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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 391184" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Advent is more of a season than a holiday in itself. It celebrates the coming of Jesus. Some churches hold Advent services for 4 weeks before Christmas. Ours is on Wednesday nights.</p><p></p><p>I find it interesting that the Eastern Orthodox church celebrates Advent for 40 days instead of the four weeks. 40 days is an important number for christians. It was the number of days of the flood as well as being the number of days Jesus was in the desert before his Tempation, and the number of days for Lent (if I remember right).</p><p></p><p>And Advent calendar helps children count down the days until Jesus' birth. I remember making paper chains in elementary school to cut one off each day and now the chocolate calendars are a favorite though I find them difficult to find in our small town - only two stores offer them that I know of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 391184, member: 5096"] Advent is more of a season than a holiday in itself. It celebrates the coming of Jesus. Some churches hold Advent services for 4 weeks before Christmas. Ours is on Wednesday nights. I find it interesting that the Eastern Orthodox church celebrates Advent for 40 days instead of the four weeks. 40 days is an important number for christians. It was the number of days of the flood as well as being the number of days Jesus was in the desert before his Tempation, and the number of days for Lent (if I remember right). And Advent calendar helps children count down the days until Jesus' birth. I remember making paper chains in elementary school to cut one off each day and now the chocolate calendars are a favorite though I find them difficult to find in our small town - only two stores offer them that I know of. [/QUOTE]
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