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Re:Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to ... by oytis on Sunday October 26, 2025 @04:26PM (#45714949)
It's a reference to a German tradition of Advent Calendar with 24 small doors. Every day from 1st to 24th of December children would open one door and find a candy, a picture, a small toy, a quest etc. depending on calendar's theme
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Re:Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to ... by celticninja on Sunday October 26, 2025 @05:40PM (#45715433)
I get it, but Advent calendars are not just German. I am pretty sure they are common all over the western world where Xmas is celebrated. But Advent doesn't in any way mean 25.
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Re:Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to ... by TeMPOraL on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:41AM (#45718616)
They're definitely not German now. They may have been originally, but these days, they're first and foremost a commercial phenomenon, meaning they went global. Chocolate advent calendars. Trinket advent calendars. DIY advent calendars. ${insert your most hated kids toys franchise} advent calendars. And so on.
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