The Advent Wreath is put up on the first Sunday of Advent.
The advent wreath is a German custom that is placed in the room of children to count down the days of Christmas. The advent wreath is usually set up the 4th Sunday before Christmas.
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Each candle on an Advent wreath represents one of the Sundays of Advent. A candle is lighted at the beginning of Mass on that Sunday. An Advent wreath in the home is lite for whatever reason that person has an Advent wreath. They are not an official liturgical thing.
The Advent Wreath is displayed only for the four weeks preceding Christmas. Some people leave the Wreath up until Christmas is finished, but typically you put it back in storage after the 4th Sunday of Advent.
It means that someone is trying to get inventive in decorating his Advent wreath.
To create an advent wreath, start with a circular wreath base and place four candles evenly around it. Light one candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas. Decorate the wreath with greenery and other symbols of the season.
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The first advent candle to be lit in the traditional advent wreath ceremony is the purple candle, symbolizing hope.
The Advent Wreath was originally a Lutheran tradition which marks the four weeks of Advent. Made of evergreen branches layed horizontally, is had four candles representing the weeks. We use the Advent Wreath today but it is refered to as a Christmas wreath.