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People Are Coming After Dior For Their $1,000 Advent Calendar After Finding Out What’s Inside Of It
Close-up of a person holding a tiny Dior perfume bottle from the high-priced advent calendar, highlighting luxury beauty products.

Influencer Roasts Dior By Revealing What’s Inside Its ‘Glamorous’ $1,000 Advent Calendar

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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… a make-up sample that I could actually get for free. That’s the tune one influencer is singing after unboxing Dior’s much-awaited 2025 Advent calendar.

Many of us are lucky if we get an Advent calendar with a few chocolates inside, but Sean Anthony claims to have splurged on $1,000 Dior luxury calendar, which the fashion house describes as a “set filled with surprises to help you count down the days to Christmas as you discover or rediscover the icons of the House of Dior.”

In a rather entertaining 2-part TikTok video series, the content creator unboxes the calendar and opens the fancy compartments one by one to reveal what’s hidden inside. See Anthony’s reaction to each of the “luxury” gifts below…

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    Dior has released its 2025 luxury advent calendar at a cost of close to $1000

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    Make-up artist Sean Anthony splurged on one and decided to unbox it on camera

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    The video quickly went viral, and you can watch it here:

    @seananthonyv UNBOXING THIS $1000 ADVENT CALENDAR FROM DIOR?! 😱😱😭😅 This price point is insane, and it better be worth it 🫣🤔 #adventcalendar#makeup#beauty#unboxing#unboxing♬ Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

    The content creator continued the unboxing on day 13, hoping that things would improve

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    “I want my money back!”: here’s part 2 of the video

    @seananthonyv I WANT MY MONEY BACK!! 💸😡UNBOXING THIS RIDICULOUS $1,000 ADVENT CALENDAR FROM DIOR?! 😱😱😭😭 This is officitthe WORST advent calendar ever… 😢🤬 #adventcalendar#makeup#beauty#unboxing#viralmakeup♬ Sneak into a suspicious Western-style building(1024146) – Kids Sound

    But wait, there’s more. The make-up artist revealed that the calendar came with a few extra gifts

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    @seananthonyv Replying to @𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊💜🪻 UNBOXING THE GIFT I GOT FROM MY $1,000 DIOR ADVENT CALENDAR?! 😱😱🤬🤬 I’m still upset about the $1000 purchase lol!!! 😭😭 #adventcalendar#viralmakeup#beautytips#unboxing#makeup♬ Sneak into a suspicious Western-style building(1024146) – Kids Sound

    It’s not the first time Dior has disappointed fans in the days before Christmas

    The House of Dior has gone and done it again… In 2022, the French fashion and beauty house came under fire for selling a $3,500 advent calendar that contained nothing more than candle lids and sample-size bottles of perfumes. Oh, and a few bars of soap, and some “candle accessories,” including a stand, a lid, and a snuffer.

    The internet went wild that December, as influencers unboxed the “limited-edition La Collection Privée Christian Dior The Trunk of Dreams 2022 advent calendar.” The fashion house had built up excitement over the calendar, describing it as “much more than an advent calendar, this marvelous, miniature universe is ready to welcome your precious objects and elevate your interior.” 

    Dior’s website added that the calendar is “made up of a wooden structure lined with cotton canvas and featuring sketches by Pietro Ruffo.”

    At the time, a beauty influencer, Jackie Aina, filmed herself unboxing the 2022 Dior calendar over a number of days. Each day got a little more disappointing than the last…

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    When Aina opened drawer number 6, she was expecting more than, err, a candle lid.

    “Ooh, something shiny,” she said excitedly, before realizing what it actually was. “Uh, girl? The lid to the candle, I think? Uh, okay. Whatever that means.”

    Aina’s videos, like Anthony’s, were viewed millions of times, with netizens voicing their shock and disappointment at the “luxury” advent calendar.

    But it wasn’t the first time a “luxury” advent calendar caused disappointment. A year earlier, in 2021, Chanel sold an $800 one that contained “cheap trinkets like stickers, a keychain, and a Chanel dustbag,” according to the Independent.

    In Dior’s defense, the fashion house’s website does mention that the 2025 Advent Calendar houses “24 miniature creations from the House of Dior, including refined fragrances, sophisticated makeup, and skincare products, and a scented candle.”

    It also gives a breakdown of all the contents and the size of each gift… So anyone who spent $1,000 on it probably should have known exactly what to expect.

    “You people love to waste money”: netizens had lots to say in response

    Some of them suggested what would be more worthwhile instead of Dior

    The jokes kept coming, with one person suggesting Anthony might want to check for a “hidden compartment.”

    @seananthonyv Replying to @dkriselle $1000 DIOR ADVENT CALENDAR SECRET COMPARTMENT?! 😱😱🤔🤔 #adventcalendar#unboxing#makeup#beauty#unboxingvideo♬ Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

    The make-up artist revealed that they’d decided to return the calendar

    And you can watch the emotional farewell over here:

    @seananthonyv the time has come for the $1000 DIOR ADVENT CALENDAR to go back home?! 😱😱🥺😭 I’m a little emotional, but I want my money back lol! #adventcalendar#unboxing#makeup#viralmakeup♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey

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    Angela B
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "A fool and their money are soon parted".

    Zoe Vokes
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless he has never seen a luxury makeup brand calendar unboxing before then this shouldn't be a surprise. This is the same every year, except he was more annoying than other videos I’ve seen because he used the word bougie repeatedly. He probably bought it to be upset, get some views and return it.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A fool n their money are soon parted 🙄🙄

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    Angela B
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "A fool and their money are soon parted".

    Zoe Vokes
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless he has never seen a luxury makeup brand calendar unboxing before then this shouldn't be a surprise. This is the same every year, except he was more annoying than other videos I’ve seen because he used the word bougie repeatedly. He probably bought it to be upset, get some views and return it.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A fool n their money are soon parted 🙄🙄

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