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Advent/Christmas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simeon | The person who said, “I now can die in peace” |
| Simeon and Anna | The people who Mary and Joseph met at the temple |
| Advent | a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus, it means "coming" |
| the amount of Sundays in Advent | four |
| purple | the color of the season of Advent and also means "penance" |
| pink | it means joy and we light pink candles on the 3rd Sunday in Advent |
| evergreen | the part of the Advent wreath that reminds us we have eternal life |
| circle | the part of the Advent wreath that reminds us that God has no beginning and no end |
| Advent calendar | a new door is opened everyday |
| Jesse Tree | reminds us of the family and other people who waited for Jesus to come |
| Advent chain | we remove a paper strip each day of Advent |
| Immaculate Conception | the title given to Mary as our patroness of our country and it also means she was born without original sin |
| December 8th | the day we celebrate Mary's feast day |
| Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | the 7th largest church in the world and the largest church in the Western hemisphere |
| December 12th | the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | patroness of the Americas |
| December 9th | feast day of Saint Juan Diego |
| Bethlehem | the city where Jesus was born |
| Nazareth | the city where Mary and Joseph lived |
| Christmas | the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25th |
| census | Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem because the ruler ordered this |
| Presentation in the Temple | when Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem after Jesus was born |
| We call Jesus this | the light of the world |
| Matthew and Luke | gospel writers that tell about Jesus' birth |
| What did Our Lady of Guadalupe ask Juan to do? | build a church on the hull |
| What does Advent mean? | coming |