Since Advent and the entire liturgical year in December tends to be overshadowed by Christmas, I wanted to mention a few ways to keep focused on the Church’s time. First, friend David Morrison has come up with some ideas in his article ‘Tis (Not Quite) the Season, but There’s Still Plenty to Celebrate. They are good suggestions to keep us focused on Church time and not secular time. Mind you, I’m not condemning putting up Christmas decorations in Advent or anything, just noting as Catholics and other liturgical Christians, that should be secondary to Advent. Finally, ChurchYear.Net has some good suggestions in the All About Advent Page, which includes a part on the lighting of the Advent wreath.