Ready or Not: Here Advent Comes Catholic families get ready to get ready for Christmas by Joseph Pronechen in Family on Friday, November 19, 2010 6:00 AM Festive flurry is ahead: running from mall to mall; putting up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. That’s just part of pre-Christmas activities, right?Not according to Pope Benedict XVI. Last year he said, “Is it not true that activities often absorb us and that society with its multiple interests monopolizes our attention? Is it not true that we devote a lot of time to entertainment and to various kinds of amusement? At times...