Countdown to Christmas: 15 Advent Calendars for Every Budget

One year I want to make an advent calendar that my family can use for years to come. This is not that year. But using an advent calendar is a tradition I loved as a child and want to share with my children. Here are 15 of my favorites for sale this year: advent calendars in a variety of sizes, styles, and budgets to suit any home.

Each day remove a piece of the vignette from the numbered presents and add it to the fireplace scene.

Each piece of this charming little treehouse and its accessories is numbered, so you and your family have the pleasure of putting the house together, and then decorating it, as the month progresses.

Fashion designer Monique Lhuillier translates her style to the advent calendar with this sleek, white number.

This unusual advent calendar would be a perfect accent in a modern space. Decorate a mantel or any tabletop with the blocks as the month progresses.

Each day, you get to introduce a new woodland critter to this charming scene.

This one is super affordable and will roll up for easy off-season storage. Not into rabbits? There’s a badger version, too.

With this tiny wooden nativity set, you can re-create the Christmas story by adding one piece every day until the scene is complete.

A hanging advent calendar is perfect for a smaller home where table space is at a premium, and this one has a beautiful simplicity to it.

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These stockings are perfectly sized for hiding small toys—not to mention how cute they’ll look hanging on the mantel (or anywhere else in the home that could use a little cheer).

The windows of this little house are all pockets suitable for hiding tiny treasures—and they increase in size, so you can be more generous as the month goes on.

The tiny lighted Christmas village up top gives this advent calendar a warm glow.

Each day of December, open a door (or window) on this little cabin and discover a woodland creature hiding within.

This hanging calendar has an elegant, modern look to it.

If you really want to go for broke, you can opt for this deluxe advent calendar, which measures almost 18 inches wide. With two snowy woodland scenes and Santa Claus atop a shooting star, there’s plenty to look at, even when you’re not extracting treats from the 24 drawers.

If industrial-style decor is your thing, you’ll love this zinc advent calendar from Terrain. They also sell a whole series of little zinc buildings, including, adorably, a doghouse, so if you wish you can build a whole village around your advent calendar.

Updated and re-edited from a post originally published 11.15.13 – NM