Christmas Traditions: Advent Calendar and Candles...

One of the Christmas Traditions we have started this year as a family, is to have a Nativity Scene Advent Calendar and Advent Candles. "Advent" comes from the Latin word "Adventus" which means "Coming." The Advent season (beginning the 4th Sunday before Christmas day) serves as a reminder to Christians around the world of the coming of Jesus and helps us expectantly wait and prepare for celebrating His birth on Christmas day.



We open a new door of the Advent Calendar each December day, place a figure in the nativity scene and talk about the birth of Jesus. This is Daniel exploring the calendar at the beginning of the month...



Now, almost half way through the month, there already are lots of figures in place and Daniel loves opening the little doors and placing the figures in the nativity scene.

There are now only two more Sundays left until Christmas! We light one candle each Sunday during the Advent season and as Jesus' birth approaches, more candles are lit and the light shines brighter - it's a great reminder for us that Jesus is the "light of the world!"

John 8:12 "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."