Advent Calendars 2025

[itsfi]

We're less than a month away from the start of unboxing season when comes to advent calendars. Excited to see everyone's unboxing!

In the meantime, let's share news and other information about advent calendars (beauty or non-beauty) as they continue to become available.

Feel free to use this space to ask questions, get ideas or recommendations for picking up an advent calendar for yourself or someone else, etc. while we wait for December 1 to roll around.

from Charlotte Tilbury

from Jo Malone

from See's Candy

[zxena]

How do I order this year's advent calendar?

[itsfi]

@zxena, are you referring to one of the advent calendars that have been previously mentioned in the thread? If so, the direct site for most will have info for purchase though not all are available for preorder at the moment. 

If you mean advent calendars at Sephora including the Sephora Collection advent calendar, I haven’t seen those for 2025 yet. 

Edited 9.7.2025 to add: A 25-day Sephora Favorites advent calendar is available today (9.7) exclusively on the Sephora app. It will pop up on the site after the 7th, usually the next day. I'll try to post a tag, but there's been some issues of late with tagging new releases. 

[itsfi]

PRE-ORDER available

LEGO Advent Calendar - 6 new ones for 2025 (approximately $35 - $45) - for 6+ - these are hits with kids and adults

• LEGO City Advent
• LEGO Disney Frozen
• LEGO Friends
• LEGO Harry Potter
• LEGO Minecraft
• LEGO Star Wars

The Fragrance Shop Advent Calendar - mainly mini sizes and classic perfumes

Delicious Food Delivered - Locally sourced treats from a specific state or region [NOTE: not all 50 states have their own advent calendar; some are grouped together by region; some states are not available].  - $159

[makeitup305]

The YSL calendar looks good this year. Courtesy of ChicProfile4 on IG

[CorgiMommy]

Look at all those lippies!  @makeitup305 

[Titian06]

There are also crochet/knitting/yarn advent calendars.  I haven't purchased any in a few years.  If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll watch for these.

[itsfi]

Wanted to take some time to list other types of advent calendars -non-beauty, non-chocolate related advent calendars, as well as how to use an advent calendar in a non-traditional way. If you know of any not listed here, please let us know.

Non-Beauty / Non-Chocolate Advent Calendars:

• Coffee
• Tea
• Socks
• Advent calendar for pets
• Clue game - @Samtian, I know you play Clue as part of your self-care (on my list to try) and I thought of you when I saw this. It looks fun! 
• Self Care - Pinch Provisions has, in the past, had a 7-day calendar with self-care tools

Other Ways to Use Advent Calendars:

It can be overwhelming the sheer number of things that roll in with the holidays, at least for me. I'm grateful for the outpouring but it can be a lot sometimes. In the past, I've spread the love over time. It makes it feel less overwhelming and I get to keep that holiday cheer going for a little longer; sometimes, a lot longer. 

• Voluspa puts out a couple different advent calendars every year (or they have in the past); I'll tag them as they come up on Sephora online. Some are filled with their classic sizes as well as one with votives; others are from a particular collection (e.g., Japonica). They're generally 12-day advent calendars.
• The first year I picked up one of these Voluspa advents, I burned a new calendar each day for 12 days. For me personally, that meant too many partially burned candles as I have other candles in use during the holidays.
• Since that first one, I've picked up a Voluspa 12-day advent calendar but I've treated each box/day as a candle for each month of the year (roughly), beginning that following January. 
• Some years, I've done just that - open up a new candle from the advent calendar every month. Other years, I've started in January with the candle behind door/box 1 and just worked my way through as I've finished a candle from the set. I did that this year and we started out going through more than one candle in the early part of the year and then experienced a bit of a lull because I wasn't burning candles as often. I'm opened door/box 8 earlier this month so I'm back on track with one candle per month from the advent. 

If others have ideas for non-beauty advent calendars or other ways to use advent calendars, do share! 

[Samtian]

@itsfi I'm going to have to check that out!

[itsfi]

It sounds like it would be a fun one @Samtian! 

[CorgiMommy]

My college age goddaughter loved this advent calendar and this year they are doing a Snoopy Advent calendar 

 

[CorgiMommy]

Happy socks are really well made

 

[makeitup305]

@itsfi I recommend the Bonne Maman jam one! Each is enough for a two slices of bread

[itsfi]

Ahhh @makeitup305, this!! I've eyed that advent for years but never gave it more than a glance because I didn't know how much jam it would be. I'll have to take a closer look at the flavors but this could be the year!

[makeitup305]

@itsfi Costco usually has a dog advent calendar and it sells out.

[CorgiMommy]

Wufers has a singing advent calendar for dogs this year

[itsfi]

Oh my goodness @CorgiMommy, that sounds adorable!

[itsfi]

Advent Calendar Updates (as of 8.20.2025)

Available NOW for purchase:

P. Louise 12 Sleighs Of Christmas - Bad B*tch Advent Calendar 2025 (name of calendar modified so I could post) - skincare and lip care only (?) - product page says that it is in stock and ready to ship.

Pre-Sale/Order Available:

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar 2025 - estimated ship date 8.31.2025 - 25 doors/boxes to open, 32 products

Harrods 12 Days of Hair & Body Advent Calendar - estimated to ship 8.31.2025 - 18 products

P. Louise Cruising Home For Christmas Advent Calendar 2025 - 25 days of unboxing - no info on when product will ship. Includes note that product is on backorder.

Waitlist (for notification) Open:

MAC Cosmetics 

Other News:

Sephora UK opened its waitlist for this year's advent calendar open now, presale 9/3 and launch in mid-October. The advent calendar for the UK has historically been much grander than the ones offered in the US. No news on when (or if) Sephora US will have an advent calendar this year, but if the roll out of the UK version is an indication, perhaps we might see or hear something next month?

Previous Info:

• Advent Calendar Info (8.17.2025)

If purchasing advent calendars from companies/businesses outside of the US, please be mindful that some retailers will provide a price that includes all charges and fees, including customs, duties and tariffs, and other retailerswhose prices will not include all such information.

[CorgiMommy]

We aren't even in pumpkin  spice season and the Advent calendars are out!!  

[itsfi]

Advent calendars with waitlist open now (estimated price in parens, where available - some currency conversion may need to be made) include: 

• Charlotte Tilbury ($220 USD)
• Cult Beauty (€275)
• Cult Pens (2 different stationary/pen calendars available) ($114.38 USD and $601.97 USD)
• Liberty ($365 USD)
• See's Calendar (chocolate/candy - $80 USD)
• Selfridges (£250)
• William Morris at Home (Bath & Body advent calendar) (£45.00)

Anthropologie seems to have an advent calendar available for purchase and shipping now - $98 USD. Talk about being early. 😳

I'll try to keep an eye out for information on the following advent calendars:

• Diptyque (candles, fragrances) - their holiday collection typically launches the first full week of October, though sneak peeks are often leaked prior to release. @blackkitty2014 
• Sephora Collection (beauty)
• YesStyle (Korean beauty) 

Thank you to @caitbird @danielledanielle @Samtian for sharing about a few of these advent calendars. 

[danielledanielle]

Normally, I'm like "too early", but I want goodies, 😂 @itsfi 

Thanks for starting this!

[itsfi]

I think it’s early for them to come out (even earlier than usual) @danielledanielle - I mean, I haven’t even seen a pumpkin patch pop up yet. I keep seeing more and more notifications and ads for them, and it seems like some have them available now, and not just for presale. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Will have to start whittling down which ones I’ll pass on and which are the front runners for me this year.