1st Advent Sunday

 

Besides my electric candles in the windows (cf yesterday's post), I also still have my adventsljusstake (Advent candle holder) with four real candles in a row - one for each Advent Sunday - sitting on the table in my living room. These days, I'm rather careful when it comes to trusting myself with real candles, and only light those when I'm going to be sitting still for a while - but on the other hand not feeling so relaxed that I might nod off...! 

I've even contemplated switching to battery candles in this one. But I think that would just look weird - at least the first three weeks, until you can have all four of them lit! 

I know that Germany also have the four candles for the Advent Sundays (but usually in a wreath formation), but I'm not sure how widely spread this tradition ever was - or is - in other countries.

 

1st Advent Sunday

 Yesterday was 1st Advent Sunday, which means I lit the first of the four ("live") candles in my special Advent candle holder:

The Amaryllis that I bought a couple of weeks ago is just beginning to bloom.

For the kitchen window, I bought a poinsettia when I was in town on Saturday.

Outdoors, it was a very grey and gloomy day. I did go out for a walk in the afternoon, but it was miserable day for photos. (Discarded my few attempts when I got back home.) Today I was also out for a short while just after lunch, but the weather now even foggier, and with light rain. Had an umbrella to hold and did not even try to take up the camera (phone)!