Advent: The period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas
There’s a slight hint that something is afoot (not a metre: BOOMBOOM!) with the nature and tone of Mr TLF’s question over Xmas lunch.
Mr TLF: You know Advent calendars?
TLF: Yes
Mr TLF: Well, can you use them in sort of er any month?
TLF: Well. I suppose you could. But they do only have 24 or 25 windows. And they are for advent. You know the bit in the run up to Xmas.
Mr TLF: Oh. Yeah…..
TLF (on a roll now): Some people do recycle them I suppose. But I couldn’t recycle my Paddington Bear one, (that I bought myself because you never buy one), because each window has a sticker in it and I’m going to use the stickers. And you couldn’t recycle chocolate ones.
Mr TLF offers a weak smile at this excess of Advent calendar opinion and the conversation moves on. After lunch Mr TLF suggests that the first present TLF should open is her advent calendar. TLF despairs of not noticing the warning signs….and thinks ‘can always save it for next year.’ But actually when it looks like this…
Less calendar, more case…
And contains 24 of these (of six varieties!)….
Oooooh
then actually I think an advent calendar really could be for life; not just for Christmas.
Although to be honest it won’t last that long.
PortoFox