Advent Calendars 2018 Day 1 | Ashens & Nerdcubed

[@haloserb]

But wait, this is more German than you initially thought! Playmobil is German!

[@schlassel]

Yup :D

[@PrincessWhoosh]

I came here to say this. 😂

[@YakumoChidori]

Can confirm, all of them are actually German. Source: Am German, Playmobil comes from the town of Zirndorf in Franconia, Bavaria. ZE GERMANZ ARE TAKING OVER ZE BRITISH EMPIRE, JAWOHL! I wonder if it is their subconsciousness telling them to remain with us in the EU that made them buy those calendars... :P

[@ZT742]

Getting to stay in the EU would be the best Christmas present ever.

[@haloserb]

@@ZT742 :'(

[@WheezyShotta]

The best part of Christmas is -The whole family coming together- *Ashens Advent Calender*

[@Zulf85]

No, it's Poundland - didn't you hear the song

[@skillzguy30]

Day 1, grass mask. Off to a good start I see.

[@darklordforte8731]

Making up for last year.

[@godofcrap42]

Thing is, they've had the Playmobile Pirate Calendars in my local[ish] Waterstones for MONTHS- if I'd have known there was a grass mask on day 1, I'd have bought 20 by now.

[@godofcrap42]

Not even joking- very serious. They need to start using that as a selling point. "This advent calendar contains 1x Grass Mask Overlord."

[@CollectWithRyan]

Throw back to 1942

[@SoraHjort]

Seeing that left me broken... I'm still laughing...

[@Formoka]

Sitting here waiting on the invasion of the grass masks.

[@grassmaskdevotee3375]

They are here

[@beccapaintmore5173]

THEY ARE US

[@randywatson8347]

Made possible by playmobile

[@GUARDIANKAYSA]

At least we didn't have to wait long for one of our grass mask overlords to arrive. Now to wait for day 2 for the other to show itself.

[@gilgammesh1]

P͘͜r̕e̵͘p҉a̷r͜ȩ̵ t̵o͠ ̸̨b̶̸e̡͟͝ ąs̀͡si͟͏m̴í͏l͢a̶̶t̨͏̨e̷̷̛d͞.̵͟͝

[@MuchWhittering]

The first calendar says "Time for a cosy breakfast" (Zeit für ein gemütliches Frühstück) on it.

[@PixelatedH2O]

I can confirm, at least according to Google Translate.

[@Chris5291_]

Adam Porter I can confirm, too According to being german :D

[@LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue]

Don't lie to me. It says "hope you really like powdered tea"

[@UndeadCollector]

@@Chris5291_ yes and the funny thing, it's actually made for Rentner = pensioner, so not a child Kalendar (and maybe that's why the "sad onion" is more like an "there's no toys in this Kalendar" icon^^

[@Chris5291_]

UndeadCollector Yes I know :) And the crossed out teddy bear on it means „store out of reach of small children“ here in Germany (mostly due the danger of them swallowing things) :D

[@artinyyk]

"For use in all EU countries", does that mean you have to return it post brexit?

[@benbaselet2026]

Depends if Germany will conquer it or not I suppose.

[@koenvandamme6901]

After Brexit the helicopter will self-activate and destroy the Royal Airforce. Then the German military will swoop in and conquer Britain in the longest ploy ever, played since 1945.

[@maltardraco9555]

@@koenvandamme6901 This was their dastardly plan all along, those Germans still want their 1000 year Reich.

[@marcelpursche5339]

@@koenvandamme6901 Only problem with this plan is that we probably don't have any working planes or boats to actually make it to the UK. Yesterday our chancellor needed to use an airline airplane to make it to the G20 summit because her plane was broken. I don't think our army will be able to fly with Ryanair to invade the UK^^

[@doyleharken3477]

@@koenvandamme6901 Britain? Oh, you mean Northern Schleswig-Holstein!

[@Okurka.]

That time of the year when Ashens and Nerd³ wear the same clothes for 24 consecutive days.

[@tonyS4853]

Or they shoot all episodes in one take....

[@aaronplace]

@@tonyS4853 Thats the joke... lmfao

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Tony Skagerlund r/whoosh

[@jozina1]

Well, this year Nerdcubed seems to be prepared. The videos I've seen up untill now he has worn a different sweater everytime.

[@GamePlague]

I know it's too late but I'm guessing you're supposed to put the Porsche boxes back upside down

[@PixelatedH2O]

Yes... the "frame" the boxes are in would be a frame for the picture on the reverse side.

