Safe Candlelight Glow

1.     Don’t touch your candle while hot – Never touch (or move) a candle while lit; wait until [the] wax hardens.

 

2.  Keep an eye on your candles – Always burn candles where you can see them (no longer than 3-4 hours at a time), and never near anything than can catch fire. Candles will burn slower, and more evenly when kept in draft-free areas. Extinguish the flames before you leave a room. Never extinguish the flame with water.

3.  Keep your candles clean – Trim wicks to ¼ inch before you light them – every time.  Straight, short wicks make your candles melt evenly…Properly dispose of used matches and wick trimmings instead of leaving them in the candle.

 

4.   Keep candles out of reach – Watch pets and children to avoid candles being accidentally knocked over.[i]

 

“Lord, you are my lamp. You bring light into my darkness.”[ii]

 

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[i] Adapted from the flier, “The Perfect  3–Wick Candle,” for Bath and Body Works and White Barn

 

[ii] 2 Samuel 22:29 (NIRV)