🇬🇧 Advent meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Advent is a special season that starts about four weeks before Christmas. It’s a time when many people, especially in Christian traditions, prepare for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Some families use Advent calendars with little doors to open each day, often hiding treats or surprises inside. Advent means "arrival," like waiting for something exciting.

I tried to save my Advent chocolates. Spoiler: I did not succeed.

Advent is the season of hope—mostly hoping for more cookies.

Advent is like a treasure hunt, but the treasure is always chocolate.

Advent: the time of year when I magically remember what day it is.

My Advent calendar had tiny chocolates. I needed a magnifying glass to find them.

Advent began with a cardboard calendar on the windowsill. Every Advent morning a child opened a tiny door. Each Advent door gave a chocolate, a note, a match for a candle. The kitchen filled with quiet light as Advent went on. On the final Advent morning the family gathered, smiled, and sang.

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