Advent Calenders
The first known example of a handmade, wooden, Advent Calendar dates back to 1851. Advent Calendars as we recognise them today were first mass-produced in 1908 by Gerhard Lang who worked at the Reichhold & Lang printing office in Munich.
Counting down the days to Christmas can be traced to the 1800's when German Lutherans began to mark out the days leading up to Christmas by burning a candle each day or by marking a wall with chalk. This counting down the days from the 1st December is different from the season of Advent, as observed by the Church where the tradition developed that Advent, is observed on the four Sundays before Christmas Day.
