Advent calendars are overrated: here’s a sustainable way to make your Christmas countdown meaningful

written by

Sezzy (the creative)

30 November 2024

Let the countdown to Christmas begin! Did you get an advent calendar this year? I’ve seen heaps around and for once they actually didn’t tempt me, how about you?

I feel that advent calendars are overrated. Before you give me the side eye hear me out! Most commercial ones are just pretty wasteful, you get small or mini versions of products, which have their own packaging and then there’s the packaging the minis were in and then the major packaging to house everything – overall a lot of packaging right!? And where does it end up? Unfortunately landfill. And don’t get me started on the companies actually producing the stuff!!

This Christmas I want to produce the least amount of waste as possible and if this is something you’re interested in, keep reading on.

I’ve created a list of 25 sustainable things to do each day on the countdown to Christmas Day, which doesn’t involve opening a new product every day (or at all). And to make this fun I’ve created it into a bingo card for you to cross off as you do it. See how long til you can get bingo.

Grab my free Christmas Bingo card here
Get my free BLANK Christmas Bingo card here

You don’t have to do these in the order listed below and can skip some if they aren’t applicable to you. That’s why I created a blank one, for you to fill in with other things that are more personal to you!