There is no ideal way to arrange your Advent candles. Most people arrange them in a circle and surround them with sprigs of evergreen.

I celebrated my first Advent Season many years ago, while I was teaching art at an Episcopal Day School. Among other things, we lit a candle at the beginning of each day. At this time, I still like to light candles during Advent, but lighting candles is not an Advent must. As I have said…