Every December, the building becomes the town’s Christmas centrepiece. Much like opening a door on an Advent calendar to reveal a piece of chocolate, every night a window shade

"Although we now typically see advent calendars in houses from the December 1 until December 24, advent calendars aren’t strictly for December only," Hotel Chocolat explain. "Advent Sunday – the first of the four Sundays before Christmas Day – can fall between November 27 and December 3.

Recipients of this year's Celebrations advent calendar would completely disagree, having been left fuming by what they received for the first three days of the month. Behind each door wasn't a Mars bar, or a Milky Way, or even a Snickers. For three days in a row, consumers were faced with a Bounty.

Why settle for just one day of presents on Christmas morning when you can have 12 or 24? With these eight advent calendars, you or your loved ones can unwrap a little magic every day.

Once a relatively austere marking of the days, Advent calendars have become a huge, and often obscenely expensive, business. And not just in December.

Chocoholics itching for their daily dose of bite-sized chocolate could be in for disappointment this December.

If you've been tucking into your advent calendar chocolate in the evening, you might want to change your routine - according to one dental expert, the morning is the best time for it