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The tradition of Advent has its own origins, two thousand years ago. In order to
help the faithful, for the most part dedicated to agriculture, to the calendar of the
Church, as well as to the Jews, Muslims and pagans, the appointed dates,
celebrations and rituals are assigned to them. own. of its believers.3 Advent
coincides in the northern hemisphere with winter, with the short and dim days that
precede Christmas. The birth of Christ began on December 25 of each year to take
the place of the Saturnalia and the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Festival of the Birth of
the Unconquered Sun, Roman festivity of the Sun Invictus and the Winter Solstice.
The ring or crown of branches of the tree decorated with candles was a symbol in
northern Europe long before the arrival of Christianity, which like other traditions
have been integrated into its symbolism. The circle is a universal symbol related to
the uninterrupted cycle of the seasons, while the perennial leaves and the lit
candles signify the persistence of life in half the time and the dark winter. Some
sources that have become the crown, reinterpreted as a Christian symbol, the era
commonly used in the Middle Ages, while other sources that have not become a
Christian form until the sixteenth century in Germany. The use of a calendar for
Christmas Day is attributed to Johann Hinrich Wichern (1808-1881), a German
Protestant pastor, pioneer in missionary work among the urban poor. It was 1839,
and the children of a school that Wichern had founded asked a newspaper and
Christmas Day had arrived. The shepherd built a wooden ring, made with an old
wagon wheel, with nineteen red candles and four white candles. We find a small
candle every day of the week during Advent, and on Sundays, one of the four large
candles.