The perfect way to say Joyeux Noel to loved ones during the holiday season, the calendar contains 23 adorable mini jars of jams and marmalades – each one offering an exclusive fruit variety or unique flavour combination – concealed behind every door. Made to share, the Ultimate calendar is made for sharing with double doses of coffee to enjoy each day, plus a tasty chocolate to heighten the drinking experience. For an end-of-year treat your four-legged friend will love, an advent calendar stuffed with dog treats is bound to get tails wagging.

The team say: "Discover a new favourite flavour profile and taste and explore bottlings that you might not have tried before.If you can’t go without your early morning toast, or love a cream tea, we have the perfect advent calendar for you. Behind 23 doors hides an adorable mini jar of conserve, either an exclusive fruit variety or unique flavour combination created especially for Christmas (count yourself lucky). Coming in three separate parcels throughout the month to ensure the freshest quality, the set comes with 24 individually hand-cut and wrapped cheeses to enjoy. Filled with a selection of all-butter goodies, this year’s calendar pays homage to the town of Aberlour in the Scottish Highlands, which is the home of Walker’s Shortbread. Discover 12 still wines (red, white and rosé) and 12 sparkling, including four non-alcoholic bottles.

Pets at Home is offering a cute range of pet-focused advent calendars this year, and for variety and size, this is our top pick. This chunky calendar has a unique offering of chocolate popcorn clusters behind each door – they're pretty moreish so opening one door at a time is a struggle! Make your elevenses or afternoon tea break a little sweeter with this traditional shortbread calendar from Walkers. This charming calendar means no kid has to be left out: the chocolate inside is all dairy-, nut-, gluten- and soy-free, catering to allergies. To try a variety of beauty products, treat yourself (or your recipient) to Ulta’s 24 Days of Self-Care Advent Calendar.So for the days that it is too cold to venture outside to your favourite cafe, upgrade your morning cuppa during the countdown to the big day with our handpicked selection of advent calendars. If you’re a fan of all things from the Land of the Rising Sun, continue your admiration for Japanese whisky with this advent from Drinks by the Dram.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Every door reveals a different drink, including many well-known favourites from Sandford Orchards’ award-winning range. Build the cardboard tree and miniature boxes to hide each mini packet of sweets in, including Tangfastics, Strawberries and Starmix.Flavours include: Fig with Cardamom jam, Grapefruit and Dragon Fruit spread and Orange with Cinnamon marmalade. Start the lovely build-up to Christmas with an exceptional advent calendar filled with 23 different mini jars of delicious jam and two special surprise gifts from French conserve specialist, Bonne Maman. Trewithen Dairy’s award-winning Cornish Barista Milk will now be available direct to consumers, following its success within the speciality coffee industry and its growing cult status in the UK’s independent.