Advent: Media

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Videos

What's the difference between Yule and Christmas?
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals in the world.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
History of Advent calendars
Learn about the Christmas traditions of Advent calendars and wreaths.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

Advent wreath
A traditional Advent wreath with a small Nativity scene in the middle. A candle is...
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Advent
Members of the Abbey Choir singing in the Advent Carol Service at Tewkesbury Abbey...
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Gaudete Sunday
Worshipper lighting a candle in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on the third Sunday...
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Advent procession
From Darkness to Light, a candle lit procession held at Salisbury Cathedral, England,...
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