[@ahandsomefridge]

@The Philocrates I'm pretty sure they already mentioned the boxes might be put upside down so I'm pretty sure they will figure it out

[@tompiel6004]

Exactly what I was thinking, putting it back upside down will form a black and white photograph :-)

[@Lastielion]

Man, I feel this is going to be a pretty frustrating month for some of us.

[@mcocker]

I wasn't the only one shouting at the video saying "you put it back in the wrong way!" :D

[@brycevo]

Yay! It's the Ashens Calendar time again!

[@Chaos89P]

Will the grass masks once again grace us with their presence?

[@MathewHaswell]

If you had watched the video before commenting, you'd already have an answer to that question.

[@mc_cpu]

I hope that they are all this long!

[@gilgammesh1]

@@Chaos89P W̛e̸ ͢rí͡s̷̨é̶̕.͏ ̴̴Y͏̀͜o̡u̧r̨ ̷d̸e̡a̷t̵͜҉hs͢ ̡͝͡ś̴h͞a̛l̷͘l̢̨̕ ̀n͞o͜͡t ̡͏̨b̡҉ę̴ ̷̸s͏ẁ҉i҉f̧t̵́.̕͝

[@jamew85]

as a german I died several deaths of laughter. You two are so precious!

[@mrman643]

Jesus Christ, it's been a year already?

[@Enbious]

Hey, don’t bring Jesus into this! Wait a few more weeks.

[@natgrant1364]

I know. It's ridiculous. It was just last December a few minutes ago, I'm sure of it!

[@grassmaskdevotee3375]

Did you know that Jesus slept in a bed of Grass Masks when he was a baby? That's pretty impressive.

[@JonasC22]

no we skipped ahead a few months

[@ZaikeriaAltaire]

I said the same thing when I started watching too!

[@FoulestPanda]

If y’all are wondering why some of these end on the 24th, Germans typically open presents and put up the tree on Christmas Eve. Christmas itself is used for a feast and church celebrations.

[@lorcanobrien7942]

It feels like no time has passed since the last series

[@grassmaskdevotee3375]

Don't worry. Resistance is futile anyway.

[@goldensloth7]

right?

[@anumeon]

(Music time) On the first day of advent, The germans gave to me. One Chai tea, one Porschestand, one gear with cogs, and a Nerdcubed infront of a tree. :D

[@alphamone]

I hope you do this for the whole 24/25 days.

[@turnbull832]

Did you just call a grass mask a tree? Get your no scope gloves on and meet me in McDonald's car park.

[@mrflibble1259]

Ok so Stuart and Dan are great and all, but where's lindt chocolate calendar guy???

[@DaMusicFreak101]

The Advent Calendar series hasn't truly kicked off until Nightenstaff comes around again.

[@koenvandamme6901]

Maybe his wife finally did him in

[@Chaos89P]

@@koenvandamme6901 If memory serves, I thought he killed her?

[@JamiM93]

Has someone compiled all the comments in one place? Because I know I've missed some

[@koenvandamme6901]

@@Chaos89P Death is only the beginning!

[@frohm64]

you know you've ordered 5 German advent calendars because playmobil is german as well

[@rafaelmendez9893]

Missed opportunity to open the best advent calendar: The Funko Pop Harry Potter one! We know how much you both love Funko Pops, and their staring into the abyss expressions.

[@StrayKids_et_al]

My sister actually has it this year, the figures are so bloody tiny

[@KrischKrisch]

As a German viewer I found this incredibly hilarious and I'm so looking forward to the rest of the month now xDD

[@MuchWhittering]

Zauberbuch being a "spell book". (Or literally a "magic/sorcery book")

[@aceman0000099]

What is pensioners breakfast

[@mahow]

I've been watching all of these since the first day of 2019 (I didn't know the existed beforehand) and that Porsche one looks amazing.

[@ChesuMori]

...I hope Stuart realizes that you're meant to flip the Porsche boxes over to the other side as you return them to the frame.

[@alexeverett308]

If not we're in for a frustrating time...

[@tremorist]

He just doesn't get it!

[@Potaterminator]

Gotta say, having this video appear right on my birthday made me feel all warm and cozy inside.

[@WhiteWolf496]

Grass mask day one... what sorcery is this? Oh, it was the magic calendar all along

[@bodvarson1933]

Our Grassmask Overloards have returned! Praise to the Grassmasks!

[@grassmaskdevotee3375]

Our faith has been rewarded! This is going to be a good year after all.

