Snoopy x Burger King Have It Your Way 2026 Christmas Advent Calendar

Few slogans suit a beagle better. Snoopy has never settled for being an ordinary dog: he has been the World War I Flying Ace, Joe Cool and the leader of the Beagle Scouts, and his novels never get past "It was a dark and stormy night." A burger counter is simply the next costume, so this mash-up gives him a white paper cap, a red apron and a burger to carry to the window.

Charlie Brown waits beside him with a paper cup while Woodstock supervises from the counter. Burger King's logo hangs on the wall, a little tree glows in the corner and the windows look out on a snowy street, all under the line Have It Your Way, Snoopy! It reads like a Sunday strip that wandered in for lunch.

Snoopy on shift, surrounded by his crew and the menu.

Every member of the gang gets a station

Peanuts works because every character has one stubborn trait, and those traits translate surprisingly well to a lunch rush. Here is how the crew lines up:

Character	On the ornament	Why the job fits
Snoopy	White crew cap and red apron	He has already tried every other career in the strip
Woodstock	A paper crown	The smallest member of the team finally gets promoted to royalty
Charlie Brown	Zigzag shirt and a wave	First in line, last to get his order right
Lucy	Black bob and a confident smile	Anyone who charged five cents for psychiatric advice was born to run the register
Linus	Security blanket in hand	He brings it to work, and nobody dares to argue
Peppermint Patty and Marcie	Freckles, glasses and matching grins	One orders for both of them, the other calls her "sir"
Schroeder, Franklin and Pig-Pen	Each in his own colors	Music for the dining room, calm at the counter, and a dust cloud kept well away from the fryer

The menu hangs right beside the characters

Half the ornaments are food, drawn in the same round, friendly line as the kids: a Whopper stacked with lettuce and tomato, fries, a striped-straw milkshake, onion rings and a soft-drink cup. The paper crown, a tiny restaurant and the logo complete the menu.

Burger King as most people know it took shape in Miami in 1954 under James McLamore and David Edgerton, and the Whopper followed in 1957. "Have It Your Way" arrived in 1974 as a promise that you could hold the pickles without upsetting the kitchen. Peanuts was already twenty-four by then, and Charlie Brown had spent all of them being told what to do, which makes the slogan feel like a small kindness.

Characters and menu items on whitewashed boards with twine and pine.

Held up at the kitchen table, ready for the first of December.

Christmas sneaks in between the orders

The holiday pieces keep things seasonal. Snoopy's red doghouse wears a wreath on its peak, and there is a holly wreath with a red bow, a wrapped gift and a stocking trimmed with a snowflake. Mixed in with burgers and shakes, they make the tree look ready for the staff party.

Opened one a day, the characters and the menu arrive in no particular order, so one morning brings Linus and the next brings onion rings. Kids usually root for Snoopy's day, while Peanuts lifers quietly hope for Pig-Pen.

The calendar suits anyone raised on both

Peanuts celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2025, and many of the people who grew up with the strip also grew up wearing a paper crown home from a birthday lunch. This countdown sits right where those two memories overlap.

It makes an easy surprise for a family that still argues over the last fry. When two kids both want a countdown, our SpongeBob burger advent calendar makes a fair second box.

Strung and ready for the tree: Snoopy, Woodstock, a Whopper and the whole gang.

Written by Nadia Marsh, Collectibles Specialist at DoesignUs.