I have been a sucker for an advent calendar my entire life. Every November I fill 72 tiny boxes with chocolate for my three children. I attempted to fill them with Lego minifigs about a decade ago and was lambasted by tiny voices for the lack of chocolate. Every so often something new and shiny will come along, my eldest has been known to buy his own Funko advent calendar, but always to go along with his chocolate one from mom. My youngest had a Build-A-Bear calendar one year, again alongside her chocolate calendar. This year I sent my mother on a mission to Aldi at 8am on November 4th. She was third in line, waited 45 minutes, and received a golden ticket, which entitled her to one of only ten NeeDoh Advent Calendars our location had in stock. She is now the favorite person in our house.
For me this year, I am completely besotted with the advent calendars that FanRoll has put out. I am trying not to wonder when they started making these, because then I will spiral into distress over how many years I have missed out on this magnificent calendar.
Over a record 26 days, beginning on day one minus one and going all the way to the 25th, you receive all the new dice you could possibly desire. Well, until January. The first day is a bag, and then you fill from there with more joy than Santa’s sack. There are themed dice for Christmas, metal dice, miniature dice, colorful dice, clear dice. A variety of different sided dice lie within a hexagonal goodie box, to delight for many games to come.
In the interests of our readers, and not at all for personal reasons, I took a knife to the box to get a sneak peak, glared momentarily at the sun before sealing it back up, to hopefully preserve some of the surprise. I was giddy and giggling over what I saw. All I can say, in the words of Tiny Kermit’s nephew, is God bless us, everyone!
GeekMom received an advent calendar for review purposes, and what an addiction has begun!
