Advent calendars are popular, often containing chocolates or even luxury goods. But what are they and where did they originate? Here's how the faithful use them to prepare for Christmas.

‘Tis the season for Trader Joe’s advent calendar collection to return to stores. As always, the grocery chain is rolling out a variety of winter wonderland options, and they cost just $1.29 ...

Advent calendars often depict a scene, such as a nativity, Christmas tree, winter village, and other holiday images, and within the scene are windows or doors (or just flaps) with numbers 1-24 on ...

Advent calendars date back to the 1800s, and while details vary, the basic form involves a rectangular box or paper calendar with a scene, piece of scripture, or an object for each day, concealed ...

A small town in Germany turns its town hall into the 'world's largest' advent calendar each December. It started as a way to boost businesses in the winter, but it's grown to mean much more.

The advent calendar includes 24 exclusive items from Netflix shows like Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, The Witcher, One Piece and Outer Banks, as well as Zack Snyder's film Rebel Moon.

But out of the many covetable food-based Advent calendars, those from a 53-year-old jam company are the hottest commodity. The allure of Bonne Maman’s 24 days of fruit, ...