"What My Cat Brings Out From Underneath The Couch": The Internet Is Brutally Roasting Skims's New Advent Calendar, And Even My Vanity's Junk Drawer Has A Better Selection

This post is an op-ed and shares the writer's personal views.

Now that Halloween is last month's news, people are starting to thaw out their Christmas spirit. And with Christmas comes...

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CORPORATE GREED!!!! Yay, how exciting. 😒 And one of the ways capitalism screws us over during the holidays is through Advent calendars.

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Some of you may be thinking, "It's nice to have a little treat to look forward to each day leading up to Christmas." While that's cute in theory, the excitement can easily lead to disappointment when you open up "Day 4" only to receive the equivalent of overpriced pocket lint. So when my cynical-ass saw the Skims Advent calendar, I felt sooooo vindicated.

Kim Kardashian's clothing brand launched its Holiday Shop on Oct. 29 this year, which included its "Accessories Advent Calendar." Let's take a look at it with the help of the lovely Henna Ali, shall we?

The fashion and lifestyle influencer took to TikTok to do a little unboxing of the calendar, and I just want to start off by saying that, technically, a traditional Advent calendar should have 24 days. This one only has 12, so it's more of a 12 Days of Christmas countdown. I'm already docking points for that.

Now let's get into the actual items.

Day 1: A teddy bear keychain. This one is cute (on the LOWEST of keys 👀), so I'll be nice.

Day 2: Three hair ties... That's it.

Day 3: Three satin scrunchies... Yeah, it's definitely going downhill from here.

Day 4: Three pink bobby pins. I'm starting to sense a theme.

Day 5: Henna describes it as a "Skims stress, like, squishy thing," and I'm going to stick with that description.

Day 6: Two brown hair clips. I'm shaking my head.

Day 7: Two bra strap headbands. We're reverting to the '90s.

Day 8: Even more bobby pins, this time in red.

Day 9: A brown comb keychain. I don't care that it's "dual-purpose." I still don't like it.

Day 10: Another keychain, this time in red and not "dual-purpose."

Day 11: Get excited... MORE satin scrunchies! 😆

Day 12: A fuzzy compact mirror/keychain. Just what I wanted.

Based on the totally logical point system that I definitely wasn't just making up as I go, the Skims Advent calendar receives a whopping -53 points. What an achievement.

Henna concludes the video by saying she was disappointed that there was no ornament in the calendar, but "they're definitely accessories." Yup. They sure are.

Let's get a better look at this pile of "accessories." 🧐

Here's the real gag: When I looked up the price, it wasn't $25. It wasn't $50. Hell, it wasn't even $100, but rather...get ready...a whole $148!!!!!

People in the comments were furious for her:

People on Reddit also called out the calendar for being...let's just say lackluster:

This person did point out, however, that the Skims website is pretty transparent about the contents of the calendar:

Overall, people on both platforms were shaking their head at Kim Kardashian:

What do you think about Kim K's 12 Days of Disappointments *cough* I mean, Advent calendar? Let us know in the comments.