An influencer has deemed a £275 advent calendar “not worth anywhere near” its eye-watering price tag.
Carmie Sellitto boasts 1.3 million followers on TikTok, where he tries out various eateries and finds out if they are worth their often-steep price tags.
And with December fast-approaching, the 26-year-old Londoner decided to put a luxe advent calendar to the test to see if it was worth the money.
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Carmie documented himself opening the various windows, captioning the video: “I can’t believe I spent £275 on this.”
He starts by opening a reindeer Christmas ornament, followed by a packet of gingerbread men, loose-leaf tea, hand soap, a candle, a giant gold coin, coffee, mulling spices, and chocolate sardines.
By day 10, the ante is upped with a tin of caviar.
Carmie says: “Now we’re talking.
“This must cost at least £100.”
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He goes on to open the other windows, finding hot chocolate flakes, lemon curd, and a tablecloth he describes as “looking like something he made in primary school”.
Next up are rose wine bunnies, a tea towel, another Christmas ornament, truffle nuts, a dog treat, a mini Christmas cake, cranberry sauce, a small bottle of gin, hand balm and chocolate chillies.
The final window, day 25, had a bottle of Negroni inside.
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Carmie concludes: “Overall, I don’t think it was anywhere near worth £275.”
The pricey purchase was from Daylesford Farm and is called the Farmshop Christmas Advent Calendar, as reported by What’s The Jam.
The website listing description reads: “Our luxury advent calendar features our flagship farmshop, creatively reimagined by artist Hugo Guinness.
“Open to reveal 25 numbered drawers within, ready to help you count down to the big day.
“Each drawer in this beautifully crafted advent calendar contains a specially selected treat from our farmshop shelves, including favourites from food to home fragrance and more.”
While he bemoaned the price, Carmie admitted throughout that most of the offerings appeared of a very high quality.
The influencer said he felt better knowing he planned to gift the items to his followers.
One person commented: “There wasn’t 1 thing over £10 in there.”
“It’s so cute though, I’d be repurposing it as a little dollhouse for my girl!” said another fan.
Someone else wrote: “I’d loveeeee to win this I could never afford something like this looks incredible but very expensive.”
“275 is crazy,” said one critic.
Another person wrote: “Nice advent calendar but the price is insane.”
“Oh wow that beats my £2 Cadburys advent calendar by miles,” said someone else.
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