There's more than one way to count down to Christmas.
With a puzzle advent calendar, you can either open 24 small packages that eventually form one large puzzle, or you can get 24 completely separate mini-puzzles.
Both options have their merits.
The large puzzle is perfect if you love the feeling of watching an image grow day by day and want to make December one long puzzle project.
But maybe you don't want that.
Maybe you just want a small break every day.
See all puzzle advent calendars with mini-puzzles at Puslespilsbutikken here.
You don't need to have an unfinished puzzle lying around all December
Let's be honest.
December is hardly the month when you have the most free table space.
There needs to be room for Christmas food, advent candles, advent wreaths, wrapping paper, cookies, laptops, the kids' stuff, and everything else that mysteriously finds its way to the dining table. Maybe you also need to have dinner some days, and maybe you'll have guests.
So maybe it's not so tempting to reserve part of the table for a large puzzle that slowly grows throughout December.
See all puzzle advent calendars with mini-puzzles at Puslespilsbutikken here.
With 24 separate mini-puzzles, there's no need to let an unfinished puzzle take up space.
You open the day's box.
You complete the day's small puzzle.
And when you're done, it can be put away again.
No pressure. No tidying up. No risk of a Christmas dinner suddenly being served on top of 347 puzzle pieces.
Just a small puzzle and a small break.
24 small breaks instead of one big project
That's perhaps the biggest difference.
A calendar with one large puzzle gives you one project that develops throughout December.
A calendar with 24 mini-puzzles gives you 24 small, joyful completions.
You can finish the day's puzzle in 10–30 minutes and be completely done.
You can take it to the summer house. You can take it on the train and to work.
Do it with a friend.
Do it while you drink your morning coffee.
Or save the day's small puzzle for when you really need to unwind.
And there's something quite satisfying about being able to say:
"There. Today's puzzle is done."
See all puzzle advent calendars with mini-puzzles at Puslespilsbutikken here.
Who is the separate mini-puzzle calendar for?
It's for you if you:
- want a bit of daily puzzle enjoyment
- don't want to have a large, unfinished puzzle lying out
- don't have a permanent puzzle-solving spot
- love the feeling of completing something entirely
- want to be able to put away the day's puzzle again
- think 10–30 minutes of calm sounds more realistic than a big December project
And perhaps especially for you who think:
"I love puzzles. I just don't want one lying on my dining table for 24 days."
Fair enough.
You don't have to.
24 small puzzles. 24 small breaks.
That's the whole idea.
You don't have to choose one calendar because the other is worse. They simply offer two different kinds of puzzle enjoyment.
But if you want a bit of puzzling every day without committing to one big project, then 24 separate mini-puzzles are a truly delightful way to count down to Christmas.
And perhaps this is precisely the kind of calendar that best suits a December where there's already plenty to keep track of.
See all puzzle advent calendars with mini-puzzles at Puslespilsbutikken here.
