DDs love those chocolate advent calendars. I'm not so keen...
- Not keen on them having a chocolate a day for 24 days, and overloaded with sweet stuff at that time of year anyway.
- Advent calendars are meant to be a count down to the "big day" - i.e. day Jesus was born. So the message is not really "chocolate sweets chocolate" (we are a religious family, this fits in with family views anyway so doesn't surprise the DC).
I prefer to get advent calendars with a picture behind each door, and you can find really lovely ones.
BUT.... am I being scrooge? Should I just get the chocolate one since they really do love that, and see if I can find one with a vaguely relevant picture (i.e. not Frozen!). Or stick to my guns and hope they grow up with lovely memories of pretty calendars rather than vowing their own children will get the chocolate calendar cos their mum was mean and never bought it...!!