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What is your  previous experience with Advent?              How do you plan to celebrate Advent 2021?  

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What is your  previous experience with Advent?              How do you plan to celebrate Advent 2021?  

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I have always enjoyed Advent. I think it is a very exciting time in the year. I like seeing the church decorated for Christmas and I like seeing the priests wear purple. This Advent, I plan to light a wreath with my family and attend mass.

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I simply remember putting out an Advent wreath every year and going to the Advent masses. I remember the 3rd Sunday specifically, Rose Sunday. That is probably what I'll be doing this year too.
-Rosemary Kay

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My family celebrates Advent every year. We have an advent calendar. We also go to Mass every Sunday in Advent and celebrate. I plan to do the same this year and plan on growing in my relationship with God.

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Advent has always been exciting but I never really celebrated it as I now know I should. I learned today how it is a lot more than just the time before Christmas and this year I will definitely be celebrating Advent instead of treating it like a race to Christmas

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I have always loved Advent. My family decorates for Christmas. I have always enjoyed seeing all of the lights on people's houses. Also a tradition my family has is after our Christmas Eve dinner we go downtown to walk around and see all the lights.

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My family normally follows Advent calendars as well as a reflection series with Matthew Kelly. We really like to build the anticipation and reflect on ourselves for Christmas. We also normally go to Confession as a family. We will probably try to do the same thing we normally do; however, we haven't really been able to get Advent calendars yet.

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my family always goes to mass every Sunday and we notice how the candles are always smaller from the week before. we also say a decade of the rosary everyday

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I the past I have always celebrated with family, church community, and school community. This advent I would like to focus more on understanding it.

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I enjoy celebrating Advent. I have a big family so we're always so busy, but in Advent, my family has dinner together every Sunday night and we light the advent candle(s) together. At St. Timothy, we used to always make little projects with our younger buddies. This advent, I plan to ask for intercession by Mary for all my prayers and to truly pray for the less fortunate that they will find rest, warmth, and safety.

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In the past, my family and I usually go to the Advent masses, and sometimes I make a little wreath with my sis. This year I'll try to attend mass or watch it virtually and maybe get an Advent calendar.

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Me and my family celebrate advent every year. I didn't really understand the meaning of advent until I got older. At a young age, I never fully understood that it was a time of preparation for the birth of Jesus. I plan to celebrate Advent 2021 with my family. I plan to attend Mass and strengthen my relationship with God during the season.

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My family normally goes to mass every Sunday throughout advent and we normally will read a small prayer book every night at dinner. We are celebrating this year by going to mass and prayers every night.

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Me and my family have always celebrated advent , we go to church, but other than going to church I haven't really payed much mind to advent. This year me and my family will continue to celebrate advent

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All of my previous experiences with Advent have been very enjoyable. I find it a very exciting time of the year, not because it precedes Christmas, but because of the true meaning behind Advent: preparation for the coming of Christ. It all leads to more quality time with loved ones, as your home becomes one for Christ to dwell in. We fill our home with hope and love during this time. This year, especially with it being a different type of year, my family is focusing on spending time with just each other, and not seeing extensions of our family. Although it is different, it will only bond us all closer and make us more prepared for the coming of Christ.

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I do not normally celebrate Advent because I always look ahead towards Christmas without considering Advent, which I should. I am not sure yet how I will celebrate Advent, maybe by improving my prayer life, praying and preparing for Christ to be born on Christmas.

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I have always loved the season of advent. This advent 2021 I want to really be present in every moment and enjoy the atmosphere of the season. I want to challenge myself to let go of worries and really focus on the advent spirit.

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My family does not normally celebrate advent and I usually only celebrate it through school. I plan to celebrate advent his year by doing an advent calendar with my family.

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In the past, for me Advent has always been a quiet time that kind of ramps up in excitement the closer it gets to Christmas at my local church. This year, I think I'll just have a quiet time during winter and spend Christmas with my family at home

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During Advent my family always puts the candles on our table at home and we use those as our countdown to Christmas. I plan to celebrate advent by attending church with my family.

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During Advent my family and I go to mass on Sunday as well as when we eat dinner we only use the light of our Advent wreath and the Christmas tree lights. We will continue this tradition into this year. I am looking forward to more self reflection this year.

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Personally I have always enjoyed Advent time. Very close time for my family, every week we choose one of the 5 of us to light one of the candles and the last one we all light together. I look forward to having a nice time

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Past advent my family and I have gone to midnight mass and gone to my moms side for Christmas in West Virgina. This year we will be gong to midnight mass but we will be having both sides of our family at our lake house in Buckeye Lake.

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My family always lights a new candle on the advent wreath at dinner every sunday and we read the bible passage to go along with the week in advent.

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During Advent my family puts the candles on our kitchen table to when we eat everyday we see the candles getting smaller, which is a countdown to Christmas. I plan to celebrate this year my looking at the candles everyday and going to mass with my family.

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I really enjoy celebrating advent. My family has an advent calendar. During advent my family and I go to the midnight mass.

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i like celebrating advent. I like the anticipation that builds up before Christmas. My family has an advent calendar and we try to go to Mass every Sunday. I plan to celebrate this year by going to Mass and celebrating with my family