is typically put in the center of the wreath. White stands for light and purity and is known as "Christ's Candle." This white candle is lit on Christmas Day. What Other Colors Are Used for Advent ...

Before Christ came wreaths ... usually fir or spruce, a 4-candle holder in a wreath shape, and 4 candles, 3 of purple and 1 of rose or pink, 1 each for the four weeks of Advent.

Traditionally, the Advent wreath with its four candles and sometimes a central fifth, the Christ candle, is lit on Christmas ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches ... We ask this through Christ our Lord. All Respond: Amen. 2. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Household ...