Does no one sell advent candles anymore?

[clumsymum]

Oh these family traditions....

We have always had an advent candle.

One year I saw them in the sale in January for about 25p each, and bought 3. We used the last one last year.

I can't find anyone selling them on the high street. Don't want to pay a lot.

I know there are some for sale on ebay, but they are either large, or with their own holders. We have a Christmassy "wee-willie-winky" style holder, just want a standard dinner candle sized candle, for less than about £2.

Do I ask too much?

You can get them in Christian book shops

No - we get one every year. I've found them in Laura Ashley in the past but we have a local shop which sells New England-style folksy household stuff and every Xmas they sell only Christmas stuff - including advent candles.

i got a lovely one from a garden centre near us last year..called strikes, but palces like peter barrats et al will do them nearer christmas

Just googled it and the Candle Company do a couple - a bit more than you want to pay at £4 -£5 but pretty.

any good?

Oh, now I know where there is a Christmas book shop in Nottingham. I'll try it next week.

I mean Christian Bookshop..... Doh!

Porpoise. Thats just the thing, but £3.25 plus postage?

can't find a selling page for the candle company, just lots of history and advice text ?

My Mum buys me an M&S choccy advent calendar every year that also has a candle with it.

I am 36

carrot, I think that's lovely, and in years to come you'll look back on that with great joy.

Do you mean the coloured ones to go in an Advent wreath or the ones that have the days till Christmas on and you burn a little every day?

I got one of the second type in Wilkinsons last year, probably cost no more than a pound....

They have nice ones in Oxfam

Grapefruit,

Yes the second sort, you burn a bit every day until Christmas.

OK if the Christian bookshop can't help, I'll try Wilkinsons

Grapefruit,

Yes the second sort, you burn a bit every day until Christmas.

OK if the Christian bookshop can't help, I'll try Wilkinsons

Pretty sure they had them in Oxfam on Saturady ...

john lewis usually have them

Wilkinsons had them for 29p last year, I thought at the time about getting more than one but decided they would have them every year. They didn't have any in our local one this morning - but it is only 2 Nov so maybe in a couple of weeks.

I buy one in Oxfam every year, usually come in both white and red.

We get ours from the Cathedral shop - always a good one from there. Got one from Studio cards last year, absolute rubbish didn't burn properly!

We get ours from the Cathedral shop - always a good one from there. Got one from Studio cards last year, absolute rubbish didn't burn properly!

Wilkinsons do them

they my not stock them yet though as it is only 3rd november