27 days. advent calendars.

some advent trivia.

i was curious so i did some research.

the first chocolate advent calendar can be traced back to ... 1958.

the first advent calendar counted the days using ... chalk. 

they would count down the days placing chalk tallies on the ... door.

the origins of the advent calendar come from ... the german lutherans?.

some people used ... candles instead of chalk.

the first public advent wreath was hung in ... december 1839.

the first handmade advent calendar dates back to ... 1851.

the production of advent calendars ended during ... the second world war.

because ... cardboard was rationed.

the first advent calendar was printed again in ... 1946. 

bored much natalia?

yes sometimes,

but i love to know why something is.

just ask my husband or my family,

i ask "why" all the time.