Christmas/Related Articles

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• Advent [r]: The first season of the Christian year that lasts for four weeks and is marked by preparations for the celebration of Christmas. ^[e]
• Advent Wreath [r]: A circle of interwoven, sometimes highly decorated evergreens with candles, used during the season of Advent in preparation for Christmas. The candles are lit on the four successive Sundays preceding Christmas Day, with a final, central candle being lit on Christmas Eve. The Advent Wreath began in Germany as a private observance in people's homes, but is now widely used in churches as well. ^[e]
• The Annunciation [r]: A Christian feast celebrating the announcement of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would be the mother of God. ^[e]
• Christmas carol [r]: A song or hymn associated with Christmas. ^[e]
• Christmas Eve [r]: The 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day. ^[e]
• Epiphany [r]: Christian feast commemorating the visit of the magi to the infant Jesus. It marks the end of Christmastide. ^[e]
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• Lessons and carols [r]: A Christian church service taking place during Advent. It includes reading from the bible, sometimes with explanation, (the "lessons") and Christmas Carol (the "carols"). ^[e]
• Midnight Mass [r]: In catholic tradition, the Mass which takes place in the evening of the 24th of December, also known as Mass at Midnight or The First Mass of Christmas. ^[e]
• Saint Nicholas [r]: A fourth century bishop now closely associated with Christmas and the patron saint of (among many) Amsterdam, Russia, children and sailors; the inspiration for Santa Claus. ^[e]
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