What Isn’t There To Love About Candles?

Electricity hasn’t killed candles forever. Just because you can flick a switch on the wall to illuminate your home doesn’t mean candles haven’t gone the way of the dodo. Indeed, candles now are highly prized additions to a home rather than a necessity. No one gushes over the great light bulb you got them for their birthday last month.

Candles are great additions to any home. They bring a warmth and serenity that electric lighting simply can’t match. Perhaps it is the warm soft glow or the peaceful flickering of the candle’s flame, but there just seems to be something about candles that enhance the atmosphere far more than a fluorescent bulb.

It is possible that candles have been elevated due to the advent of electricity. Before this revolution, candles were a vital component of every household. The most common items are often the least appreciated. It is the small, everyday things that people rely upon but often lavish the least praise on. How many times are you thankful or appreciative of your indoor plumbing? The old saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder could never be more true when it is applied to candles.

Instead of being the everyday necessity to light a home, candles slowly become commodities and luxuries. People simply didn’t need candles anymore. However, the vast expansion in the decorative candle market recently, via a host of new scents and various innovations, has made the candle a prized possession. They are given as gifts and are often used to set the mood. By being removing from the everyday, the candle may have finally caught itself the break it deserved. Becoming a luxury has enabled the candle to reinvent itself and to become something people want rather than something people need.