We haven’t even made it past Thanksgiving yet, but this week I walked into a convenience store and heard it- my first Christmas song of the season. For a moment, I felt dread. Thinking of Christmas songs in every store, red and green flashing lights, non-stop commercials. This is not the way I want to pass the days to Christmas.

Thankfully, Advent is just around the corner to help us focus our minds and hearts and truly prepare ourselves for Christmas. Advent calendars have served as a way to take a moment every day to remember the coming of Christ, and also what Christ brought us- the principles and values to live by. I admit that as a kid I was more excited about the chocolate behind each little door on the Advent calendar than reflecting on the values in my life. These days, I’m still excited about the chocolate in the Advent calendar, but that’s because it’s now Fair Trade Chocolate.

Divine Chocolate has once again produced a Fair Trade chocolate Advent calendar. It’s the perfect way to reflect on the principles of our faith and to live them at the same time. With each bit of Divine chocolate you eat, you know that the farmers who grew the cocoa earned a fair wage and have a say in how the company and their lives are run. Fair Trade is truly helping people around the world live their lives in dignity. It may sound simple, but opening the little door on an Advent calendar to reveal a morsel of fair trade chocolate is one small way of living our faith and respecting the dignity of human life. To me, this is a pretty good start

The Divine Chocolate Advent Calendar is available now on the CRS Chocolate web store, through the Work of Human Hands program, or by calling (888) 294-9665.

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