Best advent calendars for a stylish Christmas
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Which is the best advent calendar for your home?
The 1st of December has become one of the most exciting days in the festive season – it’s Advent Calendar day!
In the past, this meant a different Christmas-inspired picture or chocolate disc for each of the next 25 days.
With the introduction of luxury advent options, containing anything from gin to jewellery, December has got a whole lot more exciting.
But, as well as including 24 special items, we also want our calendars to look gorgeous.
Here’s our selection of the best advent calendars for 2024 to get your home looking stylish for the festive season.
Best advent calendars for the elegant home
First up, our roundup of the best advent calendars that look gorgeous on the outside.
ARRAN Winter Wonderland Beauty Advent Calendar
ARRAN Sense of Scotland has a brand-new and limited edition Beauty Advent Calendar filled with new look seasonal home fragrances, back by popular demand.
This year’s calendar is inspired by the winter forests on the Isle of Arran, with products adding a touch of glit and glamour to add opulence to your festive celebrations. There really is something for everyone!
Containing contents worth more than £180, treat yourself or a loved one to a selection of ARRAN’s most popular perfume and fragrance collections – including After the Rain, Glenashdale, Seaweed & Sage, Lochranza and Kildonan.
This year, the advent calendar contains two of their limited edition seasonal scents, Winter Forrest & Rowanberry Embers.
- ARRAN Perfume and Fragrance Advent Calendar, £80 – buy here
Yankee Candle Wreath Advent Calendar
Are you a candle lover? Iconic brand Yankee Candle’s advent calendar is certainly the one for you. This year’s stylish wreath design with 24 unique scents is a real showstopping piece and will make the countdown to Christmas extra special.
This year’s calendar includes exciting scents such as Christmas Cookie, Christmas Eve, Cinnamon Stick, Silver Sage & Pine and Black Cherry, amongst others.
Your house will be the full of seasonal scents of the season every day in December.
- Yankee Candle wreath advent, £27.99 – buy here
3D Treehouse Advent Calendar
Something a little different for the creative amongst you, or an exciting family activity to enjoy throughout December, this unique advent is something special for your Christmas decorations this year.
Simply pop out the cardboard pieces from the sheets and assemble your own beautiful 3D scene with this DIY advent set. The calendar comes with 2 sheets for 24 cardboard pop-out icons for each day, ready to assemble each piece for the countdown to Christmas.
You can even get a personalised version to really add the magical touch to your treehouse. We can see them coming out every year!
- 3D Treehouse Advent Calendar, £15 from NOTHS – buy here
A V&A Christmas museum façade advent calendar
Where better to take inspiration for a stylish festive season than the UK’s home of art and design, the V&A Museum.
This advent calendar features a beautiful image of the V&A Museum’s façade, in rich purple, red and gold hues.
Each window opens to reveal an item from the museum’s collection, along with background information on the object. Thus giving you a daily dose of design inspiration in the lead-up to Christmas.
- Museum façade advent calendar, £12 from V&A Shop – buy here
The Simon Rogan Advent Calendar
This ultimate luxury offering is full of the finest foods and kitchen wares for you to enjoy opening throughout December.
Highlights include the exclusive Christmas Simon Rogan Mulling Infusion Kit with Barista & Co Brew It Stick, granite salt and pepper pots and the Rogan ceramic vase.
Each item has been hidden within reusable organic cotton advent bags to be used year after year. The bags are packed together inside a special presentation box.
Should you choose to opt for the extra luxe 25 day calendar, you’ll also get a voucher for Home by Simon Rogan 3-Course Meal for Two including delivery, and a free limited edition One Dish.
Photo by Nina Claridge Photography
- Simon Rogan advent calendar, £360 – buy here
Best for a personal touch: VistaPrint Personalised Advent Calendar
If you’re after an advent calendar with a truly personal touch, VistaPrint has just the thing. It’s offering a range of chocolate advent calendars that you can customise with your favourite photo.
Pick a suitably festive image, maybe a family photo from Christmas dinner last year or a snowy scene. Or you could choose pictures of your cherished pets or sunny holidays to warm up a cold winter day.
Once you’ve chosen between A4 or A5 size, horizontal or vertical format, and classic or vegan chocolate, you can add any picture of your choice.
You can crop the image in the editing tool so it displays exactly how you want, and you can add a Christmas message, too.
- VistaPrint personalised advent calendar, from £15.99 – buy here
Best advent calendars for the sweet tooth
Next, the best advent calendars with edible treats, which are delicious inside and out.
Luxury Chocolate Truffle Advent Calendar
This gold-embossed calendar will certainly brighten up any home at Christmas. With a stunning home design, this will give you a warm glow wherever you put it in the house.
Love Cocoa was founded by James Cadbury, great-great-great grandson of the original Mr Cadbury, and he is certainly keeping the family traditions alive.
As a certified B Corp company and a 100% plastic-free calendar, you won’t be added to Santa’s naughty for the planet list.
Not only that, but these will offer a daily homeware or sweet-smelling treat in the lead-up to Christmas.
On the inside, there are four handmade truffle varieties: Hazelnut Praline Heart, Giant Hazelnut Rocher, Salted Caramel Truffle and Spiced Gingerbread Truffle. And an extra special large treat for Christmas eve.
- Love Cocoa Advent Calendar, £29.95 – buy here
Pierre Marcolini Frosty Christmas Advent Calendar
The Gentleman of the Snow Advent Calendar from Belgian chocolatier Maison Pierre Marcolini is one of the cutest designs we’ve come across. We’re sure it will prove popular with children and adults alike, and will look gorgeous in a bedroom, living room or kitchen.
