The Best Advent Calendars for 2026

This is the advent calendar that is so highly coveted it caused me to start sharing advent calendar content early.

Includes 29 products, 21 FULL SIZE. Golden ticket hidden inside a select few advent calendars shipped to the US, awarding each of the lucky winners $1000 to spend at Liberty. Features Liberty-exclusive products. 25 drawers, featuring charming illustrations by Clym Evernden in his final advent calendar design

This is the ULTIMATE beauty advent calendar. If I got it as a gift, I'd be a verrry happy camper. Bloomingdale's exclusive 25-Day Beauty Advent Calendar promises to keep the excitement building. Behind each door awaits a curated discovery, with 27 coveted treasures from some of the most celebrated names in skincare, makeup, fragrance, hair care and beyond. Open each compartment and discover a handpicked favorite from some of the most sought-after brands in a keepsake box.

One of the best-selling Advent beauty Advent calendars I feature each year, this is a hit with tweens, teens, and college students. With 11 exclusive and sold out polish shades, plus a duo of top coats, this handpicked collection is a must for every polish collector and mani obsessed.

REVOLVE has a cult following with its annual Advent calendars, offering a 12-day and 24-day option. Both are fantastic. but the 12-day one is less than $90 with over $400 worth of product in the cutest mini suitcase that can be reused to store beauty products and other treasures. Focusing on skincare, this beauty Advent calendar is best for the college aged beauty lover or older (I personally would love it!).

I think L'Occitane is a fantastic gift. I have loved L'Occitane advent calendars for years and find them practical with travel sizes of high quality gender inclusive products. The Classic Advent Calendar from L'Occitane is a great choice with four skincare products, 12 body products, 4 hand care products, 3 haircare, and a pillow mist. I especially like this Advent calendar for travelers as these make great additions to the toilitries kit (all TSA-approved sizes!).

Whether your gift recipient is already a Sunday Riley fan, or they just love high-quality skincare, this Advent calendar is sure to please. A highly-regarded and popular beauty brand, this Sunday Riley curated collection features 12 deluxe mini Sunday Riley icons, including the award-winning Good Genes Lactic Acid Treatment and bestselling C.E.O. Vitamin C franchise, all beautifully packaged in a travel-ready keepsake case.

Have you heard of Slick Gorilla? If not, likely the teen or college-aged guy in your life who cares about his hair has. If he has some textured hair pushed forward, fine hair he's trying to make thicker, or watches barber TikToks he would appreciate this Advent calendar that mixes the brand's iconic haircare and skincare products with necessary tools.

By far, one of the most coveted Advent calendars for those who love fragrance, the Jo Malone Advent calendar is phenomenal. Pull open its present-lined drawers to reveal the scents hidden inside, from timeless colognes to candles and bath & body luxuries in miniature. Inspired by the Jo Malone London townhouse in London.

The Body Shop is back! And with its return is the return of the iconic Advent calendars. Big, beautiful and bursting, discover 25 moments of body-loving magic to dial up the delight, from head to toe. Day after day. Includes a selection of full-size favorites.  

For your beauty lover, you can't go wrong with the Sephora Collection Advent calendar. For $60 you get 13 full-size products, five travel sizes, and six accessories across makeup, skincare, face, body, and tools. The box opens with little cracker-style boxes inside, one for each day of the month.

Another great choice for the travel buff, as well as anyone who appreciates high-quality performance skincare, the ELEMIS Ultimate Beauty Advent calendar offers 25 full- and travel-sized bestsellers. This is an incredible value for ELEMIS fans as two of the full-sized items included are more than the cost of the entire gift!

Benefit Cosmetics are fun, functional, and fabulous and so is this Advent calendar. With 4 full-size, 17 minis and fun-sizes, and 3 beauty tools, you get bestselling beauty for brows, lashes, lips, cheeks and more, iconic favorites, and exclusive surprise merch from Benefit in a chic and cheeky reusable container.

By far the most coveted food Advent calendar, the Bonne Maman has a cult following and is under $60, making it a nice price for a range of folks. Filled with 24 mini spreads including preserves, jellies and honey all made using traditional French recipes, this limited-edition collection is a fun way to start the day and track the countdown to Christmas. Celebrating 10 years of delicious holiday-advent joy, Bonne Maman's 2026 flavors include Lemon with Lavender, Strawberry with Vanilla, and White Fig.

