The Legend of Advent

✨🎄 The Legend & Tradition of Advent 🎄✨

Long before Christmas became the sparkling celebration we know today, the season of Advent began as a period of reflection, preparation, and hopeful anticipation.
The word Advent comes from the Latin “adventus,” meaning “coming” — the coming of Christmas, the coming of joy, and the coming of light into the world.

🕯️ Early Beginnings

The earliest Advent traditions can be traced back to the 4th and 5th centuries, when Christians spent the weeks before Christmas in fasting, prayer, and spiritual preparation. Over time, Advent evolved from a solemn observance into a season filled with symbolism, warmth, and meaning — marking the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ The Advent Wreath & Candles

By the Middle Ages, the beloved Advent wreath took shape:

• The evergreen circle symbolises eternal life.

• The four candles represent Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

• Many families light one candle each Sunday, filling their homes with a growing glow as Christmas draws near.

Some wreaths include a fifth white candle, the Christ Candle, lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day to mark the season’s joyful culmination.

📅 The Advent Calendar Tradition

The modern Advent calendar began in 19th-century Germany, when families would mark the days until Christmas by drawing chalk lines, lighting candles, or placing small devotional pictures on the wall.
By the early 1900s, printed Advent calendars emerged — and today, they’re a cherished tradition, filled with chocolates, toys, stories, beauty products, collectibles, and more.

Whether simple or elaborate, the Advent calendar serves the same purpose:
✨ to savour the season, one day at a time.

❤️ A Season of Anticipation

Advent reminds us to pause, breathe, and find moments of stillness amid the busy season. Each flicker of candlelight and each door opened on a calendar invites us to reflect on gratitude, generosity, and the joy of what’s to come.