From Delicious Food To Beauty, There’s One Place With The Very Best Advent Calendars This Year

Every Christmas, advent calendars seem to become even bigger business than previous years. In fact, they now go on sale as we’re all still wishing the summer would last for a bit longer, which means that by the time 1st December arrives, many have sold out. It can, therefore, feel like an impossible task trying to get your hands on the very best calendars in any given year, especially with so much choice on offer. Thank goodness, then, that there exists a place where you can find the most luxurious advent calendars for 2024 – all under one roof.

Fortnum & Mason, renowned for its high-quality food hall, has the best advent calendars of the year and, while there are some delicious treats on offer, there’s so much more than edible advent surprises. For starters, Fortnum’s own beauty advent calendar is one of the most luxurious on the market this year, featuring an impressive 23 full-sized products in the mix. Packed with the most nourishing products which encompass skincare, haircare, fragrance, bath, body and wellness, this translates to some of our very favourite brands – including Sol de Janeiro, Cult51, Aromatherapy Associates and, of course, Fortnum’s own label – housed in beautiful little drawers, all of which are worth over £1,000 and on sale for just £265.

That’s not all. For the tea lover in your life, there’s a Tea & Biscuits Sharing Advent calendar, which each day reveals two servings of perfectly paired silky tea bags and the most delicious biscuits. While this would make for a restorative self-gift to help you endure the chaos December usually brings, it’s also a thoughtful present for your favourite person, with the added bonus that you’re able to share it with them (if they’re that generous).

If you need yet more gift inspiration for your friends and family, Fortnum & Mason also has Missoma’s dazzling advent calendar on offer, packed with excellent jewellery and even an extra bracelet exclusive to Fortnum’s. And, for those you normally treat to a hamper, why not instead give them the extraordinary Fortnum’s Feasting Advent Calendar, filled with mouth-watering gourmet surprises, perfect for your foodie friend or family member.

There are more traditional chocolate advent calendars for children, too, as well as musical iterations, tree-shaped calendars and those decorated with festive nutcrackers. Each offers the opportunity to sprinkle Christmas with that extra little bit of magic this year. There’s even an advent calendar for your dog, so you can bestow that magic on every member of the family.

Our advice? Don’t spend too long deliberating over which to buy – given the wonder these calendars hold behind their tiny windows and treat-filled drawers, they won’t be in stock for long. Thanks to Fortnum & Mason, your Christmases really have all come at once.

Shop: Fortnum & Mason’s Most Magical Advent Calendars For 2024

Hannah Banks-Walker is Grazia's head of fashion commerce. She has previously written for the likes of Harper's Bazaar, The Financial Times, Glamour, Stylist, The Telegraph, Red, i-D and The Pool on everything from fashion to curly hair (hi!) to the patriarchy. Not necessarily in that order. Find her on Instagram and Twitter. But please don't look for her MySpace profile, which until now was the last time she wrote about herself in the third person.