If You’re Planning on Buying an Advent Calendar This Year, Get It On Sale During Prime Day
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This year’s Advent calendars have arrived — and there are a lot more of them than usual. You can find one for just about anything, from candy or tea to LEGOs or Hot Wheels to hair accessories or lip gloss. And an assortment of these festive calendars are currently discounted for October Prime Day, which is especially exciting since they have a tendency to sell out well before December, even at full price.
I usually stick to our senior deals editor Sam Daly’s rule of thumb that a good sale is at least 20 percent off, but given the rarity of discounted Advent calendars, I’ve included a handful offering a slightly smaller discount that still feel worthwhile. And if you’re in the market for other stuff, like a new vacuum or fancy blow-dryer, we’ve compiled the best deals in our Prime Day hub.
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A good mix of gemstone keepsakes and screen-free science activities.
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An impressive assortment of products, including my favorite brow gel.
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Lots and lots of tea for cheap.
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Chocolate Advent calendars are classic and a nice way to work a little something sweet into your daily routine. This Godiva calendar includes dark, milk, and white chocolate with an assortment of fillings.
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For the budding illusionist, this National Geographic calendar offers a mix of science experiments and magic tricks.
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This calendar offers 24 days of surprises, 13 of which are science experiments. The other 11 are fossils or gemstones, including carnelian and tiger’s eye.
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And if you’re raising a young geologist, they’ll be delighted by this gem-focused Advent calendar, which reveals a new stone each day. The last day is particularly fun and requires a mini excavation.
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Kitsch, which makes some of our favorite hair accessories, has released a 12-day Advent calendar that contains a satin pillowcase, dermaplaning razors, scrunchies, and more.
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No7 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
You could overhaul your skin-care routine with the No7 calendar, which has travel sizes of the brand’s best-selling products, including Future Renew, a peptide-packed line that helps with uneven texture and fine lines.
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The L’Oréal Advent calendar contains makeup-artist-beloved setting spray, an assortment of the brand’s beloved mascaras, and my favorite brow gel, which freezes my bushy hairs in place.
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As I said in my roundup of beauty Advent calendars, this is a good one for tweens. It’s filled with cutesy hair accessories, like fruit-shaped clips and curly scrunchies.
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Get 12 Burt’s Bees lip balms in a range of scents, including some hard-to-find seasonal ones like Sugar Cookie and Cranberry Spritz.
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Another lip-balm Advent calendar. This one’s from Cliganic, and the balms are made with vitamin E and sunflower-seed oil.
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I’d buy this for the body butters alone. There are four in this calendar along with a wide assortment of hand creams, shower gels, and lip balms.
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Twinings Tea Advent Calendar Gift Set
There’s something quite nice about drinking a cup of tea every day leading up to Christmas. This one contains 48 tea bags, two per day, in herbal, black, and green varieties (including Brooks Marks’s favorite).
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Korres Advent Calendar 2026
Strategist writer Ambar Pardilla says the Korres Greek Yoghurt Wide Awake Eye Gel keeps her from having tired eyes. That, along with the best of the brand’s other products, is included in this 24-day calendar. The box is inspired by Greek folklore and includes traditional symbols that symbolize love, wishes, and warmth.
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And in case you want to DIY one, this nice-looking wooden box is 21 percent off and has 24 slots that can be used for many years to come.
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