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From the Farmshop to the winter workshop and even something for the dog, Daylesford’s 2026 Advent Calendars bring a little more thought to the festive countdown.
The anticipation of Christmas is often as enjoyable as the day itself, and few traditions capture that feeling quite like an advent calendar. For 2026, Daylesford has created three different ways to count down to Christmas, each with its own character and a distinctly Daylesford sense of place.
Illustrated in-house and inspired by the world around its Cotswolds farm, the three calendars - Farmshop, Winter Workshop and Dog - offer something rather different from one another. There is food and drink, handmade decorations, biscuits inspired by the farm and a collection of treats created especially for four-legged friends.
Rather than simply marking the days until Christmas, they invite us to enjoy the small pleasures that make December feel special.
Farmshop Christmas Advent Calendar
At the top end of the collection is the Farmshop Christmas Advent Calendar, an elaborate 25-drawer interpretation of Daylesford’s flagship Cotswold Farmshop.
Reimagined by Daylesford’s own illustrator, the calendar opens to reveal a selection of food and drink, home fragrance, festive decorations, hand care and accessories. Among the discoveries are treats from the Farmshop shelves alongside seasonal details designed to bring a little more atmosphere to December.
It is perhaps the most complete expression of the Daylesford approach to Christmas: food to enjoy, something to pour, a candle to light and decorations to bring out year after year.
The sturdy calendar is also designed to be refilled and reused, giving it a life beyond a single festive season. At £275, it is undoubtedly a luxury advent calendar, but its breadth and reusable format make it feel more like a collection of small Christmas pleasures than a conventional countdown.
Winter Workshop Advent Calendar
For something sweeter, the Winter Workshop Advent Calendar takes its inspiration from the animals on the farm, the produce grown there and the preparations that lead up to Christmas.
Behind its 25 drawers are hand-iced biscuits made exclusively for Daylesford by British bakers Biscuiteers. There are 24 gingerbread biscuits inspired by Daylesford’s farm animals and Market Garden produce, with the final door revealing an 'ice your own Christmas Tree biscuit' for Christmas Eve.
Designed to appeal to children and adults alike, it has a much more playful character than the Farmshop calendar. At £120, it also offers a different entry point into the Daylesford advent tradition - one centred around baking, decoration and the simple pleasure of discovering what is behind the next door.
There is something particularly charming about a calendar that encourages a little creativity at the very end of the countdown, with the Christmas Eve biscuit providing one final festive activity.
Dog Advent Calendar
And because the family Christmas increasingly includes everyone - paws and all - Daylesford has created an advent calendar for dogs.
The Dog Advent Calendar takes the form of an illustrated dog house, with 25 drawers containing treats and accessories from the Dogs of Daylesford collection. Expect everything from paw balm and a Christmas bandana to felt toys and biscuits in flavours including lamb bone, turkey and cranberry, cheese and roast beef.
Like the Farmshop version, the dog calendar is designed to be sturdy, durable and refillable, making it something that can return for future Christmases rather than being discarded once December is over.
At £100, it is a rather lovely way to include the family dog in the rituals of the season - and considerably more considered than simply slipping a few treats into a stocking.
A Daylesford Christmas
What connects the three calendars is the sense that Daylesford is not simply selling a countdown to Christmas, but creating three different interpretations of how we might enjoy it.
The Farmshop calendar is generous and indulgent; the Winter Workshop is playful and nostalgic; and the Dog Advent Calendar brings the family pet into the festivities. Each has been designed around the Daylesford world, from the Cotswold farm and Market Garden to the food, decorations and everyday rituals that make the brand recognisable.
There is also something appealing about the fact that the calendars are not interchangeable. Instead, each has a clear personality and purpose, allowing the advent tradition to become a little more personal.
For those who like Christmas to be considered rather than excessive, Daylesford’s 2026 collection offers three charming ways to make the countdown part of the celebration — one small discovery at a time.
