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Holiday Candles 2022: Our Guide to Festive Christmas Book Candles

Discover our festive line of Christmas book candles! Inspired by your favorite Christmas stories, you'll find unique gift ideas for any bookworm!

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Curiouser and Curiouser: Fun Facts About Alice in Wonderland's Zany Characters

If you’ve grown curiouser and curouser about the history of whimsical Wonderland and these iconic characters – this blog says “read me.”

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Impress Your Friends and Plan a Proper English Tea Party

Everybody loves a tea party.

They're elegance, tradition, whimsy, and fun all in one package.

Tea parties also revolve around drinking tea – not alcohol – and we all need social occasions that aren't centered on booze.

But high tea is also an English tradition- so a lot of Americans aren't 100% sure how to arrange a "proper English tea."

Read on for must-haves, menu tips, and different ideas for tea party themes!

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Fascinating History of Classic Christmas Stories and Favorite Holiday Tales

What is the best Christmas story?

There are a few classic Victorian-era Christmas stories you see on most lists of favorite holiday stories -- like the Nutcracker, Twas the Night Before Christmas, and the granddaddy of all Christmas stories -- A Christmas Carol.

Other, more modern classics have found their way into people’s holiday hearts by capturing that special Christmas magic -- stories like The Polar Express and Elf.

If you’ve ever wondered about the history behind these classic Christmas stories, grab a cup of cocoa, light a candle, and read on!

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Merry and Bright: How Charles Dickens Created Jolly Holiday Traditions

A Christmas Carol is the quintessential Christmas story. It is both timeless and nostalgic -- and groundbreaking in its day.

In writing A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens established the character of the modern Christmas season -- with some help from Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Industrial Revolution.

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