24 Unique Advent Calendars for Men Who Love Meat, Beer and Super Heroes

Jeff Bogle

For Meat Lovers

“Meaty Christmas” Jerky Advent Calendar

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’Tis the season for meat! Give your man 25 days worth of bite-sized jerky in flavors like honey bourbon, wine, pepperoni, and BBQ habanero.

Upgrade His Grooming

By Technic Man-Sized Advent Calendar

By Technic Man-Sized Advent Calendar

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Let him experiment with different grooming products — in a manly way, of course — with this extra-large advent calendar. It has fun products like shampoo, body wash, lotion and hair gel, along with tools he might need, like clippers, tweezers or a pumice stone.

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Fun Fidget Toys

Metal Puzzle Advent Calendar

Metal Puzzle Advent Calendar

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If he likes fidget toys or solving physical puzzles, this 24-day advent calendar will let him exercise his brain as he figures out how to detangle two dozen interlocking metal pieces during the holidays.

For the Indecisive

ManVent Advent Calendar

ManVent Advent Calendar

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For the guy who has everything, this fun advent calendar for men gives him a little bit more of everything he loves. He’ll enjoy 12 days of spicy bar nuts, artisan jerky, craft beer and cool cocktails.

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For Kidults

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Star Wars Advent Calendar

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No matter how hold he is, he will never outgrow his love of LEGO — or Star Wars. Combine the two with this advent calendar, which lets him build out mini ships and other vehicles while collecting minifigures of characters like Ahsoka and Princess Leia (Christmas garb).

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For Sports Fans

Party Animal NFL Advent Calendar

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Party Animal NFL Advent Calendar

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For the football-obsessed guy in your life, there’s this TeenyMates 24-day advent calendar with a football stadium and mini helmets for him to collect and display all year long.

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Just a Little Something For Sports Fans

Sports Team Christmas Countdown Calendar

Sports Team Christmas Countdown Calendar

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Take a decal each day, stick it to the tree, and you’ll have an advent calendar that roots for the home team. You can also get this for the Packers and Steelers, among others.

Start His Days on a Good Foot

Variety Pack Advent Calendar

Variety Pack Advent Calendar

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If he loves waking up to a fresh cup of Joe from his Keurig, these 24 pods to savor each December morning will put a pep in his step during the holidays. No Keurig, no problem! Buy him the Door County Coffee advent calendar with 12 days of full coffee bags!

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Mindful Gift

Andy Warhol 12 Days of Puzzles Christmas Countdown

Andy Warhol 12 Days of Puzzles Christmas Countdown

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This artistic advent calendar is perfect for the man who, like me, is still enjoying the calming zen of puzzles he started doing during the harrowing pandemic days. There are 12 days of easy-to-manage, 80-piece puzzles featuring Warhol’s 1950s retro Christmas paintings and drawings to get your guy relaxed and ready for holiday cheer.

Nice and Sweet

Shortbread Advent Calendar

Shortbread Advent Calendar

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The most delicious advent calendar comes all the way from Scotland and is filled with an assortment of buttery shortbread cookies in a variety of fun shapes. They’ll go great with his tea or coffee!

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+ Ashden Co Men’s Bath and Body Advent Calendar

+ Ashden Co Men’s Bath and Body Advent Calendar

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We might not say it out loud often, but what men really want from their true love isn’t a partridge in a pear tree. Instead, we’d love 12 days of pampering in the form of bath salts, balms, body wash, bars of soap and so much more.

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Limited Edition Advent Calendar

Limited Edition Advent Calendar

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If he loves fresh jam on his bagels, scones, and toast each morning before work, this wildly popular annual advent calendar will brighten each and every dark December morning leading up to Christmas Day.

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Great Gift From Family

EXIT: The Game Advent Calendar – The Missing Hollywood Star

EXIT: The Game Advent Calendar - The Missing Hollywood Star

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Every guy I know enjoys solving a riddle and fixing a problem — it’s what we (try) to do best. This new Exit game blends the best aspects of an advent calendar with a fun adventure story to provide clues for 24 days to help him try to find a missing Hollywood star, alone or with help from his kids.

For the Whole Family

The Ultimate Family Christmas Cracker Advent Book

The Ultimate Family Christmas Cracker Advent Book

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For the family guy, this clever book offers up 25 days full of quizzes, jokes, games and old-fashioned British Christmas crackers to bust open up together with his kids every day in December!

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Useful Gift

ChapStick 12 Day Holiday Advent Calendar

12 Day Holiday Advent Calendar

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This advent calendar for men is both fun and practical because he’s probably always misplacing his lip balm and always complaining about his cracked and painfully chapped lips. He’ll have holiday scents and flavors like vanilla icing, cake batter, and sugar cookies to keep his lips moist and ready for kissing under the mistletoe.

For Old-School Gamers

Retro Games Coding Advent Calendar

Retro Games Coding Advent Calendar

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If your man would rather dig into circuit boards, coding and retro video games than fancy chocolates, this is the best advent calendar for him. Each door, all 24 of them, has a different electronic component waiting inside for him to build a circuit-based retro video game like a slot machine, wire maze and more.

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For Gym Rats

Advent Calendar Small

Advent Calendar Small

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Whether your guy is a runner, workout junkie, or simply loves a flavorful cup of tea, he’ll love this advent calendar of hydration. There are 25 doors, featuring 11 waterdrop flavors, including some limited editions, that’ll give him the energy needed to power through this busy holiday season. It also comes in other sizes with more accessories.

For You and Your Man

Advent Calendar for Couples

Advent Calendar for Couples

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Whether he’s in a long-term relationship or just starting out with a new partner, every couple could benefit from some fresh December date ideas. Each day of this advent calendar gives him three activity options, ranging from PG to NC-17 on the spice-o-meter, ensuring he and his significant other will have some real fun under the tree this holiday season.

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For Snackers

Christmas Popcorn Advent Calendar

Christmas Popcorn Advent Calendar

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Give him something to snack on while he goes about his holiday business. Each day for 24 days, he’ll get different kernels or seasonings to try — or combine to try out new flavors. He can go with some really unusual flavors, including spice blends that taste like French toast, dill pickles, baby back ribs or chocolate chip cookie dough.

Best Beer Advent Calendar

Beer Advent Calendar

Beer Advent Calendar

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This advent calendar is the gift that keeps on giving for beer lovers who want to taste twelve of the best craft beers of 2024. He’ll crack open a variety of stouts, ales, and IPAs from some of the greatest microbreweries across America. Does he prefer bourbon or seltzers? There are also advent calendars for canned cocktails and hard seltzers, along with other fun boozy advent calendars.

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Jeff is a dad of two daughters, an avid traveler, a photographer, an author and a freelance writer who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and their cats. In addition to Good Housekeeping, he’s written for Parents, Fodor’s, Food and Wine, Real Simple and Reader’s Digest, among other print and online publications. Jeff is the publisher of the quarterly literary magazine, Stanchion, and his book, Streets Cats and Where to Find Them, will be published by Running Press in the Summer of 2025.

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