MLB x Snoopy 2026 Advent Calendar

From 1951 Sandlot Comic Strips to a 24-Day Winter Ballpark Countdown

Ever since Charles M. Schulz drew his first comic strip pitcher’s mound on March 6, 1951—inspired by childhood sandlot games in St. Paul, Minnesota—baseball and Peanuts have shared an unmistakable bond in American culture. That decades-long connection, honored in Cooperstown’s Peanuts at Bat exhibitions and ballpark statues across the country, takes on a seasonal tabletop form in the MLB x Snoopy 2026 Advent Calendar. The front of the rigid paperboard collector box sets a cozy night-game scene: beneath stadium floodlights and a classic green centerfield scoreboard, Snoopy wears home pinstripes and a red Santa hat while building a scarf-wrapped snowman on a snow-dusted infield alongside Woodstock and a wrapped holiday gift.

24 Sculpted Snoopy Baseball Poses & Daily Unwrapping Ritual

Twenty-four numbered perforated doors are integrated directly across the stadium sky and snowy diamond on the front cover. Each morning from December 1 through Christmas Eve, folding back a compartment flap reveals a freestanding 3D molded Snoopy figurine dressed in Major League Baseball club gear. Instead of relying on identical cookie-cutter stances, the 24-piece lineup captures the expressive physical comedy of Snoopy’s diamond career: #1 waves from the infield in New York pinstripes with a leather-tan mitt, #2 crouches in full royal-blue Dodgers catcher armor complete with chest protector and shin guards, #9 balances a tiny yellow Woodstock on his right arm, #14 holds a hanging green holiday signboard, and #17 pairs a scarlet Washington jersey with a red-and-white Santa cap.

In the hand, each miniature figure feels solid and smooth, combining crisp comic-strip white fur and jet-black ears with matte-painted jersey piping, team cap monograms, and miniature wooden bats. Because the figures stand steadily on their own feet without hanging loops or plastic stands, children and longtime collectors can stage a full 24-beagle infield across a wooden sideboard, fireplace mantel, or bookshelf that stays on display from the first morning of December right through Spring Training.