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Paris, France — Advent is regarded as the first season or the beginning of the liturgical year in the Western Christian church calendar starting on the Sunday closest to November 30th and ending on Christmas, a time of waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ on Christmas. Advent wreaths adorn homes and churches with their four candles — three purple and one pink — symbolizing hope, love, joy (represented by the pink candle and traditionally lit on the third Sunday of Advent) and peace. Advent calendars are traditionally used to count the days of Advent leading up to Christmas and its joys. Although today a host of goodies has entered into the spiritual scene including objects to delight young and old alike.Not surprisingly in France many of these surprise-filled Advent calendars revolve around food. The Gourmet Gazette brings you a small repertoire of these holiday staples and some of the houses ship not only in France but to the wilder shores beyond.
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A Gourmet Gazette Slide Show of French Advent Calendars
The Parisian gourmet house of Dalloyau is presenting an urban and pop art Advent calendar designed by the artist Bishop Parigo and filled with a host of the house’s chocolates, candies and surprises. Photo courtesy Dalloyau. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The Advent calendar from the house of La Boîte du Fromager (the cheese monger’s box) is offering for 24 days a selection of exceptional and rare cheeses selected by French cheese specialist François Bourgon and 12 wines to sample them with as well as explanatory notes. The boxes are shipped with 12 cheeses each, ten days apart to guarantee the quality of the product. The Boîte du Fromager delivers throughout France and to some European countries. Photo ©Courtesy La Boîte du Fromage. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The Advent calendar from the house of La Boîte du Fromager (the cheese monger’s box) is offering for 24 days a selection of exceptional and rare cheeses selected by French cheese specialist François Bourgon and 12 wines to sample them with as well as explanatory notes. The boxes are shipped with 12 cheeses each, ten days apart to guarantee the quality of the product. The Boîte du Fromager delivers throughout France and to some European countries. Photo ©Courtesy La Boîte du Fromage. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The French caterer Thiriet has brought out an exceptional Advent Calendar devoted to its gourmet ice-creams and sherbets. Photo courtesy Thiriet. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The house of Maria Galland Paris is one of the great tried and true traditional French beauty brands, founded back in 1962. The house is offering its traditional Advent calendar filled with a host of beauty surprises for cleaning, moisturizing and regenerating your skin. Photo courtesy Maria Galland Paris. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The house of Maria Galland Paris is one of the great tried and true traditional French beauty brands, founded back in 1962. The house is offering its traditional Advent calendar filled with a host of beauty surprises for cleaning, moisturizing and regenerating your skin. Photo courtesy Maria Galland Paris. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The house of Lenôtre, one of the most famous of the French caterers, is offering a Provence-inspired calendar with visions of perched villages, fountains and olive trees conceived by the Nice-based artist Eric Garance behind which one finds myriad sweets. Photo courtesy Lenôtre. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The house of Lenôtre, one of the most famous of the French caterers, is offering a Provence-inspired calendar with visions of perched villages, fountains and olive trees conceived by the Nice-based artist Eric Garance behind which one finds myriad sweets. Photo courtesy Lenôtre. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
The great French pastry chef Pierre Hermé is offering a dreamy Advent calendar filled with 25 delicious surprises encased in a jewel-box like setting designed by Safia Ouares. Photo courtesy La Maison Pierre Hermé Paris. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette
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