Candles

Something that has now been quite popular over the last decade has been the fad of burning candles.  I use the word fad although more accurately I should label them as a fashion accessory as they still have not gone out of fashion.  Personally, I cannot understand why anyone would want to wilfully paste soot all over the walls and ceilings of their homes, but then that is what makes me a distinctly unfashionable person.  While you can walk into many houses and be astounded by the sheer number and designs of candles, in my own house you will find candles under the sink next to a box of matches in case of a blackout.

They come in all shapes and sizes and, this is what gets to me, all types of smell.  Maybe my nose is hypersensitive to the perfumes or maybe that I need to get out more, but scented candles are probably at the bottom of my list of potential turn-ons.  There is nothing alluring about candles surrounding a bathtub.  Actually, at over six-foot tall, the average British bath tub is nothing but a pain.  However, I digress.  Candles and bathrooms, nope.  Candles around the bed, well I would just be thinking about the fire hazard rather than the sensuality of the moment.  Candles at the dinner table, what’s the point, as I cannot exactly see what I am eating properly.  Candles as a gift, why what a lazy and unthoughtful person you are, you really just popped into Superdrug on the way.  However, so many people love these delightful burning bits, that they do make an easy present to anyone I am not particularly fond of.

So could anyone actually explain to me the delights of these multiple burning bits and why this fad has continued and endured despite that fact that I am not a big fan of them?

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