Lindt Releases a Life-Size Advent Calendar Priced at Over R3,000!
It’s already advent calendar season, and there are so many new advent calendars to help us count down the festive season. But Lindt is offering something that tops them all. This year, Lindt is taking the countdown to Christmas very seriously, debuting its 2025 Advent calendar that’s 1.5m tall!
The life-sized calendar was revealed by Lindt in October and quickly went viral online with videos on Instagram and TikTok getting millions of views. The massive calendar features 24 compartments, numbered for the 24 days of December, filled with an assortment of full-sized Lindt chocolates.
The exciting find includes Lindt Lindor Truffles, teddies, chocolate bars, and more. It’s currently selling for $190 (R3,200!) in the US, but prices may change regionally. And with 2.7kg of chocolate treats to enjoy, that price breaks down to about R1.19 per gram!
In a TikTok video shared by the account @costcofinds, content creator Laura Lamb held up the calendar to herself, which is just about as tall as her.
In the video, she opens a few of the 24 compartments, numbered for the 24 days of December, filled with an assortment of full-sized Lindt chocolates. Some of the treats she revealed were assorted truffles, sea salt and dark chocolate bars and Lindt’s gold Hollow Milk Chocolate Teddy Bear that comes in a special jersey.
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The large size is a big selling point, considering the calendar has so many uses. It would be a great gift to share with friends or family and it would make a fun, interactive gift at a shared office.
Lindt hasn’t announced any plans to bring the ginormous advent calendar to South Africa yet, but here’s hoping it makes an appearance at Lindt South Africa stores.
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