We Are... Counting Down: The Penn State 12-Day Ornament Advent Calendar

The regular season is over, the bowl game is still weeks away, and the tree needs something besides the same box of ornaments it has had since 2009. The Penn State Nittany Lions 12-Day Ornament Advent Calendar fixes both problems: twelve days of opening a new blue-and-white ornament, each paired with a football trivia card, until the tree is fully Nittany Lion and the countdown is done.

It is a holiday tradition built for a Penn State house, and because the ornaments store back in the keepsake booklet, the same countdown comes out again next December.

What's in the Box

Twelve numbered envelopes, each holding an ornament and a trivia card, inside a keepsake advent booklet.

Acrylic matters here. The ornaments are light enough to hang on a tabletop tree or a dorm-room wreath, and they will not shatter when a kid or a dog knocks the tree. The designs vary across the twelve, so by day 12 the tree has a full set, not a dozen of the same logo.

How to Make It a Tradition

Twelve days is a flexible window. Start it wherever it fits your December.

1. Twelve days before Christmas. The classic version: open envelope one on December 13 and hang the last ornament on Christmas Eve.
2. Bowl-game countdown. Start twelve days before Penn State's bowl game and read the trivia card aloud each night at dinner. Whoever answers it first gets to hang the ornament.
3. Family trivia night. Turn the twelve cards into a competition. Keep score across the twelve days and award a prize on the last night.
4. The dorm tree. A tabletop tree in a State College dorm holds exactly twelve acrylic ornaments. Open one a day before finals end and the room is decorated by the time you head home.
5. The office cubicle. Hang one ornament a day on a small tree at your desk. Colleagues will start checking in to see the next one.
6. Away-from-home fans. For the alum living out of state, twelve days of opening a Penn State envelope is a daily reminder of Happy Valley in December.

When the holidays are over, slip each ornament back into its numbered envelope. The booklet is the storage box, so the whole countdown is ready for next year.

Why Fans Pick This Over a Box of Ornaments

• It is an experience, not just decor. A box of twelve ornaments gets hung in five minutes. This one is twelve small moments across twelve days, with a trivia question attached to each.
• Officially licensed. The designs carry real Penn State marks, so the tree looks like Beaver Stadium in December, not a generic blue-and-white approximation.
• Built to repeat. The keepsake booklet stores the ornaments between seasons, so it becomes the thing the family reaches for every year instead of a one-time gift.
• Shatterproof acrylic. Safe around kids, pets, and the inevitable tree wobble.
• Twelve distinct designs. Each ornament is different, which keeps day eight as interesting as day one.
• Part of the full line. PartyKandy makes matching Penn State plates, banners, baking cups, cupcake toppers, and sticker sets for the rest of the holiday party.
• Made by a small US business. PartyKandy is a woman-owned company operating in the USA.

The Gift for the Penn State Fan Who Has Everything

Every Penn State family has the person who already owns the hoodie, the hat, the flag, and the koozie. An ornament advent calendar is the gift they do not have yet. It works as a December 1 surprise so they get the full countdown, a hostess gift for the holiday watch party, a care package for the student who cannot get home until the 20th, or a stocking stuffer for the dad who answers every trivia question before anyone else.

Order early: this is a December product, and it needs to arrive before the countdown starts.

Ready to start the countdown? Grab the Penn State Nittany Lions 12-Day Ornament Advent Calendar, open envelope one, and let the tree go blue and white one day at a time. We Are.