In recent years, the traditional advent calendar has gotten a major makeover. No longer will you only find pictures or trinkets behind each door. Nowadays, you can buy countdown calendars filled with socks, Legos, wine, cheese and more.
Advent calendars are a great new tradition to start with your family as well as a wonderful gift to send to friends. These calendars will let everyone delight in new treats every day from the comfort of their homes.
That said, we are basically living in the golden age of advent calendars, so the options out there can be overwhelming. To help, I’ve found some of the most wonderful advent calendars for adults. These are the best of the best!
- Food Advent Calendars
- Beauty Advent Calendars
- Pop Culture Advent Calendars
- Pet Advent Calendars
- Home Advent Calendars
The Best Food and Alcohol Advent Calendars
Bonne Maman 2023 Limited Edition Advent Calendar – $44.99
This limited edition advent calendar is an update from last year’s version, with an all-new design and packaging. Bonne Maman’s coveted advent calendar is the ideal gift for the foodie, preserves lover or all the holiday enthusiasts in your life. Just open a new window each day to reveal 23 unique limited edition spreads and one honey. Discover delicious flavors such as Caramel with Cinnamon, Raspberry Chocolate and Lemon Yuzu that can only be found during the holiday season. Perfect for gifting or treating yourself!
City Brew Tours – $75-$95
City Brew Tours is the leading curator of virtual and in-person craft beer experiences. This holiday season, they have created two awesome Holiday Craft Beer Advent Boxes: the Hoppy Hanukkah Craft Beer Box and the 12 Days of Christmas Craft Beer Box.
Both of these sound amazing! They include hand-picked craft beers from City Brew Tour’s favorite breweries across the country, with styles ranging from juicy, hop-forward double IPAs to rich, chocolatey stouts.
Here’s how it works: You open one beer each day, then tune in each night for a live, interactive beer appraisal with one of their expert beer guides and special guests. They’ve even included fun beer and holiday-themed surprises on various days! We’re talking great finds like dreidels, chocolate coins, candy canes — and perhaps a lump of coal.
Boxes are available for pre-orders now
Related: The Best Advent Calendars for Chocolate, Wine and More
Godiva Holiday Luxury Chocolate Advent Calendar – $40
Count down to Dec. 25 with one unique piece of chocolate for each day. Godiva’s advent calendar includes classic pieces from the Gold Ballotin Boxes as well as seasonal pieces, including a jolly Santa, festive Snowman and wintry Penguin, along with classic Godiva milk chocolates, dark chocolates and white chocolates like Milk Caramel Embrace, Raspberry Star, Dark Mint Medallion and more. Delicious!
2023 version coming soon!
Hard Seltzer Advent Calendar – $69
This season, surprise the loved ones in your life (or just enjoy yourself) with 12 curated hard seltzers from the best brands of the year. And yes, that includes Truly and White Claw!
Available for preorder now
The Holiday Spirits Calendar – $55 at Amazon
This advent calendar is perfect if you want to customize the boozy presents yourself. For $50, you get five empty boxes that include thoughtfully crafted 12 doors on the front. When opened, they reveal tiny compartments designed to hold mini liquor bottles. No alcohol included, so you can curate to match the recipient’s tastes!
The Whiskey Holiday Advent Calendar 2023 – $349.99
This Whiskey Advent Calendar is eagerly awaited by whiskey fans every year! It includes 24 30-ml mini bottles of whisky from some most sought after distillers, blenders and bottlers. It includes a complementary gift message!
Tobins Wood Working Wine Advent Calendar – $35+
Made from Baltic birch plywood, this festive wine advent calendar is perfect for counting down to Christmas Day. The wood is paintable and stainable, and the 24 numbers are engraved. Wine isn’t included, so you can pick your own!
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars
The Body Shop – prices vary from $89-$195
This year, The Body Shop is offering three different advent calendars, all stocked with daily surprises such as full-size products, iconic formulas, new launches and even special-edition products. The Body Shop’s Advent Calendars are made reusable and more sustainable than ever before. Once you’ve unboxed all your treats, the drawers are perfect for storing crafts, jewelry, makeup and other little bits and bobs, which means it can be reused long after Christmas too.
Here are your options:
- Advent of Change Calendar ($89: Packed with powerful skincare, indulgent body care and accessories.
- Big Advent of Change Calendar ($125): This advent calendar is bursting with high-quality products (including some full-sized favorites) to encourage you to practice self-love each day.
