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I ordered without expecting much and it turned out to be the thing my son talked about all month. Properly painted, nothing crushed in the box, and she opened every single door.
The official one went on the shelves at 49.99 and disappeared. What is left changes hands second hand for 55 to 80, and the shops that still have stock are rationing it. You already know this, because you have looked.
The idea was never the problem. Twenty four doors and a different figure behind each one is a good idea. The problem is that the only people who still have it have worked out they can charge whatever they like.
This is the same idea without the middle. Twenty four doors, twenty four different figures, none of them repeated, in stock and shipping today.
Ordered this week, it is standing on the shelf long before the first of December.
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Velora
This calendar
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The cheap kind
Sold out in the shops
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Twenty four different figures, none of them repeated
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In stock today, no waiting list and no reseller markup
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Figures painted by hand, 5 to 7 cm, not flat plastic
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Checked piece by piece before the box is sealed
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Good enough to keep on the shelf long after December
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45-day money-back guarantee
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Four steps. Nothing to assemble.
Three of them, in their own words.
"Better painted than I expected at this price. He counted down every day and guarded the box like treasure."
"Twenty four figures for less than the sold-out one costs second hand. That was an easy decision."
"December used to feel rushed. This turned the mornings into something we all looked forward to before the day took over."
It comes down to three things.
Variety. Twenty four doors need twenty four different figures behind them. The moment a child works out that day nine is the same as day four, the countdown is over.
The figures themselves. They get picked up every single day for a month. Flat printed plastic chips and they stop being interesting by the second week. These are moulded and painted, and they hold up.
Availability. The best calendar in the world is worth nothing to you in November if you cannot buy it. This one you can.
Every calendar is checked piece by piece before it is sealed, so the box that reaches you is complete and nothing has shifted in transit.
The figures are the part that outlives December. They end up on a windowsill, a desk, the shelf above the bed, and they are still standing there in March when the box has long since gone out with the recycling.
That is the difference between a calendar you throw away and one you keep the contents of.
Verified reviews from people who bought this calendar.
My daughter is seven and the countdown is the whole point for her. She wakes up, runs to the box, opens one door, and that is the morning sorted. I did not expect a cardboard box to change the mood of the house but here we are.
I bought a supermarket calendar the year before and half the doors were empty air with a bit of plastic. The difference here is obvious the moment you open the lid. Everything is seated properly and nothing rattles around.
Bought two, one for each kid, so there was no argument about whose turn it was. Best five minutes of parenting I have bought in a while.
Really good calendar and the kids love it. The only thing is the doors are quite easy to open, so if you have a curious child you may want to keep it somewhere they cannot reach until the morning. Mine got two days ahead before I noticed.
The box itself is sturdier than I expected. Ours got knocked off the shelf twice and it still closes properly.
I am the one who ends up excited about it, not the children. There is something about a small thing to look forward to every morning in the darkest month of the year.
Second year buying one. Last year's held up so well we kept the box and used it for storage afterwards.
My son has a habit of losing interest in things after three days. He did not lose interest in this. He checked the box every single evening to see how many doors were left.
Lovely calendar, good value for what you get. The numbers on the doors are printed quite small, my youngest needed help finding the right one the first few days. After a week she had it memorised.
Ordered as a last resort because everything else looked cheap. It arrived properly packed, nothing crushed, and the contents were better than the price suggested.
We have made it a rule that nobody opens a door until everyone is at the table. It has turned into the only five minutes of the day when all four of us are in the same room. That alone was worth it.
Straightforward, well made, does exactly what it says. No complaints.
Got it for my nephew and ended up ordering a second one for my own house after seeing his reaction when he opened the first door.
Quality is there and my daughter is delighted. If I am picky, the outer sleeve creased slightly at one corner in transit. The calendar itself was untouched, so it did not matter, but worth mentioning.
I was worried it would be the kind of thing that is exciting on day one and forgotten by day six. It was not. The last week was the most exciting part.
Bought it mainly to stop the arguments about screen time in the morning. It worked better than any rule I have tried.
The presentation is genuinely nice. It sat on the sideboard all month and did not look out of place next to everything else.
Everything was intact, everything was where it should be. For something that travels across the country in a box, that is not nothing.
Good calendar and my two enjoyed it a lot. One door was slightly harder to open than the rest and needed a gentle push from underneath. Everything inside was fine.
