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🎄 Christmas Advent Calendar 2026 🎅

Open all 24 doors and get a certificate with your name! Save it as a picture or print it. Logged in? It is also kept in My Certificates.

⏳ The calendar opens in 60 days – on 1 December 2026. Meanwhile, try a sample day:

Day 1: Find the Christmas Object Day 4: Agree or Disagree?

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Welcome to the Christmas Advent Calendar! 🎄

Every day, click on a house to open a new festive surprise – games, vocabulary challenges, listening tasks, quizzes, and fun Christmas facts.

Perfect for ESL classrooms, online lessons, or family learning. Each activity helps you improve your English while enjoying the holiday season.

🏠 24 interactive houses to explore
🎁 Daily English learning tasks and mini-games
🎅 Grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and listening practice
🎄 Beautiful Christmas visuals and animations

Start your countdown to Christmas – open a door and discover what’s waiting inside today!

What’s inside the Christmas Advent Calendar 2026

1
Find the Christmas Object 1 December
Read the word and find the matching Christmas object in the picture in 7 seconds.
2
🎁 Surprise 2 December
This door opens on 2 December.
3
🎁 Surprise 3 December
This door opens on 3 December.
4
Agree or Disagree? 4 December
Read Christmas statements, say if you agree or disagree and give a reason.
5
🎁 Surprise 5 December
This door opens on 5 December.
6
🎁 Surprise 6 December
This door opens on 6 December.
7
🎁 Surprise 7 December
This door opens on 7 December.
8
🎁 Surprise 8 December
This door opens on 8 December.
9
🎁 Surprise 9 December
This door opens on 9 December.
10
🎁 Surprise 10 December
This door opens on 10 December.
11
🎁 Surprise 11 December
This door opens on 11 December.
12
🎁 Surprise 12 December
This door opens on 12 December.
13
🎁 Surprise 13 December
This door opens on 13 December.
14
🎁 Surprise 14 December
This door opens on 14 December.
15
🎁 Surprise 15 December
This door opens on 15 December.
16
🎁 Surprise 16 December
This door opens on 16 December.
17
🎁 Surprise 17 December
This door opens on 17 December.
18
🎁 Surprise 18 December
This door opens on 18 December.
19
🎁 Surprise 19 December
This door opens on 19 December.
20
🎁 Surprise 20 December
This door opens on 20 December.
21
🎁 Surprise 21 December
This door opens on 21 December.
22
🎁 Surprise 22 December
This door opens on 22 December.
23
🎁 Surprise 23 December
This door opens on 23 December.
24
🎁 Surprise 24 December
This door opens on 24 December.

For teachers: preview all activities (spoilers!)

1
Find the Christmas Object 1 December
Read the word and find the matching Christmas object in the picture in 7 seconds.
2
What’s Behind the Present? 2 December
Look at the picture and guess what could be hiding behind each Christmas present.
3
Christmas Would You Rather 3 December
Click the decorations on the tree and answer fun Christmas “Would you rather…?” questions.
4
Agree or Disagree? 4 December
Read Christmas statements, say if you agree or disagree and give a reason.
5
Catch the Snowflakes 5 December
Each snowflake hides a “Name 3…” challenge about Christmas food, songs and presents.
6
The Story of St Nicholas 6 December
Watch a video about St Nicholas, then retell the story as a TV reporter live from Myra.
7
Ask the Wise Old Elf 7 December
Read letters with Christmas problems and give the writers your best advice.
8
Christmas Video Details 8 December
Watch a cosy Christmas video and answer questions about the people, presents and decorations.
9
Christmas Story Builder 9 December
Choose a hero and continue the story with funny sentence starters.
10
Build the Snowman 10 December
Build the snowman part by part – each part asks which of three Christmas things you would skip and why.
11
Which Carol Are They Singing? 11 December
Click a singer, listen to the Christmas carol and name it – then the singer leaves the stage.
12
Find and Fix the Mistakes 12 December
Six Christmas “facts” are wrong: correct them and ask the Wise Elf.
13
The Strangest Christmas Gift 13 December
Pick the strangest item in the shop and explain why it is a great gift anyway.
14
True or False? 14 December
Read eight surprising Christmas statements and decide whether each one is true or false.
15
Idioms Behind the Windows 15 December
Open six windows, name the winter idiom you see and make up a funny story about it.
16
Picture Story 16 December
Tell a Christmas story from 16 pictures, then compare it with the original advert.
17
A Day in the Life 17 December
Choose a Christmas character or item and describe its day in detail with ten sentence starters.
18
Nice or Naughty? 18 December
Make true sentences about yourself and let Santa decide which list you are on.
19
Elves on Strike 19 December
Answer a journalist’s questions as an angry, tired, fed-up elf.
20
The Elves’ Demands 20 December
Write the striking elves’ demands on their signs, then explain them with sentence starters.
21
Guess the Christmas Song 21 December
Pick a mug of hot chocolate, read the short description and guess which Christmas song it is.
22
Three Clues 22 December
Guess six Christmas words from three clues each – and predict which clue will give it away.
23
Find the Sound 23 December
Listen to nine winter sounds – sleigh bells, a crackling fire, footsteps in the snow – and click the matching picture.
24
The Best Christmas Trivia Ever 24 December
Answer 22 Christmas quiz questions – pick the right picture, listen to songs and film quotes.

How to use the calendar in class

Open today’s door on the projector or whiteboard as a 5–10 minute warm-up at the start of the lesson.
Most days are speaking games: let students answer in pairs or small groups, then share the funniest ideas with the class.
Missed a lesson? Doors stay open after their day, so you can catch up on earlier activities at any time.
A green tick on a house shows that the day has already been opened on this device.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does each door of the Christmas Advent Calendar 2026 open?

One door opens every day from 1 to 24 December 2026, so Day 5 becomes available on 5 December. Until the calendar starts, a couple of sample days stay open all year, so you can try the activities in advance. Once a door has opened, it stays open, and you can go back to earlier days at any time.

Who is the Christmas Advent Calendar for?

The calendar is made for English learners and their teachers: young learners, teens and adult ESL classes. Days range from quick vocabulary games with pictures to speaking tasks where students give advice, share their opinion, build a story or answer questions in character. Most activities take 5–15 minutes, which makes them an easy warm-up for a lesson.

Do I need an account to use the Christmas Advent Calendar?

No. All days of the Christmas Advent Calendar are free and open without registration. The houses you have already opened are marked with a green tick, and this progress is saved in your browser on this device. If you want to start again, for example with a new class, use Reset my progress under the calendar.

How can I use the Advent Calendar in an English lesson?

Show today's door on a projector or interactive whiteboard at the start of the lesson and play the activity together. Then let students discuss their answers in pairs or small groups and share the best ideas with the class. If you only have lessons a few times a week, open the days you missed one after another.