“A bayberry candle burnt to the socket
brings food to the larder and gold to the pocket”

It’s commonly thought that burning a brand new bayberry candle on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve will bring wealth and prosperity in the new year. According to folklore, the candle should be lit in the evening when the first star appears in the sky and should continue burning down to the nub.

The tradition developed in Colonial New England, when it was discovered that the waxy green berries of the bayberry bush, which grow along the Atlantic coast, could be boiled down into a clear greenish tallow. Bayberry wax was very hard and smelled incredible, a huge improvement over common tallow.

Send a loved one a wish of good luck with our Maine-made Bayberry Candles. Choose from a boxed set of 9” tapers or a pillar that measures 3” x 3”.