As a child, the days leading up to Christmas became some of my most magical memories - probably in some ways filled with as much magic and happiness as Christmas Eve and Christmas morning themselves. I can still vividly remember the wooden advent calendar I eagerly looked forward to setting up every year. Old and hand made, each day I got to open a new tiny window and reveal a little picture, something like a manger or a tree, a star or some doves - every window one day close