Do you have an Advent Candle?

I do like them and tried having one once but I kept forgetting to blow it out at the right time so the days were used up too quickly.

I hope you didn’t light your Advent Calendar OP !

I bought one years ago for the novelty but never bought another.

No candle, but a calendar, just with pictures behind the windows and still enjoy opening it every morning.

Yes, and all of my family receive one as an Advent gift from me. I love them.

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I hope you didn’t light your Advent Calendar OP !

Ooops, my iPad has its own mind.

Obviously I meant Advent Candle

Long ago when my two children were small having both an Advent candle and an Advent calendar meant that each evening one child could open the window for the day and the other help light and blow out the candle after the story had been read. It was a lovely run up to the excitement of Christmas and is remembered fondly by them both.

I bought one years ago, but never used it.

It’s in the loft somewhere, must rescue it and use it up.

No - too dangerous

We have had them over the years, the problem is we often forgot to light it, so no, not now.

We have one each year and burn it at breakfast time so we don't use too much. On a dark morning it brightens things up and it reminds us of the season of Advent too.

I don't have an advent candle, but I do have an advent wreath with four candles. One for each Sunday of advent. The first candle was of course lit on Sunday, and I light it every evening at dinner time. The others will be lit on the comings Sundays and burn during the week too.

Similar to AuntieE, an Advent ring , but mine is with 5 candles - 4 for the 4 Sundays of Advent and the fifth one to be lit Christmas Day.

I’ve had Advent calendars in the past, but haven’t bothered with them for a few years now, and I’ve never had a numbered candle, though toyed with the idea, but think I’d either forget to light it each day, or, more likely, forget to blow it out before it had reached the next number so would be out of sync.

Mother in law got our son and advent candle every year since he was born and into adulthood She's sadly passed away now, but we have continued the tradition with our grandson and great granddaughter ☺️

It’s a ‘no’ from me.

We have four, arranged on the coffee table in an advent setting of pine sprigs, cones etc. During the first week of Advent, one candle is lit, the next week two until all four are lit.

I have an Advent Candle each year, it's rather hit and miss whether I remember to light it each day and if I have lit it I often forget to blow it out.
This year I found in IKEA a candle which has numbers on the front and you cross off the days.....I haven't remembered to light it yet!

One Christmas, a candle in my sister's tasteful home-made Advent wreath burned down to the greenery and it caught fire on the coffee table. DS1 leapt to the window and opened it, and I threw the wreath out with my bare hands. DS3 was asleep downstairs and was woken by the fireball passing his window and a now burning bush. Unaware of the circumstances, he quietly got up, fetched a bucket of water, and doused the bush. Then he went back to bed and back to sleep and we had no idea what he'd done until the next morning. I hope I have their cool heads with me in the next emergency, as I admit that picking up a blazing Advent wreath is pretty stupid.

It's a yes from me. We get a lovely chunky one with the numbers intertwined with snowmen and Christmas trees.

Love them. But must admit we forget now and then, usually the grandchildren remind us

No, but I have got a lovely poem from the fantastic Brian Bilston to share with you all:

The Good Old Days

Pity the poor children
of today with their calendars
stuffed with chocolates.

Never to know the thrill
of opening a small cardboard door
and discovering behind it

a picture of a bell.

Thank you for reminding me. I bought one and had completely forgotten about it until I saw your post.

I buy them for each family, but they are so expensive I tried making my own. Using tweezers to stick the tiny gold numbers on was very fiddly, but one DGS chose it over a bought one, bless him!

I bought two last year in a sale - thrifty me. Problem is that I can’t find either of them.

I know exactly when they’ll turn up!

No but I think I better hurry up and look for an advert candle I’ve never seen them