Today Advent has begun. It is a time of anticipation and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Our family has several Advent traditions, some of our tradition have been passed on to us from our parents and others we’ve discovered on our own. I strive for simplicity during the Advent season, regardless I often feel harried and disorganized as this time of year approaches. Surprisingly, this has not been the case this year. Part of me wonders if it’s because my children are getting older or maybe our traditions are finding roots and becoming a familiar rhythm to us. Regardless of the reason I am glad that this Advent is beginning with both peace and excitement.
And that’s what Advent looks like for us this year. To see what we did the last couple years visit Preparing for Advent 2012 and Advent in our Home.
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Your advent wreath is gorgeous! I absolutely love it. So beautiful. I think I will finally buy that Jesse Tree book next year and just use it. I've been using one we got online, but this year we are doing the online Advent Adventure with Holy Heroes and it doesn't match our ornaments. =( I'm so confused. I don't like being online much anyways, so I think I will buy the book and do the same thing every year. I think it is so nice to have familiar traditions. I still need to remind myself what we do!