Three of These Advent Calendars are Definitely Not Approved by Santa
All I want for Christmas is…whiskey?
Today marks the beginning of Advent 2024, which means it’s time again for my annual Advent calendar article; the years seem to go faster and faster as I get older. Unlike past years, the Christmas season did not sneak up on me this time, though; I was alerted to it early when the guy at the fireworks stand on the 4th of July asked if I needed a reindeer display for my front lawn. Since I can’t pretend to ignore the holiday season any longer, I will fight back once again by highlighting a few of the most ridiculous Advent calendars available.
As with my previous Advent calendar stories, it’s best to start with the actual definition of the word “Advent.” Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines it this way: 1) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting, and 2) a coming into being or use, as in the advent of spring. Neither definition fits what the Christmas season has become in the 21st century, but I have finally accepted that complaining about it just makes me look like a grumpy old Scrooge and changes nothing. Onward.
There are two things that are specifically associated with Advent today (as opposed to the myriad things that are…
