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he season of Advent — a time of joyful expectation leading up to Christmas — begins Nov. 27 this year for the Latin church. The season is marked by the lighting of candles in the Advent wreath. In Christian tradition candles symbolize Christ, the light of the world. (CNS photo illustration by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot) (Nov. 9, 2005)