4th December 2012

After a previous year's disappointment with my Maltesers Advent Calendar* I was very pleased this year to get a Percy Pig calendar. Those unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is Percy should know that he fronts a range of gummy sweets in pig shapes, with varieties including Veggie Percy (no gelatine), Percy & Pals (with cow shapes), and Percy's Pigsty (a new mixture of big and small shapes).

My Percy calendar contains a raspberry-flavoured chocolate Percy shape each day, and a picture of, for example, Percy wearing a Christmas tree on his head.

It wouldn't be fair not to tell you that these amazing products are available at Marks & Spencers, and there's a whole seasonal range of gifts including Percy & Penny piggy banks, and a Percy lunchbox and flask.

* does not contain a daily Malteser

Bonus beats: you can become one of Percy's pals by liking his Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/PercyPig

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Happy Advent! It's not often the 1st December is also the 1st Sunday in Advent, so we get to open our advent calendar AND light the first candle on the Advent Ring. Alt-text for the young people: a picture of an old-looking man (who frighteningly is only 31) about to set fire to a complicated construction of flammable tinsel and coat hangers. Welcome to year X of our Advent Calendar (it's probably 22 or so) and as usual we will be sharing the best of Christmas preparations and traditions as they come to us. Place your bets now on how long it will be until Adam is more than 24 hours late posting on the blog. Since we have a Blue Peter picture today, here in detail (from the "Blue Peter Make Cook And Look Book" 1978) is how to make your own Advent Ring, and for the girls, some Tinsel Birds.

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