you are alone with The Darkness of Blighted Hearts!

So set aside the disjointed idea that post-Conversion advent is being celebrated with a Norse Mythology-themed calendar. Besides, if you squint through history you can see past that Yule-takeover, and still enjoy Emberglow's The Darkness of Blighted Hearts, a solo RPG adventure in the form of a daily surprise-stuffed boxed calendar:

And even better, instead of the fleeting joy of the usual candy, you get a limited edition resin dice set, a metal dice set, a chonky D20, 2 minifigs, actual amulets related to the Norse Gods you'll be encountering (dying to see pics of these!), plus a daily dose of adventure that has cumulative rewards & consequences as you open a container slot each night!

And if need something for your juleøl or vetrmetheglin while you play, for a reasonable $35 more you can get an Emberglow hearthfire logo'd drinking horn with your already limited edition box of holiday adventure:

So at $127 for the box, which seems steep in one lump sum, yet if you break that down it's like ~$5.30 of fun a day, which is probably less than your fancy morning kaffe, plus this NorsePlay is the first of its kind, and looks pretty cool, which is why you could consider maybe putting the advent back into adventure and try this out.

[from Emberglow here.]

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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.