Advent Spiral: A Guide for a Simple Winter Garden Celebration

There is no festival in the Waldorf calendar like the Advent Spiral. It is a very reverent, sacred ceremony that touches us deeply in our cores. This festival celebrates the inner light that we all carry within us through the darkest half of the year. There is nothing as magical as a glowing, lit, Advent Spiral in a dark room on the day of Winter Solstice! This little booklet includes everything you need to have your own Advent Spiral: * Just what is an Advent Spiral? * Getting ready, including directions for creating apple lanterns and setting up your Advent Spiral * A festival outline -- what to do when * A story and a spiral walking song with sheet music * A centering verse and a discussion of reverence and "holding" the children As with all of my booklets, this is an accounting of things I have actually done and have used to enrich my own homeschool.