While we are unable to gather to hang the greens at Church, get your home ready for the Advent Season by hanging the greens in your home.
Have fun finding different items around your home to decorate your space!
DIY Advent Wreath
It’s time to dust off our Advent wreaths as we prepare for the holiday season.
Don’t have an Advent wreath, no problem! Bring the greens into your home by taking a nature walk and collecting evergreen branches, pinecones, and other interesting items.
From your home, find four candles, any size, and something to put them in. Be creative, you can use mason jars, shot glasses, or any other items in your home.
You can use ribbon, string, wire to attach your nature to the containers and arrange them in a pleasing way to display in your home.
History of the Hanging of the Greens
The hanging of the greens is a Western Christian ceremony in which many congregations and people adorn their churches, as well as other buildings, with Advent and Christmas decorations. This is done on or directly before the start of the Advent season, in preparation for Christmas. Items such as the evergreen wreath, in Christianity, carry the religious symbolism of everlasting life, a theological concept within that faith. As such, during the liturgy, “Biblical passages and other readings help explain the significance of the holly, the cedar, the Advent wreath, the Chrismon tree, and any other special decorations”.
