
Advent calendar
‘Dairy Free advent calendar’. I saw this sign in a shop window and wondered what on earth it was about. Then I remembered that advent calendars are supposed to contain chocolate. So if you do don’t do dairy, you need ‘dairy free’ chocolates. Makes sense I suppose. But I’ve always been a little bit puritanical about advent calendars with my children. The joy was supposed to come from the excitement of opening a window and discovering a picture. Not about yet more chocolate, or consumerist stuff. So for the first years of parenthood we had to source old fashioned advent … Continue reading Advent calendar