Remove the festive-themed cardboard wrapper from the calendar, slide open the two doors and you’re greeted by 24 dinky boxes. Each contains a special treat, from Christmas truffles and Petits Bonheurs to crunchy pralines and chocolate animals.
The outside packaging is decorated with a snow scene with Santa’s elves, and each mini box is decorated with a festive image, from baubles to holly and stars.
Better still, all the packaging is made from cardboard, with no plastic wrappings, so you’ll be doing your bit for the environment while enjoying the run-up to Christmas.
- Gentleman of the Snow Advent Calendar, £54 from Marciloni – buy here
Lindor Pick & Mix Advent Calendar
Swiss chocolate maker Lindt is always a firm favourite for kids and adults alike come Christmas. They’re offering a wide range of advent calendars this year.
These include a bespoke Pick & Mix calendar, where you can either visit a Lindt shop or their website to choose 24 of your preferred chocolates and truffles.
Or there’s the Lindt Festive Selection Advent Calendar, in a deep blue box with a Christmas tree design made up of all your favourite festive chocolates.
And they’re all included inside too, with 24 treats from a gold foil reindeer, Santa and Lindor truffles.
- Lindt chocolate advent calendars, from £15 – buy here
Best drinks advent calendars
Our roundup of the best advent calendars for tea lovers and those who love a festive tipple.
Christmas In Love Tea Advent Calendar
The Mariage Frères advent calendar is perfect for any tea afficionados in your life.
Encased in a vibrant blue box, it’s beautiful golden design immediately makes you feel luxurious.
The calendar is styled like a book and opens by untying a white satin ribbon on the side. It will certainly look elegant in your kitchen and add a festive glow.
France’s luxury tea emporium has filled the box with 25 different blends, including a Mariage Frères festive tea for a very merry start to Christmas Day.
You can purchase the calendar at the brand’s Covent Garden store or via its website.
- NOËL ROYAL advent calendar, £48 – buy here
25 Spirits for 25 Days Christmas Advent Calendar
In its stylish green casing embossed with a festive gold design, this advent calendar will look gorgeous on your kitchen counter or bar.
The lucky dip calendar will take you on a journey of discovery. It has a mix of familiar tipples along with some more unusual ones. With 25 fine spirits and whiskies from around the globe, it will certainly make the run-up to Christmas that bit more exciting.
The calendar includes all kinds of spirits from whisky and rum to amaro and Calvados. And there’s an extra special treat on Christmas Day.
- The Perfect Measure 25 Spirits from Around the World Advent Calendar, £130 from The Whisky Exchange – buy here
That Boutique-y Gin Company Advent Calendar
This is another calendar with looks to match what’s on the inside from Drinks by the Dram and That Boutique-y Gin Company.
The calendar’s purple brick design with windows showing a glimpse of different festive scenes will bring that cosy Christmas feeling into your home.
With 24 wax-sealed 30ml bottles, you can try out a different flavour each day, from Moonshot to Cherry.
- Boutique-y Gin Company Advent Calendar, £64.95 – buy here
Craft Gin Club Annual Gin Advent Calendar
This hotly anticipated advent features 25 different 5cl miniature bottles of the very best craft gins on the market.
The gins are a mixture of classic London dry, citrus and spiced gins, plus one or two special seasonal treats inspired by festive season flavours.
All the gins in the advent calendar are from craft distillers, small and independent producers from across the UK and the world.
It’s the perfect opportunity to try some different unique gins from the best small producers in the gin market. It’s the calendar for the gin lover in your life!
Peaty Whisky Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram
If you’re a whisky fan but after something a bit different, the Peaty Whisky Advent Calendar could be just the thing.
This ornately decorated calendar offers 24 different whiskies, each bottled in a hand-waxed 30ml glass dram.
These daily tipples will make your Christmas countdown a real adventure in whisky.
- Peaty Whisky Drinks of the Dram Advent, £129.95 – buy here
Newby Tea Advent Calendar
For those who love a cuppa, the Newby 2024 Tea Advent Calendar will be a real treat. The calendar is housed in stylish box evoking the image of a luxury Parisian hotel.
With 96 teabags – 4 teabags per drawer – you won’t be restricted to just one cup per day. There are also three loose-leaf tea pouches.
From Assam to Masala Chai, Green Tea to Herbal Tea, there is something for every tea lover. This calendar will transport you from a dreary December morning to the stylish streets of Paris.
- Newby Teas Parisian Advent Calendar, £85 – buy here
Advent In the Farm Shop
This advent calendar is perfect for foodies, or anyone who needs a little dose of Tuscan sunshine to brighten up their December.
Advent in the Farm Shop is stocked with delectable delights from Fattoria La Vialla, a family-run, organic and biodynamic farm and wine estate in Tuscany.
The farm has selected the very best of its hand-grown and home-made wines, olive oil, tomato sauces and pasta for this advent calendar – so it’s guaranteed to bring a taste of an authentic Italian Christmas straight to your door.
The large box is beautifully illustrated with a picture of La Vialla’s farm shop, painted by family friend Rosaria.
Inside are 24 Italian full-size products from the farm – including red, white and sparkling wines, oil and vinegar, sausages, sauces, biscuits and chocolates.
In a lovely touch, once you’ve emptied out the calendar of its 24 treats and removed the lid of the box, it turns into a miniature version of the farm shop.
The advent calendar comes with a booklet containing cut-out images of the produce that you can stick onto cardboard to decorate your shop – perfect for passing on to the kids to keep them occupied, once all the presents are opened.
- Advent in the farm shop, £156 from Fattoria La Vialla – buy here