Advent and Christmas

History of Advent and Christmas

• St. Martin of Tours and the advent of Advent
• Perhaps the best resource out there is Francis X. Weiser, The Christmas Book.

Music for Advent

• “A Sequence for Advent”–Text by Jeremy Holmes and music by Peter Kwasniewski

Music for Christmas

• David’s Town–text by Jeremy Holmes and music by Peter Kwasniewski
• A Song for the Holy Family–text by Jeremy Holmes and music by Peter Kwasniewski

December 6: St. Nicholas’ Day

• Crafts and memories
• Books:
  • The Twenty Miracles of St. Nicholas, by Bernarda Bryson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960.

December 26: St. Stephen

• On the Feast of Stephen

December 28: Holy Innocents

• The Boy Bishop

Various

• How St. Matthew Actually Read Isaiah 7