Instant Advent

**Instant Advent** is the first episode in Volume 1 of "Whirl: Ada and Leo's Inspired Christmas Adventures". Its lesson theme is Anticipate.

## Summary

The twenty-five days of Advent are amazing.  So doing all twenty-five days’ worth of advent activities in one afternoon must be even more amazing.  Right?

## Plot

### Main Story

The kids are very excited that the 1st Advent candle has been lit, as the Advent season has officially begun! However, when Ada reveals they need to wait about four weeks to open presents, everyone decides they can't wait that long, so they decide to do all their favorite Advent activities in one afternoon!

They all start off having fun, but their rushing through the activities causes several things to go wrong.

* The Christmas tree is poorly assembled and decorated.
* When the kids hang the Advent candle signs, Ada is the only one to hang hers (the Joy one) properly. Clara's Peace sign is a little crooked, Jax's Love sign is upside-down, and Victor's Hope sign falls after a few seconds.
* Monty eats all the chocolates from his Advent calendar in one sitting, but he gets a stomachache shortly afterward.
* None of the kids get all the way through their favorite Advent songs when they sing them.
* Tot and Monty make a mess when spreading lights and tinsel all over the sanctuary.
* In the pageant, Ada is cut off when quoting her lines. What's worse is that the set is so poorly constructed, it collapses after less than ten seconds; this causes Ada to fall, and the rubble falls on top of Clara, Monty, Tot, and Otto!

Once they finish, they realize that Advent is now over, so they have nothing to do while waiting for Christmas... which is still about four weeks away.

### Credits Scene

Monty is sitting in a pew next to his empty Advent calendar, looking sick to his stomach.

## Characters

* Otto
* Ada
* Tot
* Monty Munkle
* Jax
* Clara
* Victor

## Fun Facts

### Trivia

* This episode takes place on the 1st Sunday of Advent - specifically, on November 30th.  We can even infer that Christmas Eve will fall on the fourth Wednesday - and that Christmas Day will fall on the fourth Thursday - of December.
	+ Regular Advent commonly begins on December 1 and lasts for 24 days, until Christmas Eve.  If the kids were following the Regular Advent season, the description would have mentioned the normal amount of days, and there would have only been 24 compartments shown on the candy Advent calendar.  The description and the compartments both feature the number 25, so the kids are following an Advent calendar system that lets them begin celebrating at least one day sooner.
	+ Church Advent begins between November 27th and December 3rd, but still ends on Christmas Eve.  This means that the Church Advent season ranges from 28 days to 22.  November 30th is right in the middle of the aforementioned beginning range, so when you start Advent on that day, there are 25 days left until Christmas.  The Church Advent is without a doubt the one the kids are following, hence why the skit’s description and the calendar compartments feature the number 25.
* First Second Church doesn’t use a Christ Candle, or even an Advent Wreath, when they light their Advent Candles.
	+ All four Advent Candles are the same color, and while this may not be in order, the things they symbolize are Joy, Peace, Love, and Hope.
* Clara's mother advises her to not be around people messing with time travel.