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The 2021 Christmas Calendar

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It’s hard to believe that this is the THIRD year of a Christmas Calendar!

All summer, as I’d been thinking about the upcoming holiday season, my dream designer for this year’s calendar was Apryl Stott (I learned who she was after her spectacular debut picture book, Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light, came out last fall and then I discovered she’d done all the illustrations for our beloved Grandpa Beck games!).

When I finally got up the nerve to ask her if she’d be willing, I was THRILLED when she immediately responded with an enthusiastic yes.

And then when she started sending me drafts? I was even more thrilled.

I love love love this Christmas Calendar so much and I hope you will too!

(P.S. Last year’s Rad Reader Christmas Calendar and the Camp Castle Advent Calendar are also both still available for download here!)

Free Christmas Calendar

Let me tell you a bit about this Christmas Calendar.

  1. It’s 100% free! You can download as many copies as you’d like for your personal use (pop in your email address at the bottom of this post and it’ll come right to your inbox). You’re welcome to pass them out to friends, give them as gifts, offer them at your library or print one for all your grandkids! As long as you’re not selling them, you’re welcome to use it however you’d like!
  2. You can print it at whatever size you’d like! I have a personal preference for the 36×48 engineering print which costs less than $7 to print (instructions for printing engineer prints here).  But it’s also really great at a 24×36 size or in an 18×24. You can even print it on a regular sheet of paper with your home printer!
  3. It’s the most epic coloring project of all time!  Hand over some crayons or pencils or makers and a copy of this advent calendar printable and go to town – there are so many delightful details and it’s so much fun to color. You can color it all at once at the beginning of the month or do a bit every day as you read along!
  4. There is a reading activity every day from December 1 – December 24. Obviously the highlight of this Christmas Calendar is reading daily with your children. At the bottom of the calendar there is a suggested activity for each day. You can do them in any order you’d like and if you need suggestions for books to read, I have general lists and themed lists here, so if you need some suggestions for reindeer books or nativity books or snowman books, I have you covered!

Fun Ways to Use Your Free Christmas Calendar

There is no right or wrong way to use this Christmas Calendar, but here are a few ideas to get you started.

A few suggestions:

Give it as a gift. If you add a new Christmas book to your collection each year roll up a copy of the printable advent calendar and tie it on top! (this also makes a perfect neighbor gift!).

Make one giant copy of the advent coloring calendar and let your children color it on a snow day leading up to December!

Have a coloring party! It’s not just for kids – adults can get in on the fun too. Plus, it’s surprisingly relaxing. Turn on some Christmas music and enjoy the together time. You can make one big one to work on together or print off smaller copies for each person. Bonus points if you pick up some fresh new crayons or pencils.

Use it as wrapping paper for a Christmas book. Or, once your family is done with it, use it to wrap those last few gifts on Christmas Eve – it’s no waste and your child will love seeing their coloring adorning a gift under the tree on Christmas morning!

Use it as holiday decor. This kids advent calendar is so fun and festive it makes for really beautiful holiday decor. Hang it somewhere your whole family can see it and be reminded to make reading a wonderful part of your holiday festivities!

Sign up to get the Advent Coloring Calendar

Ready for a free copy of the advent coloring calendar? Pop your email address in below and it’ll come right to your inbox so you can get printing!

I am SO thrilled with how it turned out and I can’t wait to see your families using it this holiday season.

And if you share it on Instagram, please tag me (@everydayreading) so I can see them out in the real world.

Happy holiday reading!

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Photos by Heather Mildenstein

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70 Comments

  1. Hi! I love these advent reading calendars! I was hoping to do one of the older ones and I put my email in a week ago, but didn’t receive anything. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
    Thank you!

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  2. Hi! First let me start off by saying how much I love love love these holiday calendars. My daughters are now 3 and 5 and I’ve gotten so much tips from you and they now love reading. I just wish I had more time to read myself! ☺️
    I signed up for the Christmas calendars and never got them in my inbox. Can someone please send me a copy please?
    Thank you.

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  4. Hi there! I filled out the subscription form multiple times and I still haven’t received the email with calendar. Is there anything you can do?

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  5. I dont understand what a “reading” calendar is. I like the drawings and particukarly the price, but is there a book to go along with them? I just dont know why they are called reading calendars ? ?

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  9. I would love to have one of each year and then as we go to our different children’s houses the month of December everyone’s will be different and we will all enjoy seeing the different calendars . I think this will be so much fun. Shelley

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  11. Can you please sens me all of the Christmas Advent Calendars? I cannot find/see the links, maybe they are hiding under the ads??? I am not sure why not. Thanks so much!

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  13. May I please have a copy of this advent calendar? My students loved the Halloween one and I like that this one isn’t too Christmas-ey for my students that don’t celebrate Christmas.

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  16. I did not receive a copy of the advent calendars.
    I checked everywhere in the spam and everywhere. Where else should I look?

    Shelley

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  18. I discovered all your past advents & wanted to download them but there isn’t a “place below” for this one to enter my email.

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