With December drawing closer, we thought we would do a quick round-up of interesting alternative Advent Calendars that might be of interest to our readers:

• 2019 Stationery Advent Calendar: Paperchase. The Stationery Advent Calendar from Paperchase is huge and includes £50 worth of Paperchase products for £35.

• Diamine Inkvent Calendar Fountain Pen Ink. The 2019 Diamine Inkvent Calendar comes with 25 bespoke fountain pen inks. Each colour has been created for the calendar and are ideal for fountain pen use. Included are twenty-four, 7ml bottles and one 30ml bottle.

• A Mindful Advent Calendar Set. These handmade natural beeswax candles, with a burn time of 20 minutes, are the perfect way to escape the chaos. Burn one a day for advent and make some time for yourself to sit back and relax.

• 24 Days Of Stationery Advent Calendar: Martha Brook. This personalised 24 Days of Stationery Advent Calendar is every stationery lover’s dream! 24 beautiful items of stationery are waiting to be to be discovered inside the 24 luxe foil embossed boxes that have been designed to look like a row of colourful books on a shelf.

• John Lewis & Partners Craft Advent Calendar. For the fun creatives among you – this advent calendar has everything needed to make decorations in the run-up to Christmas.

• Tinc Collection 2019 Stationery Advent Calendar – Tinc’s Stationery Advent Calendar is an award-winning staple for any child’s countdown to Christmas, with 24 fun-filled boxes offering stationery, gadgets and goodies that’ll put a smile on everyone’s faces!

• Harry Potter Stationery Advent Calendar – Harry Potter-themed advent calendar which contains 24 trinkets including cards, notebooks, and a wand pen!

• STATIONERY LOVERS ADVENT CALENDAR: Kikki K. This Stationery Lover’s Advent Calendar treats you with stationery essentials in the countdown to Christmas Day. The beautiful pink and rose gold gift box hides exclusive kikki.K product behind its doors.

• Unicorn Stationery Advent Calendar (Not on the High Street). They have combined gorgeous unicorns and unicorn sayings with stationery, advent and great designs to create a unique and exclusive unicorn-themed advent calendar.