Our Advent Calender

Advent. Adventus. Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus. Behold, the Lord, the Ruler is come....Advent means taking time each day, for three or four weeks before Christmas, to center our thoughts on Truth Incarnate lying in a feeding trough in Bethlehem. Advent is a few moments to stop, catch your breath and renew your strength from the only One who can provide true strength. Arnold Yuletree, author of "Bartholomew's Passage

Typically in our family we read an Advent story each night and choose a Scripture and some small token from a caledar of some sort. This year we made these pretty cones and the children will take turns, one each night to see what we put in them this year. I chose some tiny nativity ornaments that we will hang on a wreath I bought from the Goodwill and some candy with a Scripture to be read by the child(if they can read).