1st December 2016

Yes, greetings to one and all, and welcome to what we are calling The Official Creen Pro-European Advent Calendar of Novelty. This year, to celebrate the fact we are still in Europe, we are going to share some of our favourite memories and images of Europe, as well as tell you more about their Christmas customs. Today ... the Netherlands!

Miffy, the little rabbit, is from Utrecht in the Netherlands, where she goes by the name of Nijntje (a shortening of konijntje, which means "little rabbit"!)

We visited Utrecht on our recent tour of the Netherlands and saw the Miffy Museum, as well as its amazing Cathedral, and the underground Roman foundations.

Tomorrow we'll tell you more about this:

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Advent Calendar 2025

1st December 2025

Hello! We've sort of lost count, but think the first Advent Calendar was back in 2003, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine says it looked like this: Of course all the links are dead, but the thing it has in common with this year's is that it is still coded in HTML, probably the last thing I will ever rely on coding for. Now it looks like this: Happy Advent! We have gone for the Bonne Maman JAM Calendar again this year, after leaving it too late last year and it selling out at both Fenwick and Selfridges! We get a fresh pot of jam every day to enjoy with our tartines and Ovomaltines. We also have the Domino's "Merry Crustmas" leaflet, and a MUJI calendar we'll show you later in the month. Do let us know what you are opening every day! You can leave a message below, or email us your ideas and suggestions for future days at robotmaths@outlook.com Have a great day!

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