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The evenings are drawing in, the weather getting colder and Christmas merchandise has been available for months now. It must be time for the return of that old favourite, the Scriv Productions Online Advent Calendar Challenge!

If you are new to the whole concept of the ACC, as we afficionados like to refer to it, let me explain. The Advent Calendar Challenge is a fun yearly competition run on the site, where players are invited to guess what pictures might possibly crop up behind the windows on my advent calendar each day. Points are awarded (from 1 point on December 1st all the way up to 24 on Christmas Eve*) for correctly guessing the picture and the winner is simply the person who gets the most points over the course of the competition. Simple. Easy. Fun. If you're still a bit in the dark about things, have a look at the 2005, 2004 and 2003 competitions to see what went on.

  FINAL STANDINGS  
  1  Mark COUGHLAN K 75 pts WR  
  2  Simon RUTTER DU 54 pts    
  3  Christina BELL ESx 45 pts PB  
  4  Ross TURNBULL OX 43 pts PB  
  5  David WILFORD SY 29 pts PB  
  6  Ally HICKMAN DU 28 pts    
  7  Alex "Melon" OSBORN WY 23 pts PB  
  8  Andy MARSON CH 22 pts    
  9  Ed COUGHLAN DV 20 pts    
  10  Grace FREELEY CH 16 pts    
  11  Andrew DALE K 14 pts PB  
  12  Matthew SCRIVIN NY 12 pts    
  13  Andy GREEN OX 12 pts    
  14  May BIERLICH L 9 pts    
  15  Thomas WHITE CM 4 pts    
  16  Christine TURNER LA 4 pts    
  17  Alessandro TURATI L 0 pts    
  18  Wendy SCRIVIN SY 0 pts    
  19  M. Asim OMAR NY 0 pts    
  20  Simon ATTWOOD CM 0 pts    
  DQ  Elizabeth SCRIVIN SY DSQ  
  SCORE  

This year's team's championship will take the form of a county championship, though to even it out it will be based on residence rather than birthplace. Current standings:

  COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS  
  1  KENT K 89 pts  
  2  COUNTY DURHAM DU 82 pts  
  3  OXFORDSHIRE OX 55 pts  
  4  EAST SUSSEX ESx 45 pts  
  5  CHESHIRE CH 38 pts  
  6  SOUTH YORKSHIRE SY 29 pts  
  7  WEST YORKSHIRE WY 23 pts  
  8  DEVON DV 20 pts  
  9  NORTH YORKSHIRE NY 12 pts  
  10  LONDON L 9 pts  
  11  LANCASHIRE LA 4 pts  
  12  CAMBRIDGESHIRE CM 4 pts  
  SCORE  

Pictures uncovered:

  1 BAUBLE & STARS 2 HOLLY 3 BAUBLE 4 ANGEL 5 HOLLY 6 GIFT  
               
  7 THREE KINGS 8 TREE & STAR 9 SANTA 10 SNOWFLAKE 11 HAT 12 STOCKING  
               
  13 TEDDY 14 SNOWMAN 15 CRACKER 16 CANDLE 17 PRESENTS 18 ROBIN  
               
  19 BAUBLE 20 REINDEER 21 XMAS TREE 22 BELLS 23 XMAS PUD 24 STAR  
               

You can change your guess as often as you like. The guess registered at the time of a window being opened is assessed for points on each day. Your guess need not be unique but must be kept clean (this is a family competition!). The eventual winner, as ever, gets a top secret special prize. Good luck everyone!

New for 2006 is the stats page. Not many stats mind you, just a constantly updating all-time performance table. Clicking a player name in either the current standings or the stats table gives you a player profile page, showing their past performances in the ACC and a little picture just cos. And finally the rules in full. Subject to change of course...

* If you play from the start

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