Advent and Christmas

Welcome to our Advent and Christmas specialty store.

The Holy Family by Simeone

”If the Advent season is a time of preparation, the season of Christmas is most definitely a time of celebration. Most of the customs and traditions associated with the feast are celebratory in nature, celebrating not only the birth of Our Lord but also, in a very real sense, celebrating life itself. Perhaps it is because of the presence of the Infant Jesus, an infant with the power all infants seem to embody to bring people to a point of quiet reflection of thankfulness and praise. There are not many people who can look at a small infant and not think of the fragileness of life and the wonder of creation. For many reasons, and possibly because of the atmosphere that surrounds the season, there is a sense of celebration. There is no other time of the year when the landscape is so drastically changed, when lights and garlands and trees, when brightly colored packages and abundance of good cheer seem to be present everywhere.”

- from the Essential Advent and Christmas Handbook