My daughter guarded it like it was treasure. Nobody was allowed to touch the box except her, and she counted the remaining doors out loud every night.
Ordered one for each of my children so mornings stopped being a negotiation. Money well spent.
I compared three of these before choosing. This was the only one where the photos matched what turned up.
Kept the whole thing hidden in the wardrobe until the first of the month. Watching her find it on the kitchen table that morning made the wait worth it.
No complaints about the product. If they made a slightly larger version with bigger doors I would buy that instead, purely because my son has big hands for his age and fumbled a couple of them.
Simple idea, done properly. That is rarer than it should be.
My wife bought one for the children and I quietly ordered a second for myself. No regrets.
The doors are printed clearly and the card is thick enough that they do not tear when a child yanks one open. Mine yanked.
We put it up on the first and by the tenth it was the thing the whole house was organised around.
Bought as a gift for a colleague's child, wrapped straight from the delivery box because the packaging already looked presentable.
Solid calendar, kids happy, would buy again. Only note is that I would have liked a small card explaining the theme for the youngest, she asked a lot of questions I could not answer on day one.
There is a moment every morning where she stops, thinks about which door it is, and then remembers. That small pause is the best part of my day at the moment.
Good build, good contents, arrived exactly as described. Nothing more to say.
My eldest is eleven and had decided she was too old for this sort of thing. She opened every door.
I have bought a lot of these over the years and most fall apart before the middle of the month. This one made it to the end intact.
Genuinely nice calendar. The only thing I would change is the tape on the outer wrap, it took a knife to get into and I did not want to cut too deep with the calendar inside.
Ordered late in the evening on a whim and it turned out to be the thing my daughter talked about for weeks.
The whole point of a calendar like this is the routine, and this one delivers a proper little moment rather than a token.
Bought one, my sister saw it, she bought two. That is the review.
I am fussy about clutter and I did not mind this sitting out all month. It looks like something, not like packaging.
Very good overall and the children were thrilled. I would say the first two or three doors are the strongest and it evens out after that, but nothing was disappointing.
My son has never once got out of bed without being asked. In December he did, every morning, without fail.
Everything sealed, nothing missing, nothing broken. Exactly what I hoped for and not always what you get.
Bought it because I was tired of chocolate calendars that are forgotten by the fourth. This one held attention all the way to the last door.
It is a well made box of small things and my daughter thinks it is the best object in the house. Worth every penny.
Really pleased with it. The doors on the bottom row sit close to the edge, so I would open those two carefully rather than tearing at them. Ours survived fine.
Second one I have bought from here and the quality was the same as the first, which is the main thing I was checking.
We photographed each door as she opened it and made a little album at the end of the month. That was not the plan, it just happened.
Ordering was simple, the calendar was better than the photos, and my nephew has not stopped talking about it.
I have three children and bought three, which sounds excessive until you have watched two children share one calendar.
It does the one thing it is supposed to do, twenty four times, and it does it properly.
Twenty four different characters, all of them ones your kid will recognise on sight. Which one is behind which door is the surprise, and no figure is repeated.
No. It comes ready to use. Take it out of the box, stand it up, and it is done.
It is one of the easiest gifts to get right. Instead of one object that is opened and put down, it is twenty four small moments spread across the month.
Between 5 and 7 cm, so they stand up on their own on a shelf. Small parts, so keep them away from children under three.
It is rare, but it happens. Every order is covered by our 45-day money-back guarantee. Write to us and you get your money back in full, with no conditions.
Of course, and many people do. One for the house and one to give away is the most common combination, and it saves the argument about whose turn it is to open the door.
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Because it comes to you directly instead of through a chain of middlemen, and because we are not selling the last few boxes of a sold-out run at a markup.
No. It comes ready to use. Take it out of the box, stand it up, and it is done.
Between 5 and 7 cm, so they stand up on their own on a shelf. Small parts, so keep them away from children under three.
Of course, and many people do. One for the house and one to give away is the most common combination, and it saves the argument about whose turn it is to open the door.
Because it comes to you directly instead of through a chain of middlemen, and because we are not selling the last few boxes of a sold-out run at a markup.
Try the calendar at home. If it is not right for you, write to us within 45 days and we refund you in full. No conditions and no questions.
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