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Couples Advent Calendar
Advent for the two of you, even when December is chaos.
December has a way of swallowing everything. Errands, baking, work, parties, visits. And the two of you? You often don’t really meet again until January.
This calendar gives you one small chance each day to pause and be together. Most days, ten minutes and a little curiosity are enough. Weekends leave room for something longer.
A taste of the cards
Twenty-four days, a few doors left open
The site shows only a few card titles. The full texts come in the PDF.
1Your Candle
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3Count to Twenty
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5An Evening from the First Year
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9A Song for You
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12Something for the First Time
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14In the Doorway
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19Cookies After Dark
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23One Song in the Kitchen
24A Letter
What’s in the file
More than twenty-four cards
- 24 cards for each day of Advent. From choosing your candle to a letter on Christmas Eve. They move from memories of the beginning of the relationship through getting to know each other again and closeness, all the way to gratitude.
- Four blank cards in the file are yours. Write your own ideas on them, so you can keep going in your own moments after Advent too.
- Four vouchers to cut out and share. Each of you gets two, to redeem with the other anytime through the end of winter: A Long Morning, An Evening Without Decisions, One “Yes, Let’s,” and An Hour Just for You.
- A page to reflect on after Advent, to fill in together sometime between the holidays, once the rush has passed.
How it works
One card a day, no performance
- One card a day. Open it in the morning so you can look forward to it all day, or in the evening, when things are quiet. It’s up to you.
- A right of veto. Either of you may decline any card once, or swap it with another day. No explaining, and no hard feelings.
- You can start anytime. Joining on December 8? That’s fine. Don’t try to catch up.
- Phones set aside, at least for the time you give the card.
- No performance. If something doesn’t work out, or you fall asleep in the middle of it, it still counts.
You’ll need one candle for the whole of Advent (you’ll choose it on the first day), paper, a pen, and massage oil.