- Ultimate Advent of Change Calendar ($195): From luxurious skincare to help you rediscover your glow to nature-inspired Body Butters that help to soften and smooth, the surprises in your advent calendar celebrate the artisans, farmers and producers that helped make them.
L’Occitane Signature Holiday Advent Calendar – $115 at Amazon
L’Occitane’s captivating Classic Advent Calendar features 24 irresistible beauty products and beautiful illustrations. It’s an Amazon’s Choice for best luxury beauty advent calendars!
SpaLife Fizzle All the Way Bath Bomb Advent Calendar – $12.99 at Amazon
This advent calendar features 12 colorful bath bombs: one for each day to give you some comfort and relaxation to wind down after long days.
Charlotte’s Beauty Dreams & Scents Advent Calendar – $210 at Charlotte Tilbury
This one really sparkles! The Charlotte Tilbury advent calendar includes 12 makeup and skincare products, each in their own jewel-handled drawer. This treasure chest of beauty secrets includes three full-sized, and nine travel-sized products so you can create a full look! Some of my favs are the Hollywood Beauty Light Wand and Goddess Skin Clay Mask.
Back in stock soon – join the waitlist!
The Best Pop Culture Advent Calendars
“Harry Potter”: Holiday Magic: The Official Advent Calendar – $16.14 at Amazon
“Harry Potter”: Holiday Magic takes readers into the Wizarding World and shows iconic moments from the beloved “Harry Potter” films. With 25 days of surprises, unique keepsakes and collectibles ranging from festive paper ornaments to “Harry Potter”-inspired recipe cards and more, this advent calendar book is a must-have for fans of all ages.
Fortnite Funko Advent Calendar – from $52.97 at Amazon
Love playing Fortnite? You can now count down the days to the holidays with this Fortnite advent calendar.
Friends: The Official Advent Calendar – $9.48 at Amazon
This advent calendar book is filled with fun “Friends” surprises and will encourage you to celebrate the holidays with friends along with Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe.
Home Alone: The Official AAAAAAdvent Calendar – $10 at Amazon
For fans of the classic Christmas movie “Home Alone,” this is a must-have advent calendar! Eight-year old Kevin has the house all to himself when his family accidentally leaves him home alone for the holidays. But when two bumbling burglars knock on his door, Kevin has to devise a series of traps to defend his home!
This fun advent calendar lets you discover a new part of the movie every day, which kids (and adults!) are sure to love. Plus, the book is super durable!
“The Office”: 12 Days of Socks Advent Calendar Set – $39.99 at Amazon
Have you watched all of “The Office” a few times or know someone who has? This is the sock advent calendar you need to buy! This one is just for men, but is great for showing your love for all the best characters such as Michael, Pam, Dwight, Jim and more!
LEGO Friends Advent Calendar – $33.49 at Target
At Target, you can find the Lego Friends advent calendar, which contains buildable characters, activities and accessories. How fun!
Back in stock soon
Funko Advent Calendar – from $39.52 at Amazon
This calendar contains pocket pops of all of your favorite Marvel characters. Count them down during the holidays!
Downton Abbey Chocolate Advent Calendar – $13.36 at Amazon
Filled with more than 33 surprises spread out over 25 days, the Marvel advent calendar is the perfect gift for any Marvel fan. From greeting cards to paper ornaments, buttons, booklets and more, every day is bound to excite fans with adorable souvenirs and holiday-themed keepsakes.
The Best Pet Advent Calendars
Trader Joe’s Advent Calendar for Dogs – available in-stores only for $5.99
Trader Joe’s Advent Calendar for Dogs is just what it sounds like: a colorful countdown-till-Christmas calendar with 25 perforated windows. They usually bring it back in November, so stay tuned!
Frisco Halloween 13 Day Advent Calendar with Toys for Dogs – $27.26 at Chewy
this one is for Halloween, but we still highly encourage you to purchase! Surprise your dog this Halloween with a new toy every day leading up to the spookiest celebration of the year. This advent calendar comes with a whole bunch of a dog’s most-loved toys, including a variety of rope, plush, TPR and squeaky toys and more.
The Best Home Advent Calendar
24 Days of Holiday Socks 24-Pack – $208 at Happy Socks
Called the “the advent calendar to rule all advent calendars,” this one from Happy Socks has a whole 24 days of socks for yourself or that special person on your Christmas list.
Back in stock soon
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