We can’t see pictures of her Advent calendar design or know what their family’s Christmas celebration looked like. Lang’s original Advent calendars, which he sold in the early 1900s, highlighted Scripture and pieces of the Christmas story, each day of the Christmas season. The advent calendar idea continues to be used and celebrated in our own culture. Just like Nazi Germany absconded with the real reason for Advent, so too the majority of today’s advent calendars. A New Understanding of Advent JourneyThis year, I began digging more deeply into the Advent calendar tradition.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 23, 2023 04:58 UTC