The latest Christmas countdown offerings include teabags, whey snacks, pea isolate chocolate and other miserly fun substitutes. Just say ho, ho, no!
Advent calendars are getting out of hand. Once, they were simply a piece of card with some flaps; a rudimentary 24-day countdown to the birth of Jesus. Then, an honest-to-God genius improved them dramatically by putting a festive-shaped piece of chocolate behind the doors. What Christmas joy.
This year, though, all bets are off. People are ramming any old rubbish into advent calendars. There are gin advent calendars. There are cheese advent calendars. There are £120 scented candle advent calendars, for crying out loud, as if there are actually people in the world who feel festive only when they are being subjected to a different smell every day.
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