Calendars

Item #: UF3512
Price: $13.99
How Charley Harper fills his minimalist, geometrically designed animals with so much friendly personality is truly a wonder to behold. And here's a whole year's worth of his cheerfully distinctive artwork! Our 2013 Art of Charley Harper Wall Calendar (measuring 13"x24", when open) brings you twelve classic works: from Raccpack (a tower of raccoons in the moonlight) to Pier Group (a row of six pelicans) to Biodiversity in the Burbs (a collage of neighborhood animals)--Harper's art will delight the whole family from January to December. We're also pleased to offer the 2013 Art of Charley Harper Engagement Calendar to brighten up your desk at home or in the office.

Item #: UF3502
Price: $11.24
How Charley Harper fills his minimalist, geometrically designed animals with so much friendly personality is truly a wonder to behold. And here's a whole year's worth of his cheerfully distinctive artwork! Our 2013 Art of Charley Harper Wall Calendar (measuring 13"x24", when open) brings you twelve classic works: from Raccpack (a tower of raccoons in the moonlight) to Pier Group (a row of six pelicans) to Biodiversity in the Burbs (a collage of neighborhood animals)--Harper's art will delight the whole family from January to December. We're also pleased to offer the 2013 Art of Charley Harper Engagement Calendar to brighten up your desk at home or in the office.

Item #: UF3552
Price: $13.99
The Letter, Reading Hour, A Good Book…all twelve gorgeous images in the 2013 Reading Woman Wall Calendar pull you into the reader's world. Enjoy these beautiful illustrations (and quotations about the joy of books) throughout the coming year. Measures 12"x26" when open. We're also offering the 2013 Reading Woman Engagement Calendar, so you can keep track of your daily tasks alongside inspirational quotes about reading and beautiful images of women captivated by the written word. Measures 8¼"x12" when open.

Item #: UF3542
Price: $11.24
The Letter, Reading Hour, A Good Book…all twelve gorgeous images in the 2013 Reading Woman Wall Calendar pull you into the reader's world. Enjoy these beautiful illustrations (and quotations about the joy of books) throughout the coming year. Measures 12"x26" when open. We're also offering the 2013 Reading Woman Engagement Calendar, so you can keep track of your daily tasks alongside inspirational quotes about reading and beautiful images of women captivated by the written word. Measures 8¼"x12" when open.

Item #: UF4842
Price: $14.96
I have loved many books, but I desperately needed this one! Parisian Chic is the most elegant, most reasonable, and most amiably accessible guide to fashion (and more!) that I've seen. Loaded with specific advice about how to build a beautiful basic wardrobe and how to combine items for the most effortlessly stylish effect, this well-rounded reference book--with lots of winsome drawings and illuminating photographs--also highlights Parisian boutiques, department stores, and salons (complete with addresses/phone numbers/websites); reveals essential hair and make-up secrets; and even shares au courant knowledge about Paris's offbeat museums, venerable bookshops, classic restaurants, charming hotels, fun spots for kids, and more (after all, style is not just skin deep!).

Item #: UE8712
Price: $29.95
A photograph of an actual old sheep pen in Germany is die-cut on its doors, windows, and such so that there are twenty-four openings--one for each day of Advent. Behind the little pop-out flaps are Nativity scenes. The crèche--with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, the Magi, and shepherds--is in the largest images. Sheep, donkeys, rabbits, and other animals appear here and there throughout the stable. This most appropriate of Advent calendars can be hung from a ribbon, pinned to a wall or bulletin board, or taped to a window. Beautifully printed in Germany. About 20" wide and 13" high. (Sorry, no gift-wrapping.)

Item #: UC8532
Price: $29.95
The Basilica San Marco, in all its gilded Byzantine glory, is the centerpiece of Venice's most famous square. Now you can display its magnificent façade in your home, via this beautifully printed Advent calendar from Germany. It's an absolutely flat cardboard cutout--about 15"x19"--created from a stunning photograph that creates the illusion of depth you see here. You can attach it via magnets to your refrigerator door, post it on a bulletin board, or lean it against the wall above the mantel. Each of the numbered doors and windows opens to display a religious image--an iconic painting, stained glass, or sculpture. What a wonderful way for children and adults to count down the December days until Christmas. (Sorry, no giftwrapping.)

