Top 10 advent calendars: The best aids for counting down to Christmas for everyone from beauty enthusiasts to coffee lovers and Lego fans

It’s tiiiii-me! Mariah Carey has been unfrozen and the festive season is finally upon us. If you’re anything like me and my family, you wouldn’t dream of going through December without an advent calendar. I’m 28 years old and I’m not ashamed to say that my mother still buys me one every year.

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It’s tiiiii-me! Mariah Carey has been unfrozen and the festive season is finally upon us. If you’re anything like me and my family, you wouldn’t dream of going through December without an advent calendar. I’m 28 years old and I’m not ashamed to say that my mother still buys me one every year.

Of course, these days advent calendars can add far more than just calories to your day, with everything from coffee to Lego now parcelled up behind 24 tiny doors. For all of us, they can add a little endorphin boost to dark winter mornings — yes, you still have to open them one day at a time!.