Forget Chocolate — Get an Advent Calendar Filled With Booze, Beer, Nail Polish or Even Pork Crackling

Here's a secret about adulthood: We tell kids to be patient in the run-up to the holidays, but grown-ups really know that counting down the days until Christmas morning doesn't get any easier as you get older. The other great thing about being an adult? We get to buy ourselves whatever we want (within reason). After all, everyone deserves a treat to get through the cold, dark winter days.

That's where a good advent calendar comes in. You get just a little something every day, making the interminable wait until Christmas go a little easier, but you don't get something so big you'll spoil yourself for the big day. And while toy advent calendars and chocolate advent calendars are always fun, when you're an adult, you can branch out. That means you can get boozy advent calendars, beauty advent calendars or advent calendars for basically anyone you can think of, from coffee lovers to cheese fiends.

The coolest advent calendars you can buy in 2022:

These unique and unusual alternative advent calendars cover a range of interests, but they all have one thing in common: You'll get a thrill opening them every day and discovering what's inside.