2023-12-12 09:40:34
Helsinki: Celebrations vary from season to season. Christmas celebrations are also full of variations. Christmas means we can have cake, stars, haystacks and Santa. But if the month of December is born, opening the calendar till the day before Christmas is an interesting ceremony in European countries. The days of Advent, derived from the Latin word ‘adventus’ meaning ‘coming’, begin four Sundays before Christmas. It reflects the hope for the coming of Jesus Christ. Christmas calendars in many European countries date from December 1st to these historical Advent days.
There are different calendars available in the market as per the individual taste. Christmas calendars range from chocolates, crafts, ornaments, teapots, science experiments and miniature beer bottles. New curiosities await as you open the calendar daily. In workplaces and schools, these calendars are often gifted. The elders of the family make their own calendars and present them to the children. Chocolate calendars are children’s favourites!
∙ Calendar darkened by world wars, Eisenhower regains popularity
Like many modern Christmas practices, the Advent calendar is of German origin. Beginning in the early 19th century, German Protestants began to mark the days of Advent. They welcomed Advent by making chalk marks on doors or lighting candles. The earliest advent calendars were made of wood. In 1851, the first wooden advent calendars were created by the hands of an artisan.
The first printed calendars appeared in the early 20th century. The innovation of adding small doors was contributed by Gerhard Lang in the 1920s; He is known as the creator of the modern calendar. Lang’s business closed just before the outbreak of World War; Later, when the Nazis banned the printing of picture calendars, the calendars disappeared once more.
After the war, German publisher Richard Zellmer revived the concept and focused his marketing efforts on the US market. Partnered with President Eisenhower, established a charity movement with the President and his family. A picture of Eisenhower opening an Advent calendar with his grandchildren was published in several national newspapers. This led to the advent calendar becoming more popular. Selmer’s company still produces more than a million calendars a year in 25 countries. is a publishing house in Germany devoted exclusively to the production of Advent calendars; Selmar-Verlag
Chocolate-filled calendars began appearing in the late 1950s. Later it spread all over the world. In 1971, the Cadbury Company entered the market with its chocolate calendar
∙ Nanotechnology to London Railway Station
A group of nanotech experts in Germany have created the world’s smallest advent calendar. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s largest advent calendar was made in 2007 at St. Pancras railway station in London. The massive calendar, 233 feet tall and 75 feet wide, was built for the re-opening celebrations following the station’s renovation.
For more than 15 years, the town hall in Baden-Wuttenburg, Germany has been transformed into the world’s largest advent calendar house. Each of the 24 windows is decorated with a new Christmas scene each night until Christmas Day. The advent calendar has been a part of Finnish Christmas for eight decades. Calendars were brought to Finland by ‘Scouts’ in the 1940s. For decades, calendars have already been enshrined in Christmas traditions and in the hearts of Finns.
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