Colonial candle making was very important to the people who came to the New World. These people left their comfort zones to sail on dangerous seas to a very rough environment. There were no amenities for these people, and electricity would not be invented for many years after these colonists died. People in this new place had learned to make candles in their original homes, and they used their skills to light their new homes, churches and businesses. Thousands of years before, people in ancient lands had made candles for their own benefit. People in Egypt, India, Italy and many other places made candles before the art of Colonial candle making began.
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