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Door 13 - Task 1, 2 and 3

 Total points: 3 points 

 

Task 1:  Post a picture of your advent calendar - store bought or homemade.

 

Got two of them. This is my favorite. The chocolate taste good and it has a books theme. 

 

 

 

Task 2: The holidays season is in full swing – tell us:  What’s your favorite tradition?

 

Eating chocolate.

I dislike anything religion, so the singing of religious songs are annoying to say the least.  Gift giving is just another marketing gimmick. 

 

But who can say no to chocolate. 

 

Task 3: The tradition of carol singing in the Advent / holiday season is linked to the old Anglo-Saxon (and medieval) custom of wassailing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassailing). Prepare an apple cider wassail bowl or a wassail bowl containing your favorite drink or fruit. Post a picture and enjoy!

 

I like a good cider. It is a French cider with only 2% alcohol. And it serve in bowls. 

 

 

Task 4: Make your own Advent wreath and share a picture of it. Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWw83CCa2cg

 

Skip. 

 

Book: Advent also means “second coming”: Read a pastiche, or a book written by an “authorised author” by the deceased author’s estate. OR: There are four Sundays in Advent. Read the fourth book of a series or a book with the word “four” in the title.

 

Maybe later. 

 

Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (2nd time) 

 

Advent