Advent Calendars 2025 - Let the Unboxings Begin!!

[itsfi]

The holiday countdown has begun!! 🎉 Please use this thread to share your advent calendar unboxings. 🎁

Whether you open all the doors to your calendar at once, or you open a box one day at a time and follow the traditional schedule (e.g., 24 day unboxing beginning on 12.1 and 12-day calendar unboxing beginning 12.13 or 12.25), WELCOME!! 

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

[itsfi]

@danielledanielle, a good one for the MM fan or a fab way to introduce someone to the brand. I do wish that that MM ornament was a part of the advent calendar - as an ornament or a diffuser.

[danielledanielle]

Yes, I wish they included the ornament, toooooo @itsfi 

[itsfi]

@danielledanielle, next year? 🤞🏼 

[CorgiMommy]

Wow,  that is a great looking gift @danielledanielle 

[itsfi]

MAC's advent calendar is up and available in the US ($245 USD) and Canada ($331 CAD). Also available online at Ulta for those who may have points.

MAC USMAC Canada

OPI Holiday after advent calendar available - at Ulta and brand's site - 12 polishes for $49.99

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Glasshouse Fragrances Advent Calendar

Baobob Collection

[caitbird]

@itsfi  I've never heard of Baobob Collection, but I love that vintage style packaging!

[itsfi]

@caitbird, Baobob is an European luxury fragrance and home decor brand. The glassware they use for their candles are handblown and the designs have a very artistic aesthetic to them. 😍 They make lovely pieces of home decor themselves.

Their annual advent calendars generally follow a Jules Verne motif with slight variation in design and/or color. Like the Diptyque advent, many of the scents included year to year are similar with some fragrances unique to each year.  

[caitbird]

@itsfi  I just checked them out, and wow, their candles are so pretty! 😍 Expensive, of course, but so nice. I bet their advent calendar is amazing!

P.S. it looks like it's spelled Baobab, not Baobob 🙂

[itsfi]

@caitbird, thanks. Yeah, there’s an advent calendar for a variety of price points, styles, and tastes. 

[CorgiMommy]

Each one looks fabulous!

[itsfi]

@CorgiMommy, brands are stepping up their game when it comes to the packaging on their advent calendars.

[caitbird]

Here is another chocolate advent calendar, from Ethel M. Contains a mix of milk & dark chocolates and truffles (see site for list of contents). Code BDAY works for $16 off!

[itsfi]

Mmmmm, dark chocolates and truffles. Yum! The chocolate ones are so hard to keep to one a day sometimes @caitbird!

[itsfi]

Previews of the YesStyle 25-day Advent Calendar have been loaded to the online retailer's site (where the below images are from). The storybook presentation / packaging is very cute. Mix of skincare and makeup products. Includes well established and popular brands and products. 

Check the site for more details regarding content and information for purchase, wait list, etc.

[caitbird]

@itsfi  ahh, this is so cute!! 😻 I love the little kitties and bunnies, the packaging is fantastic! I might have to try to get this one! I really want a K-beauty advent calendar this year, and I have been trying to decide between this one, Stylevana and Sukoshi. They all look good, but this one is definitely the cutest!

[itsfi]

This one is adorable @caitbird! If you're even remotely interested in this one from YesStyle, sign up and note the time for release (and that it's GMT zone) - they go faaaast. Also, if the Stylevana one is a frontrunner, be sure to take into consideration the lead time for shipping (or check if they mae any guarantees about delivery dates). My experience with Stylevana for regular, non-holiday, non-advent orders is that they arrive at a more leisured pace. It's not been an issue for me with respect to those purchases but if you're looking to unbox your advent calendar during advent season, you might just want to look into that. 

I'm excited about the idea that you may have a Kbeauty advent calendar this year. I will be buying a ticket to view that unboxing! 🎟

[caitbird]

@itsfi  ah, thank you so much for the tips! I figured out what time the YesStyle preorder release for me (11 pm), so I set an alarm on my phone so I'll be ready! 🤞

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I look forward to seeing these unboxings every year.  I love the packaging theme for 2025!

[itsfi]

Wholeheartedly agree @missjeanie! It's fun to see/hear the excitement. 🎁 YesStyle did a really nice job with the presentation of their advent calendar this year. It's one of those designs that will make for a good photo layout - even after the holidays.

[caitbird]

Another tea advent calendar (or two - there's a regular and a caffeine-free option), from Bird & Blend in the UK. It's $55 USD, and shipping to the US is $21. I'm thinking of getting this one for myself, despite the pricey shipping - it has a lot of fun seasonal/holiday-ish teas, which I think I would really enjoy. Many of the other tea advent calendars I've looked at also look nice, but most of them don't have any seasonal teas included. Plus, I've never tried this brand before.

And here's one for the crazy cat ladies among us (*raises hand* 😅) - Simon & Schuster x Insight Editions Merry Catmas! Advent Calendar. Simon & Schuster's site says "This 25-day advent calendar features high-quality collectible items—keychain, magnets, buttons, cat charm, cat toys, and more" and it's $34.99 from them. I might have to get this for myself! 🤣

[itsfi]

lol, at first I thought the cat advent calendar was just for cats, not cat parents @caitbird. I’ve seen and gifted advent calendars for cats before. This one is a combo of both. Everyone gets in on the unboxing! 

If you’re good with the shipping on that tea advent, I say go for it. It sounds lovely. And festive.