With December drawing closer and with new products selling out earlier than ever, we thought we would do a quick round-up of interesting alternative Advent Calendars that might be of interest to our readers (before they all sell-out):

• 2020 Stationery Advent Calendar: Paperchase. The Stationery Advent Calendar from Paperchase is huge and includes £40 worth of Paperchase products for £28. This year they have also added a Sugar Plum Fairy themed edition as well.

• A Mindful Advent Calendar Set. These handmade natural beeswax candles, with a burn time of 20 minutes, are the perfect way to escape the chaos. Burn one a day for advent and make some time for yourself to sit back and relax.

• 24 Days Of Stationery Advent Calendar: Martha Brook. This personalised 24 Days of Stationery Advent Calendar is every stationery lover’s dream! 24 beautiful items of stationery are waiting to be to be discovered inside the 24 luxe foil embossed boxes that have been designed to look like a row of colourful books on a shelf. Also available on notonthehighstreet.

• Tinc Gifts, Gadgets & Stationery Advent Calendar 2020 – back again for 2020 Tinc’s Stationery Advent Calendar is an award-winning staple for any child’s countdown to Christmas, with 24 fun-filled boxes offering stationery, gadgets and goodies that’ll put a smile on everyone’s faces!

• Under the Rowan Tree – Stationery Advent Box – 25 individually wrapped stationery gifts. Some items will have a Christmas theme but not all so you can use them all year round. You will also receive a special gift for Christmas day.

• Mindful Advent Calendar – Paint Your Own Decorations Kit – creative and imaginative mindful box set contains 24 wooden advent decorations to colour & paint.

• Unicorn Stationery Advent Calendar (Not on the High Street). They have combined gorgeous unicorns and unicorn sayings with stationery, advent and great designs to create a unique and exclusive unicorn-themed advent calendar.

• Flourish and Flora co Stationery Advent Box – Here’s another handmade option full of stationery bits and pieces.

• Pencil Advent 2020 – Present and Correct have teamed up with NYC’s finest pencil parlour, CW Pencils, to bring you 24 days of graphite as you count down to Christmas. Inside these boxes you will find a global mix of old and new implements.

• Paperclip Advent 2020 – Count down to Christmas with paperclips daily! This Present and Correct Advent Calendar features 24 envelopes containing an eclectic round up of new & vintage paperclips. Presented in a black or kraft box.

• Stamp Advent Calendar – Rip off a stamp each day as we count down to Christmas. 200mm x 270mm.