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Show Advent Wreaths The .time for advent wreaths is once again at hand. This year the last Sunday in November is the first Sunday of Advent, when many families will light one upright candle in a green wreath on the center of Sunday's dinner table. FROM ONE candle burned on Nov. 30, two on Dec. 7, three on the Nth, these families will burn the traditional tradi-tional four candles Dec. 21, four days before Christmas. All these observances are a reminder of the coming of the major ecclesiastical event of the Christian calendar. The advent wreath has become a colorful and happy means of remembering and preparing for Christmas in advance, and brings cheerful thoughts to the dining room of millions of families for weeks prior to Christmas. - |