| It's hard to argue with the ambiance real candles | | | | and fragrances. |
| bring to any occasion. Their soft glow creates a | | | | Battery-powered votive candles. With a light |
| romantic, relaxing mood that gently embraces | | | | quality strikingly similar to a regular wax candle, |
| everyone present. And real candles have long | | | | the battery-operated votive creates the same |
| been a staple in centerpieces for holidays, | | | | warm ambiance as old-fashioned wax candles, and |
| weddings and other special events, dinner parties, | | | | they last 48 to 72 hours on a single battery. You'll |
| as well as everyday dining-room, coffee-table and | | | | find that almost all battery-operated candles are |
| even meeting room-table decoration. But | | | | available with a realistic, flickering light. |
| sometimes, the day after an event, we regret | | | | Battery-operated taper candles. Available in a |
| using real candles. | | | | variety of lengths and colors, some |
| Why? Because your best friend's husband had a | | | | battery-powered taper candles even come with |
| little too much to drink, knocked your dinner-party | | | | built-in timers, so you can have them turn on and |
| centerpiece over and spilled deep-red candle wax | | | | off every day at the same time. These tapers |
| on your great-grandmother's antique-white | | | | have a flexible base that will work in most |
| tablecloth. Or your Christmas party ended when | | | | candleholders. Besides the standard, thin tapers, |
| cousin Nancy's seven-year-old son used your | | | | you can find battery-operated, thicker dinner |
| centerpiece's pillar candle to set fire to a piece of | | | | candles, also in various lengths and colors. |
| wrapping paper-and the sleeve of the cool, new | | | | Battery-powered candelabra. You've seen them in |
| jacket you just gave him. Or the tea lights in your | | | | the frosty windows of homes decorated for the |
| wedding centerpieces got blown out by the ocean | | | | holidays, and many of these multi-candle |
| breeze at the beginning of your beach-wedding | | | | decorations are battery-powered, with built-in |
| reception. Whatever the reason, there are candles | | | | timers and designed for table use, too. Use a |
| available that avoid these potential problems and | | | | candelabra as your base and surround it with |
| still provide that sweet, soft glow you desire. Here | | | | flowers, flower petals, seasonal decorations or |
| are five fabulous options | | | | some other decoration pertinent to your event. |
| Battery-operated tea lights. Like most tea lights, | | | | Battery-operated pillar candles. They look like |
| battery-operated tea lights are about 1 1/2" in | | | | regular candles, flicker like regular candles, but it is |
| diameter, with an easy-to-use on/off switch. And | | | | so much easier, safer and you can use them |
| the operative words here are | | | | outdoors with no worries! Not only will you find |
| battery-operated-no unsightly cords or wires, | | | | round and square pillars in varying heights, sizes |
| nothing to plug in or trip over. These tea lights | | | | and colors, you'll also find some interestingly |
| flicker to mimic the effect of a real candle, | | | | shaped pillars. All it takes is an Internet search to |
| provide more than 72 hours of light from a single | | | | find lots of possibilities for easy-to-use, long-lasting |
| battery, and they come in all popular shapes, sizes | | | | candles that set the perfect mood-safely. |