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In many homes nothing suits the holiday season more than a slowburning Santa Claus. Reindeer, dimpled angels, and snowballs can add to the glow No matter what its size- or shape, the candle, a source of light for countless centuries, rates a place with the Christmas tree and “Auld Lang Syne,” the National Geographic Society says. The traditional light has come a long way since some ingenious ancient discovered that he could coat a fibrous wick with fatty substances and produce a light superior to pitch knots or greasesoaked reeds. Shaped to Order The creative designs of today’s candles cover almost every festive occasion. They appear as ice cream sodas, flowers, and clowns. Massive centerpieces carved like giant pillars light banquet tables; delicate tapers shaped like bamboo shoots illuminate more intimate meals. Ordinary candles brighten some homes every night of the year. “A candle,” says one glowing enthusiast, “is the necktie of home furnishing-the final, perfecting touch.” Few things in use today are as old as candles. The ancient Greeks made them by dipping papyrus or hemp impregnated with sulphur into liquid tallow or beeswax. The Romans improved the Grecian candles by using solidified oils.
In colonial America, generations of housewives made fragrant candles from bayberries. The waxy green berries grow on bushes throughout New England. An old rhyme says:
“Baybeiry candles
Burned to the socket
Bring joy to the house
And gold to the pocket.”
Candles have long been used in rituals and ceremonies. The old Testament mentions both candles and candlesticks. Present-day churches are the largest institutional users in the United
86.3%