

I was wee and wanted one with sweets! 🍫 

KajiKita

beanielou said:

KajiKita said:

beanielou said:

Sun_Addict said:

I’m glad you treated yourself. I’m old enough to remember the advent calendars where you opened the window and got a picture of a star or a donkey etc, how things have changed 🤣

Yes! I do too. How boring were they! 

I hope they’re not toooo boring … I bought a new one for Mr KK for December this year as he was pining after one last year! 😂

KK

I was wee and wanted one with sweets! 🍫 

Awww … bless … 😊❤️

KK

Cheery_Daff

I'm fond of an old school sparkly advent calendar with little pictures 🥰 I'm also fond of a chocolate one 🤭 and we have a lovely one that's kind of a fold out book which we bring out every year, so it's quite possible we'll end up with three 😂

skint_spice

Enjoy the advent calendar, I had a wine version one year…

Watty1

I used to love those sparkly ones with the picture. So much so I used to buy myself one each year then moved on and bought an expensive one with beauty products (ahem I have redeemed myself in world of MSE since then) and then a tea bag one and what I realised was they were no where near as much fun as the pictures

This year WattyDog and Feral Cat have them and that is more fun as during advent they come to a call and sit nicely for the window to be opened and get a treat

KajiKita

Watty1 said:

I used to love those sparkly ones with the picture. So much so I used to buy myself one each year then moved on and bought an expensive one with beauty products (ahem I have redeemed myself in world of MSE since then) and then a tea bag one and what I realised was they were no where near as much fun as the pictures

This year WattyDog and Feral Cat have them and that is more fun as during advent they come to a call and sit nicely for the window to be opened and get a treat

I had a dr3amies treats one for my old cat one year - he loved it and would go and sit next to it each evening and look at us expectantly He wasn't the most affectionate or interactive of cats so that was a nice time of connection with him, even if purely food driven  

KK

badmemory

Well I confess to buying 2 advent calenders, one decent & one cheapo.  DS & I take it in turns odds from one evens from the other.  We have had them when the chocolate in the cheapo was nicer than the other.

milann

When I was little I used to love seeing the pictures of my sparkly advent calendar but must have been very much behind the times as i didnt even know they did chocolate ones 😂😂 My 2 had ones with horrible chocolate in but they enjoyed them until Cadbury ones were around. I was eyeing hotel chocolat ones when I was in town last week…… I do wish they’d put Christmassy pictures on the calendars though.