admin
Even while advent calendars are generally intended for children, some fortunate adults nevertheless get to enjoy them every holiday season since their parents still buy them one every year.
As one Reddit user pointed out, the custom is still going strong for some families, even if it’s difficult for those of us whose parents have chosen not to follow the pattern to comprehend.
The anonymous user posted on the wildly popular internet forum: “My mother has got me an advent calendar. I am a male of 26 years old. Is this typical? Although it looks a few years off, it’s quite nice.
The great majority of persons who answered the question seemed to have a fairly similar response, despite the fact that some people do not still have that privilege.
The decision? You’re never too old to count down the days till Christmas with chocolate in hand, and it’s a really lovely thing to do.
One commenter said: “I can attest that my mother and my wife’s mother take care of this for me. annually. I’m forty-four. Since it goes in one ear and out the other, I stopped advising them not to bother.
Another person commented: “I mean, I’m twenty-five years old, and I always say “yes” when my mother asks whether I want an advent calendar.
Why not? I really like chocolate and Christmas. “I can confirm that my mother and my wife’s mother do this for me,” a third person stated. annually.
I’m forty-four. Since it goes in one ear and out the other, I stopped advising them not to bother. A fourth individual stated:
“I am a 30 year old woman that lives 450 miles away from my mum and I still get an advent calendar posted to me.”
The judgment is still out on this one, so it seems that advent calendars are a great present for people of all ages.
In other Christmas-related news, John Lewis has unveiled their much awaited Crimbo commercial, and as usual, it’s a heart-stopper.
The ‘The Gifting Hour’ commercial, which is shown as a short film, follows Sally as she desperately looks around John Lewis’ flagship shop on Oxford Street in an attempt to buy her sister the ideal present.
She falls into a full rack of gowns, which causes her to fly back in time to her family’s house (naturally), where she looks through old memories to locate the perfect gift.
Then, outside the shop, Sally meets up with her sister while clutching the perfectly wrapped present. The two then go, but not before Sally’s sister appears at John Lewis’ window.
As her younger self from the earlier, treasured recollections. After that, the slogan reads, “The key to locating the ideal present? Being aware of where to search