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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 28 December 2017 14 Comments

Bayberry candles for New Year's Eve: "Bayberry candles are traditionally given as gifts to be burned on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve for good health and fortune in the coming year. Palm wax candles are available in 4 styles: pyramid, oval, octagon, and peaked pillar. Palm wax offers a fine crystalline structure to the deep colors of these finished candles." $10 - $18 at Colonial Candlecrafters.

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  1. Scentalicious says:
    28 December 2017 at 9:30 am

    I like bayberry, these look very nice.

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    • Robin says:
      28 December 2017 at 9:39 am

      I don’t think I’d ever heard of bayberry as a tradition on New Year’s, but apparently it’s a thing! I like the smell too.

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      • Scentalicious says:
        28 December 2017 at 12:19 pm

        I”m a redneck of British descent; the only good luck inducing New Years traditions we have are Hoppin’ John and collard greens (Southern) and First Foot (English/Scottish).

        I have a vague recollection of bayberry being from New England, but that’s about it and I’m not even sure if that’s correct.

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        • Robin says:
          28 December 2017 at 1:18 pm

          I have had Hoppin’ John a few times, but I really don’t have any New Year’s traditions & probably need to get some 🙂

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        • JadainGA says:
          28 December 2017 at 5:00 pm

          DEFINITELY gotta have Hoppin’ John and collards on New Year’s! 🙂

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        • 50_Roses says:
          28 December 2017 at 8:38 pm

          Where I live (Texas Gulf Coast) it is traditional to have black-eyed peas (but not necessarily Hoppin’ John) on New Year’s Day, as well as greens of some sort and pork. We have cabbage, which seems to be a popular choice. No collards for me–I have tried them once or twice, and couldn’t choke down more than a couple of bites.

          I would love to try real bayberry candles sometime, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen them for sale. Perhaps the next time I am in New England I will have to keep an eye out for some.

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          • Robin says:
            28 December 2017 at 9:56 pm

            I like collard greens if they’re cooked the old southern way, in pork fat I guess, or bacon? Anyway, I have liked them in southern diners.

  2. mals86 says:
    28 December 2017 at 9:52 am

    These fit my budget better than those cute Fragonard tins from yesterday. ????

    Love bayberry anyway, but I’m stocked up s with traditional bayberry tapers.

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    • Robin says:
      28 December 2017 at 11:17 am

      And do you burn them on Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve for good luck? I am so surprised I’ve never heard of this (although would not be surprised if I’d heard of it and just forgotten).

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      • mals86 says:
        28 December 2017 at 1:58 pm

        Christmas Eve, but I’ve never heard of using them for NYE.

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  3. LizzieB says:
    28 December 2017 at 2:33 pm

    That brings back memories. We had bayberry candles when I was a kid, but I haven’t seen that much of them. I love the scent, but I’m stocked up in candles for now. Had no idea they were for luck….

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    • Robin says:
      28 December 2017 at 9:56 pm

      Maybe the luck thing was “added” later?

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  4. Kathryn says:
    28 December 2017 at 6:22 pm

    Growing up in Maine, we always burned bayberry candles Christmas through the New Year. I had no idea that luck was involved. It was just something we did.

    The bayberry candles we burned, though, weren’t artificially scented but were made from the wax of actual bayberries. One year we made them ourselves. It took forever. Bayberries are tiny and they don’t yield much wax. Still, my mom thought it was something I should know how to do. Now having made them once I can appreciate the reason the real bayberry candles are so expensive.

    Actual bayberry candles don’t throw as much scent as the synthetic ones and the wax tends to be drier, more fragile, and a more cloudy, gray green color. The synthetic ones are more immediately interesting in all ways, but the real ones are one of the true scents of the winter holidays for me.

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    • Robin says:
      28 December 2017 at 9:56 pm

      Interesting, thanks for all the info!

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