The Story of Advent
December 21st, 2022
I have never thought about Advent that much. When I was younger I thought it was just a fancy word for Christmas time. I would hear that word here and there, but never put much thought into it. All throughout my life my family has done Advent Calendars, we have 3. The first one is a house with a little bear and you move the bear to a different room every day as he searches for Christmas until he finds Christmas in the living room. The second is a little lego scene that we slowly put together that reveals a family decorating for Christmas. The last one is a stuffed manger and every day we put up an angel, sheep, Wiseman, or anyone involved in the nativity until we bring in Christmas by putting up baby Jesus. Every year there is some quarrel between me and my siblings on who does what for which calendar. I just always saw these calendars as this epic countdown to presents and new pajamas. But as I have gotten older I realize that is correct, but also wrong. Yes, this is an epic countdown, but no, not just for any present. This is for the greatest present this world has ever seen; a present that we have basically built our entire lives around. Christmas is not found in a living room or a little lego set but in the hope that baby Jesus gave us all those years ago. In other words, Advent is one epic countdown to the hope of eternal life, brought by a baby.
Merry Christmas!!!!
-Clara Timmons