Thursday 25 September 2014

Great Candle Decoration Ideas For This Christmas

Lighting candles is a custom of many religions for many different reasons. The lighting of candles which signifies the birth of Jesus and the revival and renewed life force that inspire millions of people to start a fresh holy life.

Christmas Candle Tradition stands for purity, right path that should be followed in life. Candles is like an emblem of Christmas.

The candle represents spirituality, devotion, faith, longing, and the life devoted to a single, generally spiritual passion or aspiration.

It symbolizes the passing years of a human life as it slowly melts away. Because of their phallic shape, candles were commonly used in marriage and fertility rites.

In these rites they may represent the innocence of virgins. It was customary during the middle age to light one large candle on the Christmas Eve both at church and at home to represent the star of Bethlehem. It was said that the candle represents the newborn Christ.