Another food Advent calendar with an almost cult-like following is the one from Harry & David. For over 80 years, Harry & David has been known for high quality consummable holiday gifts. Surprises await behind every door of this holly jolly 24-day advent calendar featuring popular snack items from Harry & David. Includes the bestselling holiday Moose Munch® Premium Popcorn, Scharffen Berger® chocolate squares, blackberry galettes, peppermint bark, pepper & onion relish, mixed nuts, yogurt-covered snowflake pretzels, a summer sausage, and more. This is a great choice for clients as there is something to appeal to every member of the team. I can share from personal experience this also is well-received by older relatives who want for nothing.

This is the perfect gift for the person you're struggling to find a gift for. Delicious, classic, and a great variety, it's also under $60. Open a new door each day to discover an assortment of milk, dark, and white chocolate creations, including beloved Masterpiece chocolates, festive star-shaped chocolates, and signature favorites featuring luscious ganache, silky caramel, raspberry, passion fruit, praliné, coconut, cheesecake-inspired, and birthday cake flavors.

Swedish candy is all the rage right now, and Williams Sonoma has gathered some of the very best. Decked out with Dala horses symbolizing good luck, prosperity and protection, our festive advent calendar includes an assortment of Swedish-style gummies hidden behind its 12 doors. Each variety features fun shapes, brilliant fruit flavors and irresistibly chewy textures. 

Compartés began in 1950 as a landmark dedicated to traditional European-style truffles, quickly becoming a Hollywood favorite. Still hand making its chocolates, Compartés is known for delectable and decadent advent calendars. Its newest calendar theme for 2026, the winter fox calendar hides a limited-edition flavor behind every door, Spiced Gingerbread, Crème Brûlée, Campfire S'Mores, and more. The chicest way to count down to the holidays.

Fly By Jing's Limited Edition 12-Day Advent Calendar is incredibly popular with foodies, cooks, and anyone who likes a little spice. Shop fast, these sell out fast. This year's calendar has a brand-new design, new assortment, and a never-before-seen ornament. 12 Sichuan flavor surprises including chili crisp, noodles, Mala Spice Mix, hot honey, and more.

This Advent calendar is delicious fun, and a great gift for a young baker, a new homeowner, or a young family. This festively decorated advent calendar is filled with two dozen numbered boxes that each hold a special surprise. From cookie cutters to spatulas, piping bags, gift bags, decorating tips and more, the goodies are guaranteed to inspire creative baking.

Make it a merry season with 12 days of delicious surprises from the iconic brand Wolferman's. Each window of this festive advent calendar gift box opens to reveal bakery treats like maple waffles, apple cranberry scones, cinnamon raisin super-thick English muffins, and more. This is a great gift to give to those who are hosting you over the holidays, to send to relatives, or for the pastry lover.

By far, the most popular cheese Advent calendar on the scene, and a Wardrobe Oxygen bestseller year after year. The calendar contains 12 doors hiding delicious treats like PDO Manchego, a wine-washed wedge, truffle cheddar, and more top selections, plus jam, honey, and cocoa-tinged crackers. 

A decadent gift for the new homeowner, the cook, the foodie. Behind its 12 doors, you'll discover a dozen of iconic Williams Sonoma treats for foodies – from artisanal condiments, spices and our signature confections to a gleaming copper ornament and a bear-shaped brown sugar saver. Crafted in the USA, this calendar includes Sutter Buttes Olive Oil, Sutter Buttes Balsamic Vinegar, Sutter Buttes Wildflower Honey & Spreader, Sutter Buttes Pink Salt & Black Pepper, Boyajian Mini Lemon Baking Oil, Jacobsen Sea Salt Slide Tin, Williams Sonoma Brown Sugar Bear, Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Williams Sonoma Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark Bite, Williams Sonoma Sea Salted Peppermint Bark Bite, Williams Sonoma Original Peppermint Bark Bite and Williams Sonoma Mini Copper Strainer Ornament.

Unwrap 12 Japanese Kit Kat flavors over 12 days. Tokyo Choco Club packs 72 bars of familiar, fun, and utterly unexpected flavors into a retro Tokyo advent calendar. A ton of fun for anyone, but especially great gift for the college student or teen who is into manga or Japanese culture.

