Which Advent calendars are best? It’s that time of year: The countdown to the holidays has begun. And what better way to cross off the days than with a fun and festive Advent calendar?

Last year, to help lovers of fine food everywhere count down the days until Christmas, the gourmet house Comtesse du Barry released an advent calendar ... brought up on paper swans may quibble ...

The most common type of Advent calendar is one that has paper calendar doors and a little piece of chocolate behind each door. You should start with the door marked "one" and work your way up to 25.

This Nativity day-by-day advent calendar includes paper pop-ups to teach the story of Jesus’ birth in a hands-on way. For each day, there is a brief explanation of the Nativity story that is ...