We Love This FREE Advent Idea

There are plenty of unique advent calendars to countdown the holidays without  giving gifts or candy. Some families use advent candles on a wreath to mark down the days, while others prefer to have daily family activities hidden in each advent calendar compartment.

But if you’re looking for an extremely affordable, non-gift giving advent idea, you’ll love this:

The above Advent Calendar is used to countdown the days by revealing a pretty new pattern each day. The best part? It’s free with any purchase at JHill Designs, or you can download the PDF for only $5. And you can buy such pretty products to get this advent calendar for free:
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We Love This FREE Advent Idea

Advent tradition survives

In the weeks leading up to Christmas in the 1960s, we had a Sunday ritual in my childhood home — the lighting of candles on the Advent wreath.
My parents placed a circle of (faux) evergreens holding four candles — three purple, one pink — atop our dining-room table. On the first Sunday of Advent — the period leading up to the birth of the Christ child — we lit a candle and said a prayer. The second Sunday, we lit two candles, and so on, until all the candles were lit on the fourth and last Sunday of Advent.
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Advent tradition survives