A very short post on this December 1st, to start the countdown to Christmas with you, one of my favorite times of the year, and to finish 2015—a year that wasn’t necessarily easy—with beauty and treats…
Here is just a small selection of advent calendars, gathered here and there to make you want to open a little window with a lovely gift every day until December 24th. I certainly want to…
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A small, non-exhaustive selection of Advent calendars
The Haagen-Dazs calendar by designer Paola Navone
This calendar in the shape of an ice cream cake will be on sale from November 15, 2015 to January 15, 2016 in Häagen-Dazs France boutiques.
price: €59 for 12 people
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The Maison Plisson Advent calendar
Each box has its own surprise, to whet your appetite and wait for the big day: sweets, chocolates, tea, biscuits, and other top-quality treats…
price: €25
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The La Pâtisserie des Rêves Advent calendar
Designed like a typical little Parisian house, 25 treats are hidden behind shutters that open and close like magic.
price: €38
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The Sébastien Gaudard Advent calendar
It features the silhouette of a Christmas tree. Composed of 24 mini drawers with a satin ribbon pull, each one contains a daily treat. White nougat, salted butter caramel, little meringues, fruit pastes, candied fruits, Berlingot, honey orange supreme, crispy praline, gingerbread heart…
The object becomes a decor accessory to absolutely keep for the end-of-year holidays with its red and white graphic illustrations.
€42.90 on sale in boutiques (Salon de Thé-La Pâtisserie des Tuileries and La Pâtisserie des Martyrs) from November 14
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The À la Mère de Famille Advent calendar
Like something out of a Christmas story, the legendary facade of the Faubourg Montmartre offers a lovely calendar filled with 24 sweets (approx. 180g).
price: €39
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The Révillon Advent calendar
An Advent calendar with 24 surprise papillotes to discover, yum!
price: €8.95
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The Amorelie Advent calendar
Amorelie.fr, an online loveshop freshly arrived in France, offers an Advent calendar filled with… unexpected treats! Lovetoys, intimate cosmetics, wellness products, romantic games…
limited edition price: €99
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The Design Advent calendar by the Hôtel Jules & Jim by artist Mathilde Nivet
The hotel’s advent calendar reveals behind its 25 cut-out doors a gift offered by the hotel’s partner and friend brands (Kway jackets, Taschen books, Cristallerie Saint-Louis glasses, chocolates from pastry chef Jacques Genin, surprises from La Maison Plisson, Angélus grand crus, Superga sneakers, Amé handbags) as well as an installation of light boxes symbolizing an imaginary city shaped from mythical monuments of cities around the world.
How does it work?: In exchange for a drink at the hotel bar (open to all), you are given a ticket (which could be a winner). A daily drawing is held among the tickets distributed the day before, and the list of winners is available at the reception, at the hotel bar, and on www.facebook.com/
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The SpaDreams Advent calendar contest
This calendar offers 23 gifts, all related to the theme of wellness, health, and travel, offering a bit of tranquility during this so busy pre-Christmas period.
To participate: between December 1st and 25th, little Christmas hats are hidden each day on the site Spadreams.fr of the tour operator. By providing their exact number, participants have every chance.
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The Fit It’ Advent calendar
This sports Advent calendar aims to keep you in shape and have you win numerous gifts (sports clothes, connected devices and objects, sports app, etc.) throughout the month of December.
On the program: a different exercise each day, which is added to the previous day’s to become a real complete session after 24 days! The video of the exercise will be posted every day on the event page.
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The Uncadeau.com calendar
The shopping guide, specialized in gift selection, offers its advent calendar every day, which puts into play a new gift offered by prestigious shops such as L’homme moderne, la Box aux Trésors, InnovMania, Gourmet Odyssey, Mon Concept Santé…
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The Mama Shelter Advent calendar
Just participate in the game on the Mama Shelter facebook page to try to win a new gift every day.
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The Milka Advent calendar
Milka offers 24 tender milk chocolate figurines in its Advent calendar, in a classic or interactive version with a dedicated app.
price: €6.59 and €6.99
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CONTEST:
To start this month of December well and help you wait until Christmas, Milka is partnering with the blog to give one of my readers 3 gourmet new products to taste via a lovely chocolate bundle.
The bundle includes: 1 Popping Milk Santa Claus, 1 assortment bag, and 2 bags of Oreo-filled candies.
To participate, just leave a comment below this article telling me if you plan to participate in the Advent calendar tradition yourself.
A random draw from the answers to this question will determine the winner of the bundle! Good luck to everyone, and all that’s left for me to do is wish you all a very good month of December!
Rules:
– Contest limited to Metropolitan France
– + 1 chance if you are a fan of the blog’s facebook page; + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s twitter page; + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s hellocoton page + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s Instagram page + 1 chance for every share of the article (don’t forget to leave your usernames in your comment if you want to benefit from extra chance(s))
– 1 entry per IP address
– contest start date Tuesday, December 1, 2015 – participation deadline Sunday, December 6, 2015, and results the following day on the blog in an edit to this article.
EDIT of December 07, 2015:
Following the random draw, I am announcing that the winner of the Milka bundle is Sabine.
Congratulations to you, I will contact you by email soon so you can give me your contact details. Thank you all for your participation and for sharing your advent calendar rituals here!
