tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post1731702135153086413..comments2023-11-03T14:31:46.928+01:00Comments on Mom in High Heels: Advent Calendar: An Exercise in PatienceMom in High Heelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16990826038518660941noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-24937600458767708872010-01-08T20:47:23.300+01:002010-01-08T20:47:23.300+01:00Keep posting stuff like this i really like itKeep posting stuff like this i really like itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-78681334908209232522009-12-23T11:58:42.791+01:002009-12-23T11:58:42.791+01:00We're doing Advent calendars for the first tim...We're doing Advent calendars for the first time this year. The problem is I keep forgetting about them! We didn't even *start* our countdown until the 8th and average opening a new window once every three nights (so we end up opening multiple windows at a time). Luckily, the kids don't like the candy in the ones I bought (note to self: don't by Kinder advent calendars anymore..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-56815097896524703252009-12-21T10:10:37.174+01:002009-12-21T10:10:37.174+01:00Heihei! My mom used to get us an advent calendar e...Heihei! My mom used to get us an advent calendar every year. She either bought one or made one herself. Now I'm 24 and I still do advent calendars for my family and my boyfriend... I think it's a wonderful tradition...<br />Take care.<br />DeiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-9537145679216210282009-12-20T16:17:34.169+01:002009-12-20T16:17:34.169+01:00We have an advent calendar now...a felt pocket San...We have an advent calendar now...a felt pocket Santa one that offers a piece of candy each day. <br /><br />When I was little, we had a giant Christmas tree and each day you'd put another ornament on it- ending with the star on top.<br /><br />Lego has a neat one too- but the knights?? Awesome!<br /><br />Glad Indy's having a ball.<br /><br />Merry, Merry!carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648176456040275745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-49006992662648909732009-12-15T14:41:15.835+01:002009-12-15T14:41:15.835+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368381203643558973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-47464540699915867392009-12-15T14:41:10.045+01:002009-12-15T14:41:10.045+01:00My mom made an advent calendar that we used every ...My mom made an advent calendar that we used every year. Each day we got to reach into the day's pouch and pull out a cloth ornament to hang on a 2-D Christmas tree on the top half of the calendar. Make sense? Probably not. Anyway, my younged brother and I loved it and looked forward to hanging a new ornament every day before school.<br /><br />This is the first year I have had a candy advent Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368381203643558973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-50695156427294317082009-12-14T14:44:24.226+01:002009-12-14T14:44:24.226+01:00OY!!! I totally blew it on the advent calender thi...OY!!! I totally blew it on the advent calender this year!! <br />It's so hard to find things that I used to not be able to live without in this one horse town!! Is there a web site I can go to? Ohh I'm too late aren't I? SHoot! I lve the dragon one. My kids would flip for that!!Hollywood Farm Filmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161302689500104162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-27381062559315862672009-12-14T02:39:42.753+01:002009-12-14T02:39:42.753+01:00Our family does them yearly too. We started while...Our family does them yearly too. We started while we lived in Germany with a Playmobile one. I have several cloth ones, but the girls like the toy ones better. Last year they did a Lego one (found at Borders in the states). This year it's My Little Pony's & Littlest Pet Shop.KristinaFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246719800027968429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-71666504523746555082009-12-10T23:53:46.197+01:002009-12-10T23:53:46.197+01:00oh yes, we do advent calendars, although because e...oh yes, we do advent calendars, although because everyone in my family loooooves chocolate, we all have chocolate ones. (hubby and I share one, alternating days). Baby brother (18 months) was trying to chew open the box today because he wanted to open another window!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154061965779762097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-90070862841003342812009-12-10T20:48:59.328+01:002009-12-10T20:48:59.328+01:00I'm british and always had an advent calendar ...I'm british and always had an advent calendar as a child. When my son was young I sewed a calendar with numbered pockets which I fill with chocolate coins, a traditional british christmas treat. He's 11 now but still gets excited when December 1st rolls around and we can hang up the advent calendar.Piglernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-76351081582970645952009-12-10T17:13:56.788+01:002009-12-10T17:13:56.788+01:00I grew up in Mississippi and we always had advent ...I grew up in Mississippi and we always had advent calendars...we had a regular one that was flat with just a picture behind it and a second one with the little chocolate treats inside. I LOVED opening the little doors! My great-grandmother was a German immigrant and we are Episcopalian so we did advent in a BIG way! It always makes the Christmas season last so much longer!Randahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610134490862064324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-71323411505320856592009-12-10T10:39:16.855+01:002009-12-10T10:39:16.855+01:00I vaguely remember having them when I was little. ...I vaguely remember having them when I was little. But I don't think there were treats. They were just paper (and flat) with the little doors. Maybe a saying behind them or something? I feel robbed! lol. <br /><br />How wonderful and grown up of him to negotiate with you, and how exciting for him to get a toy a day and in the end the whole set to play with.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380937047826954640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313602805562091432.post-18534519516388012782009-12-10T10:32:10.614+01:002009-12-10T10:32:10.614+01:00Hello !.
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