Buying candles at The Christmas Shop
Buying candles at The Christmas Shop means choosing from dozens of types, all picked to make Christmas that bit warmer. This page is about real wax candles: scented candles from brands like My Flame, slim dinner candles in festive shades, sturdy pillar candles and playful figurine candles you can simply stand out as decoration. Many come in a scent or shape you won't easily find elsewhere, from a nutcracker moulded in wax to a little Christmas tree that slowly burns down. If you'd rather have no open flame, take a look at the LED candles; for a matching holder, see the candle holders.
Real Christmas candles come in roughly four kinds. Scented candles add both atmosphere and a wintry fragrance, dinner candles stand slim and upright on the festive table, pillar candles burn for a long time thanks to their thick shape, and figurine candles are mostly there to be admired. Which you choose depends on the mood you're after.
Scented candles for a warm Christmas feeling
Scented candles bring Christmas into your home before you've even lit them. Think of the soya candles by My Flame with scents like Winter Glow, often in a gold tin or a glass that's ready to give as a gift. Candles in glass have another benefit: they burn down neatly and leave no wax on your table or windowsill. From cinnamon and pine to warm vanilla, there's always a scent that suits your Christmas. You'll find every variety together under the scented candles.
Dinner and pillar candles for the festive table
Dinner candles instantly make a laid Christmas table feel festive. They stand slim and upright in any holder, in warm shades such as red, ivory and gold, and look their best lit during the Christmas meal itself. If you prefer something more robust, go for pillar candles or even a hefty mammoth candle that keeps burning night after night without running low. Pair a few dinner candles with a simple stand and your table is ready for the festive season in no time.
Figurine candles: trees, nutcrackers and more
Figurine candles are the playful side of the collection. Home Society makes candles shaped like a nutcracker or a little Christmas tree, and Decoris offers candles up to 31 centimetres tall with snow on the branches. Too lovely to burn, some say, so plenty of people simply place them on the mantel or windowsill as decoration. If you like that theme, the figurine candles offer even more shapes that blend right in with the rest of your Christmas decorations.
Advent candles and the countdown to Christmas
Advent candles give the weeks before Christmas their own rhythm, one more flame every Sunday. At The Christmas Shop you can choose loose candles that sit nicely on an advent wreath, classic in red, white or gold, or in a colour combination of your own. The small Christmas tree candles belong here too, as do advent calendars with a little scented candle behind each door to count down to the festive days. That way something cosy is already burning from the first Sunday of Advent.
