Today we are delighted to launch the 2024 Real Advent Calendar. We are also  inviting you to become a champion this year by placing bulk case orders,  encouraging people to sponsor calendars for food banks or ordering calendars directly from us. 

The Real Advent Calendar is unique - the included 24 page Christmas story-activity book allows families to discover the Christmas story over 24 days and challenges people to think of others and support Fairtrade.

How you can help

We don’t have a large marketing budget so we rely on a network of people to be our champions by spreading the word, collecting orders from family and friends and placing a bulk order. 

Buy a case for our lowest price plus free delivery

If you buy our calendars in cases of 18 they cost £4.95 and delivery is free. You can also buy calendars as singles and add other items from our Christmas range to your basket with free delivery.* 

See below for more about the 2024 Real Advent Calendar.

David, CEO and Founder of Meaningful Chocolate

*There is free delivery if you spend over £89 (mainland GB ex Highlands and Isles). 

The Real Advent Calendar 2024

The 2024 Real Advent Calendar is unique

The calendar comes with a 24 page Christmas story-activity book illustrated by Martina Peluso. There is a page for every day of Advent and some fun Advent challenges along the way including a £300 children's prize competition.

The calendar is foiled for freshness and behind each of the 25 windows is part of the Christmas story and a delicious festive-shaped Fairtrade milk chocolate.

It's a great way for parents, grandparents and Godparents to share the Christmas story. 

The Real Advent Calendar is made using Fairtrade chocolate - giving producers a fair price and a cash bonus. Money raised from the sales of the calendar will also help provide care and support for mums and new babies in African villages supported by the Funzi and Bodo trust.

Meaningful Features

• 24-page Christmas story activity book
• £300 children's prize competition
• Behind each of the 25 windows there is a line from the Christmas story
• Foiled for freshness
• 25 Festive chocolates made from a quality Fairtrade blend-30% cocoa
• Palm oil free
• Charitable donation
• Recyclable box and tray
• Packed in hygienic wrap 
• Made, designed and produced in the UK  

How to buy (delivery included for cases)

If you buy a case or spend more than £89 with us on calendars or other Christmas items then delivery is free to mainland UK (ex Highlands and Isles).

The calendar, when bought in a case of 18, costs £4.95 or £5.50 as a single.

Why we need a Real Advent Calendar

The Real Advent Calendar was created in 2013 following surveys which showed that 36% of 5-7 year olds did not know whose birthday is celebrated at Christmas. In the same year 51% of adults said that the birth of Jesus was irrelevant to their Christmas. 

It's easy for Christ to be removed from the general marketing of Christmas. The Real Advent Calendar exists to place the story of Jesus' birth at the heart of Christmas.

To help spread the Christmas story we created the Real Advent Calendar with a line of the Christmas story behind each of the doors and a corresponding page in the Christmas story-activity book which expands the story and sometimes sets an Advent challenge.

Kids love the Fairtrade chocolate and they love the book. Parents enjoy reading it with their kids and leaning more about the Christmas story and traditions. Every year we come up with a new edition using top children's illustrators.

The Real Advent Calendar is a great way to put Christ back into the hearts of those who no longer know the Christmas story.