Advent calendar

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Advent calendar

Brit a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them

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Translations

Adventskalender

adventskalender

Advent calendar

n → Adventskalender m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Advent calendar

n → calendario dell'Avvento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"Star Trek: Discovery" Actor Romaine Waite Joins Netflix Holiday Film "Christmas Calendar"

The much-loved contest is an annual fixture on the town's Christmas calendar and made global headlines last year when organisers sent a pie into space attached to a weather balloon.

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The messy but much-loved contest is an annual fixture on the town's Christmas calendar.