Then she placed one of the coins at the top of his beard and very carefully drew round it. Tommy helped by standing on the coin so it wouldn't move while she drew round it. Then she moved it to the right and drew round it again until there was a row of circles along the top of his beard. Then she moved the coin down underneath the circles she'd already drawn, and drew another row of them. Eventually Santa's beard was covered in circles. The other bears couldn't understand what she was up to! Was Santa going to end up with holes in his beard?
"Does somebody want to count the number of circles?" asked Lizzie. "I will!" offered Vicky and she did just that!
"24!" she announced. "What does 24 mean on an Advent Calendar?" asked Lizzie. "It's the number of days in December until Christmas!" shouted Tommy.