Christmas: Advent Gifts

In many families, advent gifts are associated with one of the great Christmas traditions. Every Sunday in Advent, children wake up to a small package from the elf or Santa Claus. If you need inspiration for what to give your children, partner, or husband as an advent gift, we have gathered the best advent gifts here.

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Today, it has also become a tradition for children to receive a small advent gift in the morning on each of the four Sundays in Advent. An old tradition is that children would wake up to a small package in the Christmas stocking every day in December – an advent calendar, which today is also seen in several modern versions. The tradition of a gift in the stocking can be traced back several centuries in Denmark. In Southern Jutland, a shoe was placed in the window for St. Nicholas – "Santa Claus" in good Danish. If one had been naughty, he would put coal in the shoe. If one had been nice, he would put gifts in the shoe. This also leads to another "Christmas tradition" in Denmark: that Santa Claus comes to the children who have been well-behaved. Parents teach their children from a young age that Santa Claus only brings gifts to nice children. Santa Claus has a list on which he keeps track of which children have been nice and naughty.

Today, advent gifts are often used instead of a morning gift in the Christmas stocking every morning. Instead of finding 24 small gifts for the stocking, one chooses to find 4 larger gifts for the four Sundays in Advent. It can be more manageable to find 4 good gifts rather than 24 smaller gifts. Since one finds 4 better gifts, one can also find some more "proper" gifts. Instead of 24 small gifts – for it can be very difficult to find many small gifts that are all useful and at a cheap price.
We have gathered ideas for good advent gifts for both big and small, men and women on this page.

We believe not only the children in the house deserve an advent gift. Christmas is the festival of hearts, and we think it is an excellent opportunity to surprise and delight people you care about.
If you want to make your partner happy, surprise him with an unexpected advent calendar with four good advent gifts. He or she will have something to look forward to throughout December. So despite the darkness and cold, you will be able to find joy and warmth together.