Why do we light a candle? Our ancestors probably used candles mostly for light. But I searched through our photos and this is what I found.
Candles for Birthdays
We typically use candles on children’s birthday cakes to mark their age. But adults aren’t so willing to have a cake full of candles.
For the past several years, Desiree and I have shared a birthday celebration because our birthdays are so close together. You can see someone just put a random amount of candles on this cake for our birthday.
Candles for Religious Celebrations
Candles have been used in religious celebrations for many years. Below are candles at Frank and Heidi’s wedding reception, Tom and Joyce’s wedding, and Kaitlyn’s First Communion.
Holidays and Other Celebrations
It doesn’t seem like Christmas is coming without an Advent Wreath with three purple/red candles and one pink candle. Can you imagine the 4th of July without fireworks? Once upon a time, Christmas trees were lit with candles instead of strings of lights.
And I don’t know what Jim and Anna were celebrating here, but it was a fancy enough restaurant to have candles on the table.
Candles – A Visual Sign of Prayer
My Dad became extremely ill in 2018 while I was in Greece. I started lighting prayer candles for him for the rest of that trip. Later Tom and Dee got cancer and I lit candles for them everywhere we went.
Here are some from Greece, Croatia, France, and Switzerland.
A Giant Candle – Back to the Moon and Beyond
In the world of space travel, rockets are sometimes called candles. In 2006, I started working on software for the Orion Spaceship. These photos are from our first launch to test the parachute system in 2010. The test was called Pad Abort 1. It was a thrill to be at White Sands, New Mexico, watch the sun come up and then see our ship launch.
