Advent wreath

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Advent wreath A like alpine flowers Like the Advent arrangement, the Advent wreath is a natural adornment that is set up or hung up during the pre-Christmas season. A traditional Advent wreath consists of fir branches or other conifers, which were woven into a solid wreath. On the wreath there are four candles as symbols for the four Advent Sundays of the Christian religion, in addition, other decorative elements such as loops, Christmas wooden figures or decorative ribbons can aesthetically enrich the Advent wreath. The Advent wreath is offered by both professional retailers, florists and retailers in the decorative area, but also offer numerous individual elements, with which the design of an individual Advent wreath is possible. Decorative wreaths of conifers in the winter time to bring in their own four walls, following a century-old tradition and has already been established in the pagan environment, by the spread of the Christian religion, the Advent wreath, however, has gained special significance and is thus different from other arrangements of Advent and Christmas time off. Symbolically, each of the four Advent candles stands for one of the four Sundays in Advent, with a candle being additionally lit at weekly intervals, thus expressing the anticipation of the birth of Jesus Christ as the Messiah of Christianity.