Advent Calendar – 3D Christmas Tree Vevoke

A beautiful and nostalgic die-cut 3D Advent calendar, finished size is 34 x 25.5 cm. Produced in Germany by Korsch Verlag. Note – product is delivered in two parts and folded flat and ready to assemble.

The design –

This lovingly decorated Christmas tree, sprinkled with fine mica by the illustrator Carola Becker-Bühr, is teeming with little bears, snowmen, angels and other magical Christmas figures. The 24 little doors are hidden within its branches to be opened, revealing a small illustration every day as a pre-Christmas surprise. The two individual parts of the advent calendar are simply slotted into each other and a festive, three-dimensional Christmas tree decorates the room in no time.

Origins of the Advent Calendar –

The Advent Calendar can be traced back to the 19th Century, used by German Lutherans to count or celebrate the 24 days leading up to Christmas. The first printed calendar was made by Gerhard Lang. During his childhood, his mother attached small candles to a chalkboard and Gerhard would take one off each day for the countdown leading up to Christmas Day. These early German calendars were sold for many years up until World War II, when war shortages curtailed production. Richard Selmer resumed the production of the calendars in 1946, and some credit goes to President Eisenhower for making the Advent calendars popular in America. These first advent calendars with little doors printed in the early 1900’s continue today. The calendar windows or doors open to reveal an image, a poem, or a portion of a story – typically the story of the Nativity.