1.) Advent, advent, a candle is burning First one, then two, then three, then four, Then the Christkind is standing in front of the door.
2.) I've never heard of "each presenting different things". On the first advent sunday, you light one candle of the wreath (doesn't matter wich, they all look the same), on the second advent sunday, you light two candles, etc, until, on the fourth advent sunday, you light the total of four candles on the wreath, as the rhyme describes. I've never heard of families praying (other than maybe a before-meal prayer independent of Advent Wreaths.)
I think some of the English-speaking sites may have some things backwards in regards to when praying is done and the candles, then. Thanks for the rest.
Is the rhyme done right before lighting the candles, then?
I think the details vary between families. When my brother and I were little we did the rhyme and then the candles were lit (as described by rebecca above). With no little kids in the house the candles get lit without much ceremony (usually for tea and cookies in the late afternoon/early evening). No praying in my family, but there might be in more religious homes.
Btw, there's also a funny continuation: Und wenn das fünfte Lichtlein brennt, dann hast du Weihnachten verpennt.
And when the fifth candle is burning you missed Christmas.
Thank you. I remember seeing a video of a little girl saying that line at the end. :) I'm sorry it took me some time to get back to this thread, but do the tea and cookies come after dinner? I know lunch is traditionally the hot meal of the day there and dinner's much more simple.
On that note, I know food can vary between regions, but what are examples of traditional hot meals most people would be familiar with?
Sorry for the late reply, I'm not at the computer a lot lately. Tea and cookies would be sometime between lunch and dinner (btw, by tea I don't necessarily mean black tea but variations of herbal and fruit teas, and Christmas cookies, of course), to warm us up after our Sunday stroll.
Okay, traditional hot meals ... on Sundays traditionally you would expect some kind of roast. For some reason Sauerbraten jumps to my mind, but I guess most often it's a pork roast. Side dishes and recipes vary a lot (e. g. the Kartoffelpuffer mentioned in the wiki article aren't a side dish at all for me, they're a main course and have to come with apple sauce :-) ), but "Sonntagsbraten" (Sunday roast) is a set phrase from a time when many families could only afford meat on Sundays. (Of course nowadays roasts aren't limited to Sundays anymore
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First one, then two, then three, then four,
Then the Christkind is standing in front of the door.
2.) I've never heard of "each presenting different things". On the first advent sunday, you light one candle of the wreath (doesn't matter wich, they all look the same), on the second advent sunday, you light two candles, etc, until, on the fourth advent sunday, you light the total of four candles on the wreath, as the rhyme describes. I've never heard of families praying (other than maybe a before-meal prayer independent of Advent Wreaths.)
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Is the rhyme done right before lighting the candles, then?
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Btw, there's also a funny continuation:
Und wenn das fünfte Lichtlein brennt,
dann hast du Weihnachten verpennt.
And when the fifth candle is burning
you missed Christmas.
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On that note, I know food can vary between regions, but what are examples of traditional hot meals most people would be familiar with?
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Tea and cookies would be sometime between lunch and dinner (btw, by tea I don't necessarily mean black tea but variations of herbal and fruit teas, and Christmas cookies, of course), to warm us up after our Sunday stroll.
Okay, traditional hot meals ... on Sundays traditionally you would expect some kind of roast. For some reason Sauerbraten jumps to my mind, but I guess most often it's a pork roast. Side dishes and recipes vary a lot (e. g. the Kartoffelpuffer mentioned in the wiki article aren't a side dish at all for me, they're a main course and have to come with apple sauce :-) ), but "Sonntagsbraten" (Sunday roast) is a set phrase from a time when many families could only afford meat on Sundays. (Of course nowadays roasts aren't limited to Sundays anymore ( ... )
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