Throughout the country, Swedes help by putting electrical candlesticks in their windows — sometimes one in each — and arranging lights on a Christmas tree in the garden. On the first Sunday of Advent, November 27, people lit the first candle in the Advent candlestick. This is always a special event, eagerly awaited. Each Sunday until Christmas, a candle is lit (and blown out after a while), until all four candles are alight. The children’s expectations grow with every candle.