Lighting Up the Holiday

From celebrating the birth of Jesus, whom many call the light-bringer, to lighting the Hanukah menorah or the Kwanzaa candles, to honoring the winter solstice after which the days finally begin to lengthen, this winter season could rightfully be called a festival of lights.

Light up your spirit, your heart, and the hearts of others! Think of all the words about light that fill us with hope: radiant, brilliant, glowing, warm. It is a special joy to imagine light-filled celebrations taking place throughout the world.

Here we include directions for making your own candles, luminaries to line your driveway, why to light your home with the brilliance of beeswax, and much, much more. It’s all here:

Seven Easy, Energizing Ways to Light Up the Holidays

How to Make Handmade Luminaria

Make Safe Candles Yourself

Make Pretty Paper Covers for Votive Candles

Brilliant Beeswax Candles: Natural Air Purifiers and More

By the Care2 Staff.

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may not reflect those of
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Angela N.

9:37AM PDT on Mar 31, 2012

thanks

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Nina A.

8:50AM PST on Dec 18, 2011

thanks.

May H.

12:29PM PDT on Oct 7, 2011

Michele W.

11:13AM PDT on Oct 3, 2011

Thank you

Kamryn M.

3:34PM PDT on May 29, 2011

Robert O.

2:49PM PST on Jan 30, 2011

I always have plenty of light dispalys in my home during the holidays. It's my favorite time of the ear and one of the most festive and exciting. If you'd like to use lights in moderation like Mari Basque suggested, that's fine, but if you'd like to go all out (like I do) that's great too. After all, the holidays come but only once a year and you have to live it up a little once in a while.

KS G.

4:45AM PST on Jan 5, 2011

Thanks for the article.

Mari '.

3:25AM PDT on Oct 6, 2010

The lights should be used in moderation and should be eco friendly. We should also plant trees to clean up any pollution left behind as well.

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1:57AM PDT on Jul 19, 2010

thankyou

8:42AM PST on Mar 11, 2010

lLghting up your house for the holidays is great----but it costs money----we also need to save on electricity!