The nation is turning green this christmas by opting to buy environmentally friendly Christmas decorations. More and more companies are producing such decorations and according to the Times newspaper people are even routing back to more traditional decorations. This is great news for companies like ourselves as candles are probably one of the most traditional decorations you can buy.

Green news site Natural News even goes on to say that scented candles are beautiful whether lit or unlit and make wonderful accents to centrepieces, window sills, lanterns and other decorations. They also go onto say that scented candles can bring the festive smell to a home if carefully selected.

The great thing about candles is that they are also extremely cost effective decorations. You can also customise candles with ideas of your own. We think that wrapping green holly leaves around a candle arrangement looks great.

Send us your great christmas decoration ideas.

This week we came across an interesting article that we thought might interest people. The article entitled ‘Is Your Home Making You Fat?’ outlines the need to use alternatives to help lose weight. One of the methods outlined stated that people can use scented or unscented candles to help reduce their appetites. We think the fruity scented candles could be the ones to try.

We are currently testing this theory ourselves along with some of our customers. It should be interesting to see the results. Of course as a small business we like to keep our customers informed on our business and the market we operate within.

As candles become more and more popular and used for a variety of different reasons we thought it would be fitting to create a top 10 list of must have candles for 2008.

1. Candle Tins
Candle tins will undoubtedly be one of the biggest hitters this year as they are stylish and last for a long time. The tin design also means that you can move the candle from room to room. At Candles To You we sell numerous differently scented candle tins. You may wish to check them out. Read the rest of this entry »