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Showing posts with label Scented Christmas Candles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scented Christmas Candles. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tradition of Christmas Candles

While today, Christmas candles are largely bought for gifting and décor, in the Victorian era, people used to decorate Christmas trees with candles. Going back even longer in history – Romans, during their Saturnalia festival, gifted candles to guests and offered candles to Saturn as well.
The Pagans used candles in their Yule festivities as a symbol of light and to mark the coming of a new beginning. In some parts of the Europe, the ancient tradition of placing the candles on windows still continues. In earlier days, this was done to help the Christ child wander from place to place on Christmas Eve.
The tradition of Christmas candles still continues, although the way it is done might have changed over time. Besides gifting and décor, Christmas candles are also used at the time of offering prayers and singing carols in churches. These lines have been taken from http://www.christmascarnivals.com/christmas-candles/ just for information purpose.


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Scented Christmas Candles

Make you candle float in a bowl of water with rose petals or place it on a wrought iron structure in your living room. Candle holders are available in as diverse shapes and forms as candles themselves.
You can say, "There's one perfect candle holder for every candle." Pillar candles, floating candles, or any other kind of candle can adorn your living area even more beautifully if they are supplemented with great candle holders. You can decorate your candle holders or even make them from scratch. Be creative and see what you can create out of some junk lying around your house. Use bright paint colors, ribbons, and glitter to give that extra special look to your candle holder. Candle holders not only help your candles look eye-catching, they are also a safe and clean way to burn your candles inside the four walls of your house.


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