“I’m not saying I live in a rough area, but I bought an Advent calendar and all the windows were boarded up”

An Advent calendar has windows, where people can open and have a treat such as a chocolate. This is the subject of several jokes.
 
“I had an advent calendar from Woolworths actually…all the windows were boarded up, and when I did open them there was nowt inside” was posted on X/Twitter by simonsanders on January 7, 2009. “When I was a kid where we grew up was so rough even the advent calendar windows were boarded up” was posted on Facebook by Matthew Rutherford on December 21, 2012. “Im not saying i live in a rough area but when i went to open my advent calender this morning i noticed half the windows were boarded up….” was posted on X/Twitter by Warren Taylor on December 1, 2020. “🤣😅 I’m not saying i live in a rough area, but i bought an advent calendar and all the windows were boarded up.🤣” was posted on X/Twitter by CHIP🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 on November 12, 2024.
 
 
Wikipedia: Advent_calendar
An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood begin on December 1. Others start from the First Sunday of Advent.
       
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simonsanders
@simonsanders
@drewb - I had an advent calendar from Woolworths actually…all the windows were boarded up, and when I did open them there was nowt inside
6:43 PM · Jan 7, 2009
   
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Martin Smith
@martinrsmith
I bought an advent calendar from Woolworths. A big disappointment - all the windows were boarded up. #thisiswhyishoulddostandup
8:03 AM · Sep 19, 2009
 
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Hannah Eno 💚
@hannaheno
Nick Owen joke 3: “I went to Luton recently and got an advent calendar.  Half of the windows were boarded up”
2:05 AM · Oct 8, 2009
 
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The Three Headed Git with a Mouth
@FantomBlanc
@Satans_Thong I got an advent calendar from Liverpool last year, all the windows were boarded up and some wanker took all the chocs!
11:05 AM · Nov 30, 2009
   
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Steve Lightfoot
@66usual
My mate Kev says he bought an advent calendar in Cannock and all the windows were boarded up!
12:57 PM · Dec 3, 2009
 
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Bruce McDonald
@pistonbroke167
Today i bought a scouse advent calender…,  all the windows were boarded up and someone nicked the chocolate !
2:33 PM · Dec 5, 2009
 
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Matthew Rutherford
December 21, 2012 at 11:52 AM ·
When I was a kid where we grew up was so rough even the advent calendar windows were boarded up
         
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Raymond Nelson
December 2, 2013 at 2:33 PM ·
Its that rough where I live the windows on my advent calendar have been boarded up again…
 
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Colin Humphreys
December 14, 2013 at 11:14 AM ·
i bought an advent calendar in a really rough area and half the windows where boarded up

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Darren Harrison
November 10, 2014 at 5:56 PM ·
It was that rough were we lived as kids , even the windows on our advent calendar was boarded up !!!
 
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Alan Oliver
November 24, 2015 at 12:44 PM ·
I’m not saying the area where I live is rough but I just bought an Advent Calender from the local shop and all it’s windows are boarded up!
   
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Neil Tildesley
December 4, 2015 at 12:45 PM ·
I’m not saying where I live is rough but even the Windows on my advent calendar are boarded up !
 
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Warren Taylor
@WarrenT88801465
Im not saying i live in a rough area but when i went to open my advent calender this morning i noticed half the windows were boarded up….
7:21 AM · Dec 1, 2020
   
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Tony Blackburn OBE.
@tonyblackburn
I’m not saying a friend of mine lives in a rough area but he bought an advent calendar and half the windows were boarded up.
3:47 AM · Dec 24, 2020
   
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Mukhtar
@I_amMukhtar
Not saying I live in a rough area but in December I bought an advent calendar and half the windows were boarded up.
12:54 PM · Feb 6, 2021
   
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Paul Rees. ex Rucksack.
@HannahIamthest1
I’m not saying Caernarfon is a rough area,  but I just bought a local Advent Calendar and half of the windows were boarded up! 😂
7:47 AM · Nov 25, 2021
   
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Irene O’Kane
@ireneokane82_o
Not saying where I live is rough but…
I bought an advent calendar and half the windows were boarded up
3:59 PM · Nov 29, 2021
 
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Alonzo T. McZephyr
@wlmtx
I’m not saying I live in a rough area but last Christmas I bought an advent calendar and half the windows were boarded up.
12:27 AM · Feb 4, 2022
 
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RC deWinter
@RCdeWinter
And then there was the time I bought an advent calendar from a sidewalk vendor on the lower east side in New York City.
I got home and set it up and it turned out half the windows were boarded up.
1:28 AM · Apr 29, 2024
 
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CHIP🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
@philchipbally2
🤣😅 I’m not saying i live in a rough area, but i bought an advent calendar and all the windows were boarded up.🤣
10:15 AM · Nov 12, 2024
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