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Advent wreath lights the way to Christmas
Symbol helps Christians to wait for birth of Jesus
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Jason Voyles helps his daughter Aderyn, 3, light the first of two Advent candles as brother Aidan, 6, waits his turn and mother Jessica Voyles looks on Tuesday evening at their home in Gainesville. Jessica and Aidan constructed the Advent wreath at Grace Episcopal Church on Dec. 1. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Christmas time is filled with family traditions such as baking holiday cookies, building snowmen and decorating the Christmas tree. But for the Voyles family, one tradition is crafting an Advent wreath and placing it literally in the center of their daily life during the holiday season. “Each night the kids alternate in whose turn it is to help Dad light the candle and then they alternate whose turn it is to blow the candles out,” Jessica Voyles said, pointing out the Advent wreath sits in the center of her kitchen table.