Why are Advent Calendars always so inaccurate?

I was checking out Google for trending topics and one that came up was Taco Bell Advent Calendar. It seemed rather specific. I did some research and found out they had these "calendars" which contained 12 "prizes". I'm not sure where they got 12 from. I'm assuming it's because it's half of 24, which is the normal size of an Advent calendar these days.

But why are there 24 days on Advent calendars. It's inaccurate 86% of the time. The reason is pretty simple. To avoid having to print a different Advent calendar every year, companies produce the same one and just begin it on December 1 and it ends on December 24. Usually it's arranged in 4 rows of 6 days.

This is inaccurate. Advent ranges from 22 to 28 days inclusive. It can start as early as November 27 and as late as Dec. 3. I wrote about this on a previous blog which you can find here titled "The Date of Advent". The blog goes into a lot of detail as to the dates of Advent and why the length varies from year to year.

So the calendars out there are inaccurate, as only 1 in 7 years does Advent actually begin on December 1. This happens when December 1 is a Sunday. That means Advent calendars will become valid again in December 2024, and every 7 years after that.

The Taco Bell Advent Calendar is particularly bad, having only 12 blocks. I don't even know if they have particular days associated with each block.

I'm not really sure the purpose of Advent calendars to begin with. Advent is a time of spiritual preparation. How does it make sense to give little candies and goodies throughout this time. If anything, people should be giving up these things, detaching themselves, so as to get more out of Advent.

But as usual, it seems this is simply a ploy by businesses to take advantage of the season. I can't really blame them, they are simply catering to the desires of customers. The general populace pays relatively little attention to the spiritual aspects of Advent and opts instead for the gifts and pleasures of Christmas which they celebrate early.

Ironically once the Christmas season is actually here, many people abandon it early. So they start celebrating early only to stop celebrating early also. Makes very little sense. Hopefully people will reclaim a spiritual aspect to their Advent season this year.