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Advent Calendars 2024 - Let the Unboxings Begin!!

itsfi — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:12:38 GMT

The holiday countdown has begun!! 🎁 Please share your advent calendar unboxings. 😍

Whether you open all the doors to your calendar at once, or whether you open a box one day at time and follow the traditional schedule (e.g., 24 day unboxing beginning on 12/1 and 12-day calendar unboxing beginning 12/25).

For those of us who just can't wait to see what goodies are in our advent calendars and are opening all the doors/boxes at once before the end of the season, please consider hiding your unboxing post behind a spoiler tab so those who want to be surprised day by day can still do so.

Photo from Diptyque site

Re: Advent Calendars 2024 - Let the Unboxings Begin!!

Samtian — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 18:40:46 GMT

@itsfi Advent calendars are so fun! Can't wait to see what everyone got.

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itsfi — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:37:16 GMT

I enjoy advent calendars @Samtian! I feel spoiled that I'll get multiple ones - the ones I purchased for myself and the one from TeamBIC. I'll post that latter one on the Feedback Wanted page that TeamBIC put up!

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itsfi — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:49:20 GMT

Diptyque Advent Calendar

I've always wanted a Diptyque Advent Calendar but never went through with it ... until this year. Having a gift card helped to nudge me to pick it up this year.

Day 1 - Pomander Candle

This was a great way to kick off the advent calendar - the scent from the candle when lit is warm, slightly spicy - I pick up the cloves first; not too heavy - it's balanced out as the orange and cinnamon notes, soft but detectable, waft in and out. I'm happy with this first day unboxing. 😊

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curlychiquita — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:01:23 GMT

This advent calendar looks so beautiful, @itsfi! I’m sure you’ll love it. I look forward to see what’s inside.

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caitbird — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:08:11 GMT

@itsfi wowww, this advent calendar is beautiful, so luxe! 😍 The pomander candle sounds amazing as well! I can't wait to see what you get every day, I hope you love everything!

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caitbird — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:17:32 GMT

@itsfi I came here looking to see if anyone had made a thread for this 😂 I got 4 advent calendars this year, so I am very excited to unbox them!

Here are the advent calendars I got this year:

Olive & June 25 Days of Mani Magic

Cult Pens Stationery Advent Calendar

William Morris Bath & Body Advent Calendar

Burt's Bees 12 Days of Lip Balm Advent Calendar

and here is day 1 (for the 3 24/25 day calendars; I plan to start opening the Burt's Bees one on 12/12):

from William Morris, a mini clementine & clove hand cream (smells nice!)

from Olive & June, a sparkly nail polish "Tangled Lights"

from Cult Pens, a Faber-Castell pen with navy ink

I'm pretty happy with what I got today, and looking forward to unboxing more days! Can't wait to see everyone else's advent calendars & goodies! 💜

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CynthieLu — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:41:35 GMT

Those are beautiful calendars @caitbird The designs on your William Morris box are really neat! The scent on your hand cream, clementine and clove? That's really unique, it sounds good! 🧡

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CynthieLu — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:42:38 GMT

The candle looks so cute @itsfi that's a lovely first gift! 🎁

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itsfi — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:14:11 GMT

@caitbird, you have some amazing advent calendars! The ways the brands designed them look so fun. I'm so happy we get to unbox ours together here! 😍

Oooouh, a stationary advent calendar? I have added that to my list for next year. The interior print of William Morris looks like it could be a beautiful scarf and I'm so intrigued by what the Cult Pens interior wil look like when you remove all the boxes.

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peculiarzmakeup — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:34:04 GMT

The advent calendars you got are so decorative and pretty! I am excited to see what these have in store for you! Day one looks awesome! I’m a big fan of Burt’s bees as well! How neat 🙂 @caitbird

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peculiarzmakeup — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:36:25 GMT

This is such a great thread! @itsfi the box is so decorative I think advent calendar’s bring such wonder and curiosity! The candle is definatley a good start! Looks amazing, what a fun adventure 🙂

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greeneyedgirl107 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:33:26 GMT

@itsfi great idea for a thread!

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caitbird — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:40:27 GMT

Day 2!

- from William Morris, a mini Beautiful Sleep hand cream

- from Olive & June, a little doohickey that I *think* is for removing nail polish? Idk, I have to look it up 😅

- from Cult Pens, a multitasking ballpoint pen with ruler markings on it (handy!)

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CorgiMommy — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:40:53 GMT

Those are almost too pretty to bust open. But really looking forward to what is inside @caitbird

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caitbird — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:52:04 GMT

@CynthieLu thank you! Yes, I love the packaging of the William Morris advent, I love his art so I just had to pick this one up!

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curlychiquita — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:53:43 GMT

These all look so pretty, @caitbird!

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caitbird — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:10:33 GMT

@CorgiMommy I agree, I love pretty packaging so I really appreciate these!

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caitbird — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:29:15 GMT

@itsfi thank you so much! I'm happy so far with the advent calendars I chose this year. Last year I got the Anthropologie beauty advent calendar and I enjoyed it, but right now I have way too many beauty minis to work my way through, so decided to skip that one this year. These ones are all new to me, but I'm really enjoying unboxing them!

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caitbird — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:50:04 GMT

@peculiarzmakeup thank you so much! 💜