Fabulous
By Someone with Impeccable Taste and Several Labradors.
Really, what a marvellous little diversion. The Jacquie Lawson Sussex Village Advent Calendar is simply dripping in yuletide charm — all the joy of a traditional English Christmas without the bother of hosting actual guests.
One opens a new window each day to reveal a flawlessly illustrated vignette: perhaps a brass band tuning up by the village green, or a charming hedgehog in a tasteful scarf. It’s all rather enchanting — like stepping directly into a Richard Curtis film, minus the emotional mess and with significantly more tasteful decor.
The games and activities are delightfully diverting — one spent a shocking amount of time decorating a virtual tree (far better than the Zimmermans’ horror in last year’s newsletter, incidentally). And the music! Carols so perfectly rendered, one suspects the Royal College of Music may have had a hand.
Frankly, if one isn’t partaking in Jacquie’s annual digital winter wonderland, one isn’t really celebrating Christmas. It’s the Fortnum & Mason hamper of advent calendars — entirely unnecessary, wildly opulent, and absolutely essential.
Really, what a marvellous little diversion. The Jacquie Lawson Sussex Village Advent Calendar is simply dripping in yuletide charm — all the joy of a traditional English Christmas without the bother of hosting actual guests.
One opens a new window each day to reveal a flawlessly illustrated vignette: perhaps a brass band tuning up by the village green, or a charming hedgehog in a tasteful scarf. It’s all rather enchanting — like stepping directly into a Richard Curtis film, minus the emotional mess and with significantly more tasteful decor.
The games and activities are delightfully diverting — one spent a shocking amount of time decorating a virtual tree (far better than the Zimmermans’ horror in last year’s newsletter, incidentally). And the music! Carols so perfectly rendered, one suspects the Royal College of Music may have had a hand.
Frankly, if one isn’t partaking in Jacquie’s annual digital winter wonderland, one isn’t really celebrating Christmas. It’s the Fortnum & Mason hamper of advent calendars — entirely unnecessary, wildly opulent, and absolutely essential.
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Excellent
Awesome and excellent
Lovely advent calendar
My favourite of all Jacquie Lawson’s advent. calendars. I reset it and did it again this year along with the Paris one. Much prefer this one.
Wondrous!
Just what I’ve been looking for! I’ve been looking for an advent calendar app for years. Most are commercial, venal, and full of ads. This is spectacular, and totally worth the price! I’ve enjoyed this app every day, and I’m sorry the month is over now. Can’t wait until next year. Thank you from across the pond!
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Very well put together despite a few things
I’m really enjoying this advent calendar however I have noticed that some features don’t work which ruins the fun of the calendar. Such as the Christmas tree in the apartments you can’t decorate it apart from putting lights on it, the rest don’t show up. Then on day 8 decorating the Christmas cracker apart from the base the rest of decorations don’t show up when you click on them. If features like thoughs could get fixed this advent calendar would be 10/10
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