December - Advent Calendar

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ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2025

The Advent Calendar Challenge is back as a yearly tradition! Celebrate the magic of December one page at a time. Inspired by the excitement of advent calendars — a countdown filled with daily surprises — this challenge invites you to make reading a joyful part of your December routine. Whether you enjoy festive tales, cozy reads, or winter wonders, there’s a way for every reader to join the fun.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run.

For this challenge, there are two options:

A) Starting on December 1 and ending on December 24, read a short story (or poem or essay) every day. Use stories or poems from collections, magazines, or the internet — there's plenty of good short fiction available for free from many publishers.

B) Starting on December 1: Split a novel into 24 chunks and portion your reading so that you read the last chunk on December 24. (Ideally, the novel has 24 chapters! But as long as you can divide it into fairly even sections, it'll work.)

If you'd rather keep reading past the 24th, you're welcome to continue through the end of the month!

Thank you, Dubhease, for volunteering to lead this challenge!

[Dubhease]

Participants:

[Dubhease]

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