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In reply to the discussion: Did you grow up with any family traditions? [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)52. Lighting candles on the Advent wreath at dinner during the four weeks before Christmas
An evergreen wreath with four candles, three purple and one pink. The first candle is lit on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, two candles are lit on the following Sunday, and so on. The pink candle is for the third Sunday, because the Bible readings appointed for the day are about rejoicing.
Advent has always been my favorite season of the church year. It counteracts the commercial hoopla of the outside world and has some uniquely beautiful music associated with it.
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that sounds like fun... also like a story Ted might tell his kids on How I Met Your Mother
yellowdogintexas
Sep 2014
#45
My mom and dad didn't decorate the xmas tree till after we kids went to bed on xmas eve.
KG
Sep 2014
#16
My mom always put oranges in our xmass stockings to remind us of the depression and
applegrove
Sep 2014
#29
So did we and a big barber pole candy cane. Also a coloring book and a box of 64 caryons.
SammyWinstonJack
Sep 2014
#56
Lighting candles on the Advent wreath at dinner during the four weeks before Christmas
Lydia Leftcoast
Sep 2014
#52