Thanksgiving Comes First
The first Advent, heralding four weeks until the Christmas day, this year happens on the 27th of November.
Tradition holds that one create an Advent wreath consisting of four candles and decorated in your choice and keep that as a centerpiece until on the fourth Advent, Christmas day, it be fully lit and incorporated into the festivities of the day.
Tellingly, the Advent, the moveable harbinger of Christmas, comes after Thanksgiving. This year and every year.
So...
Shouldn't Thanksgiving come first?
Tradition holds that one create an Advent wreath consisting of four candles and decorated in your choice and keep that as a centerpiece until on the fourth Advent, Christmas day, it be fully lit and incorporated into the festivities of the day.
Tellingly, the Advent, the moveable harbinger of Christmas, comes after Thanksgiving. This year and every year.
So...
Shouldn't Thanksgiving come first?
posted by The Caustic Bunny at Wednesday, November 16, 2011
2 Comments:
Good heavens! I knew nothing about this!
When do I put on the Santa hat?
And also - Happy Thanksgiving to you!
:-) Anna
Yes, indeed. Thanksgiving always comes first.
It seems, increasingly so, that in the frenzy leading up to The Big Day, we have lost so many of the intimate "little" rituals, like the Advent wreath.
I hope your Thanksgiving was all you could wish for!
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