Advent

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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Advent.

  • December twentieth, "The Journey of the Magi" (1927). "Magi" is T.S. Eliot's first of 5 Christmas poems published after his ambivalent decision to join the Anglican church.
    December 20
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    December twentieth, first of Elliot’s Ariel Poems, “The Journey of the Magi” (1927). "Magi" is Unitarian T. S. Eliot’s first of 5 Christmas poems...
  • December nineteenth, "The Many Moods of Christmas” (1963). Robert Shaw was best known as the conductor of his namesake Chorale. In its day, "Many Moods of Christmas" was the quintessential sound of the season.
    December 19
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    December nineteenth, "The Many Moods of Christmas” (1963). Robert Shaw was best known as the conductor of his namesake Chorale. In its day, "Many Moods...
  • December eighteenth, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (1962). Amid the anxiety of the Cuban missile crisis Unitarian Noel Regney wrote “Do You Hear What I Hear?” as a protest song (music composed by Gloria Shayne Baker).
    December 18
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    December eighteenth, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (1962). Amid the anxiety of the Cuban missile crisis, Unitarian Noel Regney wrote the text for “Do You...
  • December Seventeenth, Rod Serling’s Christmas Specials (1963). Though Jewish Rod Serling always loved Christmas (maybe because his birthday was December twenty-fifth). He became a Unitarian Universalist while in college.
    December 17
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    December Seventeenth, Rod Serling’s Christmas Specials (1963)....
  • December sixteenth, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1835). When the man he loved married a woman, Danish Unitarian Hans Christian Andersen wrote one of his first and most beloved fairy tales of a mermaid's tragically unrequited love.
    December 16
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    December sixteenth, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1835). When the man he loved married a woman, Danish Unitarian Hans Christian Andersen wrote...
  • December fifteenth, the First American Christmas Tree (1832). Unitarian Minister Charles Follen delighted his son and party guests with a Christmas tree as he had growing up in Germany.
    December 15
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    December fifteenth, the First American Christmas Tree (1832)....
  • December fourteenth, “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day” (1865). Unitarian Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Wrote "Christmas Bells" (a poem later set to music and renamed "I Head the Bells On Christmas Day") just months before the end of the Civil War.
    December 14
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    December fourteenth, “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day” (1865). Unitarian Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Wrote "Christmas Bells" (a poem later set...
  • December thirteenth, first department store Santa (1890). Department storeowner James Edgar delighted customers’ children by walking about the store on weekends dressed in a Santa costume.
    December 13
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    December thirteenth, first department store Santa (1890). Department storeowner James Edgar delighted customers’ children by walking about the store on...
  • December twelfth, Christmas Day is Clara Barton’s Birthday (1821). Clara Barton, Universalist and founder of the American Red Cross is a hero of our liberal religious faith. We remember her around the holidays season since she was born Christmas day, 1821
    December 12
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    December twelfth, Christmas Day is Clara Barton’s Birthday (1821). Clara Barton, Universalist and founder of the American Red Cross, is a hero of our...
  • December eleventh, Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" (1842). Unitarian Charles Dickens impacted the way Christmas is celebrated today more than any other individual.
    December 11
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    December eleventh, Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" (1843). Unitarian Charles Dickens impacted the way Christmas is celebrated today more than any...