{"id":29437,"date":"2017-12-13T14:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T13:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29437"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T10:57:37","slug":"calendrier-de-lavent-waiting-for-christmas-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/calendrier-de-lavent-waiting-for-christmas-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendrier de l’Avent \u2013 Waiting For Christmas In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was growing up I loved waking up every morning and being able to open a new door on le calandrier de l’Avent<\/strong> (the Advent Calendar). The gifts inside was never anything special, but they definitely added to l\u2019esprit des f\u00eates<\/strong> (the holiday spirit).<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> by Jeremy Couture on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

C’est bient\u00f4t No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/a> (it’s Christmas soon), and that means that the air is filled with more than just cold weather<\/a>. Les march\u00e9s de No\u00ebl<\/strong> are popping up all over France and Christmas music like Au Royaume du Bonhomme Hiver<\/strong><\/em><\/a> et<\/strong> Bonjour No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/em><\/a> are being played everywhere.<\/p>\n

L’esprit des f\u00eates<\/strong> with all the holiday music and le vin chaud<\/a><\/strong> always makes me feel nostalgique<\/strong> (nostalgic). So when I saw une pub<\/strong> (an ad) for un calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong>, I was happy to see the fun holiday tradition exists en France<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

La publicit\u00e9<\/strong> (the advertisement) made me curious and I decided to look up l’histoire du calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong> (the history of the Advent calendar) to find out the origin of the tradition.<\/p>\n

Le calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong> started in the 19th century en Allemagne<\/strong> (in Germany). The idea began with people giving des petits cadeaux<\/strong> (little gifts) to children during the weeks before Christmas and slowly evolved into the form of un calendrier<\/strong><\/a> over the course of le 19e si\u00e8cle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Outside of l’Alsace<\/strong><\/a>, it wasn’t until the 1990s that le calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong> took root en France<\/strong>, but they quickly became popular and were soon a common fixture at les march\u00e9s de No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mais qu’est-ce que c’est l’Avent ?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBut what is the Advent?\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

L’Avent<\/strong><\/em> is connected to various Christian churches and generally refers to a period of several weeks before No\u00ebl<\/strong> (Christmas). The term originally comes from the Latin word<\/a> for arriver<\/strong> (to arrive, to come), <\/em>alluding to l\u2019av\u00e8nement de J\u00e9sus-Christ<\/strong> (the coming of Jesus Christ).<\/p>\n

Advenire\u00a0\u2192 Adventus \u2192 Advent \u2192 Avent<\/p>\n

En fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, l’orthographe<\/strong> (the spelling) advent<\/em> <\/strong>was used into the 14th Century before the modern orthographe<\/strong> of avent<\/strong> <\/em>became standard.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, le nombre de jours de l’Avent<\/strong> (the number of days of the Advent) can vary slightly depending on the year. Christmas is always on le 25 d\u00e9cembre<\/strong>, but l’Avent<\/strong> starts 4 Sundays before the holiday. This confusing way of counting<\/a> leads to la periode de l’Avent<\/strong> (the period of the Advent) varying slightly depending on which day of the week No\u00ebl<\/strong> is on.<\/p>\n

Ajourd’hui<\/strong> (today) most calendriers de l’Avent<\/strong> that you find at les march\u00e9s de No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/a> simplify things by always starting on le 1 d\u00e9cembre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The fun thing about le calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong> is how les cadeaux<\/strong> can be anything you want. Growing up most of les calendriers<\/strong> that I had were hiding small pieces of chocolat<\/strong>, but a good way to practice French over the holidays could be to make un calendrier de l’Avent<\/strong> that hides un mot du jour<\/a><\/strong> (a word of the day)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When I was growing up I loved waking up every morning and being able to open a new door on le calandrier de l’Avent (the Advent Calendar). The gifts inside was never anything special, but they definitely added to l\u2019esprit des f\u00eates (the holiday spirit). C’est bient\u00f4t No\u00ebl (it’s Christmas soon), and that means that…<\/p>\n

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