Gearing up for Christmas

Christmas mood: Choo (left) and her husband Ivan Filmer setting up a nativity set at their home in Sungai Ara, Penang. Joining them are their grandchildren (left to right) Luke, Hailey and Adam Chong.

GEORGE TOWN: Churches all over the country have started preparations for Christmas with the beginning of the Advent season last Sunday.

Stemming from the Latin word adventus, that means “coming” or “arrival”, Advent is a four-week period of preparations leading up to Christmas.