"...You cannot light Christmas - because it's Christmas that lights you. It's Christmas that dawns on you, and you only really believe in Christmas when you live it. When you light a dark world and the unexpected places with a brave flame of joy; when you warm the cold, hopeless places with the daring joy that God is with us; God is for us; God is in us; when you are a wick to light hope in the dark- then you believe in Christmas. When you really believe in Christmas, you believe there is really hope for everyone. When you get Christmas, people get hope from you - they don't lose it. Unless you keep passing on the miracle of hope, you live like Christmas is a myth. So light the Advent candles. Light them, light them. And you can see it with every lit candle, sparks of the dawning. Hope catching on everything." - Ann Voskamp