This package comes with 2 bayberry Candles. This is not the Gift set. Maximum 2 sets per order.
There is an old colonial tradition of burning a bayberry candle on Christmas Eve. Often these very special bayberry candles were given to a friend with a little couplet that says,
This bayberry candle comes from a friend
so on Christmas eve burn it down to the end.
For a bayberry candle burned to the socket,
will bring joy to the heart and gold to the pocket.
Bayberry wax was chosen because usually poorly burning tallow candles were used for everyday use. Bayberry was and still is considered special because it takes nearly 18 pounds of bayberries to make 1 pound of wax. Meanwhile, in Ireland it was the custom to leave a candle in the window to welcome the Christ Child and the Holy Family on Christmas Eve. During penal times it became a means of telling priests in hiding that a Catholic family was in that home. We have brought these two traditions together with our Bayberry Christmas Eve Candle! These 2 6" bayberry candles are hand-poured here at the monastery. Since pure bayberry wax is very brittle, it is mixed with beeswax to help prevent the candle from breaking.
Each 6" candle will burn for approximately 5-6 hours. Depending on the area in which the candle is burned it is nearly drip free.
"Keep Christ in Christmas and may the Light of Christ ever burn in your hearts!"
