--- description: Benjamin Anthony Hewins gave the ultimate thoughtful gift this Christmas when he made his wife a life-sized advent calendar. title: This Man Built His Wife a Life-Sized Advent Calendar image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte489fe7d3d1883bb/6988b282428a9e81e7cd540e/advent-calendar-benjamin-hewin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Man Built His Wife a Life-Sized Advent Calendar for Christmas  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2016 8:54 PM CUT  (Credit: Benjamin Anthony Hewins / Facebook)  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2016 8:54 PM CUT Today, let us recognize a man who’s gone so above and beyond normal protocol for [gift-giving this holiday season](http://time.com/money/4566174/post-election-feminist-gifts-clinton-trump/ "undefined") that all offerings from other men will likely pale in comparison. Benjamin Anthony Hewins, a husband from London, England took it upon himself to build a huge (7 foot tall, to be exact) [advent calendar](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/01/a-brief-history-of-advent/ "undefined") for his wife. According to [Metro.co.uk](http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/05/this-guy-made-a-huge-advent-calendar-for-his-wife-with-a-different-present-behind-every-door-6301858/#ixzz4S3yO4cVi "undefined"), the larger-than-life present housed presents like scarves, shoes, and treats behind each door. While Hewins constructed the whole thing himself, the project only took him two days to complete. “It really wasn’t difficult—just a bit of imagination, a few tools, and loads of green tea,” he wrote on his Facebook page. Significant others of the world, pay attention: _this_ is how you give a gift. See the advent calendar in all its glory below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4596916/giant-advent-calendar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4596916/giant-advent-calendar/"},"headline":"This Man Built His Wife a Life-Sized Advent Calendar for Christmas","datePublished":"2016-12-09T20:54:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:21.790Z","description":"Above and beyond","url":"https://time.com/4596916/giant-advent-calendar/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","christmas","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte489fe7d3d1883bb/6988b282428a9e81e7cd540e/advent-calendar-benjamin-hewin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte489fe7d3d1883bb/6988b282428a9e81e7cd540e/advent-calendar-benjamin-hewin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"advent-calendar-benjamin-hewin","caption":"","creditText":"(Credit: Benjamin Anthony Hewins / Facebook)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4596916/giant-advent-calendar/","name":"This Man Built His Wife a Life-Sized Advent Calendar for Christmas"}}]}] ```