[@charlieinabeanie9125]

I’ve just started Rewatching last years advent and dear god I am so excited for this year 😂 Thanks for making me smile, both of you ❤️

[@AliciaRoseElisabeth]

this series, more than anything else, really gets me into the christmas spirit every year. it's my own virtual advent calendar and i didn't even have to waste any money!

[@noaht8160]

chai latte is black tea with indian spices and frothy milk. no chocolate

[@PixelatedH2O]

I was confused by that as well as soon as it saw it written on the packet.

[@sammsonic]

This one is ‘typ chocolate’ so it is chai tea with a chocolate flavour

[@get-the-joke]

Actually Latte is German for boner. I guess it's for the pensioner's erectile dysfunction.

[@wyterabitt2149]

@Atheist Dingo Chai latte is just what has been in the UK for a long time under a few (actual original) names, but latte was added for Americans who had never had it and wouldn't try it without something familiar sounding. By the time any products make back here with the silly latte name instead of course it is going to be confusing.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

@@wyterabitt2149 I mean, there's chai tea, and there there's chai tea lattes, which have milk added (milk is what makes a latte). So you saying "latte" was added to make it appeal to Americans is a questionable claim. Chai lattes have been available in America for about as long as I can remember - there's a brand called Oregon Chai that makes pre-made chai lattes and I've had them since I was pretty young, and I'm only 28. (Amazing brand if you ever have an opportunity to try it, by the way.)

[@breccamerie1]

Random KZbin video..... this didn't disappoint. Guess I need to advance to day 2 now. Maybe I'll wait for December and watch one a day, even though these are 4 years old. Could be a December routine. Watch these while drinking Chi Tea....

[@ellisgriffiths7609]

YESSSSS COME ON ASHENS GET THE CALENDAR OUT

[@ObiMace]

I'm watching these in mid January and I'm still sad I wasn't there "live" for these for a tiny youtube comment German lesson a day :) "Zeit für ein gemütliches Frühstück" - "Time for a cosy breakfast." Dan's pronunciation of Frühstück was absolutely spot on, btw!

[@mysterymuffin2]

Now christmas can really begin

[@prinztricky]

Oh shit I forgot about this. Rejoice! I love how I was in such a shit spot exactly a year ago that these videos were THE ONLY thing I was looking forward to, and this year it didn't even come to my mind! Thanks guys.

[@jak1259]

I think the Porsche calender I think is supposed to be flipped over for each day

[@chamoo232]

They will realize this on day 19.

[@leedaniel2002]

chamoo232 a prophecy

[@r3tr0gam3r89]

Here on Dec 30th 2023, this video pops up suggested and I thought "let's go back and watch these again." See how much I can remember of them

[@burp2019]

the Pensioner's Breakfast is still available to purchase, now with updated box art

[@oliviamacarthur18]

I have literally been waiting for this. I shall follow along with my Thorntons chocolate calendar. Day 1: a star. Ooh exciting!

[@killerx4123]

I've followed nerdcubed for years. Never knew his face until this video thank you

[@GeckonCZ]

Advent Calendars - Bloody hell, are we still doing these!?

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

Except we actually watch these

[@Drawyah]

Oh yes. 😎

[@GuakstickLabs]

I thought it was a Magic The Gathering Advent Calendar from the thumbnail.

[@alberthall83]

Stewart, the gloves are in the wand... *Clap Clap Clap Clap*

[@minski76]

"accidental Germans" Hey, I'm an accidental German! Frohe Weihnachten, allerseits! (The Teddybear means "No toys" BTW. )

[@AnELK.]

And I’ve been waiting for this all year, damn it’s been a while!

[@paulaskew8224]

Inventive Koopa64 been about a year.

[@BDeutungsLos]

We've been opening our advent calendars while watching your videos for the last two years. It has become kind of a tradition now. It's hilarious to us how ze German Adventskalenders are taking over! Greetings from Germany XD

[@skillzguy30]

It's the most wonderful time of the year. The Ashens (and Nerd^3) advent countdown with miscellaneous calendars of tat.

[@therunawaykid6523]

I was exited when I received the notification, now it feels like december

[@quazz4life]

Yes. I have waited all year for this. My favorite thing on youtube.

[@DevonPalmer98]

This is our hell, we endlessly continue this cycle of opening calendars in hopes of one day escaping. We fail every year

[@adamtill7847]

I look forward to this every year now!