Item #: UD5312
Price: $23.96
Windows and doorways on the Grand Canal are numbered one to twenty-four, for the December days of Advent. Each opening reveals a little bit of Venice--a sculpture, a Carnival mask, an artifact of one sort or another. Folded in five panels so it can stand on table or shelf, this handsomely printed reproduction of a wide-angle photograph makes a lovely remembrance of Venice and a thoughtful pre-Christmas gift! About 9" high and 29" long. (Sorry, no gift-wrapping.)

Item #: UA0782
Price: $29.95
Why shouldn't grown-ups enjoy the anticipation of Christmas as much as children do? Well, here's an Advent calendar for art-loving adults. Reproductions of twenty-five Madonna and Child paintings from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., remain hidden until they're revealed, day by day, from the first of December until Christmas Day. A key to the paintings is included with the calendar. A dramatic 16"x21". (Sorry, no gift-wrapping.)

Item #: UE5552
Price: $15.95
This very special tri-fold Advent calendar shares the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker in twenty-four prettily illustrated miniature board books. Every day, as kids eagerly count down to Christmas, they are treated to a new installment of the tale of a young girl's magical holiday. From Herr Drosselmeyer's amazing magic show to the duel with the Mouse King to the arrival of the Sugar Plum Fairy--all the enchanting details unfold in lovely little books numbered one to twenty-four. Plus, each brightly colored book has a gold thread looped through it, so once it's been read it becomes a beautiful Christmas tree ornament. We're also offering The Story of Christmas Story Book Advent Calendar (not pictured), in which the twenty-four miniature books recount the Nativity tale, while supplies last.

Item #: UE4062
Price: $24.90
An innovative and enchanting advent activity, our Countdown to Christmas Matchbox Advent Calendar is made up of twenty-four numbered ornament boxes to fill with small holiday treasures and hang on the Christmas tree. Children (or loved ones of any age!) open one matchbox a day to reveal the tiny gift inside--candy, toys, jewelry-any little present or keepsake. The 1½"x2"x3" red, green, and yellow boxes are nice and sturdy, so the set can be reused year after year. What an exciting new Christmas tradition!

Item #: UG0722
Price: $19.95
Ilonka Karaszs colorful Farm Calendar artwork, which depicts a different charming rural scene for each month of the year--chopping wood in February, baling hay in July, gathering around the dining table in November, etc.--was featured on the cover of the December 29, 1945, edition of The New Yorker. Country folk and city slickers alike will enjoy piecing together the challenging, 1,000-piece puzzle (measures 20"x27" when complete). What a nice old-fashioned activity for cold winter evenings!

Item #: UA1032
Price: $29.95
In addition to its elaborate onion domes, the Resurrection Church in St. Petersburg, modeled after St. Basil's in Moscow, offers more than enough doors and windows for the twenty-four days of Advent. Illustrations of Russian Orthodox icons appear with each day's opening. About 20" high. (Sorry, no gift-wrapping.)

Item #: UF3562
Price: $17.90
Make your Christmas greetings especially memorable this year with our charming Advent Calendar Cards from Germany. Each of these brightly printed cards offers twenty-four tiny windows to open (revealing charming little illustrations)-- one for each day of December through Christmas Eve. The cards truly are a gift in themselves: The recipients can enjoy the miniature calendars throughout the holiday season. What great incentive for getting your Christmas cards to the mailbox early! Set includes five assorted blank (4¼"x5¾") note cards, with envelopes.

Item #: UC8312
Price: $15.95
This very special tri-fold Advent calendar shares the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker in twenty-four prettily illustrated miniature board books. Every day, as kids eagerly count down to Christmas, they are treated to a new installment of the tale of a young girl's magical holiday. From Herr Drosselmeyer's amazing magic show to the duel with the Mouse King to the arrival of the Sugar Plum Fairy--all the enchanting details unfold in lovely little books numbered one to twenty-four. Plus, each brightly colored book has a gold thread looped through it, so once it's been read it becomes a beautiful Christmas tree ornament. We're also offering The Story of Christmas Story Book Advent Calendar (not pictured), in which the twenty-four miniature books recount the Nativity tale, while supplies last.