I know, I know. It’s a little early to be thinking about UNIQUE Religious Catholic Advent Calendars.
This one is noteworthy, however, in that it gives away, immediately, what it is you await with intense longing all through Advent.
Forget the prophetic allusions. Forget the O Antiphons. Forget putting up the Nativity set and hiding the most important figure till midnight Christmas Eve.
Forget all that.
I really wonder why they even bothered to put doors.
Bidding ends on the feast of Saint Augustine, August 28.
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Don’t you mess with my Advent.
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