# Chocolate Advent calendars - are they gone everywhere? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256 "2017-12-12T03:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/21 "2017-12-12T16:02:08Z")
Reminds me to eat my chocolate for today… Got mine in the grocery store sometime in late November. There was a pile of them back then. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/22 "2017-12-12T18:26:39Z")
We still have the one my godmother made us in the seventies. It’s in remarkably good shape for being 40+ years old. I’m the even days this year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/23 "2017-12-12T18:36:38Z")
Goddamn! That must be some stale-ass chocolate! ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/24 "2017-12-12T18:48:49Z")
Check Aldi or Cost Plus World Market. I saw them for sure at Aldi and I know I’ve seen them at CPWM past years. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/25 "2017-12-12T19:38:13Z")
I saw them at our grocery store (not a chain store) and at Fleet Farm in November. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/26 "2017-12-12T19:53:39Z")
I have one, but I think someone messed with it. All it has in it is candy corn and aspirin. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/27 "2017-12-12T20:45:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Goddamn! That must be some stale-ass chocolate! Well, yeah, once you don’t eat it the first year, you might as well leave it for 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/28 "2017-12-12T20:58:24Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I saw them at our grocery store (not a chain store) and at Fleet Farm in November. Fleet Farm! Damn. I was there in Nov. Made a special trip to Wisconsin. Didn’t see 'em in the store. I did get my chocolate stars, though, so that was worth it. Greatest store in the world. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/29 "2017-12-12T22:16:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Greatest store in the world. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it. I’ve heard that somewhere before… 🙂 [http://www.danandwhitsonline.com/](http://www.danandwhitsonline.com/) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/30 "2017-12-12T22:46:30Z")
Several varieties in varying quality from cheap grocery store chocolate to Lindt to Jacek ( A chocolatier in Edmonton), not to mention several different beer calendars and, if I’m a good boy next year, one with 25 little bottles of scotch! [http://www.scotchwhiskyadvent.com/](http://www.scotchwhiskyadvent.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/31 "2017-12-12T23:43:06Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I’ve heard that somewhere before… 🙂 > > [http://www.danandwhitsonline.com/](http://www.danandwhitsonline.com/) They stole it from FF. 🙂 Glad to see it’s just us here. I was beginning to wonder what changed, that no one here carries them. We checked Walgreens, CVS, Albertsons, Walmart, Fry’s, Michael’s and Big Lots. I really really wanted one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/32 "2017-12-12T23:54:53Z")
I’m currently enjoying a jam advent calendar. It’s very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/33 "2017-12-13T00:08:07Z")
Slightly off-topic, but I somehow managed to go without ever having heard of an advent calendar (or the concept of the period of advent) until 3 or 4 years ago. It it is only since then that I’ve been noticing cultural references to them. (Same goes with the concept of “Ash Wednesday”, which I think I was in my 20s before noticing.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/34 "2017-12-13T17:00:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Slightly off-topic, but I somehow managed to go without ever having heard of an advent calendar (or the concept of the period of advent) until 3 or 4 years ago. It it is only since then that I’ve been noticing cultural references to them. I’m wondering how long they’ve been so commercial, moving from a religious observance to a countdown to Christmas. [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Frozen-Olaf-s-Frozen-Adventure-Advent-Calendar/548386016?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2138&adid=22222222227102956435&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=233172862534&wl4=pla-383149018926&wl5=1021873&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=548386016&wl13=2138&veh=sem](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Frozen-Olaf-s-Frozen-Adventure-Advent-Calendar/548386016?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2138&adid=22222222227102956435&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=233172862534&wl4=pla-383149018926&wl5=1021873&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=548386016&wl13=2138&veh=sem) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/35 "2017-12-13T18:15:07Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I have one, but I think someone messed with it. All it has in it is candy corn and aspirin. They can’t all be winners. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/36 "2017-12-13T18:27:35Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I’m wondering how long they’ve been so commercial, moving from a religious observance to a countdown to Christmas. To be fair, the primary religious observance of Advent is a countdown to Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/37 "2017-12-13T18:32:57Z")
**Darren\_Garrison** , were you raised religious? What religion? Did you have religious family or friends? Not knowing either of those seems inconceivable to me, but then, my family’s Catholic, and I think we put more emphasis on both of those than most Protestants. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256/38 "2017-12-13T18:43:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Darren\_Garrison** , were you raised religious? What religion? Southern Baptist in rural South Carolina. Along with Advent and Ash Wednesday, there was no concept of “giving things up for Lent”, or “Lent” itself. Though I may have been somewhat familiar with that concept from TV mentions early on (or then again, maybe not.) I recall some of the pastors having a distinctly Jack Chickian view on Catholicism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256.md?page=1)