Christmas Wreaths were in use long before people began to celebrate Christmas. The wreath or circle has long been a symbol of eternity or the circle of life. In early pagan days wreaths were used as decorations to celebrate military victories, sporting contests or other important events. During pagan rituals of Saturnalia the wreath was made out of evergreen branches to symbolize the return of life and spring that would occur in a few months.
As the Christianity began to spread the pagan wreath was transformed into the advent wreath. The advent wreath is a horizontal wreath with four candles on the outer ring and one candle in the center. At the start of each week a new candle is lit until December 25th when all of the candles including the center candle were lit.
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