Advent addicts…
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dad2twins on Dec 4, 2007 in Did I ask for your advice?, Farty Pants Twins, Random thoughts..., Warnings, What was I thinking?
My wife is German. As in, from Germany, and my wife is an Advent calendar practitioner. Did you know Germans where the inventors of the Advent Calendar. Back in the 19th century the German Lutherans would just put a chalk mark on the door beginning December 1st.
Fast forward to today December 2007. Because we have twins, we have TWO Advent calendars. Because it is 2007 and not 1800 and whatever each calendar day has a nice little chocolate candy inside. (No chalk on the door for my kids)
Fast forward to this morning. Day 4 of the Advent and my girls now feel the need to wake up at 5:30 am so they can rush downstairs and open the Advent calendar to get the chocolate candy. Now mind you, they could give a shit about the meaning of the Advent. They are 2 1/2. But tell them they can eat chocolate every morning and, well, let’s just say my girls are now Advent addicts.
If they had their way, it would be Christmas tomorrow so they could open ALL of the days NOW!
[tags] Advent Calendars, German Lutherans, Stupid Parents trying to teach 2 year olds something about Christmas that involves chocolate, Sleep deprived Dads [/tags]
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It’d be pretty funny if you could figure out a way to replace the chocolate in an upcoming day with something like a green been.
Jason | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
Shhh! Don’t tell the Norwegians. They think THEY invented the Advent calendar. Or … maybe that’s why they put all kinds of other crap on there besides chocolate … an inferiority complex or something. Ah well. We’re done with the “small gifts.” My kids don’t do chocolate, as in regular, normal chocolate. (I know. I don’t know where that came from.) So they’re getting M&Ms every day. I’m planning for the sugar crash to last from Christmas Day until New Year’s … so I can finally get some sleep.
Becky | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
Hey…thirteen and four-year-olds don’t give a shit about advent either. Interesting. They give quite an enthusiastic shit about chocolate though.
I’m getting an idea for a new religion.
Lisa | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
LOL. I grew up with advent calendars as well (I’m a triple threat – born in Germany, raised Catholic and had calendars with candy). I’ve struggled to find one this year for my boys.
Shannanb aka Mommy Bits | Dec 5, 2007 | Reply
Precisely why we have a non-chocolate advent calendar my friend… otherwise we would have 2 five year olds hopped-up on chocolate before they even get to school…
Kemp | Dec 5, 2007 | Reply
Ah, the chocolate advent calendar. A tradition in our house, that is until Grandpa dropped the ball last year and stopped sending them, ugh. It is difficult to explain to toddlers, preschoolers, etc…that they can only have 1 chocolate a night. Many a advent calendar have been violated in our home on Christmas’ past.
Tanya~mom to crazy 5 year old boy twins, and a couple of older kids too
Tanya | Dec 17, 2007 | Reply