For motordraconis

[scripsi]

My electrical Christmas candles. "Everyone" has them in Sweden. Mine is 60 years old and inherited from my grandparents.

Comments

[ambyr]

My reflexive response is: "That Chanukiah has the wrong number of branches!" (I guess it's the right size for a kinara, though.)

[rosefox]

Hahaha, that was mine too!

[conuly]

And mine, but I said menorah.

[scripsi]

Well, you can get them with nine candles too. :)

[motodraconis]

Very elegant, much better than the clunky triangle things I've been seeing everywhere in Norway!

[scripsi]

You see those clunky triangles everywhere here too! I don't care for them at all!

[conuly]

Clunky triangle thingy?

[scripsi]

Like this:

https://www.lampan.se/julbelysning/adventsljusstakar/sara-antikrod-7-armad/

[conuly]

I see what you guys mean.

[scripsi]

:D

[ambyr]

Hah. I have just now realized where I have seen something similar: the accessories for the American Girls doll Kirsten. (If it's not a thing you're familiar with: American Girl makes extremely expensive dolls, originally representing various historical eras. They were The Toy To Have when I was growing up in the 80s and early 90s. Kirsten was one of the first three dolls and was supposed to be a Swedish-born American pioneer girl.) Only hers had five branches (and, uh, cost a lot more than a real one!)

[scripsi]

I know of those dolls from pictures. I think there was a line of paper dolls too? And you can get those candles with five candles too. Though when it comes to Christmas traditions these candles only become popular in the 1930s. A somewhat older tradition(and still very much around) is to have four candles and then lighten new candle for every Advent Sunday. But that only started in the 1870s. :)

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Interesting! :)

[scripsi]

Glad you thought so!

[isabellerecs]

It's lovely!

[scripsi]

Thank you!