The Art of Christmas Sweaters





The Art of Christmas Sweaters
In this tumultuous season of spin and spectacle, when shadows stretch longer and headlines grow wilder, Advent declares: chaos will not have the final word! God’s hope, peace, love, and joy are coming into the world!
With retro graphics and soft pastels, SALT’s Customizable Short Film, “Advent: The Art of Christmas Sweaters,” celebrates God’s playful-yet-serious reversal: despair to hope, war to peace, hate to love, chaos to unapologetic Christmas-sweater joy.
Customized with your congregation’s name, website, and worship times (Sunday and Christmas Eve), this film will liven up your website and social media with gladness, and can serve as a fun, easy way for people to invite their friends to worship.
What’s more, this film pairs beautifully with “The Art of Advent: Five Little Books to Change the World” (you can take a look and purchase it here), an engaging, artful, printable resource that helps infuse the season with joy and wonder. Common themes and key terms knit the film and printable together, providing a seamless, cohesive approach to this year’s journey to the manger.
For customizable short films, SALT works on a “sliding scale” model: $75 for churches with up to 100 members; $125 for churches with 100-500 members; and $175 for churches with more than 500 members.
Once your order has been placed, within 7-10 business days you will receive a Dropbox link to download your film and a folder of stills from the film (perfect for your website, newsletters, and promotion on social media).
Advent is a season of shadows – and at the same time, of hope, peace, joy, love, and light. These five little books can help explore these key Advent themes as the season unfolds.
They’re a delight to assemble, decorate, read together, and display: set them up on a window sill, a mantle, around an Advent wreath, or up on the Christmas tree. Five beautiful, revolutionary ornaments – inspiring signs that even now, God’s Spirit is working with us and through us to help turn this upside-down world right-side up!
Each booklet focuses on an Advent theme in a fun, accessible way: hope, peace, joy, love, and light for Christmas Eve. And they’re inspired by “zines” (short for “magazines” or “fanzines”), homemade booklets that have proclaimed engaging, countercultural ideas for nearly a century. From 1930s sci-fi fans to 1970s punks, feminists, poets, and justice movements, zines are all about bold art, fresh ideas, and inspiring visions of the future. A perfect match for Advent and Christmas!
Perfect for individuals and families of all shapes and sizes, these five little books help capture the world-changing essence of the season – and artfully set the stage for Christmas morning.
The scriptural passages in this devotional correspond to Year A in the Revised Common Lectionary – but since their themes are universal, this devotional can be used fruitfully during any Advent season.
Files: This listing is for a downloadable PDF, printing instructions for the five booklets, each made on 8.5 x 11 paper, as well as a collection of JPG versions of the booklets’ individual pages, suitable for posting on social media.
Please note: you will not receive a physical product as this is a digital download. This resource is for personal use only, which means it may not be reproduced commercially, duplicated, or resold :)