Advent calendars are more of a German and Anglo-Saxon tradition, but because so many missionaries have worked in France, the tradition has been created here. It's also a good way of encouraging families to have daily readings, and another means to witnessing about our faith to non-believers. The Catholics put out a number of calendars or manger scenes to construct each day with the Nativity story to read.
Our church ladies combined with the Reformed Church ladies to sew 27 of these calendars for our families. It helps wait for Christmas ! "Mum, when is Christmas going to be here???"
It was a lot of work - not quite up to Patchwork standard - but needed a concentrated effort. Our ladies were wonderfully industrious and it was a great way to get our two communities together in a different way.
What is inside? Almost every day there is a part of a story with pictures to colour in. The theme is "LIGHT". All I have read so far is about a little shepherd boy who loses a lamb and has to go to look for it. So far he has met a giant man - a thief- to whom he gave one of his candles, and a wolf with a damaged paw which he cleaned and wrapped up.
Each Sunday a small candle appears to make up a miniature advent wreath.
So we are waiting to celebrate the arrival of the Light of the God; the end of the shadows is nigh!
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