Normal 0 14 false false IT X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The tradition of the Advent Calendar comes from 19th century Germany, but in the countries of Protestant culture some customs that anticipated it were already widespread: Hang 24 drawings in the houses, make on the walls with a white chalk 24 signs that the children erased day after day or put 24 threads of straw in the crib, one for each day of Advent.In the 19th century, Bavarian mothers prepared small houses with 24 windows to accompany the children as they waited for Christmas. Every morning, when they woke up, the family gathered and fished a verse from the Bible from the pocket, which was then recited together and had to guide the actions of the day. Then in 1908 Gerhard Lang of Munich thought of continuing the tradition of his mother, who year after year prepared colourful calendars for Christmas for her children, and printed the first Advent Calendar. This idea was a great success and was taken up by many companies. Today there are many types of Advent Calendar: from those who hide a verse of the Gospel under each box, to those who hide small gifts and recently some cases of toy manufacturers offer games with the buildings inspired by the expectation of Christmas, so it is a welcome pastime especially for children, but not disdained by adults. In fact, there are some of them of various workmanship, able to satisfy even the most demanding connoisseurs and some of them are real works of art, made for example in wood with handmade paintings instead of printed drawings. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name: "Normal table";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
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