Advent has a very interesting history; in the beginning it wasn’t even called “Advent.” After Christianity became legal,during the reign of the Emperor Constantine, there developed among the early Christians certain feasts that celebrated the different events during the life of the Lord. One of these feasts was the birth of Jesus, which was decided to be on December 25, although neither then, nor now was there an attempt to say this was the actual date of His birth. Although Epiphany is an older feast, Christmas spread throughout the Roman Empire reaching France and Germany rather quickly.