Hubby was getting some groceries at Aldi a couple of days ago, and brought this advent calendar home to me – do I have a fantastic husband or what? What a sweetie pie!
This set is exclusive to Aldi, and retails in the US for $9.99 – not too shabby! The box tells me the puzzles were manufactured in China, but I’m hopeful that they’ll be good quality. If the box is any indication, they may be pretty good; the box is thick and feels quite premium. If you’ve got an Aldi nearby they may have this set available.
There are twelve puzzles, 80 pieces each. You can see that I’ve opened the first section to take a peek, but I haven’t taken the pieces out of their plastic bag or started assembling any of them yet. I will soon though, with the number of puzzles already in my queue it’s time for me to get to assembling puzzles with holiday images already!
Those of you that have been here for a while may remember the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad advent calendar of puzzles from 2019 – it holds bad memories for me. I’m still mad at Ceaco about it! But this was a gift from hubby so I’ll have to put those memories out of my head and assemble these puzzles with no preconceived ideas about their quality.
It’s Part Deux of my assembling an advent calendar of jigsaw puzzles and I’m hoping the sequel is better than the original. (You know, like Aliens or The Godfather Part II or Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
The Ceaco advent calendar of puzzles that I assembled in 2019 seemed like a comedy of errors; out of twelve puzzles four of them were missing pieces, one had extra pieces, and there was one puzzle missing entirely and substituted with another that had already been assembled. And for a set of puzzles with so many quality problems to find it’s way into the hands of a jigsaw puzzle blogger was just so bizarre. I was glad to be able to warn people away from purchasing it though. It was unbelievably frustrating to deal with so many problems in one set, and the customer service I received was even more upsetting. Ceaco hasn’t gotten one penny of my puzzle budget since, and they’re still on the naughty list.
Here’s hoping that this newest advent calendar does a better job in the quality department, you know how much I enjoy little “one coffee” puzzles.
I’m looking forward to happy puzzling! 🧩💚
My Jigsaw Journal 
I can’t wait to see them all assembled! What a great price. This is a great idea especially for kids – piece count is very doable.
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I was surprised by the price as well. I don’t have any little ones here, but I’ll always be a kid at heart, so it’s gonna be fun even though it’s just for me!
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C’est magnifique that your keeper of a husband brought that puzzle home to you. I’m also a kid at heart. I loved your Alexander reference, well done. Thanks for the smile.
Last year I did the New Yorker Advent Calendar one, which I loved – albeit one day was missing a puzzle piece, and the puzzle was sold out, so I just enjoyed myself and kept it.
Good luck with your part two, the smaller piece counts are beaucoup fun to assemble. —Di
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Thanks Di, I’m looking forward to getting started with my one coffee puzzles!
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Did you know that Wentworth Wooden Puzzles is having a National Jigsaw Day 10% off sale until Sunday? The discount code is HPNJD10. —Di
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I did, but thank you. The UK has National Jigsaw Day every November 3; I usually put in a big order every year but I’m trying to be responsible and assemble more of the many puzzles that are already here.
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De rien. I’d completely forgotten about their National Jigsaw Day until today, duh. Being more responsible and assembling puzzles you already have is a smart move, I should take a page out of your book. Alas, I’m a sucker for a wooden puzzle from a brand I like, besides, I’ve got a gift card for my upcoming birthday! —Di
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Then you should be shopping right now! 🛒💸
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Oh, how thoughtful of your hubby! That seems like a great price for a puzzle advent calendar. Enjoy! And fingers crossed for you that it goes better than the last attempt. I mean, how can it possibly go worse, right?!?! 😉
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I would hope not, but you never know.
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Ha… that’s true! We’ll hope for the best. The above comment was mine, by the way. Sometimes I manage to log myself out somehow. Ah, well… no matter!
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No worries, logged out or in – still love to talk about puzzles with everyone. 😊
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I’m new to Advent puzzles this year but so far I am LOVING them. My question…are they supposed to be missing 1 piece. I’ve on my 3rd one and 2 of them had 1 pc missing. I wasn’t sure if this is just “a thing”….?
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They’re not supposed to be missing any. What brand of puzzle are you working with?
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