Advent Frame TV Art Set of 5: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love and Christmas Eve

Five paintings mark the weeks of Advent on a Samsung Frame TV. Each shows the same evergreen wreath on a rustic wooden table against a deep blue wall, with one more candle burning every Sunday: a single purple flame for Hope, two for Peace, the rose candle joining for Joy, all four for Love, and the white Christ candle lit in the middle on Christmas Eve. A short KJV verse is set beside the wreath in serif type.

One more candle each Sunday

An Advent wreath counts down the four Sundays before Christmas, and the paintings follow it week by week. The first shows one purple candle lit, the second shows two, and on the third Sunday the rose candle burns as well, because many churches keep that day as a Sunday of rejoicing. By the fourth week all four flames are lit. The fifth painting belongs to Christmas Eve and adds a tall white candle in the middle of the wreath, the Christ candle, with red berries and pine cones tucked into the greenery. Above each theme word the Sunday is named in small capitals, so anyone walking past the screen can see where the season stands. Congregations name the four weeks in different ways, and this set uses the common order of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.

The five verses, all from the King James Version

Each painting carries a short passage in KJV wording, chosen for the word of its week. Hope has Romans 15:13: "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing." Peace has the names from Isaiah 9:6: "Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Joy takes the angel's words to the shepherds in Luke 2:10: "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." Love uses the opening of John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son." On Christmas Eve the word is Light, with John 8:12: "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness."

Painting style, files and setup

The wreaths are painted in a vintage oil style, with warm candlelight falling across weathered wood and a dark wall that leaves room for the text on the left. Your download holds five JPG files at 3840 x 2160 pixels, which is 4K in the 16:9 shape of a television, and a one page setup guide in PDF. For Samsung The Frame, save the files to your phone first. In the SmartThings app they go into Art Mode as your own photos, and setting the mat to None lets the painting run to the edges. Other televisions, monitors and digital frames in 16:9 can show the same files from a memory stick or their own picture viewer. AI assistance was used to create the paintings, which The Framed Verse then selected, checked and finished. Nothing is shipped, and no TV comes with the files.

When to change the painting

Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so put Hope on the screen that morning and move to the next painting each Sunday after. If you light a real wreath at the dinner table on those evenings, the screen can keep pace with it. Love stays up through the last days before Christmas, and the Christ candle painting goes up on Christmas Eve itself. From Christmas Day you can switch to a Nativity scene: the shop has single Frame TV paintings of the Holy Family at the manger and a set of 12 that tells the Christmas story from the Annunciation to the Flight into Egypt. Because each of the five files stands on its own, a church office or Sunday school room can also show just one painting for a single service.

Screen fit

The 5 paintings

Frequently asked questions

Why is one candle pink?

The rose candle belongs to the third Sunday of Advent, which many churches keep as a Sunday of rejoicing in the middle of a season of waiting. That is why it lights up in the Joy painting, alongside the two purple candles from the weeks before. In the Love painting all four burn, and on Christmas Eve the white Christ candle joins them.

Are the verses from the King James Version?

Yes. All five passages are printed in KJV wording: Romans 15:13, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 2:10, John 3:16 and John 8:12. Some are shortened to the opening part of the verse so the text stays large enough to read across a room, with the reference set in small capitals underneath.

My church uses a different order of themes. Will the set still work?

Each painting names its Sunday above the theme word, so the set follows Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. You can show the files in any sequence, but the printed Sunday would then not match the day. If your congregation lights Love on the second Sunday, for example, the labels and your service will disagree for two weeks.

Is each painting a still image or a video?

Each one is a single still JPG at 3840 x 2160 pixels. The candle flames are painted into the picture, so nothing flickers or moves on the screen. If you would like real movement, a lit wreath on the sideboard under the TV supplies it, and the painting on the wall keeps count of the weeks.

What should go on the screen after Christmas Eve?

A Nativity scene picks up where the Christ candle leaves off. The single painting of Mary and Joseph kneeling at the manger, or the Starry Nativity with its small stable under the great star, both carry Christmas Day. For the twelve days after it, the set of 12 continues with the shepherds, the wise men and the Flight into Egypt.