Magic Advent trip: Discover Christmas in Austria!

Magic Advent trip: Discover Christmas in Austria!

Villacher Adventmarkt, Österreich - The Advent season has started and brings a number of exciting traditions and customs with it. Silvia Schneider (42) and Armin Assinger (60) start on December 2 at 8:15 p.m. on their show "Christmas in Austria" on ORF2, which begins in Carinthia. Here you take a picturesque sledge on the Katschberger Adventweg and visit the famous Villacher Advent market. They meet a talented crib carver who made a figure of Jesus for the Pope and learn how to bake gingerbread houses. The show will certainly give interesting insights into Austria's various Christmas customs, such as reported.

While the advent time is associated for many with pre -Christmas purchases and colorful lights in the department stores, this festive phase actually only begins for Christians four weeks before Christmas. Advent is a time of expectation, which means something like "arrival", and is celebrated by the inflammation of the candles on the Advent wreath. This year, the Advent Sundays range from November 26th to Christmas Eve on December 24th. In the church, texts by Markus and Johannes are read on the first two advent Sundays, while the traditional traditions of the fourth Advent concentrate on Lukas, as katholisch.de

Special days within the Advent are St. Nicholas Day on December 6th, Christmas Eve on December 24th, and the first Christmas Day on December 25, on which the birth of Christ is celebrated. These holidays are not only religiously important, but also a time when many customs and traditions are cultivated, which are passed on from generation to generation. In his sum, the Advent is a time of waiting, anticipation and celebration for the people who believe in these traditions and live.