Celebrating Advent & Christmas:
A Sourcebook for Families
PLEASE NOTE: Go to Seasons of the Liturgical Year, Advent - Christmas - Lent - Easter - Ordinary Time, for links to pages for feasts and holidays within each season, including most topics listed in this table of contents.
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Edited by Helen Hull Hitchcock. About this book: We have collected here information
about Advent and Christmas customs from many cultural traditions.
We have included historical notes, prayers and instructions for
making truly Christian celebrations in your own 'little Church',
and we hope you will find these ideas useful. We also invite
you to make suggestions for inclusion in a future edition of
this booklet. Because America has been and
continues to be, indeed, the "melting pot" for an immensely
rich variety of cultures and ethnic groups (most American families
today are a true blend of several distinct cultures), it seemed
to us appropriate to introduce this collection to you on the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
the Patronal Feast of our nation. May you and your family ever
grow in the knowledge and love of God and His Son, Our Savior,
Jesus Christ. This Christmas and always, may "God bless
us, every one. Table
of Contents Counting Down to Christmas Origins
of Christmas Customs Mealtime
Prayers for the Christmas Season Bibliography Prayers and Devotions Main Page | Liturgical Calendar Seasons of the Church Year | Advent | Christmas | Lent | Easter | Ordinary Time | Marian Feasts | Favorite prayers & devotions | Alphabetical List | Latin Prayers on Adoremus Website | New Saints & Blesseds on the Vatican Website
Advent Calendars
The Jesse Tree
The O Antiphon House
The O Antiphons
- The Christmas Mass
- The Christmas Tree
- Christmas Cards
- Santa Claus
- Christmas Greenery
- The Christmas Feast
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