Advent calendar
calendar
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association with Christmas
- In Christmas: Contemporary customs in the West
An analogous custom is the Advent calendar, which provides 24 openings, one to be opened each day beginning December 1. According to tradition, the calendar was created in the 19th century by a Munich housewife who tired of having to answer endlessly when Christmas would come. The first commercial calendars…
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