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And I'll take this opportunity to resurface something I wrote years ago, also for @commonweal.bsky.social, about our family's #Advent tradition, the Jesse Tree. Ten years on, it's still the most important thing we do to prepare ourselves for Christmas. www.commonwealmagazine.org/waiting-jess...
Waiting by the Jesse Tree
In the midst of pre-Christmas celebrating, it can be hard to convince my kids that Advent exists at all. But we have a secret weapon.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And I'll take this opportunity to resurface something I wrote years ago, also for @commonweal.bsky.social, about our family's #Advent tradition, the Jesse Tree. Ten years on, it's still the most important thing we do to prepare ourselves for Christmas. www.commonwealmagazine.org/waiting-jess...