4th December 2014

If you haven't got yourself an Advent Calendar yet, don't worry, it's not too late. For only £12,000 Harrods will sell you this little beauty:

It's a doll's house, made by Wedgwood, with 24 windows that open up to reveal:

Read more in this Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855776/The-12K-Christmas-Advent-House-porcelain-ornament-window-despite-staggering-12-000-price-tag-isn-t-chocolate.html
The most amusing thing is that the Mail makes 2 glaring mathematical errors. See if you can spot them both!

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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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