Candle making used to be an art. In the olden days the women would get together at one of their neighbors homes and make a full day of candle making. Each week they would have someone on the farm or ranch gather wax from beehives and melt it in big vats. The wax would be heated and kept hot until the candle makers were done. They would tie string wicks to tree branches and lower the wicks into the hot wax. This method would be repeated until the candle was at the desired thickness.

As they got better at this method they would find new scents to add to the wax. This way of working with the wax would take a couple of days. As people got better at this job they would try different shapes of containers to put the wax in. They would put this wax into different vats with different temperatures of heat to make the texture of the wax softer and more suitable for today's scents. They also started to add different colors to match the scent.

They would put them into star-shaped holders so, when you would light the candle, it would shine through this glass holder. This would make a star show up on the ceiling or on the walls. These types of candles are used to make your room more romantic. They now make candles for all occasions.

They make birthday candles and all the candles that are used at your churches every Sunday. They even used candles to put on Christmas trees or to light up the streets in towns before they had light poles. There was a person that would go out every night and light all the candles up and down the streets of this town. In the morning he would go back out and put all of these candles out.

There are so many different kinds and scents of candles that if a person has trouble with their breathing, they should go into a candle store because the smell could become overpowering. These odors could make your throat feel like it is closing up. If you have this problem you wouldn't want to go down an aisle that has nothing but candles or incense because this stuff put together will be overpowering. I know this for a fact because I'm one of those types of people. I love candles and their scents, but I can't get around a lot of different scents all at once.