In Denmark, Christmas starts with advent which means "coming".. On the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve - the first Sunday of advent - a wreath of pine twigs mounted with four candles and red or purple ribbons is hung up and one candle is lit. The following Sunday the next candle is lit, one more each Sunday. This tradition is the first sign of Christmas coming closer there is also a lot of Christmas decorations in shops and malls, and there is colourful Christmas catalogues.
Kid's Christmas Calendar and Tree
The first of December is the first day of the Christmas month, and it is therefore the day to start opening your Christmas calendar. Every kid has one. Some are made of paper and filled with chocolate hidden behind 24 small windows, one piece each day until December 24. Others have small pictures behind the windows.
One of the great Danish traditions is the "Children's Christmas Calendar" which is a television show made by Danish television. Most years a new one is made. Every day from the first of December to the 24th of December, a new episode is shown on television.
Usually it is a Christmas story or fairytale either with real people performing or with puppets. In the later years, there has been a tradition for an adult Christmas calendar on television as well. Usually a humorous one.
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