A4817 Light in the Lantern: Advent Calendar (French edition)

Illustrated by Cécile Acmanne-Borgogno

A five sided Advent Lantern that may accompany the book The Light in the Lantern by Georg Dreißig.

There are seven stories for each week of Advent, starting from the first Advent Sunday. When Advent is shorter, more than one story can be read in a day. It is similar with the lantern’s little windows: the first of its five sides belongs to the first week of Advent, and so on, until on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day the large door on the fifth side is opened.

During the first week of advent the pictures relate to the mineral world; during the second week the world of plants and flowers; the third week to the animal kingdom and with the final week there are pictures with human encounters.

The Calendar has been printed in France at a local company, close to the publishers, and this leaves some assembly work to be completed. The Calendar is printed in 2 parts: the inner pictures and the outer starry sky. While the children are absent, re-fold the inner card into an even 5-sided form, then insert the 2 tongues at one end into the slots at the other end to hold the shape. Then take the outer card, align the large doors with the illustration of the crib, and ‘wrap’ it around the inner card. To finish, insert the 2 tongues into the slots provided.

The Calendar will stand freely on the table. The windows are transparencies to let the light shine through, but if placing a candle inside the lantern then this must never be left unattended.

After Christmas, gently disassemble, store flat and it will be ready again for next year.

Size: 5 panels each of 250 x 150 mm. 10 x 6 inches.