Advent calendars

[dizzy_girl]

Yesterday I ate 5 chocolates out of my advent calendar and now I feel guilty.

Well not as guilty as last year when I ate all the chocs from my 4yr old nephews calendar!

 

[rool]

There should be some law against that.

Mind you the quality of chocolate in them would be punishment enough.

 

[rospants]

Yesterday I ate 5 chocolates out of my advent calendar and now I feel guilty.

Well not as guilty as last year when I ate all the chocs from my 4yr old nephews calendar!

and its not even dec 1st yet!!, shame on you

 

[bhafc99]

Mind you the quality of chocolate in them would be punishment enough.

Is it actually chocolate in most of those things? It's just some waxy grey-brown substance. Urgh.

In my day you were happy to open the door and see a crap little picture of a shepherd or a donkey.

 

[dizzy_girl]

Is it actually chocolate in most of those things? It's just some waxy grey-brown substance. Urgh.

In my day you were happy to open the door and see a crap little picture of a shepherd or a donkey.

In my defence it was galaxy chocolate so well worth opening those little doors for!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I don't believe in all this rampant commercialisation of Christmas, and have a very traditional advent calendar which I feel accentuates the true message of the season.

It's a Simpson's one, which says "Ho, Ho, Homer!" and has a FREE Simpson's fridge magnet in it

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Is it actually chocolate in most of those things? It's just some waxy grey-brown substance. Urgh.

In my day you were happy to open the door and see a crap little picture of a shepherd or a donkey.

This is so true. I remember being a kid and the advent calendars were just flat cardboard things, with little pictures. No chocolate in sight. Still managed to be exciting though, waiting eagerly to see what was behind the door, a picture of a shepherd, a star, or a bottle of frankincense.

At least advent calendars were all reasonably religious or vaguely festive then. I've seen ones now that have no connection to Christmas at all- usually with Barbie, Action Man or the Transformers on. It's all wrong!

PS what is Myrrh, as in gold, frankincense and...etc?

 

[dizzy_girl]

PS what is Myrrh, as in gold, frankincense and...etc? [/B]

dried sap apparently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh

 

[Mark Ormerod's Gloves]

Myrrh is a constituent of perfumes and incense

 

[Lady Whistledown]

dried sap apparently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh

Third wise man: "And I bring you this: a case of the finest myrrh, which is actually dried sap in case you didn't know"

Baby Jesus: "Hmmmm, thanks for that, don't suppose you kept the receipt?"

 

[dizzy_girl]

Third wise man: "And I bring you this: a case of the finest myrrh, which is actually dried sap in case you didn't know"

Baby Jesus: "Hmmmm, thanks for that, don't suppose you kept the receipt?"

"Why" said the Wise Man

"Because that's the wrong sort of resin" said Baby Jesus



(I am going to hell)

 

[rool]

No, it's gold, frankenstein and grrrrrr

 

[Gazwag]

I had an advent candle one year when I was a child, now that was boring lighting it each day and waiting ages for it to melt down to the next level

 

[Barrel of Fun]

No, it's gold, frankenstein and grrrrrr

That was a cracking episode!

 

[DC Rules]

When I was little, we had one to share between me and my two sisters, and it was the same one each year. The doors never really shut properly after the first time either!!

 

[Starry]

We don't have chocolate in ours.

Each child, including the baby, has one with boxes built in the shape of a tree and each box contains a part of a manger. Lots of sheep, donkey etc then nearer Christmas we get Thee Three Wise Men, Shepherds etc. then Joseph, the Mary and last but not least the Baby Jesus.

 

[Braders]

No, it's gold, frankenstein and grrrrrr

wicked.

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

When I was little, we had one to share between me and my two sisters, and it was the same one each year. The doors never really shut properly after the first time either!!

Wow-Wee - that is well pikey!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A boring old fart writes ...

The point about Advent is that it's all about WAITING for Christmas, not starting to celebrate it at the beginning of December.