Everyone's advent calender ready?

[elizabethann]

Have you seen the pet ones? Each day has a treat for your pet. It's cool.

I have one for myself that I use every year. I just keep opening up the same doors & windows.

[Suki Wingy]

yep, we got ours in a german deli. We have to go to the german fest to get some Printen cookies!

[caseysmom]

My neighbor got my daughters one every year and didn't get her one last year, she got her feelings hurt so this year I am going to go out and buy her one, even though she is 13 she still enjoys it.

[carole]

He He Johanna , Melissa has already started her's, we are a day ahead here remember.

[Karen]

Advent is the period leading up to Christmas, as was posted. There are 4 outer and one inner candle on the Advent Wreath - we lit the first of the three purple ones on Sunday at church. The candles represent, let's see,
Week 1: Hope (purple candle)
Week 2: Peace (purple candle)
Week 3: Joy (pink candle)
Week 4: Love (purple candle)

Then on Christmas the middle big white candle appears and is lit, representing Christ, of course!

Advent calendars usually just include the December days leading up to Christmas, but Advent usually starts in November, depending on what day of the week December 25th falls.

[Suki Wingy]

I never knew that! I am not really religious, but I had one when I was little with a small wooden thing to paint in each, but I opened them by day and painted them the rest of a few years. I have a mallard duck painted nicley that says To Eva Love Dad 1991 on the back so that will always bring me very warm memmories.

[Corinna]

My pregnet 24 year old daughter asked to day if I was getting her advent calendar this year. I guess I'm looking for one tomorrow.