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Advent Calendars & Christmas Countdowns
2008
Collected by P. F. Andersonfor Winter 2008
• Tweet: Looking forward to my birthday on the 25th. Whoot! Whoot! - JEEBUS
About Advent Calendars
• USCCB: Christmas Season: – http://www.usccb.org/advent/
• Episcopalian Diocese of Washington: http://www.edow.org/spirituality/advent/2008.html
• Squidoo: Christmas Countdown:– http://www.squidoo.com/Christmas_Countd
own
Cooking Calendars
• AllRecipes: Christmas Cookie Countdown:– http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Christmas-Co
okie-Countdown-2007/Detail.aspx
• The Toronto Star: Cookie a day until Christmas: – http://www.thestar.com/living/Food/article/5
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• The Toronto Star: Cookie a day until Christmas: – http://www.thestar.com/living/Food/article/5
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• Jamie Oliver: Countdown to Christmas: http://www.jamieoliver.com/christmas/calendar.php
Kid’s Calendars
• Boowa & Kwala: Online Advent Calendar: http://www.boowakwala.com/calendar/online-advent-calendar.html
• DFC: Advent Calendar: http://www.rhgdigital3.co.uk/thedfcadvent/
• Help Kidz Learn: Advent Calendar: http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/advent_calendar/advent_calendar.swf
• Woodlands Junior School (Tonbridge): http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/
• KidThing: Free Countdown to Christmas, 25 surprises: – http://store.kidthing
.com/detail/?ID=MTI3Mw==
• KidZone Finland: Christmas Calendar: http://www.kidzonefinland.org.uk/christmas/flash_content/mainpage.html
• LEGO City Advent Calendar
• Teaching Mom: Learning Advent Calendar: http://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html
Educational Calendars
• BBC: Bach: Advent Calendar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/bach/adventcalendar/
• BBC: Today's Advent Calendar: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7749000/7749926.stm
• Intute: 2008 Advent Calendar: http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/blog/category/advent-calendar/2008-advent-calendar/
• National Museums Liverpool: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/advent/
• New Zealand: Tepapa Museum: Christmas in the Collections: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Theme.aspx?irn=823
• Boston: Hubble Space Telescope: Advent Calendar: – http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/
hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
• British Trams Online (Trains): Advent Calendar: http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/advent.html
• Official Word Magazine Advent Calendar Now Online: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/official-2008-word-magazine-advent-calendar-now-online
Marketing Calendars
• Jamie Cullum: Cullumdar: – http://advent.jamiecullum.com/
• ThrillJockey: http://www.thrilljockey.com/holiday/?utm_source=AdventCalendar&utm_medium=Promo&utm_campaign=Outlets
• WebUser: Online Advent Calendar 2008: http://www.webuser.co.uk/specials/272999.html
Do-It-Yourself Calendars
• eHow: How to Sew a Countdown-to-Christmas Calendar: – http://www.ehow.com/how_4557225_sew-c
ountdowntochristmas-calendar.html
• Unique Advent Calendar from Matchboxes: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/90655/unique_advent_calendar_from_matchboxes.html?cat=30
• Maya Made: Countdown Calendar: – http://mayamade.blogspot.com/2008/11/co
untdown-calendar.html
“Good Will” Calendars
• Action for blind people: http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/advent-day-1,659,SA.html
• Advent Calendar on Sustainable Development: http://www.advent-calendar.info/
• Goodwill Sweater Advent Calendar, part 1 - sample tweet (Tweet):– Sweater #21 and Houston Goodwill Stores
http://tinyurl.com/8g4ufn
• Goodwill Sweater Advent Calendar, part 2: http://matthewwettergreen.com/2008/12/21/sweater-21-and-houston-goodwill-stores/
• Goodwill Sweater Advent Calendar, part 3: Tweet:– Christmas party at Philip’s. Brought all the
sweaters and everyone’s wearing one. Only a couple people missing.
• Goodwill Sweater Advent Calendar, part 4: Holly, jolly Christmas sweaters: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6172196.html
Entertainment & Multimedia Calendars
• Calm Asylum: Advent Calendar: http://calm.adventcalendaronline.com/
• Dickinson Dees - Games Advent Calendar: – http://dickinsondees.adventcalendaronline.
com/
• Straight No Chaser: http://christmascountdown.sncmusic.com/
• Dr Who: Advent Calendar: http://atts-merrychristmas.blogspot.com/
• BBC: Dr. Who: Advent Calendar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/misc/advent08/
• Electric December: Online Seasonal Countdown Calendar: http://www.electricdecember.org/08/calendar/
• French Cinema: http://ns352037.ovh.net/~avent/gdpn/
• Grant’s Advent Calendar 2008: http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/24/grant’s-advent-calendar-2008-video-podcast-day-024-christmas-eve/
• PlayLouder: Advent Calendar: http://playlouder.com/content/17579/maps-advent-calendar-free-music-every-day-til-christmas-eve
• Holidays on the Net: A Holiday Video Countdown to Christmas: – http://www.holidays.net/adventcalendar/
• VisuTech: Season’s Greetings: http://www.visumedia.info/advent/visutech/
Blog Calendars
• Brendan McKillop: Christmas Comic Cover Countdown Calendar: – http://www.brendanmckillip
.com/labels/Comic%20Advent%20Calendar%202008.html
• 2008 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar: – http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.co
m/2008/12/01/2008-comics-should-be-good-advent-calendar/
• 2008 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar - Day One:– http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.co
m/2008/12/01/2008-comics-should-be-good-advent-calendar/
• Organized Christmas: Holiday Tip of the Day: http://organizedchristmas.com/
• Organized Christmas: Christmas Countdown: http://organizedchristmas.com/christmas-countdown/calendar
Google Holiday Calendars & Countdowns
• Google: Countdown to Christmas Doodle 15: – http://www.google.com/doodle15.html
• Google: Countdown to Christmas Doodle 15: – http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.
html
• Google’s Countdown to 2009: – http://www.google.com/countdownto2009/
• Google: Countdown to 2009:– Christmas Eve: the Weather at the North
Pole? Clear and Cold
• NORAD: Countdown to Track Santa:– http://www.noradsanta.org/en/countdown.h
tml
Lesson Learned?
• Tweet: @Blackfeathers:– I still got a lot of time. 376 days until
Christmas. LOL