Advent

is a big deal here! There are advent candles and wreathes everywhere (that started last weekend) and advent calendars start today. Chocolate for breakfast every day this month! Below is ours from Hussel Confiserie:

Now we just need to get some snow, some gluehwein in a special edition mug, some lebkuchen (gingerbread) shaped like hearts, and a tree. And all of our Christmas music is in the US - so right now we are doing Norwegian Institute of Sound Recording's Advent Calendar. It is a little scratchy.