From Sugar Plum, a famous candy business in Kingston, PA, deck the halls with crunch, spice, and absolute flavor fireworks with 24 Days of Nuts. Behind each door is a 1 oz surprise snack to discover during the holiday season. Each snack comes in silver foil-sealed bags and weighs approx. 1 oz.

Turn up the heat with the Kiri & Sons Hot Sauce Advent Calendar 12-Pack, a gourmet spicy gift set designed for true flavor enthusiasts. This 12-day heat challenge features a bold variety pack of chili pepper sauces. Each bottle delivers premium taste and heat, perfect for adding spice to barbecue, tacos, wings, and everyday meals. Made with quality ingredients, these premium condiments bring out the best in any dish. Ideal for home chefs and chili lovers, this unique present makes a fun and flavorful addition to any kitchen. Enjoy a fiery adventure with this cooking bundle and discover new ways to season and savor your favorite foods.

If they're a tea lover, they're going to adore an Advent calendar from the iconic Palais des Thés. Palais des Thés is a French tea house that was founded in 1986 and is the only tea school that trains tea sommeliers. Palais des Thés also was chosen to create the signature tea served at The Louvre. Packaged in a chic, book-like format, each of the 24 windows reveals a hand-stitched cotton tea bag alongside an inspiring quote or proverb to guide your daily holiday tea ritual.

Highly coveted and a sell-out every year, the Nespresso x Swarovski Advent Calendar is an invitation to make every day taste like the holidays. 24 days of treats with a special gift on the last day.

Suppliers of tea to the British royal houses for over 300 years, Fortnum & Mason is the center of excellence, knowledge and passion for the golden brew that defines a nation. The company's advent calendar is the perfect way to steep someone special in holiday cheer. It holds 24 popular varieties, from signature caffeinated blends to soothing herbal infusions.

This Keurig 24 Cups of Cheer 2024 Advent Calendar Variety Pack, Single Serve Keurig K-Cup Pods is a warm and festive holiday countdown and a budget-friendly option for coworkers or to gift the office kitchen coffee lovers.

Vinebox's Advent calendar is an annual sellout. Your choice of a 12-day or 24-day journey through some of the world's finest regions, including Italy, France, Spain, California, and Washington. Choose the Velvet Collection which brings together 8 sumptuous reds and 4 elegant whites, or the Vine Collection which is a wine sampler advent calendar that celebrates wine in all its form.

As seen on The Today Show and recommended by many gifts guides, In Good Taste offers 24 expertly curated wines in one stunning advent calendar. Includes bold reds, crisp whites, and celebratory bubbles from regions across France, Italy, Spain, and beyond. Priced at under $7 per bottle, it's the wine discovery experience that sells out every year. Order early.

Surprise whiskey lovers with 24 bottles in one gift. The 2026 Whiskey Advent Calendar brings together 24 different 50ml whiskey bottles, each tucked behind its own numbered door. Open one each night to discover big name favorites, respected bottles, and hidden gems made for tasting, sharing, comparing, or keeping entirely to oneself.

The 12 Days of Christmas Advent Box includes a selection of beers hand-picked by Certified Beer Servers. Beers are directly sourced from small breweries across the country, which ensures you’re getting the freshest brews possible. The Christmas Box will include a mix of breweries and beer styles along with tasting notes, fun gifts, and more.

An award-winning collection of whiskeys; this advent calendar contains a standout collection of 24 bourbons, ryes, and international whiskeys curated for flavor and character. Along with the bottles, this Advent calendar contains an interactive whiskey guide, two Glencairn whiskey glasses, and more.

Celebrate the season in the sweetest—and most spirited—way with the Anthon Berg Liquor Advent Calendar. Behind each of the 24 windows is a decadent dark chocolate bottle filled with a top-shelf liquor, making every day of your holiday countdown a festive treat. Each bottle is crafted with rich, premium chocolate and filled with an authentic liqueur such a Camus Cognac, Licor 43, Mount Gay Rum, Southern Comfort, Drambuie, Kahlúa, Luxardo Cherry Liqueur, and Cointreau. With three of each variety, there's plenty to enjoy or share.

