25 Cool Advent Calendars for Men Who Have Everything

If your guy sits at the intersection of LEGO passion and Star Wars fandom, this advent calendar featuring 24 unique mini figures and LEGO building toys will make him feel like a kid all over again in the days leading up to Christmas.

For avid fisherman, this calendar includes more than 35 little gifts to celebrate 12 days of Fishmas. There’s 10 high-quality bass fishing lures, a festive decal, and an exclusive surprise from MeatEater.

While men are a mixed bag, from golf to grilling, beer to classic rock bands, hot sauce is a passion that unites many of us. This fiery advent calendar brings the heat because for 12 days he'll open up a new mini bottle of liquid fire to try on his eggs, burger, or tacos.

NFL fans of a certain age will fondly remember watching Hall of Famers like Drew Brees, Chris Carter, Jerry Rice, and Walter Payton set new records and cement themselves as living legends. Now they can open up a new window for 24 December days in a row to discover gridiron heroes and place them on a field that's a puzzle he can build too.

He likely needs new socks anyway and he probably already loves to fish, so any fisherman will love to reel in 24 colorful pairs of socks covered in fish, lures, boats, and other familiar fishing imagery.

There are guys who say they have everything, and then there are the men who prefer to build and create everything. Thanks to watercolor painting, paper crafts, and so much more for every skill level, the 24 craft projects inside this clever advent calendar for crafty dudes will make this a happy handmade holiday.

From pumpkin pie and gingerbread spice to ranch, this foodie advent calendar offers up delicious meal inspirations to add 24 flavors to his holiday cooking.

If he likes fidget toys or solving physical puzzles, this 24-day advent calendar will let him exercise his brain as he figures out how to detangle two dozen interlocking metal pieces during the holidays.

’Tis the season for meat! Give your man 25 days’ worth of bite-sized jerky in flavors like honey bourbon, wine, pepperoni, and BBQ habanero.

Hopefully someone will gift you my cat lovers travel book or splurge on a cabin on one of my street cat cruises around the world, but in the meantime, this kitty cat advent calendar will provide 24 days of festive cat enrichment with fun interactive cat toys.

Whether he’s in a long-term relationship or just starting out with a new partner, every couple could benefit from some fresh December date ideas. Each day of this advent calendar gives him three activity options, ranging from PG to NC-17 on the spice-o-meter, ensuring he and his significant other will have some real fun under the tree this holiday season.

Don't be a cotton-headed ninny-muggins—if Elf is his favorite holiday movie, get him this advent calendar. It comes with 25 small things that will surprise and delight him, like stickers, buttons, and keychains. If he's not an Elf fan, you can also opt for other Insight Editions advent calendars, including ones themed around Beetlejuice, House of the Dragon, Fallout, Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, Batman, Marvel, The Nightmare Before Christmas, or Dragon Ball Z, among others.

This advent calendar is the gift that keeps on giving for beer lovers who want to taste twelve of the best craft beers. He’ll crack open a variety of stouts, ales, and IPAs from some of the greatest microbreweries across America. Does he prefer bourbon or seltzers? There are also advent calendars for canned cocktails and hard seltzers, along with other fun boozy advent calendars.

We'd be remiss if we didn't include at least one chocolate advent calendar. This one tastes like the season, with peppermint bark in the shape of snowmen, toy soldiers, Christmas trees, or Santas.

This artistic advent calendar is perfect for the man who, like me, enjoys the calming zen of puzzles. There are 12 days of easy-to-manage, 80-piece puzzles featuring Warhol’s 1950s retro Christmas paintings and drawings to get your guy relaxed and ready for holiday cheer.

Let him experiment with different grooming products with this extra-large advent calendar. It has fun products like shampoo, body wash, lotion and hair gel, along with tools he might need, like clippers, tweezers or a pumice stone.

If he loves fresh jam on his bagels, scones, and toast each morning before work, this wildly popular annual advent calendar will brighten each and every dark December morning leading up to Christmas Day.

Every guy I know enjoys solving a riddle and fixing a problem—it’s what we (try) to do best. This new Exit game blends the best aspects of an advent calendar with a fun adventure story to provide clues for 24 days to help him try to find a missing Hollywood star, alone or with help from his kids.