Guess the Christmas Carol – Musical Advent Calendar

Guess the Christmas Carol – Musical Advent Calendar

A hand-illustrated advent calendar for music lovers: find 24 hidden doors on a snowy carol night and guess the classic Christmas carol behind each one.

Product description

It's carol night in a snowy little town. The street lamps are glowing, the church bell is ringing, and Santa has climbed onto the bandstand with his baton. The whole town has turned out to sing.

Hidden among the shop windows, music stands, gift boxes, wreaths and lanterns are 24 little doors. Behind each one waits a tiny hand-painted picture riddle showing the scene of a beloved Christmas carol. Your challenge this December: find today's door, study the picture, and guess which carol it is.

From Jingle Bells to Silent Night, from The Twelve Days of Christmas to O Holy Night, these are the songs families sing together every winter. Some you'll recognise at first glance. Others will have you humming tunes until the answer clicks.

How it works

1. Find the door. The numbers are tucked into the illustration and not in order, on windows, drums, the piano and even the Christmas tree. The hunt is half the fun.
2. Open it. A hand-drawn scene from a famous Christmas carol is waiting inside, such as a one-horse open sleigh, three ships sailing in or a partridge in a pear tree.
3. Guess the carol. Shout it out, hum the tune, or sing the first verse together.
4. Check your answers on Christmas Eve. All 24 answers, with the carol's title, writer, origin and year, are sealed in an illustrated envelope. No peeking!

Why music lovers love it

• A puzzle, not just a countdown: every day is a small music quiz that turns into a family sing-along.
• Hand-illustrated artwork: a detailed ink-and-watercolour carol night full of tiny details, including elves on tuba and trumpet, a singing snowman, a dog and a cat joining the choir, and a piano standing in the snow. It is lovely enough to keep up all season.
• 24 timeless carols: all songs are well-loved traditional carols, so the whole family can sing along.
• Answers sealed until Christmas Eve: the illustrated answer envelope keeps the suspense (and settles family debates).
• Quietly educational: discover who wrote each carol and where it began, from Austria in 1818 to Massachusetts in 1849.
• Screen-free fun: a joyful daily ritual with your morning cocoa, on the piano or at the breakfast table.

Perfect for

Choir members, church singers, music teachers, piano students, grandparents who know every verse, families who sing in the car, and anyone who'd rather count down to Christmas with a song than with chocolate.

What's included

• 1 illustrated advent calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
• 1 illustrated answer sheet listing all 24 carols, with title, writer, origin and year
• 1 illustrated "The Answers" envelope to keep the solutions secret until Christmas Eve

Good to know

• The calendar contains no food or treats. The surprise behind each door is a picture to guess.
• The answers are in English.
• Recommended for ages 6+ (younger children will enjoy it with a grown-up singing along).

Give the music lover in your life a December full of song. 🎶🎄