ADVENT CALENDAR

HI! I'm Raúl from 6 C , do you remember me? I'm going talk about Advent calendars.
An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas.


Today, most Advent calendars are for children. Many take the form of a large rectangular card with many "windows", one of which is opened every day during Advent. In less elaborate calendars, each window opens to reveal an image, a poem, or a part of a story such us the Navity story itself. More elaborate Advent calendars have a small gift concealed in each window, such as a toy or a chocolate item.

HISTORY
The origins of Advent calendar come from German Lutherans, who, at least as early as the beginning 19th century , would count down the 24 days of Advent physically. Often this meant simply drawing a chalk line on the door each day, begginning on December 1. Some families had more elaborates means of marking the days, such a lighting a new candle or hanging a little religious picture on the wall each day.

THE SCANDINAVAN JULEKALENDAR

In Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland there is also a tradition of having a so-called Julekalender (Swedish: Julkalender, Finnish: Joulukalenteri; the local word for an Advent calendar) in the form of a television show starting on the first of December, and ending on Christmas Eve. The Julkalender was first aired on Swedish TV in 1960 with the program " Titteliture ". The first Julekalendar aired in Denmark was Historier fra hele verden 1962.

BYE : RAÚL