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When I grew up Christmas was not as commercialized as it is today and it wasn’t all about the gifts, but a lot about the spirit, anticipation and excitement. We started 4 weekends before Christmas with a Christmas reed with 4 candles. We would light one candle the first Sunday and would sing:
Advent, Advent, a candle burns…
Advent, Advent, a candle burns…
First one, then two, then three, then four…
Then stands the Christ Child at the door…
the following Sunday we would light two candles and sing, then 3 candles and sing, then 4 candles and sing again and it finally was time for Christmas. This procedure started eased us into the Christmas spirit and increased our excitement steadily. I enjoy thinking back to these times and wish some things hadn’t changed so much, but I guess it also is up to us to keep up traditions and to pass them down.
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