Here is how the Advent wreath is used by the major religions. Catholic churches use the traditional colors of purple, pink and white. They use the purple color to signify penance. It's also the ...

The wreath should be placed on a suitable table set aside for this purpose and which has been draped with a pretty cloth, usually white, lace of plain. This all there is to the assembly.

The red candles were lit on weekdays and the white candles were lit on Sundays, according to Christianity. The Advent wreath eventually came to be created out of evergreens, symbolizing ...

A fifth, white candle known as the Christ candle sometimes sits unlit in the center of the wreath; it is only lit on Christmas Eve. Another German Advent tradition is the Advent calendar.