tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13040164.post7123281996920246305..comments2023-07-26T03:53:40.971-04:00Comments on Radiant Things: ProcessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13040164.post-69269423978178740082011-01-30T12:45:58.592-05:002011-01-30T12:45:58.592-05:00For what it's worth, I never knew anything but...For what it's worth, I never knew anything but white Advent candles until I went to the Episcopal church. Our Advent wreath always had four white candles in the ring, and the Christmas Eve candle in the middle was red.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532365992879831139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13040164.post-68591908442762657952010-12-12T13:50:38.655-05:002010-12-12T13:50:38.655-05:00I thought it was odd that the candles didn't m...I thought it was odd that the candles didn't match the normal color of the season. And I recently learned that my family always lit them in the wrong order, anyway. Danes normally use red or white, and hang them from the ceiling if possible, which is cool but inconvenient.Julia https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049039706925687485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13040164.post-78660676847724261462010-12-12T00:15:20.691-05:002010-12-12T00:15:20.691-05:00A piece of slightly-interesting trivia: the old E...A piece of slightly-interesting trivia: the old English practice was to use 4 blue candles for the Advent wreath, not Rome's purple and pink. The British changed en masse to match Rome a bit before the Reformation; in the last few decades a minority have changed back to blue. (A noticeable minority of U.S.-based Episcopal churches have chosen blue in recent years, too.)Lucas Sandersnoreply@blogger.com