Another celebrated Christmas tradition in our home is the lighting of advent candles. Last year, we bought this
advent candle wreath from
Christian Book Distributors. It features the different characters in the nativity scene: an angel and a shepherd; the three wise men; and Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. There are holders for four candles around the outside and one in the middle. Each week, my husband reads a portion of Scripture and we light one of the outer candles (plus the candles lit on previous weeks). Then, we usually sing a Christmas carol. These are the passages that he reads:
Week 1: Isaiah 9:2-7
Week 2: Micah 5:2-4
Week 3: Luke 2
Week 4: Revelation 22
On Christmas Day, we will read something about the birth of Jesus from Matthew or Mark, since we already read Luke 2, (we still have some time to figure this out, right?) and light all five candles.
After a while, we sit back and enjoy watching the girls blow out the candles one by one and hope that nothing catches on fire in the process!
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