Show Early Americans Had No Difficulty With Yule Candle Christmas candles have come a along along along long way since the days of the Pilgrims Pilgrims Pil Pil- grims when each householder made his own It was a simple matter for early Americans to make candles They simply dipped a long wick into a pot of hot tallow drew it out to cool and harden then dip it into the melted wax again and again in the same way The results however were unimaginative The candles candies were all thick plain and practical Today Yuletide candles candies have surprising surprising surprising sur sur- shapes and forms forms chubby chubby Santas slender church spires snowballs snowballs snowballs snow snow- balls covered with frost frost almost almost any shape desired One designer even created a small wax vax tree that when lighted gave off oU the scent of pine The growth of ot the Christmas candIe candIe candle can can- dIe dle industry is typified by the factory factory factory fac fac- tory at Hyannisport Mass which began as the hobby of one man and then busily began filling orders for fancy candles to decorate Christmas trees in millions of homes across the nation |