Advent candle its centre; others will simply put it in a candlestick. It is usually burned at the family evening meal each day. Advent candles are traditionally white, though other Christmas-themed colors have become popular. The custom of having an Advent candle seems to have started in Germany, where children traditionally insert a small candle into a decorated orange. This candle is called the "Christingle". It is now widespread in some other European countries such as the United Kingdom. Advent candle An Advent candle is a candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve. It is typically used in
Episcopal Church of the Advent (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) at the time of Kennett Square's Church founding. A member of the new Kennett congregation lived in Philadelphia where he attended church at that 'original' Advent. Philadelphia's Church of the Advent's first Priest was Dr. Phillips Brooks. By the time Kennett Square erected their church, Dr. Brooks was the most famous preacher of his time, serving as rector to Trinity Church in Boston. Parishioners agreed that they should name the new Kennett Square Episcopal Church- Church of the Advent in honor of Phillips Brooks' first church assignment in Philadelphia. Kennett Square’s most famous citizen, Bayard Taylor (author, poet, traveler, and