advent is the countdown to Christmas, you might have an advent callender and you open it every day number 1- for december the 1st etc.
advent is the 4-week period prior to Christmas, with Christmas as the pinnacle and ending of the Advent.
Advent begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. Lent is the 40 days before Easter.
Presents, giving and Jesus Christ = Christmas Candy and costumes = Halloween
The Esperanto words for Advent and Christmas are Alveno and Christmas.
Because Christmas has become so commercialized that the Christmas Shopping Season has usurped Advent, and the true Christmas Season or Christmastide (the period between The Nativity to The Epiphany, a.k.a. The 12 Days of Christmas) has been completely phased out. There is no war on Christmas; it's a war on Advent.
The advent calendar got its name because the days leading up to Christmas, Christmas itself, and a few days after Christmas are called advent. Advent calendars are calendars that count down the days of advent, or the days before Christmas.
In the modern usage of the word, a carol is a song designed to be sung at Christmas or shortly before or after.It can include songs (or hymns) for Advent.
The Christmas wreath symbol is of advent it represents the time of advent taking place
The difference between fruit cake, and Christmas Cake is that Christmas Cake is, richer and contains SPICES
To count down to Christmas
Advent prepares for Christmas
Advent includes the 4 weeks before Christmas.