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People Are Coming After Dior For Their $1,000 Advent Calendar After Finding Out What’s Inside Of It
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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Zoe Vokes 3 months ago
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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Kid Murray 3 months ago
You stupid, brainless, thoughtless, dickless, vacuous, dumb as a brick, f*****g idiot.
Lara Verne 3 months ago (edited)
Well. What did you expect? That you get something worth so much money? In a small advent calendar from overpriced brand?
Lesley Relph 3 months ago
Are the perfume samples parfum or eau de toilette? Parfum is more concentrated. Would not waste my money buying something like this anyway. I have no sympathy.
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Or me 😂like really ,your owning paying for the name nothing more I live on very little n I could spend that 1k on stuffFAR bloody better than this posh shite I gotta say ,
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Emilu 3 months ago
I think this was an issue last year, too... I seem to recall I read a few articles on it. But, well, if people still keep buying them, then of course they'll keep producing them. If we're talking about luxury purchases we don't need, I'd rather put the money aside for a handbag.
detective miller's hat 3 months ago
If you're stupid enough to spend $1,000 on a "designer" advent calendar, you deserve to be swindled.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 3 months ago
it looks lovely, but not even scraping in anywhere NEAR the cost price of lovely. few hundred, tops.
Tyranamar Seuss 3 months ago
Why would you expect full sized products in and advent calendar? It's going to be a bunch of little samples of stuff they're trying to promote. And honestly I thought the size of these samples were pretty good. But it's not worth $1000.
Norfolk and good 3 months ago (edited)
I remember when advent calendars cost £1 and contained cheap chocolates which tasted delicious. Watch the video of British YouTuber JaackMaate review Zoella's advert calendar. It's several years old now but I still find it hilarious and watch it every Christmas.
whiterabbit 3 months ago
"This is homophobic and racist". Being a victim is the only thing this guys good at.
Zoe Vokes 3 months ago
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.
Load More Replies... Kid Murray 3 months ago
You stupid, brainless, thoughtless, dickless, vacuous, dumb as a brick, f*****g idiot.
Lara Verne 3 months ago (edited)
Well. What did you expect? That you get something worth so much money? In a small advent calendar from overpriced brand?
Lesley Relph 3 months ago
Are the perfume samples parfum or eau de toilette? Parfum is more concentrated. Would not waste my money buying something like this anyway. I have no sympathy.
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Or me 😂like really ,your owning paying for the name nothing more I live on very little n I could spend that 1k on stuffFAR bloody better than this posh shite I gotta say ,
Load More Replies... Emilu 3 months ago
I think this was an issue last year, too... I seem to recall I read a few articles on it. But, well, if people still keep buying them, then of course they'll keep producing them. If we're talking about luxury purchases we don't need, I'd rather put the money aside for a handbag.
detective miller's hat 3 months ago
If you're stupid enough to spend $1,000 on a "designer" advent calendar, you deserve to be swindled.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 3 months ago
it looks lovely, but not even scraping in anywhere NEAR the cost price of lovely. few hundred, tops.
Tyranamar Seuss 3 months ago
Why would you expect full sized products in and advent calendar? It's going to be a bunch of little samples of stuff they're trying to promote. And honestly I thought the size of these samples were pretty good. But it's not worth $1000.
Norfolk and good 3 months ago (edited)
I remember when advent calendars cost £1 and contained cheap chocolates which tasted delicious. Watch the video of British YouTuber JaackMaate review Zoella's advert calendar. It's several years old now but I still find it hilarious and watch it every Christmas.
whiterabbit 3 months ago
"This is homophobic and racist". Being a victim is the only thing this guys good at.
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