For the craftily inclined, here are some suggestions for Advent calendars to make
For those of us who celebrate Christmas and who also happen to be chocolate lovers, the drugstore treat-filled Advent calendars are a holiday staple. (Although we were never very good about the whole one chocolate per day thing. Who are we, Charlie Bucket?) But if you want to break out of the cardboard punch-window mold, we thought these five takes on the classic Advent calendar were pretty neat.
1. Simple, but chic: Blogger Anelle from Seven Swans arranged 25 numbered cards on the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree. On the back of each card, she and her husband wrote little notes or jokes to each other, one to read each day from December 1 until the 25th. She even provides a .pdf for the circus-y numbers she used.
