Jan van Haasteren Christmas Advent Calendar (2025)
What is an Advent calendar?
A Christmas advent calendar is a special calendar used to count down the days until Christmas, starting on December 1 and ending on December 24. Each day, a small box, door or hatch is opened, revealing a small surprise or image. Traditionally, an advent calendar contains Christian symbols or images related to the birth of Jesus, but modern versions can contain all sorts of surprises, such as chocolates, toys, small gifts or even cosmetics. Advent calendars are popular with both children and adults and are a fun way to build up the festive spirit of Christmas. They can also be part of the Christmas decorations in the home. Advent calendars come in all sorts of shapes and themes, ranging from simple paper calendars to luxury versions with expensive gifts or themed contents such as Lego, wine or tea.
The second Jan van Haasteren Advent Calendar!
In 2024, the first Jan van Haasteren Advent calendar was publishedThat was a huge success. This puzzle will be available starting September 13, 2025. I think many can't wait until December 1st to start playing it.
This is an Advent puzzle (2025)
There are 24 puzzles in total, each with 54 pieces. If you've read the explanation above, it's clear why there are 24 puzzles in this entire puzzle. Behind each curtain is a puzzle, and after 24 days, you can assemble them as you see fit, creating your own "apartment building." The puzzles were drawn by Rob Derks and colored by Mars Gremmen. The Advent calendar artwork was drawn by Jan van Haasteren. In short: The puzzles were drawn by Rob Derks, who created the original line drawings and the characteristic scenes. Mars Gremmen colored these drawings, adding color and atmosphere. The artwork for the Advent calendar itself was created by Jan van Haasteren, who provided the large and recognizable main illustration for the "suitcase" / "front" / "back" of the Advent calendar. So, it's actually a co-production by the artists of the Jan van Haasteren Studio. Dimensions per puzzle are: 16,6 wide x 11,3 cm high
The instructions on the back of the box
On the back of the box are these instructions:
This year, Santa Claus has invited the Jan van Haasteren family to celebrate Christmas together in his cozy mountain chalet. He's sent everyone an invitation especially for this occasion. Although everyone... Has he forgotten his arch-rival Sinterklaas? Follow the family members on their journey to the snowy mountains somewhere in Europe, where they find themselves in absurd situations. Put on your warm sweater, piece together the story of humor and chaos, and discover if everyone will make it in time for Christmas... It's going to be an adventure you'll never forget!
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Video about this puzzle – 1
I made a video in which I explain and detail everything about this puzzle:
Video about this puzzle – 2
In this video you can see how to remove the puzzles per puzzle:
More info about this puzzle
– Each 54-piece puzzle measures 16,6 centimeters wide and 11,3 centimeters high.
– When you have finished all the puzzles, you put all these 24 puzzles together. You put 4 puzzles on the bottom row and you put a total of 6 puzzles up. So that you get a total puzzle of 6×4.
– The size of the total puzzle will then be 4×16,6 (Wide) = 66,4 centimeters wide and 6×11,3 (High) = 67,8 centimeters high. Regular 1000 piece puzzles by Jan van Haasteren are 68x49 centimetersThese are the dimensions of a normal Jan van Haasteren puzzle of 1000 pieces:
– The size of the box is also slightly different from that of the box of a 1000 piece puzzle.
The dimensions of the box of the Jan van Haasteren Advent Calendar are: 30 centimeters wide x 36 centimeters high. Standard Jan van Haasteren boxes of 1000 pieces are 37 centimeters wide x 27,5 centimeters high. However, as of January 1, 1, these dimensions for all boxes will be 2025 x 25 x 25 centimeters.. This is the box with the dimensions:
Photo of the puzzle – the front
Photo of the puzzle – Inside of the box – 1
The text here is this:
The Dutch text behind “NL” in the image is as follows:
I invite you to come celebrate Christmas in my cozy mountain chalet. So pack your bags and get ready to travel! Greetings, Santa Claus.
This text is also there:
In this Advent calendar, we follow the familiar protagonists of the Jan van Haasteren family on their crazy adventure. The 24 puzzles tell the story of the family members in the days leading up to Christmas.
Photo of the puzzle – Inside of the box – 3
Here you see the entire inside of the box:
Photo of the puzzle – Back of the box
On the back of the box you will see this text:
The Dutch text from the image is as follows:
This year, Santa Claus has invited the Jan van Haasteren family to celebrate Christmas together in his cozy mountain chalet. He's sent everyone an invitation especially for this occasion. Although everyone... Has he forgotten his arch-enemy Sinterklaas? Follow the family members on their journey to the snowy mountains somewhere in Europe, where they find themselves in absurd situations. Put on your warm sweater, piece together the story of humor and chaos, and discover if everyone will make it in time for Christmas... It's going to be an adventure you'll never forget!
Photo of the puzzle – The side – The artists
On the side of the box you can see the three artists who created this puzzle in co-production:
Picture of the puzzle – The side – Name of the puzzle and number of pieces
On another side you see the name of the puzzle and that it contains 24 puzzles of 54 pieces each:
Photo of the puzzle – The puzzles
Here you see a close-up of the puzzles. If you look closely you can see the serrated edges that you will need to use to remove the puzzle pieces:
And an overview of all the puzzles:
What does the complete puzzle look like?
WARNING: The video below contains footage of the puzzle being fully assembled!!!!
Life hack – you can also take the puzzles out of the box differently
I didn't know this life hack last year either. But now I heard it from a fellow puzzler. There are two stickers at the bottom of the box. You can loosen one (or both) and then slide the entire drawer of puzzles out of the box. This way, you can also start laying out the puzzles without removing them from the top of the puzzle box. This way, the puzzle box stays completely intact! Definitely recommended if you want to sell the puzzle box after you've finished it. It looks like this:
You can see exactly how to do this in the following video:
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Overview of the puzzles to be completed per day
| Date to lay | Puzzle |
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| Whole puzzle |  |
| Full puzzle - with numbers per day in December |  |
| Complete puzzle - with box |  |