If you’re a Christmas addict, you’ve probably already had a blast wrapping presents. Kim Neill asks, who needs gift wrap when there is snow?

Melbourne creative studio Yoke has reinvented the advent calendar in a new digital format with its own industry spin. People will be able to visit the Ad-vent Calendar and open a new door, but no chocolate or lollies will be found behind it. Instead, the door will reveal a visual treat in the form of 25 carefully selected ads and branded content from around the world.

Can you imagine Christmas without gingerbread cookies or other baked gingerbread goods? Most of us can’t. In fact, many people like them and yet don’t know that the tradition of using ginger to make a delicious sweet treat began in Europe around the 11th century.