Watch the video for instructions of how to make a Father Christmas advent calendar, this version of an Advent calendar doesn't have chocolate or treats but still builds excitement to Christmas Day.

such as the secular use of a chocolate advent calendar. There are different readings on each of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas Day, with each Sunday having a different theme and focus.

Nineteenth century Germans coped with their burning anticipation by inventing the now ubiquitous Advent calendar. Derived from the Latin word Adventus, or "the coming," it served as a way of ...