Candle In The Window Story

Just remember to clean your windows to maximize the holiday glow.

Candle in the window story.

The reasons are different but the candle in the window is still a sim ple and beautiful way to light up your home and make it festive for the holiday season. Lighting the candle started as an irish tradition the candle in the window during christmas time can be traced back to the irish. From 1691 1778 the british government created many brutally oppressive laws targeting catholics in an attempt to squash the religion and force the irish to obey british rule. These laws were know as the penal laws.

The invention of electric candles has made the tradition even easier and safer to use in your windows. Join finnian jones as he takes you back to ww1 and the blizzard of 1917 where his great grandfather served as a mailman to the poor folks of the smoky hill valley. The candle was often placed in the window when a member of the family was away. This stately mansion known locally as the garlock house was built about 1847 by a man named jarad willson.

Placing a burning candle in one s window is a common tradition that dates back to colonial times. For longer than most people can remember an electric candle has glowed day and night in the front window of the home located at 211 n. The fireplace was center of family life in days gone by and thus the candle was generally lit from that fire. The candle in the window.