Candle Making

KOTV – We went out and bought candles, bought a battery powered radio, kind of keep up with what’s going on, said Ebrahimi. So while the Ebrahimi’s still struggle to make it through the day, their neighbors get to enjoy Christmas lights. Carol admits to more here

St. Petersburg Times – Burn candles, not your house The highest number of candle fires occurs on Christmas Day, followed by New Year’s Day and Christmas Eve, the National Fire Protection Association says. Remember these tips from the Home Safety Council: Keep candles at more here

Oregonian – Four homes burned from candles after power outages. Road damage: $15,000, mostly debris along roads. Four more weeks for cleanup. Tillamook County: Declared federal disaster area; total damage: $53 million. More than 1,000 structures damaged or more here

Gulf News – Each family as also caf s and restaurants has an Advent wreath on which four candles are placed, one being lit on each Sunday until it s Christmas time with all four candles burning. December 6 saw the advent if you forgive the pun more here

Globe and Mail – Birch stumps, rustic logs and Baltic wood forests are cropping up everywhere from candles to graphic pillows and wallpaper. Dutch designer Tord Boontje has employed whimsical forest motifs on cut-paper light fixtures and etched drinking glasses more here

Minneapolis Star Tribune – The kaiser had sent thousands to the front, complete with candles. The Christmas Truce of 1914 was long a bizarre blip on history’s timeline — obscured by governments embarrassed by their soldiers’ unwillingness to wage war on the holiest day of the more here