Advent

What does the word advent
the word advent means an arrival of someone important which is Jesus
on advent day there is a wreath and 5 candles there are 3 purple and 1 pink before advent calender's and sometime theirs white to represent Jesus originated in Germany in late 1800s. In England and whales they banned chirstmas because they were singing and it was meant to be a serious time.Candles on it is to represent the the four sundays before chirstmas and one is lit each week.