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First Sunday of Advent

up close of brick wall with leaves on top and a lamp post

Tradition: Christianity-Protestant,Christianity-Roman Catholic
Link: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html

Period of four weeks in which Christians prepare for Christmas and meditate on the end of all time. In Western churches, the first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the Christian liturgical year.