[@multiplio2924]

I can see this is going to be an amusingly painful experience as a German speaker... Also that grass mask cracked me up! :D

[@davestobbart7203]

God I love these 2. always makes my xmas build-up that lil bit better. watch them every year

[@benjones8276]

I remember when I was young I had a cars advent calendar, their was a big section on day 25, I was expecting it to be a toy car. It was a notebook

[@ajthepoppunkkid8415]

16:44 you know how there’s moments in Dan’s videos when you just want to rewind and listen to him yell something funny over and over again...?

[@kimberleyfraser848]

Yay!!! You know its truly Christmas when Stuart & Dan start opening crap advent calendars

[@LWolf12]

I use these videos as my Christmas countdown.

[@yourworstnightmare7343]

Genuinely the only part of Christmas I enjoy! Straight up.

[@SleepNeed]

On the first day of avant tat, the Germans gave to me...

[@Chaos89P]

Eine Grasmaske.

[@DDdreamer90]

Ein wand-shaped spliff!

[@5liter]

@Roblox Adventures and a violated peace treaty!

[@ericariley1696]

Yay! It's that time of the year again, Ashens' & Nerdcubed's advent calendar videos. Love these!

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

A magic Advent calendar seems just a LITTLE sacrilegious.

[@koenvandamme6901]

Oh sure, when Jesus magically multiplies food or turns water into wine it's all fine and dandy, but I can't make a coin disappear without having to expect divine retribution? That's some double standard bullshit man, I thought we were all God's children!

[@minski76]

It's a pagan holiday

[@Likedheejxu]

This is my Christmas tradition, and it isn’t Christmas without it

[@pjbth]

How have you guys not made your own advent calendars to sell yet?

[@Dr.Bright87]

The AshensCubed Calender. Every day is one piece of tat from every advent calender. (day one: a playmobile wig) etc.

[@wooloo2652]

You guys got me through a really rough December with this last year. Looking forward to joining in the fun again this year :)

[@keiyakins]

"I don't like tea." Dan was exiled from the UK shortly thereafter.

[@Levleup]

Keiya As was Ashens

[@n.s.mcmahon6180]

Oh man, I forgot about advent calendars! What a pleasant surprise to wake up hung over to!

[@ChesuMori]

Was day one of the Playmobil calendar a grass mask??

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

yes.

[@ahandsomefridge]

Watch the video, you bearded carrot

[@ChesuMori]

@@ahandsomefridge You gotta know that I would only ever ask that question, in past tense, after seeing what comes out of the calendar, right?

[@ahandsomefridge]

Such tactics are beyond my comprehension. You're still a bearded carrot though.

[@ChesuMori]

@@ahandsomefridge ...I feel like you've either seen my avatar on another website, or are a friend of mine incognito for some reason...

[@FourPartFox]

I'm so happy the grass mask is back already! Ashens advent calendar time is the only thing that makes December pleasant for me!

[@IntermezzoR]

Damn you guys are up early to open those calendars, It's only 1 am! That explains what a pensioners breakfast is, you start preparing it at midnight so you can start eating at 6am.

[@TheJoFarley]

OMG "MAGIC MAGIC E!" what a reference, thats how my school taught me to spell! no wunder i cant!!

[@Renegadeprof]

Isn't that the gloves inside the wand?

[@jsb8261]

And now, It's the most wonderful time of the year.

[@NobletheSavage]

Found a use for your mass inventory of f'ing inflatable crowns then .

[@silverfingerthesilverstack5062]

Best advent calender you done so far, I think we are not looked after enough in the UK after watching this, happy christmas guys

[@sweetasbloodredjam]

We germans don't do the 25th thing, christmas dinner and presents and everything important happens on the 24th over here, so that's why all of the german advent calenders have 24 doors. 'Zeit für ein gemütliches Frühstück' translates to 'time for a cozy breakfast'. And yes 'Frühstück' means 'breakfast'. The calender itself only says that it is a 'pensioners advent calender' ('Renter' is 'pensioner') and the breakfast theming is only implied by that sentence as far as I could see. Also Chai literally means spice as far as I know, and rerfers to spiced milky tea. In india it is usually served in tiny amounts and consists of pepper, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and maybe some fennel or anis as well as COPIOUS amounts of sugar. It is all usually cooked with some sort of black tea in milk (although I've seen it cooked and served without the tea, just as spiced milk as well). Chai Latte is usually a sanitized western version of this with the spices toned down and often something like vanilla or caramel thrown in there for good measure, but it is still always a milky tea. This specific one is just one of those marketing 'chocolate tea' abominations, wich has nothing to do with the actual thing

[@stupidusername6001]

YES! I've been waiting for this. Also thought I'd mention that actually Playmobil is a german company too We are slowly invading your christmas and you don't even know

[@feieralarm]

The service address, on the Revell calendar, is only for Germany, not the Advent calendar itself.

