a place for 4 candles

adventskranz. advent wreath. a place to put in 4 candles symbolising the four advent sundays. "wreath" implies fir twigs, i guess.
well, not necessarily for me ;)


some three years ago our advent "wreath" was: four candles in the form of a fish on a cake stand full of coarse sugar, decorated with some bright red glass hearts.




last year i bought a steel framework for advent candles to be hung from the ceiling. and i admit, first i did think of "wrapping" the staple in fir twigs, then decorating it with some christmas tree decorations.
but somehow i liked the lightness of this "construction", so fir twigs were left in the woods.


these christmas tree decorations are very special ones - my mom bought them in the early 60s in riga, they were the precious IMPORT from czechoslovakia or eastern germany (my mom doesn't remember anymore). they are part of my childhood memories. now as i've grown-up, my mom allowed me to inherit them ;)




this year our advent wreath looks like a warm-coloured bunch of candles: there are the four big ones and in between them - lots of small christmas tree candles, put in another inherited treasure from my faraway home.
these candlestick holders are another memory from my childhood's christmas trees, but until a couple of days ago i didn't even know that my father remembers them from HIS childhood! so they're at least from the 30s, if not even older. they're made of pine cones, acorns and haselnuts, some of them covered with golden, silver or bronze paint.