What a great way to celebrate the advent calendar
937062
What a great way to celebrate the advent calendar. My boys had so much fun with this and each day were excited to open  the doors. We will buy this again next year.
1644701
Great way to focus during advent and make it special. I've been using these for the past few years for both advent and lent and haven't been disappointed yet.
4665752
We bought this after my wife heard it highlighted on a Christian radio program.  We now incorporate it into our Advent celebration routine.  After we light the candles, do our advent calendar, and advent book, we have one of our kids choose a song, read the devotional from the book, then sing along to the song on the included CD, and end with the reading of the verse and prayer.  The kids and parents really enjoy it.  High quality songs.

The only downside for us is we wish each devotional included a history of each song.  Some do, but we expected all of them would.

We are also going to look to purchase others in this series.
3667734
Of all the Advent calendars I looked at this was beautiful. Both my 2 and 3 year old grandchildren love the visuals.
192210
We love this calendar! The entire family! I have 2 girls, aged 7 and 8, and they are taking turns opening the doors each day to see what is inside. It is really fun and a great way to count down to Christmas. I enjoy seeing what part id next as we watch our Playmobile Medieval Playset come to life! It really is a great idea and we will buy on each year.
3656602
Neat wooden advent calendar with a tiny Christmas ornament behind each door! Children and adults love it!!
4787720
I LOVE this advent calendar! and my kids do too.  It is a bit hard to fit the candy cane into the numbers, but we can easily overlook that.  It was at my home 24 hours after I ordered it ;-)
727293
I got this for my son, but he is still a little too young to appreciate the awesomeness of an advent calendar, but me? I loved it and had an absolute blast opening each window.
2434342
Cheery, happy advent calendar, fun for children and the young-at-heart alike.  It is always a delight to open the little doors and peer inside to find what is hiding behind each date.
47963
Beautiful way to count down till Christmas and remember why we celebrate.
1939531
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year is the perfect devotional for our family for this Advent season! Each year we choose a plan for working our way through Advent. One year we made our own Jesse tree and studied references to Jesus in his Old Testament family tree. Another year we divided up the New Testament story and journaled it with words and drawings.

This year, though, we'll be working our way through with Ace Collins' new book, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. I love the format of this book: each day concludes a devotional reading with scripture, song lyrics and their backstory, and something to do, usually a recipe or crafty idea. I love how a theme is woven through each day's story, making a strong point and forcing the reader to consider some aspect of this Christmas season in a new way. Collins makes a strong case for joy and for remembering the reason for the season - but he goes deeper than that.

I love the way that Collins explains the story behind so many of our favorite traditions. By bringing to the forefront the reason why we sing certain songs, decorate with red and green, and so much more, it refreshes the spirit and makes the seasonal work lighter. Honestly, over the past few years I've come to dread certain aspects of my former-favorite traditions, only because they create so much work in such a short period of time; but knowing the reason behind so many of them makes me look forward to them again. Many things I've heard before, of course, but somehow Collins puts a unique spin on them that makes the ideas seem fresh and new.

While The Most Wonderful Time of the Year isn't specifically marketed for kids or for families, I think it will be perfect for mine. The combination of history, scripture, and activity will be a great way for us to start our day during the Advent season. I know that we won't be making all of the cookies that he shares, but the specialty recipes will be fun to read nonetheless, and it might inspire us to try some new ones, too. With our kids now ages nine and eleven, they're old enough to understand the historical context and the scripture and to participate in the projects, too; in fact, they could do most of them independently.

If you, too, like to change up your devotional reading during Advent or just want to know more about the historical traditions connected with our faith, be sure to check out The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

I received a free copy of this book from LitFuse Publicity. All opinions are my own.
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This is a fantastic advent calendar for any child that loves Little People. We have all of the Little People sets for each holiday - Christmas, my girls birthday, VDay, St. Patty's Day, Easter, Red/White/Blue, Halloween and Thanksgiving. I HIGHLY recommend getting these holiday sets because I can decorate for the holiday and my girls leave all of my decorations alone because they have their own decorations they can play with. Anyway, I got this for my three year old twins this year because we have the Santa's Village, Ice Skating Rink and Nativity Scene from Fisher Price for Christmas. This advent calendar is the PERFECT addition to their Village and Skating Rink. They are thrilled to open this daily and find a new character/item that they can incorporate in to their Christmas Little People. I couldn't have asked for a better advent calendar for this year. I know my kids like this better because they already have a "scene" to incorporate the characters with. While it's cute, if we didn't have some sort of Little People Christmas Village to use the characters, I don't think my girls would like it as much. It is just a natural fit in to something we already have. We couldn't be more pleased.
1999078
Very nice program to use during advent. When we get to the singing part, I call upon "Alexa" (Echo) for the songs to keep us in tune
412124
great for kids and adults. Had a great time opening these up for an advent "thing" to do. Great idea instead of the typical little candy gifts you get with most advent calendars
3108425
This is a great idea! My granddaughter is VERY excited to open one every morning. I pulled all of the pieces out and added it to a larger advent calendar. Every day has a part of the Christmas story from the Bible.
1989058
Great choice for Advent calendar.  Chocolate is individually wrapped and delicious.  I will order this again next year if I can.
3434653
I wrap books for an advent calendar count down. This year I will be adding in Christmas movies and some games. This will be perfect for all ages in my home and the price was perfect!