You don't know these advent calendars yet.
Each of our Advent calendars is lovingly designed and tells a story with nostalgic illustrations that continues even behind the 24 doors. Open a door every day and immerse yourself in a Christmas world that will delight you. With our Advent calendars, Christmas gets a little closer every day! All our products are manufactured in our Christmas workshop in Stuttgart, i.e. Made in Germany. A good and affordable alternative to filled Advent calendars.
Are you interested in the history of the Advent calendar or that of Richard Sellmer Verlag? You can find all of this here on our pages. You can even purchase a reprint of our first Advent calendar from 1946. Richard Sellmer Verlag wishes you much joy - the traditional house for Advent calendars since 1945.
It's tradition! We offer around 140 different paper advent calendars. Nostalgic, childlike, or traditionally designed. Advent calendars since 1945.
If you are looking for unusual Christmas cards, browse our extensive range.
Our Advent calendars...
- are a beautiful decoration during the Christmas season
- recall the Christmas story
- make children's hearts beat faster
- shorten the wait for the holidays.
- are a nice and affordable gift during the Christmas season.
Whether it's paper calendars without chocolate, with glitter decorations, or as chocolate advent calendars with delicious fillings, you'll find it all in our online shop.
Among our classics are Sellmer paper advent calendars in nostalgic designs – let the romantic scenes transport you to a special Christmas world. Whether it's a Victorian carousel, a festive Christmas room, or wintery snowscapes: our nostalgic advent calendars will accompany you through the Advent season, are a beautiful eye-catcher, and invite you to dream.
Behind every door of our nostalgic paper calendars hides a festive picture – let yourself be surprised!
Accented with fine glitter, our Nostalgia Advent calendars with glitter are reminiscent of poetic pictures from bygone times. Sparkling fir branches, candles and snowflakes create a special atmosphere and are a sparkling highlight. For production, we use a special glitter machine, which has been in use almost daily for over 50 years.
For those with a sweet tooth who loved chocolate advent calendars since childhood, we offer our nostalgic calendars with sweet fillings. Behind every door awaits a delicious piece of Fair Trade chocolate – naturally in festive shapes like stars, Christmas trees, or Santa's boots. This way, you can look forward to a tasty surprise every day and make the Advent season even sweeter.
Improved recipe, at least 35% cocoa content, delicious milk chocolate, calendars available from mid-September
We offer our nostalgic Advent calendars in various formats - from small to large Advent calendars, foldable sideways, and also as practical postcard Advent calendars, which fit anywhere.
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What makes Christmas so nostalgic? Perhaps it's the scent of fir, steaming baked apples, and sweet butter cookies that brings back memories of wonderful Christmases. It might also be the atmospheric candlelight twinkling in the living room as darkness falls outside – or the cozy fire crackling in the fireplace, chasing away the winter cold.
Nostalgia and Christmas belong together like mulled wine and a Christmas market. By definition, nostalgia is an emotion of indefinite longing that makes us recall past experiences we perceive as overwhelmingly positive – for example, a romanticized idea of a certain era or our own childhood. In other words: nostalgia gives us a warm, fuzzy feeling, delights us, and creates comfort. Christmas is therefore perfectly suited for enjoying nostalgic moments.
Experience the Advent season this year with a conscious sense of nostalgia. To do this, you can ask yourself what Christmas things make your heart beat faster. These could be traditions and customs from your childhood, but also small things that remind you of contemplative Christmases in bygone times. A good example is Advent decorations with nostalgic Christmas motifs. Rocking horses, nutcrackers, and Christmas cards in Victorian vintage style transport you to a time when the Feast of Feasts had its own special magic. You can also decorate your Christmas tree nostalgically this year. To do this, adorn it with extraordinary vintage-style Christmas baubles and use traditional decorations like small apples, nuts, or cookies.
In addition to Christmas decorations that evoke nostalgia, you can also establish small Christmas rituals in your Advent season.
To make the first Advent nostalgic, you could take out an old recipe for Christmas cookies – perhaps one you remember from your grandma. Light candles in your kitchen and consciously enjoy the baking process. A cozy Christmas feeling will set in at the latest when the cookies are baking in the oven and their scent fills the kitchen.
Enjoy the second Advent nostalgically with atmospheric Christmas music. Remember your childhood. Surely there are songs you liked as a child and that put you in a Christmas mood. With a cup of tea or homemade mulled wine, you can savor this nostalgic moment. Let your Christmas creativity run wild – in addition to nostalgic cardboard Advent calendars, there are many ways to make the contemplative time of year particularly atmospheric.
