Sunday, January 21, 2007

Advent Calendars


from 2005

Before everything is packed and put away, I made some time to scan our kids' Advent Calendar from 2005 and 2006. I like the graphics so it's a shame to not document them. This Advent Calendar is not very common in The Netherlands, therefore I bought these at a small British grocery shop nearby our place (I used to get them from the supermarket of Marks & Spencer at Kalverstraat, but they've gone bankrupt here and closed their shop a couple of years ago).

For those who are not familiar with this custom: these Advent calendars contain one small piece of chocolate behind each 'door'. Starting the 1st of December, the kids are allowed to open a door with the correct 'date' on it. It goes on until the 25th, Christmas (hence the name 'advent', or 'waiting'). We tend to forget this ritual so we didn't do this everyday; therefore our kids are now using the calendar to wait until our moving day, which falls on the 25th.

14 comments:

  1. bokis deeeehh... :D
    Selamat jalan Tita... gue pulang kampung bulan Maret, sapa tahu bisa ketemuan dan ngobrol soal proyek yang itu tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... sama si lia juga ;).

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  2. Wah, ide yang brilian...coklat sebagai hadiah menunggu.
    Karakter ini kelihatan familiar, tapi aku lupa lihat di mana, mungkin Disney's channel. Yang jelas menarik banget karena ada unsur Inggris dan jepang.

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  3. Ber, ini Pocoyo..ada di Disney Playhouse setiap hari..

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  4. yang ini cocoknya untuk ibunya dhanu ;))

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  5. kucing: biar bokis yg penting maksa.. hahaha.. maret? hayuuuk..

    bert: iya itu pocoyo (thanks chic!).. si pembuatnya ng'upload di youtube, dan aku nontonnya lewat situ :D suka!

    chic: yg dari M&S th 2004 juga simpsons lho gambarnya.. sayang gak nyimpen :P

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  6. Whaaaaaaaaaaa... ternyata ada Pocoyo & The Gank di Tita juga khakhahakhka...haduuh itu Sleepy Bird gak usah diajaaak.. bobo teruuusss.. khihkhihkii...

    Pocoyo ini yang bikin bukan Jepang.. kalo gak salah Amerika Latin.. Zinkia Production. Simak aja terus Disney Channel hihihihi..

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  7. wah, packing...
    Selamat menuju Indonesia, Ta...

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  8. Tita, my kids love this kind of calendars, too. They couldn't wait to open the next date just for the small chocolate. I bought them three different calendars every year, each calendar for each kid. But I didn't keep them after they finished them all. Maybe I should. Thx for sharing.

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  9. ich.... lucu ya.... nanti di indonesia bikin lagi Ta. your own design atawa tante Tyas suruh bikinin....

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  10. disana adv. kalendernya lucu2 ya, yang disini klasik semua, walau gue yakin coklatnya lebih enak

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  11. Tita puyang kecini? Aciiiiiiik! C u soon ya Ta!

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  12. Mat balik ke tanah air ya Taaa, keep in touch :D

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