This afternoon we celebrated the start of Advent. We learned about the reasons behind advent calendars and about different ways it is celebrated around the world before starting to make lovely wintery pictures.

We have an advent candle which we will burn each day as we get closer to Christmas.

Today it was Theo’s turn to blow out the candle. We also have a chocolate advent calendar and, as we have become interested in riddles, we have an interactive Christmas riddle advent calendar to open each day. Can you guess the answer to today’s riddle?

I was first made popular in England after Queen Victoria’s husband Albert put me up in Windsor Castle.

I used to be decorated with candles, sweets and cakes.

Today I am decorated with fairy lights, tinsel and decorations.

Today I come in all sizes and colours.

What am I?