A highly-coveted Advent calendar for kids, start the countdown to Christmas with the LEGO® City Advent Calendar packed with festive surprises for kids aged 5 and up. Exciting stories unfold each day as kids discover seasonal characters, mini builds and accessories behind every door. This year's version includes Santa, Mrs. Claus, 3 elves, a snowman and a baby reindeer figure.

Bring extra sparkle to your Christmas countdown with this advent calendar filled with 24 days of Japanese-inspired tokidoki figurines. Popping with color and fun, this box includes an assortment of popular characters, from Unicornos to Hello Kitty and Friends to Beverage Besties. It's a delightful way to get amped for the holiday season, and it's a must-have collectible for your favorite tokidoki fanatic.

Explore simple machines, make cute ornaments, and have a merry mechanical Christmas. Comes with kid-tested instructions and all the materials you need to build and hang a different ornament for 12 days. Make ornaments that use real machinery to create festive effects — such as snow “falling” in a snow globe. Great for kids aged 6-12.

This enchanting suitcase-style paper house features a joyful Liberty floral print roof, luxurious green velvet ribbon handle, burnished brass closure, and clever festive illustrations, perfect to display on a table or mantel for a stunning effect. Open to reveal numbered doors, with Liberty floral prints. Inside the first door is a gold tone chain bracelet, with the rest each containing a captivating charm to culminate in a stunning piece of jewelry to wear on Christmas day and beyond. Reuse the suitcase as a charming storage box for your most precious belongings.

Drive the holiday spirit with a Hot Wheels Advent Calendar. Behind each of the 24 doors is either a 1 - 64 scale toy car or an accessory to inspire wintery adventures. The set includes 34 pieces total - 10 vehicles with one that's exclusive to this set, 10 ornament clips to put each car on display, and 10 surprise accessories such as a yeti or gingerbread house for expanded storytelling. Colors and decorations may vary.

Introduce young children to the friendly characters of Richard Scarry's Busytown series. The pop-out ornaments are great for tree decorating. Made to be used year after year as a part of your family's holiday traditions.

For ages 8-12+ This year, holiday magic gets a scientific spin. As curious kids count down to Christmas, they’ll open a new box of this unique Advent calendar every day to find equipment or materials for an exciting science experiment—24 of them in all.

Made from premium porcelain, this is an advent calendar that will offer keepsakes enjoyed for a lifetime. This Advent calendar from Villeroy & Boch arrives filled to the brim with charming mugs, plates, ornaments and more.

Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with Hello Kitty and Friends. Holiday advent calendar is adorably packaged in a 12-day advent with a different piece of jewelry tucked inside each door. Not just Hello Kitty is featured in this Christmas countdown calendar. Cute jewelry collection contains Cinnamoroll and Kuromi earrings and charms. Sparkly crystal embellishments accent the charms and stud earrings.

A highly-rated Advent calendar, this is a great gift for the little ones. HABA's My First Advent Calendar is specially made for children 2 years and up and features festive illustrations on each calendar window, a fold out winter wonderland, 24 colorful wooden animal figures and a story book to go along with each day's special figure.

Help your little ones count down to Christmas with Kirsten Field's set of 24 ornaments they make themselves. Every day of December brings a different felt-and-sticker ornament-crafting adventure—to be completed just in time for Santa’s arrival. Count down to the big day by popping a sticker from the included sheet onto the box as each project is completed. Featuring picture instructions, this kid-friendly set requires no sewing or glue.

A stationery lover’s treasure chest, this Advent calendar from Papier is filled with mini bestsellers and new stationery surprises for the festive countdown. Contents in this 24-day calendar include the company's Golden Groove pen, classic rollerball, plus 2 more rollerballs, and a 3 fine line pen as well as beautiful stationery for letters, notes, thank yous, and more.

New York Puzzle Company's 1000 Piece Piece Jigsaw Puzzles are perfect for intermediate and advanced puzzlers looking for a challenge. The New Yorker is considered to be one of the most highly influential magazines in the world, famous for its in-depth reporting, commentary, fiction, poetry, and humor. Known for its beautifully illustrated covers, many are perfect for challenging jigsaw puzzles. Made in the USA from high-quality, sustainable materials, these puzzles are ideal gifts for those who love a stimulating puzzle experience. Additionally, they provide an exciting and challenging activity for family and friends to complete together.

