Advent Calendar Day 22

The pocket for Day 22 of my elder daughter's Advent Calendar contained a wooden reindeer which I had bought at the York Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop when visiting there with my daughter at the end of September. She had liked it at the time, so when she wasn't looking it went in my shopping basket. 

Day 22 pocket

Furry side of the wooden reindeer

Back of the wooden reindeer

When she unwrapped it she couldn't stop stroking it as the furry side of the reindeer is very soft.

The reindeer on the tree

Advent Calendar Day 14

The pocket for Day 14 of my elder daughter's Advent Calendar was the first of the gifts which was too large for the pocket, so there was a card with the number on it in the pocket and she had the numbered packages nearby. The gift was the first one I actually bought for the Advent calendar, rather than hand made or from the family Christmas tree, it came from Hobbycraft. I had hoped that it would arrive flat packed for assembly but it was glued together too well to unglue it, so was too bulky for the Advent calendar pocket. It was a little wooden laser cut house with a light to illuminate the windows and reminded me of some of the intricate laser cut scenes in the York Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop.

Day 14 pocket

front view of miniature laser cut house

Back view of miniature laser cut house

Miniature laser cut house

Miniature laser cut house

She was intrigued by it, then spotted the light switch, pulled away the battery strip and switched it on and exclaimed at how pretty it looked when lit up.

Advent Calendar Day 7

The pocket for Day 6 of my elder daughter's Advent Calendar contained a little reindeer character we first encountered in the Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop in York at the end of September. She had commented at the time that she liked him, so when she wasn't looking he went into my shopping basket along with a few other things. 

Day 7 pocket

Teddy Reindeer Christmas decoration

I bought the brown reindeer character with a pink bow for her younger sister, so when she had emptied the pocket and opened the packet, the two reindeer greeted each other through the video call screen as the girls compared them and laughed.