During Advent, Rachel Campos-Duffy of Fox News shares the religious traditions she and her husband, Sean Duffy, are teaching their children today during the Christmas season.

The Rev. Nancy Plum, children's pastor at Christ Anglican Church in Mobile, works with Mary Frances and Brunson to construct a unique Advent wreath using red apples.

Although traditions vary, the basic premise of the Advent wreath and candles is the same. Read further as we discuss the meaning of the Advent wreath and candles in greater detail.

On Christmas Eve, after Mass, we light our Advent wreath in the living room by the Christmas tree, and I recite the infancy narratives from Matthew and Luke.

It also comes with other devotional prayers, including blessings for the Advent wreath and Christmas tree, Advent Stations and prayers for the O Antiphons.

Lighting the Advent wreath is a beautiful tradition, and I'm hoping that how I approach it is more important than how often.

A beautiful Advent wreath with candles is shown here, much like the one MacCallum and her family keep on their own dinner table. Christmas is just two weeks away. (iStock) ...

The Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplains Office hosted a time-honored tradition Sunday at the Religious Education Center: The annual Advent wreath making event.

Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent exactly? The word Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means ...