On Friday, people young and old started to take part in the holiday time tradition of the Advent calendar. So what is the story behind this time-honored tradition and how did it come to mainstream ...

With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

Although Advent calendars have become hot-ticket items, they still reflect their ancient Christian meaning, writes Matthew Robert Anderson.

The holiday season has arrived, which means many of the best luxury Advent calendars are flying off the shelves. These highly popular gifting staples make it easy to surprise friends and family, and ...

Advent is a season marking the preparation for and celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The holiday marks the birth of Jesus, but it’s also a time for the faithful to anticipate the Second Coming ...

Advent ‒ which derives from the Latin word "ad-venire," or "to come to" ‒ is the season that includes the four Sundays, and weekdays, leading up to Christmas, according to the United States Conference ...

Whenever I attend Catholic mass during Advent, as I did last weekend, I’m always struck by how it is simply assumed—how it’s a liturgical . . . no, an ontological given—that Christmas is nowhere yet ...

Tweety Bird is everywhere—on balloons, plates, napkins, cups, walls, cake, piñata and party bags. Plaster Tweety Birds mounted on styrofoam greet the guests as party favors. Everything is yellow and ...

Whether you’re at church every Sunday or consider yourself an atheist, you’ve most likely had an advent calendar before. In fact, advent calendars are such big business now, the humble piece of ...