This puzzle surprised me! It’s exactly the kind of Christmas image that I stay pretty far away from, the artwork just isn’t my pile of pieces. Interestingly though, the actual assembly was much more entertaining than anticipated and I found myself quite engaged with it.

My suspicion is that had it been a larger piece count it would driven me crazy. All the falling fuzzy snow, soft outdoor lights, and the typical Coca-Cola-type Santa image would, in a larger puzzle, have definitely brought out the Grinch in me. Luckily I came across this image in only 100 pieces and to my great surprised enjoyed it very much. It’s a Christmas miracle! 😉

This is the halfway mark of the advent calendar, and it isn’t a surprise to me that these little puzzles are delightful to assemble – especially in the midst of the holiday rush. There are places to go and many things to do, and sometimes the only time I touch puzzle pieces is assembling these little images in the morning.

A deceptively simple looking image, but it was full of brush strokes and made for a little more of a challenge than anticipated! I hadn’t even finished my first cup of coffee this morning before I got going on this puzzle, and had to wake myself up a bit. ☕

So far all of these little puzzles have been assembled blind, I put the box away before I pour out the pieces and assemble using only colors and shapes. If I were looking at the image, this one might not have been so challenging first thing in the morning with my bleary eyes and un-sipped coffee. But it’s one of the cute ones, and while it might not normally be my pile of pieces it was enjoyable this morning.

These little one coffee puzzles have been the only puzzling I’ve done since Sunday morning. Today’s the day to turn it around though, I’ve got to get myself back to the board!

There’s so much preparation and stress around this holiday, and I’ve gotten myself wrapped up in it again wanting to make sure my family has a good Christmas – for reasons my regular readers understand. But puzzles help me relax and de-stress, so I need to pull myself up by my fuzzy slipper straps (not wearing boots) and put a puzzle on this board today. Ooh-rah!

Mr. Penguin here was pretty easy to assemble, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t enjoyable. He’d be especially fun to put together with children, if you have any of those around the house. I don’t have little ones anymore, but that never stops me from enjoying a kids puzzle. 😉

I’ve been assembling these puzzles on the day they’re posted, and I would recommend assembling them that way – one every day. Even if you’re a badass puzzler who only assembles 1000 piece puzzles, sometimes the holiday rush and stress doesn’t leave us any time for our favorite hobby. These puzzles only take 5 minutes or so depending on your skill level, and there’s usually a small space on a table or the counter to put a small puzzle like this together.

Yesterday I assembled the Day 2 puzzle in the morning, then I had to go out to a baby shower for one of my very best friends. It was difficult for me, and when I got home I spent the rest of the day in bed. The 100 piece puzzle I assembled in the morning was my only chance to puzzle during a rushed and stressful day, and I’m glad I had the chance to puzzle at all – even if it did have a missing piece. 🧩

Christmas is only 9 days away, and Hanukkah is in 7 days – things are getting busy and many of us are caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holidays. There isn’t always time to sit down and lay out a larger puzzle and these little advent calendar puzzles are perfect for just a few minutes of puzzling in an otherwise very busy day.

Of course, who am I to tell anyone how to puzzle? If you want to do all of them in one sitting that’s perfectly alright as well. As for me though, I’m enjoying doing them one by one. Sometimes there’s a puzzle with an image that doesn’t strike my fancy, but it’s only 100 pieces, and tomorrow’s puzzle might be lots of fun!

My puzzle pal Penny bought this collection for herself this past week, and when she sent me a text showing a picture of the box I just fell in love. My faithful tens of readers know that I’m not a huge fan of Christmas puzzles, but these are all only 100 pieces and the images (most of them) made me smile. I can’t tell you the exact reasons why, but I just had to have these. So the next day I enlisted my ever patient father to drive me to the store to find this box – and find it we did!

The image of each day’s puzzle is shown on the box both opposite the numbers and also through the numbers themselves – I like that! You can see that the cute Santa image for day one is shown completely on the left, and his little face is peeking through the number 1 on the right.

Cute Santa was assembling in bed this morning on a cookie sheet. These are Ceaco puzzles, and the quality is good/fair. The fit is somewhat loose but not too much so, and the pieces are a good thickness. Santa went together pretty quickly, and he was lots of fun to assemble. I’m giving him four out of five on the Mrs. Claus advent calendar scale – mostly for cuteness!

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There’s just something about these puzzles, I’m looking forward to each and every one. It’s weird for me to say that, as I am just not a fan of the usual Christmas images, but this collection makes me smile. I don’t know if I want to post only 100 piece puzzles here every day until Christmas (and I have yet to make a decision), but no matter what you’ll be seeing all of them eventually.