Trivia Advent Calendar

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Love this Trivia topic. I had advent calendars as a child and passed the custom down with my daughter and my grandson. My calendars did not have chocolate treats, just great pictures. In our church, we had the advent wreath with a new candle (three purple and one pink) being lit for each Sunday in Advent.

I have mentioned being organist at church. Our wreath hung from the arch over the chancel, and the acolyte had to reach quite high to light the candles. One Sunday, he happened to glance to the rear of the church as he heard the doors open, and the taper lit the wreath instead of the candle! I kept on playing a prelude while a member of the volunteer fire department found a step ladder and put out the flames. Several holes in the carpet were the only damage!

I envied Scott his story of having his tree up during advent. I was raised with Victorians who insisted that the tree could not be decorated until Christmas Eve. I had cousins who did not decorate the tree until after their children had gone to sleep on Christmas Eve so that they could say Santa did it.