[@ShadowBomber19]

I cant even begin to tell you how happy I was when I saw this video in my subscription feed!

[@offended323]

2 critical grown men opening advent calendars for children? Excellent.

[@mrflibble1259]

Hang on, one of these is literally called pensioner's breakfast. These ain't for children

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@mrflibble1259 Also I'm not really sure how many children would want to build a small Porsche model or be interested in assembling an RC helicopter.

[@PurpleAlzir]

@@PixelatedH2O The RC helicopter one probably will get more children interested than a Porsche model

[@therunawaykid6523]

The real meaning of christmas

[@theframe100]

Man I love this serious. This video was absolutely glorious. 'an excellent video'

[@vintagediesel1242]

The gloves where inside the wand...

[@MoMoneyMoritz]

"sour bush" XD!!! Zauberbuch is magic book

[@sirMAXX77]

"Accidental Germans", sounds like that would be a good band name.

[@ask5118]

Chai does mean tea Stuart!

[@SaviourInDistress]

wait does it literally mean tea? like chai tea is actually tea tea?

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@SaviourInDistress Yes, it's derived from the Mandarin word "chá", which means tea. What most people would call chai tea is also called masala chai though.

[@trumpeter811]

My favorite time of the year! Not cause it's Christmas but cause ashens releases videos every day for almost a whole month!

[@LlamaFluff]

I'm feeling Christmassy now this is out!

[@dmd8552]

Amazing!! I've been waiting over 11 months for this!

[@Charisarian]

Isn't playmobil a german company.

[@Vamptonius]

BRILLIANCE! AND I get to see it day of rather than day after! Thank you from the future.

[@leewilde8947]

Oh hell yeh, Christmas is official now i get to see th crap that comes out of these calendars

[@PrivateHaggard]

This year they've chosen quite good ones :D

[@leewilde8947]

@@PrivateHaggard Surprisingly they are not too bad, I would like the RC helicopter one myself.

[@DarkwolfRedsoul]

I can't tell you how much i have looked forward to this. So i wont tell you.

[@Enbious]

Damnit Dan, fix your sound! My right ear is good, but my left is out of whack!!! Do what Asshens does and set it to mono!!!

[@jamesmiles2090]

Hell Yes, been waiting all year for this!

[@E350tb]

Do you think the page on Ferdinand Porsche includes the bit where he designed tanks for the Nazis?

[@justaguygettinby2140]

Hopefully, fine feats of engineering those were.

[@samreid6010]

Calum Gould amen, brother

[@drawntoicehockey]

My mum has a German advent calendar from the 80s that her friend gave to her. My parents are both Welsh by the way, but my mum took German O Level in school and made friends with the student she stayed with on her exchange trip. They're still friends to this day. The advent calendar has a lovely drawing of Munich on the front. From what I remember, it's a Christmas market drawn in pencil, and each window has a different smaller drawing behind it. We hang it up every year still because it looks really nice.

[@biokido575]

I miss the Lego calendars.

[@mcocker]

Gadgetboy KZbin channel has a Lego Advent Calendar this year, not as good as an Ashen's review of the contents

[@biokido575]

@@mcocker I'll give it a look. Thanks!

[@tyuiopt0]

its back lads the series I've been waiting for all year

[@aaronbradleycorbett]

I love how the word “Christ” is in between them

[@muhannadburwais8400]

Been waiting for this all year long!!!

[@Demonologist013]

OUR GODS ARE RETURNING ALL HAIL THE GRASS MASKS

[@BluDog35]

I've waited all year for this... The one thing about Xmas that makes me happy.

[@BigBadTomA]

It's baaaack

[@allyson5380]

My countdown to Christmas has officially begun!!!!!!!!!

[@FifthSplit]

ADVENT TIME BOIS

[@Lv5SuperTuba]

Christmas eve tradition for years now. Time to binge the whole playlist!!!

[@Lv5SuperTuba]

those goddamn inflatable crowns!!!!!

[@zeikjt]

For some reason it just hit me that Ashens has gone from reviewing PopStations to doing awesome cross-youtuber series with Barry, Eli, Nerd3, etc. nowadays. What an amazing journey it's been!