Advent Word Search
Advent is the four weeks before Christmas, and it fits Sunday school, family devotions or a quiet hour at the kitchen table. An Advent wreath holds four candles, one lit each Sunday, three purple and one pink in most traditions.
Advent word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- calendar
- candle
- december
- hope
- joy
- love
- peace
- purple
- waiting
- wreath
Advent word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- calendar
- candle
- christ candle
- december
- hope
- joy
- love
- manger
- peace
- pink candle
- prophecy
- purple
- sunday
- waiting
- wreath
Advent word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- advent wreath
- anticipation
- bethlehem
- calendar
- candle
- christ candle
- december
- evergreen
- hope
- joy
- love
- manger
- peace
- pink candle
- proclaim
- prophecy
- purple
- sunday
- waiting
- wreath
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Words in the Advent word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- candle
- Lit one at a time on each Sunday of Advent
- wreath
- A circle of greens holding the Advent candles
- purple
- The color of three of the four Advent candles
- hope
- The theme often given to the first Advent Sunday
- peace
- A theme often given to the second Advent Sunday
- joy
- The theme of the third Sunday, marked by the pink candle
- love
- A theme often given to the fourth Advent Sunday
- waiting
- The central idea of the season before Christmas
- calendar
- A counting device with a door opened each day
- december
- The month when most of Advent falls
- sunday
- The day each new Advent candle is lit
- manger
- The feeding trough where the newborn Jesus was laid
- prophecy
- Old Testament words read during Advent about a coming ruler
- pink candle
- The third candle, lit on the Sunday called Gaudete
- christ candle
- The white center candle lit on Christmas
- bethlehem
- The town where the Gospels say Jesus was born
- advent wreath
- The full name of the circle holding four candles
- evergreen
- The branches used in wreaths, green all winter
- anticipation
- Looking forward to something expected
- proclaim
- To announce news publicly, as the angels did
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