Office Grinches

It's that time of the year again... time for family, friends, food... laughter, giving and love.

However, these popular holiday themes seemed to have slipped from the awareness of my undisclosed colleague(s).

Please observe the savaged advent calendar photo to the left. This photo was taken on December 9. Please also observe the numerous "windows" that are opened. The thing that strikes me as odd is that not all of Dec. 1-8 (the days leading up to when this photo was taken) are opened. However, the Grinch had no problem bypassing these acceptable dates to undermine the future.

As Wikipedia defines:

"An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas.

Today, most Advent calendars are made for children. Many take the form of a large rectangular card with "windows" of which there are often 24; one for each day of December leading up to Christmas Day. One is opened every day during Advent. In many of these calendars, each window opens to reveal an image, a poem, or a portion of a story such as the Nativity story itself. More elaborate Advent calendars have a small gift concealed in each window, such as a toy or a chocolate item."

I'm from a small town. I always thought I was slightly sheltered, not having more than 5 television channels and a duck as a pet. Nevertheless, I know what an advent calendar is, and how to operate one.

So, how in Rudolph's name did this happen?

I have but a few theories:
A) The Grinch does not know the purpose of an Advent calendar.
B) The Grinch knows the purpose, but is apathetic and simply doesn't care.
C) The Grinch believes this is a backwards Advent calendar, and is counting down from 25...
D) The Grinch is continuously extremely hungry and/or craving chocolate
E) The Grinch believes the Advent calendar makers saved the best chocolate for the end

Whatever the case, Merry Christmas you filthy animals!