Christmas countdown: How old is too old for an advent calendar?
Advent calendars are getting bigger, better, and in a lot of cases, more expensive each and every year. The tradition has emerged and evolved a lot over the decades, but is there an age limit on enjoying the countdown to the big day? And what's the wackiest advent calendar you've spotted on the shelves? We're finding out.
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00:00 I don't think you're ever too old to get an advent calendar.
00:07 I think you can have an advent calendar at any age at all.
00:10 If you think about advent calendars are a bit extravagant.
00:13 I saw one that was a whiskey advent calendar and it was really expensive.
00:18 I think it was a couple of thousand pounds for the advent calendar in an airport lounge.
00:23 So on your travels you might want to treat yourself.
00:26 I still like to buy people advent calendars and that's one of the things I'm actually
00:31 out doing right now.
00:32 I'm going to go and buy my wife an advent calendar, the kids have already got theirs.
00:35 So I'm just going to go and try and find something from one of the shops in Leeds.
00:38 I don't think there's an age limit on that.
00:41 No.
00:42 If someone bought me one I'd use it because I like chocolate.
00:45 But I don't think there's an age limit.
00:48 No.
00:49 It's just for a house isn't it.
00:50 The house opens, whoever gets it there first, the house opens it up.
00:54 I don't think you're ever too old are you?
00:57 No, I don't get them but I don't think you're ever too old really.
01:02 No, it's just nice.
01:03 Nice little surprise.
01:05 Well quite often we buy one with the serenades on it but my wife also has one which is made
01:13 of fabric with pockets in it where she puts chocolates in the fabric.
01:16 So it's the same one every year just with different chocolate or whatever in it.
01:21 Regarding advent calendars, I love them and I do buy the little ones, advent calendars
01:27 and very often I buy myself one as well.
01:31 And I try to stay away from chocolate these days but I've been bought Yankee Candle advent
01:36 calendars but I have seen Crazy Popcorn.
01:39 That's quite fun I think and it's a bit lighter than chocolate.
01:44 And I've also invested in an advent calendar this year from Marks and Spencers that had
01:49 a great saving but I'll be using those things as presents.
01:53 I've got a gin one.
01:54 Yeah, of course it is.
01:55 It's adulting.
01:56 It's fun though isn't it?
01:57 Oh yeah, yeah, we love Christmas.
01:58 Oh, you're never too old.
01:59 Do you still get one or buy one for other people?
02:00 I have bought them for my children this year who are 33 and 30 so yeah.
02:17 There's no age?
02:18 I still get an advent calendar and I'm an adult.
02:25 They weren't like they are now.
02:27 They were just like an A4 or probably smaller piece of card.
02:32 We opened the little windows every day and there was a little picture behind.
02:38 And finally you got a picture of the crib for Christmas.
02:42 Since then they've developed this sort of chocolate habit.
02:48 You get a piece of chocolate each day and then it's gone on to all sorts of things.
02:54 So you can get cosmetics, you can get gin, you can get cheese and probably everything
03:01 else you can think of.