What Is Advent?

Noel Piper has a helpful summary on what Advent is adapted from Treasuring God in Our Traditions

Advent is what we call the season leading up to Christmas. It begins four Sundays before December 25, sometimes in the last weekend of November, sometimes on the first Sunday in December. This year it was Novemeber 29.

• 1 Peter 1:10-12 is a clear description of what we look back to during Advent.