After years of the Christmas window candles falling off the sill, taping them on, I decided I needed a global solution – I have about 50 to go up each year, and have three little ones and a dog.
The bracket is nothing more than 1/8″ copper tube, a 2-1/2″ drywall screw, a 3/4″ Talon clip, and a chip of oak. It mounts behind my window pulls (and comes back out after the season).
Now that I just took them all down, I’m going to spray them black.
Forrest
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Cool.
Definitely better than the clear plastic, two-suction cup, rigs at the store (does not sit flat, so if a suction cup gives way--like on a damp window--clatter goes the fisture . . . )
What would be really cool, though, would be either a photo-sensor, or some low-level RF-linked switch for the battery-operated 'candles' for those of use with more window than outlets.
Okay, since you have the candles, can you tell me their history and/or meaning? I've been curious about this for a while. Is it something like the "light" is here, meaning the light of Christ? Or is there something else?
Don K.
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(Sing with me)
"There's a light -
Over at the Frankenstein place.
There's a light
Somewhere in the darkness burning . . . "
No, wait, that's Rocky Horror!
Forrest
"Light a candle in the window,
Light a candle watch it glow,
in the dark of the light, a flame burning bright
reminds us of long ago"Candles and bonfires during the darkest time of the year go back long before Christmas, however it is a long time Christmas tradition - the Light of the World - and all that.We decorate our house with a candle and wreath in each window, a habit we I picked up while living in New England, simple eligant and welcoming on a cold dark night.An ex-boat builder treading water!Great idea, I'll try it out.
Edited 1/12/2006 4:15 pm ET by BowBear