Advent

Click on the advent calendars to find out what is behind each date. Visit these sites each day. We will check them out at school too.

What is advent?
Advent is the start of the Christmas season. It begins on the Sunday nearest November 30 and lasts four Sundays. The date it begins changes from year to year. As a result, so does the length of each Advent season.
(This year the first Sunday in Advent is Sunday November 30, 2008)

The word advent, from Latin, means "the coming." It is a time of spiritual reflection as well as cheer and anticipation. This time includes the ceremonial lighting of candles in the Advent wreath.

An Advent wreath is made from greens to symbolize continuous life and contains four candles— three purple and one rose. Often a fifth candle (white) is added to the center of the wreath for lighting on Christmas Eve, in celebration of the birth of Jesus