Make this holiday season a little more magical with 24 days of knitting, surprises, and time for yourself. Each day, scratch to reveal a new chapter of your mystery knitting project, then follow a daily tutorial to discover what comes next. Take it one day at a time and watch your project slowly come to life, stitch by stitch. Inside the kit, you’ll find everything you need to complete your mystery project, including a special limited-edition holiday color of our Yummy Yarn Fine, created exclusively for Knitmas. ✨

Curated to perfection with 12 daily indulgences from Voluspa's best selling Japonica & Holiday Collections. An assortment of 12 unique fragrances. Each housed in a decorative glass votive in a range of ornamental colors. Gold-Plated Wick Trimmer included.

Heart palpitations for 24 days with this Advent calendar where you can build your own true to scale Posche 911. Kit includes a base and diorama measuring approx. 20 x 15 x 10 cm. Detailed vehicle model: 6-piece kit with metal body to slot together and screw in place, no glue required.

Behind each of 12 wrapped doors: 11 premium, brand-name bass lures, crankbaits, frogs, jigs, spinnerbaits, and other tackle items hand-picked by fishing experts (plus a sleeve of 3 limited-edition Fishmas decals).

ATTENTION CITIZENS! Proceed to the nearest fallout shelter immediately! Forecasters predict cloudy conditions in the coming 24 days – radioactive clouds that is! Includes: Base 24 dice plus additional Mystery Dice that are incorporated into the calendar.

Behold The McSweeney’s Advent Calendar. Acclaimed as one of the top Advent calendars around—before selling out in record time, two years running—this collection of twenty-four all-new gem-like minibooks features such luminous titles as The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus, Three Kings White Elephant Gift Exchange, and Bari Weiss’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, alongside comics, letters, author cards, short stories, seed catalogs, appreciations of holiday fowl, and more! Find all of these sitting perched inside a stunning jewel box of a case (once again brilliantly illustrated by Sophy Hollington), waiting to be torn open and discovered for your holiday merriment.

Welcome to Merry Village, where every day brings a new holiday surprise as you count down to Christmas. This day-by-day advent calendar features 12 pouches that open to reveal festive pop-up pieces, creating a delightful holiday display one day at a time. Each reveal adds charming buildings, winter trees, cheerful char

Decorated with details from a vintage Christmas card (ca. 1952) in The Met's Burdick Collection of American ephemera, this charming Advent countdown is sure to inspire artful anticipation this holiday season. Inside perforated compartments for each day of December leading up to Christmas are individual envelopes of puzzle pieces, which come together to create 24 mini images of various Museum artworks and objects. A follow-up to 2024's popular Advent countdown, it contains all-new puzzle pieces—each one magnetic for easy display. Randomized dates ensure that each day reveals an unexpected Met surprise.

.Inside 25 beautifully embossed envelopes, discover 50+ hoops, pendants, chains and flat back studs. All earrings are crafted from Implant Grade Titanium or Solid 925 Sterling Silver, finished in 18K Gold or Platinum, and set with 5A cubic zirconia, the highest grade, cut to mirror the brilliance of a diamond. Every stud features the patent-pending IMBER Flat Back, a closure designed to make flat back studs easier to put on. No threading, no tools, no fiddling. It goes in as easily as a butterfly back, and has the comfort of a flat back.

Count down to Christmas in NYC with 24 handmade mini felt ornaments tucked inside a beautifully illustrated New York City Advent calendar.

Decorative paper with a Vintage Advent Calendar design for your Christmas scrapbook ideasSpecialty designer paper book to cut, tear, and collage8x8 Inches, Single-sided sheets, non-perforatedOur unique collection of colorful backgrounds and craft paper is perfect for all kinds of crafting, stationery, decoupage, origami, invitations, papercrafts, printmaking, bookbinding, handicraft, handmade paper beads and jewelry, as well as other crafty art projects.

I did say these advent calendars were for adults! Delight in 24 days of exquisite pleasure with this luxury advent calendar, designed to bring you together for unforgettable nights of shared pleasure. Behind every numbered drawer awaits a thrilling surprise with brand-name toys and products.