Open the door each day for a new surprise |
- The origin of the Advent Calendar can be traced back to the 19th. Century. The first styles came from the protestant area of Germany. Religious families made a chalk line for every day in December until Christmas Eve.
The surprises on this calendar are magnetic and stick to the metal picture |
- The first known Advent Calendar which was made by handwork is from the year 1851.
- Other early styles were the Adventclock or the Adventcandle - a candle for each of the 24 days until Christmas, like todays Advent wreath. In religious families, little pictures were hang up on the wall - one for each day in December. An other tradition was to paint chalk strokes on the door, one per day until Christmas Eve.
- In 1902 a Christian Bookshop in Hamburg published a Christmas Clock which was very similar to that published 1922 by the St. Johannis printing company. (Dominik Wunderlin, lic.phil. Swizzerland). The Austrian (NĂ–) Landesmuseum is giving the year 1903 as the year of the first printed Advent Calendar. In 1904 an Advent Calendar was inserted in the newspaper "Neues Tagblatt Stuttgart" as a gift for their readers.
Purchased at the Shop in Santa Fe, NM (they ship), this calendar is battery operated and plays a tune! |
- In contrast to the above Esther Gajek says that the first printed specimen was made in 1908 by a Swabian parishioner, Gerhard Lang (born 1881 in Maulbronn, Germany -died in 1974).
- When he was a child
his mother made him an Advent Calendar with 24
"Wibbele" (little candies) which were stuck on cardboard.
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4 comments:
These are all so delightful! I send Advent calendars to my grands each year....and my daughter always enjoys the chocolate a day version. Nothing nearly as fancy as these.
I love Advent calendars, too. We have a store here, Casey's Gifts, that has some of the prettiest ones that I've ever seen. I give them as gifts at baby showers, and of course, I had to buy one for my grandsons. Thanks for inviting us for a peak at these magical creations. Cherry Kay
Thank you for this history of Advent calendars! Growing up Jewish, I never really understood them. How wonderful to ponder the birth of our Lord Jesus all month. I will look for one to make.
I really like those Advent Calendars! My children, and now my grandchildren always had/have an Advent Calendar they enjoy!
Katherine
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