# Poll:Who knows what advent is? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302 "2002-12-17T10:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/41 "2002-12-17T17:58:04Z")
Never heard of it until I read the OP. Born and raised in Pennsylvania to a secular/Catholic family. Moved to a highly Catholic part of Louisiana at age 19. I’m 24 now. I’m agnostic. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/42 "2002-12-17T18:17:53Z")
Raised Baptist, but although we never observed Advent (or Lent), I had at least _heard_ of them, and had a fuzzy notion of what they were about. Became an Anglican (Episcopalian) about three years ago. I’m really into the church calendar now. I even thought about not putting up any Christmas decorations until Dec. 25 (when Christmas actually starts) through Epiphany. But I decided that was going too far to make a point. ---
**Author:** ![mallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/43 "2002-12-17T20:12:23Z")
1. Yes ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/44 "2002-12-17T20:12:24Z")
1. Had heard the word. Suspected it had something to do with Christianity (the Adventists had to have gotten it from somewhere). Lent, I knew. 2. Raised midwest USA 3. Atheist heathen ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/45 "2002-12-17T20:21:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Obsidian Flutterby \* > \*\* We also had an Advent wreath, 3 purple candles 1 pink for the last Sunday before Christmas \*\* The pink one is for the third Sunday of Advent, not the 4th. 1)Yes, I’ve heard of Advent. More religious than secular. I associate it with the 4 Sundays before Christmas, so some years it begins in November. I never had an Advent calendar. 2)Lived in Iowa and Wisconsin. 3)Roman Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/46 "2002-12-17T20:25:18Z")
1. Yes 2. Toronto, Ont, Canada 3. Catholic ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/47 "2002-12-17T22:54:57Z")
Yes, I know what Advent is… heard of it as a child, and now my church does these Advent series every year. I’m in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I go to an Evangelical Free church. Nobody’s ever heard of that when I tell them. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/48 "2002-12-17T23:57:32Z")
Yes - all my life, Tennessee (born in Michigan), Catholic. StG ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/49 "2002-12-18T00:32:06Z")
Yes, I know what Advent is. I’m Lutheran. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/50 "2002-12-18T00:41:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by easy e \* > The pink one is for the third Sunday of Advent, not the 4th. Whoops… been forever since I actually had an advent wreath so I forgot the order of lighting. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/51 "2002-12-18T01:16:08Z")
The only thing I evert knew about it was that my grandmother kept little Advent calendars every year right after Thanksgiving. I never really understood what they were for, meant, etc. Everything about Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, etc etc etc etc has always baffled me. But then, I’m a Godless American fag boy anyway, so what would I know about Advent? I know it’s under “A” in the dictionary 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/52 "2002-12-18T02:05:34Z")
YES, I’ve heard of it. I grew up Presbyterian but switched to Episcopalian years ago. Can’t imagine anyone who grew up in any kind of Christian setting to not have heard of advent. ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/53 "2002-12-18T03:27:59Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/54 "2002-12-18T09:26:18Z")
Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds it strange that somebody might not have heard of it - and I am really surprised at the number of ‘not heard of it’ replies here - in this country (uk) you cannot enter a store without tripping over a pile of advent calendars plastered with the latest children’s tv stars. TV presenters will make reference to it, and those kid’s arty-crafty shows will do a ‘make-your-own-calendar’ bit… I honestly doubt if anyone in the whole country hasn’t at least heard of it. I guess some of the states don’t have the same thing, though - I’m surprised because I would have thought the chocolate companies would be keen to promote the sale of minute amounts of chocolate for large amounts of money… ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302/55 "2002-12-18T12:44:22Z")
1. Yes 2. Active Episcopalian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-knows-what-advent-is/143302.md?page=2)