The Crown and the candles of advent is an array of leaves of pine, acorns and 4 candles of pagan origin which is usually in the center of the table placed 4 weeks before Christmas. The tradition is to light a candle each week during advent, which is the season that the Catholic Church and its faithful is preparing to welcome and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The word advent comes from the latin and means arrival.
The advent of adventus Redemptoris ( arrival of the Redeemer 41., is the initial period of the liturgical year of the Christian Church which includes the 4 weeks leading up to Christmas. It is a time of hope for the Christian believers in that recall the birth of Christ, though connoisseurs say that Christ was not born on the winter solstice, but in spring. But this is another matter. The advent wreath is a central European pre-Christian symbol consisting of a wreath of pine or FIR, decorated with candles, which expresses the desire for the rebirth of life, off in the winter, through the cult of the Sun. The Christians adopted this symbolism by applying to Cristo-Dios.
