Galaxy Advent Calendar - 110g

In Britain, chocolate loyalties run deep, and Galaxy is the smooth one. Its advent calendar is part of the furniture in a British December, propped on kitchen windowsills and bedroom shelves, opened before school by children who have been awake since six.

When you move to Canada you pack the important things. Then December turns up and you realise the chocolate calendar from childhood never made it into the suitcase. People go looking for this one because the taste behind the door is the whole point.

It is a light, flat 110g calendar that stands up happily on a shelf and slips easily into a parcel. Keep it somewhere cool and dry until the first of December, well away from the radiator and the sunny window, so the chocolate stays as smooth as it should.

It pairs well with the rest of a British Christmas cupboard: a few Galaxy bars for Christmas Eve, a tin of something to pass round after dinner, and a UK selection box waiting for Christmas morning. One calendar per person is strongly advised, for the sake of family peace.