Annabelle Do Not Open Until Christmas 2026 Advent Calendar

The Annabelle Do Not Open Until Christmas 2026 Advent Calendar is a paper advent box with a moulded plastic inner tray and 24 flat acrylic mica ornaments, one behind each numbered window.

Most advent calendars leave nothing behind once the last window is open. This one leaves 24 ornaments that can stay on the tree for the rest of the season, and come back out next year.

Where Annabelle Comes From

The porcelain-faced doll first appeared in The Conjuring in 2013 and went on to anchor three films of her own. The wider Conjuring universe is now the highest-grossing horror franchise in history at more than $2.3 billion, and its 2025 instalment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, opened to $194 million worldwide — the largest opening weekend any horror film has ever had — before finishing above $458 million.

That is the shorthand this calendar trades on. The box does not have to explain who the doll in the white dress is, which is why the front simply says “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS” and leaves the rest to the picture.

What Is In The Box

• Box artwork: Annabelle seated in her distressed white dress with red bows, holding a wrapped parcel tagged “DO NOT OPEN”, against a candlelit room and a red-and-gold Christmas tree. Front panel reads “ANNABELLE — DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS — ADVENT CALENDAR 2026”, with “24 DAYS OF NIGHTMARES & SURPRISES” on a torn-parchment panel.
• Reverse: 24 die-cut numbered windows on a dark panelled background, each framed by candles, holly and small painted details.
• The designs: Annabelle in several guises — in a Santa hat, with a book, inside a snow globe, framed like a portrait — alongside other figures from the franchise such as the nun and the cymbal-clashing monkey, plus gothic takes on ordinary Christmas objects: a lantern, a wooden cross, a blood-flecked parcel, a small tree.
• Ornament build: flat acrylic mica, printed on both sides, one side matte and one glossy. Each has a perforated tab at the top for hanging.
• Size: one size. The box measures 13.5 x 18 x 3 cm and weighs 135 g; each ornament measures 3.2 x 3.2 cm.

The photography shows the whole set laid out at once so you can see the range of designs. It is a reference image rather than a packing list, and the numbering on the box is a countdown rather than an index to which ornament appears on which day.

Where This Advent Calendar Works Best

A mantel, a bookcase, a bedside table, a display cabinet, an office shelf. Open a window a day through December and hang each ornament as it appears, or hold them all back and dress a small tree in one go on Christmas Eve. It also works as a gift for horror-film collectors, alternative Christmas parties and anyone whose seasonal decorating already leans dark.

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Care And Storage

• Peel the protective film off each acrylic ornament before hanging it.
• Wipe the ornaments with a soft, dry cloth to remove fingerprints or dust.
• Store them back in the tray after Christmas, away from moisture, heat and anything heavy enough to crease the paper box.

Questions About The Calendar

Does the numbering tell me which design I get each day?

No. The numbers run the countdown from 1 to 24, and the layout in the product photography is there to show the whole set at once rather than to indicate which ornament sits behind which window.

Are the ornaments flat or three-dimensional?

Flat. Each one is a printed acrylic mica piece measuring 3.2 x 3.2 cm, with artwork on both sides — matte on one face, glossy on the other — and a perforated tab for hanging.

Do they arrive ready to hang?

Almost. Peel the protective film off before you hang each one, then wipe it with a soft dry cloth. The tab takes an ordinary ornament hook or a loop of thread.

How is shipping and return handling managed?

The item ships as a boxed advent calendar. Shipping timing and return eligibility follow the store policy presented during checkout and in the order information.