Living under the shadow of the Roman Catholic Church growing up, December 1st meant putting up the advent calendar. If you’re not familiar with this tradition, it’s pretty much a calendar for kids to use themselves in lieu of bugging their parents about “how many days until Christmas?”. At this point in life, I’ve forgotten any other symbolic meaning it may have. Anyways, one school year the teacher brought out what I thought was the best thing to happen since the invention of Christmas, a chocolate filled advent calendar. We all picked days and when our day came up in class, we got to open the door and eat the chocolate. And I remember it as pretty decent chocolate. That moment in time has stuck with me as the best advent calendar ever, until last year, when I spotted these two beauties from the Master of Malt site. You can pick either whisky or gin for 24 days of boozy surprises. This year they have premium editions of both making your only decision whether you go brown or clear. If you can’t decided, just get both.
These are such great gift ideas! I’d love to get that whisky advent calendar for my father in law, but I think thanks to budget constraints he’s going to get a sampler set instead. And I just ordered an armagnac sampler for my father – it’s his favorite. Thanks for the recommendation! đŸ˜€
Awesome! Yeah, price point is kinda high. I think the smaller sets are just as nice though. Hoping perhaps some of my family members might check these guides out too. *winkwink*