An Advent calendar for the home

Advent 2026, day by day

One small thing a day, from the first candle to the crib. Print it for the fridge.

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
29 Nov
Week 1 · Hope
Watch
30
St Andrew · begin Christmas novena
1 Dec
Start a Jesse tree
2
Pray: Come, Lord Jesus
3
St Francis Xavier · missions
4
First Friday · go to Confession
5
Read Isaiah 40 together
6
Week 2 · Peace
Prepare the way
At home: St Nicholas
7
Check tomorrow's Mass times
8
Immaculate Conception · Holy Day
9
Tell St Juan Diego's story
10
Give something away in secret
11
Pray for someone lonely
12
Guadalupe · roses for Mary
13
Week 3 · Joy
Gaudete · at home: St Lucy
14
Night prayer by candlelight
15
Say sorry to someone
16
Set out the empty crib
17
O Antiphons begin · O Wisdom
18
O Adonai
19
O Root of Jesse
20
Week 4 · Love
Emmanuel
O Key of David
21
O Radiant Dawn
22
O King of the Nations
23
O Emmanuel
24
Place Jesus in the crib
Christmas
Glory to God in the highest

How to use it

Print the sheet and put it where the family eats. Each day has one small thing to do: a prayer, a line of Scripture, a feast, a way to make room for Christ. None of them takes more than a few minutes.

On the four Sundays, light the candles of the wreath for hope, peace, joy and love: three violet, and the rose one on the third Sunday, Gaudete, when the Church says “Rejoice.” From December 17 the O Antiphons begin: seven ancient titles of Christ, one each evening until Christmas Eve.

It is free to print, copy and share with a parish or a class, with no sign-up. The dates follow the Church’s calendar for 2026.