I came across this post recently on Yoyo Mama about Advent calendars which I think sums-up the way most people feel about those nasty, waxy pseudo-chocolates they normally contain.

We love December 1^st - it means we can bring out the Advent calendar. Among more traditional things, Advent calendars are a great way to count down the number of sleeps to Christmas. When we were little, the pinnacle of our aspirations was to get a “fancy” Advent calendar with chocolate behind the doors. Now we’ve got young ones of our own, we shudder at the taste of the overly-sweet, cheap, waxy chocolates that populate most Advent calendars, and at the thought of feeding them to our kids.

So when one of our intrepid mamas alerted us to the existence of Rogers’ Chocolates Advent calendars we had to find out more. We’re already fans of Rogers’, a true Victoria institution, but now we’re even bigger fans. They’ve got three calendars this year: the Heritage Store, a picture of the original Rogers’ Chocolate store front filled with dark chocolate; Twelve Days of Christmas, artwork by Vancouver artist Barb Wood, with milk chocolate behind every picture; and He’s Coming To Town, artwork by Ted Harrison, also offering daily milk chocolate treats. And this is good chocolate too, perfect for your discerning palette, or a toddler you’re hoping will develop one.

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