I love the whole new style of 'advent' calendars that are on the market now. You may have seen my previous post and current giveaway for a Ciate advent calendar and a lot of brands are starting to release there own branded advent calendar now.
When I was younger (or at least young enough to get away with it!) I would love going and picking my advent calendar for that year, There were always a lot of different designs, with a chocolate for the 24 days leading up to Christmas and then something a bit special for Christmas day.
Now being older and trying to cut back on sweet treats I think its great that brands are making alternative to chocolate calendars.
Many of the alternative calendars about unfortunately, are quite expensive but given that you are receiving a product I guess its worth treating yourself at Christmas.
When I was out shopping for Christmas presents last week I saw that Collectables had a sale on and everything had a small reduction. I love looking at the candles in there and have been a fan of Yankee candles from the beginning. My favourite scent is Soft Blanket.
As I was looking at the candles I saw that they stocked Yankee Candle advent calendars.
This year they have two calendars, Christmas Present and Christmas Past. Each calendar gives you 24 tea lights, Christmas Present gives you 25 tea lights and Christmas Past gives you 24 tea lights and a votive candle on Christmas Eve.
My obsession with Yankee Candle's came from QVC and over the years I have bought many and now have my mam addicted to them too, so when I saw that they had two calendars, I bought one for me and one for my mam.
My mam likes a lot of the more traditional smells so I think that the Christmas Past calendar will be hers and I am keen on trying some new scents so I will keep the Christmas Present one.
Each tea light burns between 4-6 hours so I think I will be burning a candle each evening in the lead up to Christmas to help me get in the festive spirit.
I managed to pick the Christmas Past calendar up for £21 and the Christmas Present one up for £18 so they are not too expensive but defiantly a luxury purchase for me!
Unfortunately I have not been able to find these on Collectable's website and I have managed to find them on amazon but they are a bit more expensive, Click here to buy!
Which advent calendars have you bought this year? Have you entered my Ciate Giveaway? The winner will be announced 24th November!
Hope your all well and looking forward to the festive season!
Thanks for reading
Tracy xx
This is amazing, I need this in my life x x x x
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I know! I cannot wait until December the 1st to open the first door. Thank you so much for commenting :) xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks incredible! Can't believe I have never seen them before- what a great idea!! I love the benefit calendar as well but it's way too expensive for me- maybe ill get this instead :)
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This post has made me so exciting, as I have got the Yankee Candle House Advent Calendar sat right next to me whilst typing this! I really do love Christmas.. thanks for making me feel 'all festive' this evening! :)
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I know! I am looking forward to lighting a tealight each night on the run up to Christmas. I know I have never been lucky enough to try the Benefit one as it is quite pricey. TK Maxx have last years Ciate Nail varnish advent calendar for £19.99 so I picked one of those up as they were half price. http://www.tkmaxx.com/skincare+cosmetics/mini-manicure-month-set/invt/42045156
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Doesn't it look so cute and festive (almost to nice to open!) I am looking forward to trying the new scents, since I live at home me and my mam will have a tealight each, each day so we should have a lot of choice. I love Christmas, its my favourite time of year and I am glad it has got you in the festive spirit! :) thank you so much for commenting xx
ReplyDeleteThe look great, gives everyone the opportunity to try loads of new scents!
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That's what I like about them too! Sometimes you might not buy a scent your unsure of but this way you can try it and you might even love it! Thank you so much for commenting I really appreciate it! xx
ReplyDeleteI bought one of these advent calendars for my mum, can't wait to see the candles inside! It's a shame the house calendar was sold out when I went to get one.
ReplyDeleteAh I bet she will love it! My mam loves hers even tho she hasn't opened it yet!
ReplyDeletewhen I was in Collectables they had a load of the Christmas Present ones and I managed to pick up the last of the Christmas Past ones.
I still think that anyone who receives either will be in for a treat! Thank you so much for commenting I really appreciate it! :) xx