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Advent calendar
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Advent calendar
n
Brit a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
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Advent calendar
Advent calendar ncalendario dell'Avvento


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Since then, Advent Calendars became a saleable item and were being produced in volumes.
At the turn of the 19th century in Germany, Protestants count down the days till Christmas by simply making chalk lines on the door or other surfaces Thus, came the birth of Advent calendars At the turn of the 19th century in Germany, Protestants count down the days till Christmas by simply making chalk lines on the door or other surfaces.
Sharon Simpson, a 39-year-old support worker from Marske: "I'm at work, but my two children will be opening the first window on their Advent calendars.
 
 
 
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