The first printed Advent calendars came out at the beginning of the twentieth century. An Advent clock appeared in 1902 in a publishing house in Hamburg. A few years later Gerhard Lang published his first Christmas calendar. It was enclosed with issues of a newspaper as a present for the subscribers. In 1908 the same Advent calendar entitled "The infant Jesus" was put on sale. It did not have any windows to open. The first Advent calendar with windows to open appeared in 1920. There were versions which were filled with little presents. There were figurines to prop up, houses to build and best of all were the extravagantly made figurines which could be moved by means of cardboard flaps on the back. There were and are no limits to the diversity of themes. In the old days dwarfs and angels played in the snow-covered countryside. Nowadays the calendars show Mickey Mouse and Pingu. A century after their first appearance, young and old are still delighted by printed Advent calendars. Come and let yourself be enchanted by the the special charm of old Advent calendars.