21 Unique Advent Calendars You’ll Want To Gift Everyone (& Yourself)

As unbelievable as it may sound, we are less than four months away from 2025. And while you may not be quite ready to put up your Christmas tree and start shopping for your “Nice” list, that hasn’t stopped brands from sneakily unveiling holiday drops earlier than ever (i.e. early September, well ahead of Halloween). But fret not, because we’ve got a little something up our premature holiday-gifting sleeves — well, technically, 21 little somethings that are made up of 12 to 24 little somethings… We’ll cut to the chase: It’s advent calendars.

As it turns out, advent calendars aren’t just fun; many of these jam-packed sets can actually be a great value if you divide the contents into stocking stuffers for friends, or if you’re looking to try a variety of products from a specific beauty brand. They are also the kind of self-care gift that sparks so much joy, with a lil’ surprise waiting for you every day for the month of December. And while historically, advent calendars were usually a series of nativity images given daily leading up to Christmas, nowadays there’s an advent calendar for just about anything: coffee, Legos, skincare, nail polish, wine…we could go on.

 So why wait? Go ahead and start treating yourself and your loved ones with this year’s most unique advent calendars. Oh, and be sure to bookmark this page if you’re interested in checking out more oddly specific options as they continue to drop — we’ll be keeping tabs.