22234-12503 Glitter Advent Calendar Card with Envelope "SCANDIC" Decorating Tree
Advent card “SCANDIC"
Format: 17 x 11.5 cm
Product features
• Advent calendar cards with 24 doors and a white envelope
• each motif with an individual door punch and picture behind it
• finished with silver mica
• printed on FSC-certified watercolor cardboard
• made in Germany
Advent is a time of peace and community - also in nature. In fantastic watercolor illustrations, polar bears and penguins look forward to Christmas together, birds chirp wonderful songs together and Christmas trees shine in all their glory. The 24 doors surprise every day with loving details of flora and fauna that are dressed up for the celebration. Whether for sending or for your own desk: these Advent calendar cards sweeten the wait with little moments of peace.
The origin of the German Advent Calendar can be traced back to the 19th Century, used by German Lutherans to count or celebrate the 24 days leading up to Christmas. The first printed calendar was made by Gerhard Lang. During his childhood, his mother attached small candles to a chalkboard and Gerhard would take one off each day for the countdown leading up to Christmas Day. These early German calendars were sold for many years up until World War II, when war shortages curtailed production. Richard Selmer resumed the production of the calendars in 1946, and some credit goes to President Eisenhower for making the Advent calendars popular in America. These first advent calendar with little doors printed in the early 1900's continue today. The calendar windows or doors open to reveal an image, a poem, or a portion of a story - typically the story of the Nativity of Jesus.
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