It annoys me when people rain on other people's parades. There seems to be a push to spoil people's fun in getting ready for Christmas. I've heard. Christmas is December 25, this is Advent--a time of waiting for Christ. Implicit in this criticism is that we shouldn't put up our Christmas trees, or go to Christmas parties.
So I looked it up. Yes, we should prepare for Jesus' birthday. We should go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and prepare interiorly. But we don't live in a holy sanctuary, where happy, clappy, songs shouldn't be sung, we live in the secular world where we prepare to party for December 25. Anyway, I looked it up on Catholic Answers:
Question:
Can a Catholic church have a celebration during Advent?
Yes, a Catholic church can have a celebration during the Advent season.
The confusion arises because both Advent and Lent use the liturgical color purple and omit the Gloria at Mass. During Lent, parishes curtail and avoid celebrations due to the penitential nature of the season. People, therefore, assume that the same is true of Advent. However, Advent is not listed as a penitential season (canon 1250), and instead of prohibiting unaccompanied music and altar flowers as during Lent, the Church puts forth only that they should be done in moderation during Advent (GIRM 305).
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