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The holiday season is a lot of building up to the main event. There's shopping, gift-wrapping, decorating, and filling your seasonal to-do list with nostalgia-ridden activities like sledding and hot cocoa drinking by an open fire. If you're lucky enough to treat yourself to some cozy traditions with loved ones, it can easily be the best time of the entire year.
But, if the holidays for you mean celebrating Christmas, they really boil down to just one day - and one evening - of the year. Build up helps us get more out of the best season, turning those couple days into a bonafide season.
One of the best "build up" traditions is the advent calendar. Each day, you get to surprise yourself or loved ones with a treat. Candy, grooming products, little notes, and other daily reminders of care and appreciation that you may otherwise be too busy for the rest of the year. It's an easy way to make every day of the holiday season feel special and exciting.
If you're looking for your own advent calendar, below you'll find 17 great options.
Looking for more gift ideas? Check out all of Insider Picks' holiday gift guides for 2018 here.
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