5 Things to Know About Advent 2012
Here are five things you probably never knew about the Advent season, which started Sunday, Dec. 2, and runs through Christmas.
The Christmas season officially starts in many churches in Midtown this weekend with the beginning of Advent. Here are a few things to know about the season. 1. Advent has a different start date each year Despite the fact that most people associate the beginning of the Advent season with Dec. 1, the official dates of the season actually change each year. An anticipatory recognition of the “second coming of Christ,” in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moravian, Presbyterian and Methodist traditions; Advent is the period of time preceding Christmas, beginning on whatever Sunday is nearest to Nov. 30. Because start dates vary, so does the length of each Advent season. This year, Advent officially begins Dec. 2 and ends Christmas Eve. …
