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The Advent Calendar
History of the Advent Calendar
The first known Advent Calendar, which was done by hand, dates back to 1851. Early styles were the Advent clock or the Advent candle -- a candle for each of the 24 days until Christmas. Religious families hung one little picture on the wall for each day in December. Another tradition was putting chalk marks on the door, one per day until Christmas Eve.
While the German Gerhard Lang was working at the printing office Reichhold & Lang, he produced little colored pictures that could be placed on cardboard each day in December. This 1908 Advent Calendar was the first one to be printed, though it didn't have any windows to open. This Calendar was named "Christmas-Calendar" or "Munich Christmas-Calendar".
At the beginning of the 20th century Lang produced the first Advent Calendars with little doors that opened. At the same time the Sankt Johannis Printing Company started producing religious Advent calendars, with Bible Verses instead of pictures behind the doors.
World War II forced this German tradition to be suspended in Germany, since the German government rationed cardboard and forbade making Calendars with pictures. After the war, the German Richard Sellmer resumed printing of Advent Calendars.
A Christmas Tree Ornament Advent Calendar
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