1) Do you observe Advent in your church?
Yes. Advent wreath, advent dinner, advent hymns--although by Advent 3 we're holding people off with a whip and a chair, so a few carols creep in.

2) How about at home?
We light the candles on the advent wreath

3) Do you have a favorite Advent text or hymn?
Oh, I'm full of opinions on this one.

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus is my favorite Advent hymn, but only to the HYFRYDOL tune.

STUTTGART is an abomination unto the Lord.

But it would seem that Come Thou Long... is the only advent hymn I like that's not in minor key. I really like Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, and of course, O Come O Come Emmanuel.

(While we're on the topic of alternate tunes, I can go either way with Away in a Manger, but O Little Town of Bethlehem sung to FOREST GREEN is Dead to Me.)

If you've never heard Jim Morgan's Advent piano solos, I recommend them. He really does stick to Advent on this album for the most part. They have a George Winston quality to them. They are not subtle, but well worth a listen.

4) Why is one of the candles in the Advent wreath pink? (You may tell the truth, but I'll like your answer better if it's funny.)
...I'm sorry, I am unable to bring the funny on this one. Check out some of the other revgal answers... I especially like Mary Beth's answer.

5) What's the funniest/kitschiest Advent calendar you've ever seen?
No kitsch here, but we have two Advent calendars that are virtually identical (in the style of this--great for kids), given to us by two different sets of grandparents. What to do, what to do?

I think one will go to my office.