How can something as old as lighting candles remain so popular? Whether it’s a prayer candle or the one inside a jack-o’-lantern, we find a way to incorporate this small magic trick in so many rituals. We must be still astonished that we managed to create a little day in the night. We’ve had it in our celebratory arsenal for more than a million years and the novelty has yet to wear off or go out of style.
