Or is my love of some Roman Catholic vestiges of my youth showing? :laugh: We've been doing an advent wreath at home on Sundays in advent and DD loves it.
It is amazing how much she is soaking up our religious traditions at such a young age.
Or is my love of some Roman Catholic vestiges of my youth showing? :laugh: We've been doing an advent wreath at home on Sundays in advent and DD loves it.
It is amazing how much she is soaking up our religious traditions at such a young age.
I haven't really gotten into advent stuff yet. Some people I know do a Jesse tree, and that looks neat. I'm not sure if that is similar or not.
Our church has been doing an Advent wreath. I stumbled upon a great book, at the Goodwill, all about Advent, by "Blair" from "The Facts of Life" :lol: She's married to a pastor and it really is a great book explaining where Advent traditions began. :)
We intend to do some sort of Advent thing starting next year. Too much going on this year. :winks:
We do a nativity at home and next year will probably do an Advent calendar. We do use an Advent wreath at church and do the corresponding readings. A little OT, but did Lisa Welchel ("Blair") have something advocating hot saucing? Seems like I remember that, but it may have been a rumor.
Ugh, yep, 'twas her:
http://www.nospank.net/n-m92r.htm
Her site: http://www.lisawhelchel.com/archives.htm#
She mentions the "hot sauce ordeal" but one of the archives doesn't come up.
Yes, I haven't heard of a Jesse tree. I will have to google THAT one! This is soooo materialistic of me but the Advent wreath from the church I grew up in was so much more beautiful than the one at the church where I am now. Kinda makes me sad, and it makes me sad that that makes me sad. Gah.
The advent wreath isn't just a Catholic tradition. Many Protestant churches do it too! :) We do one at home every year. Dd doesn't seem to interested in it really but we do it anyway.