The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The wick ...

Candles were first mentioned in Biblical times, as early as the tenth century BCE. These early candles were made of wicks stuck into containers filled with a flammable material. The first dipped ...

Obsessed with quirky candles? Hand-painted candles (aka Instagram’s favourite interiors trend) are flooding our feeds right now and they’re really easy to make yourself – here’s how to do it.

It’s time to put away the coconut and tropical candles that remind you of hot summer days and switch them out for the savory scent of cinnamon, pumpkin spice, evergreen trees and apple pie.

Candlesticks are so named because the rectangular shape and lines on either end resemble a candle with wicks. Each candlestick usually represents one day’s worth of price data about a stock.

There’s some debate about whether burning candles is bad for your health. Some people claim that candles release potentially harmful toxins. Long before the invention of the light bulb ...

Better still, the candles behind each door will instantly give your home a more Christmassy feel, if lit each day throughout December. Most candle calendars offer up festive scents, such as ...

The shadows show the high and low prices of that day's trading. If the upper shadow on a down candle is short, it indicates that the open on that day was near the day's high. A short upper ...

Geoffrey C. Ward was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1940 and grew up on the south side of Chicago and in New Delhi, India. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1962, with a bachelor’s degree in studio ...

Elizabeth Fiala is a native Nebraskan writing venomous essays while teaching composition classes. Her work has been published in Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog, Pithead Chapel, Essay Daily, 13th Floor ...