subject: Light Up Your Christmas By Decorating Your Home With Beautiful Candles [print this page] What will you use to brighten up your home this Christmas?
Perhaps you were thinking of using mini lights - in purple, red, blue or green - or LED Christmas lights with torpedo-formed bulbs.
Have you considered, a more traditional approach.
To achieve the perfect ambiance for Christmas, set yourself the task of decorating your home with candles to light up your holiday season.
Attract visitors with Christmas window candles
With a nostalgic welcoming glow, Christmas candles in your window are the perfect way to making your home feel warm and inviting to passers-by. They can easily be substituted for electric Christmas candles if necessary.
Candlelit windows suggest warmth and security in an often-unfriendly world.
Christmas candles holders
In terms of aesthetics, as opposed to just lighting, Christmas candle holdersare as important as the candles themselves.
Avid candle collectors often own candle holders all shapes and sizes. Whether you prefer a modern or traditional look, Christmas candle holders can suit any taste.
Christmas scented candles
Scented candles are a popular choice for several reasons - creating the desired atmosphere and masking unpleasant smells.
In your front hall, your scented candles will create an inviting scent. Decorators suggest putting scented jar candles in your bathroom to get rid of any lingering unwanted smells.
Traditional Christmas candles
Preferably, Christmas candles should be red or gold, the colours of the season. However, you will find all manor of decorative, scented and Christmas candles in retail outlets these days.
Candle Christmas tree
Decorating your tree with candles will look infinitely more beautiful than using standard Christmas lights.
If you do choose this option, however, invest in appropriate candle holders so that the wax doesnt melt onto the Christmas tree.
High-quality metal candle holders are the best option here.
More specifically, there are two types of Christmas candle that will work on your tree clip on and pendulum.
The clip on type will clamp onto the branches and should include a swivel mechanism.
An older style is the pendulum Christmas tree candle holder. The idea is that there is a weight at the end to keep it straight while hanging from the tree.
Generally they have a ball-shaped excess weight or shaped weight. Usefully, candle holders have a wax catcher to catch the drips.
If you are feeling particularly creative, try using electric lights and Christmas candles together.
Energy saving Christmas candles
Using electric lights throughout Christmas is not energy efficient. By using Christmas candles instead of standard lighting, you can be safe in the knowledge that you are being eco-friendly while, at the same time, cutting down on your electric bills.
But the warm, inviting glow of Christmas candles should be enough to persuade you to invest in them. Capture the Christmas Spirit with the subtle glow of a warm candle.
Remember that lit Christmas candles are still open flames. Ensure you are safe this Christmas and keep your candles supervised at all times. Light them in a safe place.
