Here's how it goes. This year Advent started just three days after Thanksgiving and 10 days after the radio stations had started playing Christmas music. Black Friday sales continued throughout that whole weekend, as did Cyber-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday....
I've made it very clear that I love Advent and so does every other sister I know. But it causes us to live in two worlds--simultaneously. Whenever we walk in chapel, we enter the world of Advent: quiet, peaceful, waiting, preparing. And then we come out of there into the American consumer's high point of the entire year, it's a Hallmark and amazon.com frenetic whirlwind!
We try, we really do, but we love Christmas, too. So, waiting until the "official" deck the halls (and decorate every place else) date of December 21 is just too hard. Advent managed to maintain its prominence last week, but this week (Advent week #2 aka 16 days until Christmas) Christmas has started to creep and seep and ooze its way in--ever so slowly but steadily!
I took a walk around the Mount, with my camera in hand last night and this is what I found: Creeping, everywhere.
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| An everyday plain night light has been replaced! |
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| A small white angel has landed. |
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| What is this? No Advent wreath! |
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| We haven't had snow yet, how can we have a snowman! |
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| Just because it's holy doesn't hide the Christmas message! |
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