Advent Calendar History Catholic

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Advent calendar history catholic. It is a highlight of the advent season. In the catholic church advent is a period of preparation extending over the four sundays before christmas. The advent wreath is part of our long standing catholic tradition.

There is evidence of pre christian germanic peoples using wreathes with lit candles during the cold and dark december days as a sign of hope in the future warm and extended sunlight days of spring. Since the date of the first sunday of advent varies falling between november 27 and december 3 inclusive many advent calendars especially those that are reusable often begin on december 1 although those that are produced for a specific year often include the last few days of november. The first known advent calendar which was made by handwork is from the year 1851.

Gregory of tours. Nicholas is on dec. The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of advent mentioned with anything like clearness is a passage in the second book of the history of the franks by st.

So religious families made a chalk line for every day in december until christmas eve. The feast of st. Nicholas day in the hope that the kind bishop with his miter staff and bag of gifts will pay a visit.

Young children are full of anticipation each time they get to reveal their special treat behind the paper wall each day leading up to christmas. For further information read advent and christmas in a catholic home. However the actual origins are uncertain.

It had many predecessors which arose more or less simultaneously in different places. The origin of the advent calendar can be traced back to the 19th. The word advent comes from the latin advenio to come to and refers to the coming of christ.