Your favourite bands in one advent calendar!

24 days to go: On the first day of Christmas... it's Fleet Foxes and some festive Photoshopping. They say: "Have a great Christmas everybody!" Photograph: Fleet Foxes/Guardian

23 days to go: Take one pack of highlighter pens, one sheet of graph paper and - ta da! - a seasonal pic from Florence and the Machine: "Do I want to draw a Christmas picture for Guardian.co.uk/music readers? Of course I do!" Photograph: Guardian

22 days to go: For those fond of a classical Christmas, enjoy this image sent in by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. They say: "Seasons greetings to all Guardian readers. Catch us on tour with Sir Simon Rattle across Europe this December!" Photograph: Eric Richmond/Michael Windsor-Ungureanu

21 days to go: Nothing says Christmas quite like a scary punk rocker with his nipples out. Fucked Up have a message for us, too: "For once, our name is the least offensive thing on display!" Photograph: Fucked Up

20 days to go: Is this exceptionally cute? Or even scarier than the previous picture from Fucked Up? We can't tell. Anyway, a very little Little Boots says: "Merry Christmas everybody... go home, get warm, play scrabble, listen to Wham! and be happy!! x" Photograph: Little Boots

19 days to go: Nope, us neither. And as if Wild Beasts' seasonal snap wasn't strange enough, they've sent us a Joanna Newsom lyric instead of a Christmas message: "Never get so attached to a poem/You forget truth that lacks lyricism." You crazy oddballls you! Photograph: Wild Beasts

18 days to go: It looks like Los Campesinos! will be wishing everyone a very DIY Chrimbo: "Happy Xmas Love Los Campesinos! xxx" Photograph: Los Campesinos!/Los Campesinos!

17 days to go: The very opposite of a DIY Chrimbo, here's what Katy Perry sent us: "Thinking of you this kissmas xxx" Photograph: Katy Perry/Katy Perry

16 days to go: Virtuoso pianist Stephen Hough took time out from tinkling ivories to send us his painting, entitled Frosty Morning. He says: "For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas is linked with cold weather and dark days. But there is also hope for that cold to turn to sparkling white frost, and for that dark to be pierced through with brilliant sunshine. This painting aims to explore, in colour, those two expectations." Photograph: Stephen Hough

15 days to go: Don't worry if you get a dodgy Christmas jumper in your stocking - you can always send it to the lads in Foals. "Happy holidays from the Foals," say the, er, Foals Photograph: Foals

14 days to go: Anti-folk musician and top cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis sent us a fully festive comic strip with the message "Happy Christmas Guardian readers, etc". Here's a panel, for the full cartoon click here." Photograph: Jeffrey Lewis

13 days to go: Group hug time! This heartwarming pic shows TV On The Radio celebrating making Guardian critics Album of the Year 2008. Either that, or they just really understand the true meaning of Christmas. They say "Have an awesome Christmas" Photograph: TVOTR

12 days to go: The nice folk behind classical music festival Aldeburgh wished us a happy Chrimbo by sending in this suitably snowy shot. In their words, it's "Aldeburgh Music's Christmas Spectacular!" Photograph: Aldeburgh/Aldeburgh

11 days to go: "Eating apples off the tree, and a full bottle of Calpol with dinner" say emo-folk songsmiths Frightened Rabbit. Er, think we'll skip that offer of Christmas lunch, thanks all the same. Photograph: Frightened Rabbit

10 days to go: Folkster Seth Lakeman has ditched the santa hats and Photoshop and gone for this classy atmospheric black and white pose. Seth says: "Festive wishes from Devon! Have a great Christmas, look forward to seeing you in the New Year." Photograph: Seth Lakeman

9 days to go: Indie popper Eugene McGuinness went to sit on Santa's lap especially for us. He says: "Be joyful and triumphant." Photograph: Eugene McGuinness

8 days to go: Bluesman Mr David Viner went one better than a festive message - he wrote us an entire poem, as reproduced here. He says: "God willing, may your Christmases be white" Photograph: Mr David Viner

7 days to go: We like to imagine Alesha Dixon sat at home mastering Photoshop for this. But we're not 100% sure she did. Anyway, she says: "Wishing you a merry Christmas! Love Alesha x" Photograph: Alesha Dixon

6 days to go: Not only is Emmy the Great's festive picture rather brilliant (if slightly unsettling), she's also trumped everyone with her message: "Happy Xmas (Wa! It's Rover)" Emmy, you start Monday on our punning desk Photograph: Emmy The Great

5 days to go: This picture from Patrick Wolf means we have made not one, but two indie musicians visit Santa this year! Patrick says: "Merry Christmas, from Patrick and Santa" Photograph: Patrick Wolf

4 days to go: The musical comedy stars of the Southbank Centre's Christmas Unwrapped season sent us this shot. They say: "Happy Christmas, from the Lost and Found Orchestra, the Puppini Sisters, Tim Minchin and Pappy’s Fun Club." Photograph: Geraint Lewis/Geraint Lewis

3 days to go: We were promised a special Las Vegas picture from Bloc Party. We didn't realise they meant a hotel room in Las Vegas. Still, their use of knackered Converse pumps and old socks shows the bands' DIY credentials are still intact. They say: "Merry Xmas". But with socks and bits of string. Obviously. Photograph: Bloc Party/Bloc Party

2 days to go: Change has come to the Guardian.co.uk/music advent calendar! And a rather surreal kind of change at that. Here's Brakes and their festive message: "Santa needs a drink. A merry Christmas from Brakes." Photograph: Brakes

1 day to go: Alas, the advent calendar is almost over. Still, at least St Etienne seem to have had a good time. Their very own Bob Stanley says: "The thing I've discovered in 2008 is the pop from the post-war, pre-rock'n'roll period: Frankie Laine's Blowin' Wild; Guy Mitchell's Pretty Little Black Eyed Suzie; Lita Roza's Leave Me Alone and The Mills Brothers' Glow Worm. It's odd that there's this lost era - number one singles you've never heard on the radio.” Photograph: St Etienne

Merry Christmas! And a rock'n'roll New Year, from all at Guardian.co.uk/music Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk