This year's cheeses include Ilchester Apple, Onion and Sage, Applewood, Mexicana and Ilchester Cheddar with Caramelised Onion. Each day of Advent reveals one of seventeen different flavours of mini jar of jam or spread – every recipe developed especially for the season and not usually available in the UK - such as: It contains 24 individual cheese including 12 from the Somerset-based Ilchester Cheese Company, plus there's a cheesy joke behind every door. Behind each door is a small bag of popcorn in six different flavours: Butterscotch, Cherry Pie, Chocolate Orange, Gingerbread, Cocoa Caramel and Christmas Pudding. There are some amazing treats inside including 12 hot chocolate bombs in different flavours, eight hot chocolate spoons and sprinkles.

This year’s beautifully evocative design features an enchanting Christmas workshop which Santa’s merry elves have filled with delicious, exclusive treats and surprises. The Pringles calendar is great for any crisp lover - but be aware it's not the best value Credit: Kevin Dunnett

Inside: soaps, shower creams, face washes, body butter, sheet masks, shampoo, conditioner, hand creams Behind each of these doors, you'll find a handmade gourmet marshmallow in a range of boozy flavours including Raspberry and Prosecco, Peach Bellini, Violet Gin and Pina Colada. Inside: 24 individually designed vanilla biscuits, total weight 275g. 100cm x 60cm embroidered cloth calendar sold separately Inside: 12 5cl gins including Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin, Tarquin’s Cornish Dry Gin, Edinburgh Gin Classic and 12 150ml Fever Tree tonics including Elderflower and Spanish Clementine Inside: candles, eau de toilettes, eau de parfums, shower oil, scented soap, hand wash and holiday decorations

So whether you invest or not may depend on how much you love opening those little doors in the run up to the big day. Step into Santa's workshop with our gorgeous limited edition Advent Calendar - with exclusive complimentary gift box Inside: 24 187ml bottles of wine including merlots, pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, shiraz and a malbec Here, Lynsey Hope rounds up ten of the best offerings for December 2023. Bird & Blend Tea Co. Advent CalendarIt felt really indulgent and special, warming for the winter and perfect for the run-up to Christmas Day. Everything included was incredibly delicious - these really are the tastiest and most luxurious hot chocs around. Not all advent calendars have such dramatic cost-to-value ratios, but the basic principle is that you get more than you pay for. Here are the best we’ve found this year, with plenty of time to buy them before December 1. Unless they sell out! Shortbread has long been synonymous with the festive season making this Walker's advent calendar a winner.

Ask a six year-old what the best advent calendar is and they’ll tell you it’s the one with the most chocolate. Right? Well, maybe in the 1970s. But in 2023 we have Lego advent calendars, Pokemon advent calendars and calendars filled with every kind of sweet and children’s toy you can think of. How can they possibly choose? Inside: 24 33ml cans of Brewdog’s craft lagers, pale ales, bitters and porters including seasonal ales and beers exclusive to the calendar, plus a glass Inside: 25 miniature and full-sized Christmas food and drink products including preserves, chocolates, biscuits, liqueurs, Christmas teas and coffees Inside: 17 different 30ml jars including fig with cardamom, strawberry with guava, orange with mandarin and passion fruit, peach with jasmine flower plus six herbal tea sachets

It’s time to discover the limited edition 2023 Advent Calendar – a perfect gift or lovely treat for yourself! My daughter Olive, six, in particular, loved trying the different festive flavours and it includes a surprise gift for Christmas Day. Loved the design of this calendar which features a festive scene of London drawn by Argentinian illustrator Bernardo Henning.