I’ve spent the last fucking month searching HRM up and down for a single advent calendar but they don’t fucking exist anymore.
I’m not talking about one of those shitty advent calendars with their shitty chocolate pieces in the windows. They suck and the chocolate is always bad. And who wants to see bloody empty boxes on their advent calendars?
I’m talking about a real advent calendar
with the cute little pictures behind the windows. The kind my brother and I opened up our entire childhoods. Every year we fought over who’d get the even numbers to get to open the 24th. It was great watching the doors open and guessing what the pictures would be for each day.
Last year I had to buy my advent calendar in San Fransisco on vacation. I found a bunch in a bookstore. I wish I had bought several because they just don’t exist in Halifax anymore.
—Not Getting Into The Christmas Spirit
This article appears in Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2009.
Try one of the many Christian bookstores in HRM.
My Reginald can’t eat sweets. It angries up the blood you know.
I bought one a few years ago made of cloth. Instead of doors, it has pockets. This allows me to fill each day with anything I choose, so every year the kids have new surprises. Mine is festive looking and the pockets are big enough for me to fit in 4 little surprises. If you would like to go this way, the cloth advent calendars can most likely be found at most craft booths.
I saw a Lindt one somewhere last month around Halifax … where, I can’t remember but need to soon because I want one too
Maybe Chapters??
My kids each have a playmobile advent calender. They rock, a new toy each day.
Zellers?? or The Bay? or Toys R Us??
duly noted on quinpool had some really nice ones the last few years
I’ll try to keep my eyes open for ya… If I see one, I’ll post on here
There is a place on the Bedford Highway that has them listed on their sign. It might be the gift shop next to the tracks or just across the street but its in the Atlantic Gardens part of Bedford.
It wouldnt be surprising if they were deemed “offensive” like saying “Merry Christmas” or Happy holidays. On the TV the other day Peter Mansbridge said “and we will now carry on with “seasonal” programming.” I said wtf? seasonal programming….and christmas movies started playing. You know…the grinch, Christmas Vacation? Why the FUCK do we have to not offend all the others who dont like to hear the word CHRISTMAS!! Im not Christian but Christmas is my excuse to get home to see my family for the year, and i dont give a shit if it offends people who are offended by another religion.
The kind of people who get offended by Christmas are the same people whose opinions shouldn’t really matter that much to you! 🙂
try a catholic church in your area; they used to have them anyway
ummmmm…..ebay!
With anything chocolate-related, you have to trust the Europeans. I don’t buy any chocolate that isn’t from Switzerland, France, Belgium or Germany. (The Brits have a few good brands that are yummy too.)
ONE EXCEPTION: the fair-trade chocolate made and sold locally by a certain “Just” café is divine, and is going to be a large part of my gift-giving this year.
As far as advent calenders with chocolate go, try to find one with chocolates made by Lindt. Don’t waste your time with anything from the Dollar Store or any other non-food-oriented store.
Chocolate has to have a certain quality and creaminess or else it isn’t really chocolate, it’s just candy, and that’s just not what I’m looking for when I have a craving for the real thing.
Everytime I get those shitty chocolate advent calendars all the chocolate is gone by the 2nd of December *blush*
EPIC FAILZ.
When I was growing up, I actually had to share that shitty little chocolate you got each day of December with my older sister. Bullshit, Mom and Dad, bullshit! It was always only when she decided she wanted her half of the chocolate that we could eat it, and of course she’d always take the bigger piece too, being the bullying older sister she was. Then one day in December I’d had enough and just ate all the chocolates. Naturally, she freaked out and wanted to kill me, but nothing she did could wipe that big chocolately smile off my face. Take that, bitch!
Isn’t there a religious book/stuff store on Barrington now? I’d be surprised if they didn’t have any.
I’m confused. If this “King of the Jews”, Jesus of Nazareth was born on December 25th…why were the “shepards in the fields grazing their flocks”.
If he was born in the dead of the winter, the sheep would have been in stables and mangers, eating stored food, not in the fields…
That’s the part of the story that confuses you?
BAD MR FROSTY: I don’t think it snows in fucking ISRAEL in DECEMBER
Jesus wasn’t born in Canada.
Everyone knows Jesus is American.
They don’t have winter in Israel, Halifox?
?!
Gee, now I’m even MORE confused, now that the great geographer “Halifox” has enlightened us…have you informed the Israeliis? Cause they, um, kinda think they do…including freezing, and snow in the higher areas such as the Golan heights etc.
They’ll be thrilled to hear from you though, matey…oy vey, what a relief!
Why else then, would you put cotton-wool “snow” in your baby Jeebus scenes?
“”That’s the part of the story that confuses you?”‘
Actually Miles, since you ask, the biggest mystery to me is what happened to all that gold, myrhh and frankencense? Did Joseph gamble on the camels?
And even more importantly, clearly, Joseph and Mary, after entertaining a slew of wise men, enlightened goat-herds and all manner of angels and bright white lights, KNEW that Jeebus was the son of “god”….
Why then, was it such a big “sacrifice” for him to be crucified?
Big deal…if I’m the son of “god”, you can whip me, beat me, nail me to your cross…I don’t give a shit.
In fact, in a nut shell, ole frosTy has just single-handedly debunked the whole crux of the Christian myth. Think about it. Your little Jeebus-loving heads are spinning right now…he’s right! WTF?!
Follow the money, or in this case, the gold…
Happy holidays!
😉
dollar stores all over halifax have them.. The one in Bayers lake and the one in Scotia Square. they got em for sure