People first started celebrating advent at the birth of Jesus.
Christians are joyfully waiting for their savior to arrive.
Advent is a period of 4 Sundays before Christmas it is in preperation for celebrating Christ's birth. You certainly could find out more about it by talking to any Catholic priest at a church parish.
well Christmas is literally Christians celebrating birth of Jesus Christ but along with that they also take advent and be more sharing and kind towards the ones around I.e. Friends and family in a way of celebrating the birth of Christ.
The Advent Wreath is a Lutheran custom that began in Germany in the Middle Ages and used by Catholic and Lutherans by the year 1500 [note: the Lutherans didn't exist until later in that century], the Advent wreath uses light to symbolize the coming feast celebrating the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. extractedfrom Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices by Ann Ball, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. C 2003
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Advent
why did they have a feast? what were they celebrating?
The Advent Wreath is put up on the first Sunday of Advent.
Advent ("coming") is the church season immediately preceding Christmas.
season of advent
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