High street department stores like John Lewis also carry a huge number of advent calendars, and based on last year offer big discounts on many of them. Nowadays there are tens of thousands of brands and retailers taking part in the sale event, slashing prices on thousands of products ahead of the festive season.

It may also be worth shopping via the app of some retailers to bag extra discount codes to reduce the price of your advent calendar even more. While most offers will run across the whole weekend, ending on Cyber Monday at midnight, some retailers do choose to release exclusive savings at different times. The annual shopping bonanza always follows on from the Thanksgiving holiday in America, which is every fourth Thursday in November. The Sun Vouchers has discount codes for many stores that sell advent calendars, including Lovehoney, Look Fantastic and Marks & Spencer. But there are so many more than these: From toddlers to tweens, there's sure to be one that satisfies their craving to open up something before Christmas morning.These can be good online destinations to head to when the discounts start to launch because of the massive selections to choose from. For beer fans, there are many beer advent calendars on the market this year, which include a range of bitters, stouts, IPAs and pale ales behind their doors.

There are plenty of advent calendars to choose from this year - it all depends on the kind of calendar you're looking for. We personally love the Brewdog Craft Beer Advent Calendar and Beerwulf Advent Calendar, which each include 24 drinks to sample this December. Nothing's better than a good G&T – and a gin advents calendar gives you an individual bottle of a different tipple to try every day in December.So if you are looking to bag a bargain and don't mind playing catch up, there's a chance you'll find even more discounts on advent calendars as the weeks to Christmas creep closer. Beauty fans are sure to love counting down to Christmas with luxurious makeup and beauty buys to try at home from brands such as Clarins, Charlotte Tilbury and many more.