So it’s been
burning (ahem) in the back of my mind all year that I needed to do something
special for Christmas. I’m a huge Christmas fan and so is my wife and we have
been known to go a little over the top in the past (yes, a bit like at
Halloween!) and really and truly… Yankee Candle comes to life at Christmas.
Hand on
heart everyone, the Christmas fragrances are the best, aren’t they? Sooooo
Yankee Candle AND Christmas for the first time should be fantastic.
I talked
over the weekend to some of the Yankee Army that I’d drafted a Christmas
burning plan and a few were intrigued, so … here’s a blog about it. And I’m
sure this may be used in evidence to question my sanity in future, but us
addicts know what it is like!
So my idea
was to compile a plan to burn every single one of my festive (and festive
atmosphere) candles during my time off over the Christmas period.
For us,
Christmas culminates on Christmas Day. We turn right off afterwards and not a
light or a tree gets turned on after the 25th! So my plan has to
finish in spectacular fashion on Christmas day.
Problem
number 1 – toooo many candles. No, that’s not true, you can never have too many
Yankee Candles! But for this exercise I’ve had to extend the period by taking
all my days off from mid December so that every fragrance gets used.
So the below
is list is a DRAFT only, but it includes every festive type fragrance I have
(in jar format). I will undoubtedly use some before, during and after Christmas
– but I wanted to use each once during the key build up time.
Here’s a
photo of our bursting at the seams Christmas Yankee cabinet (with spaces ready
for newbies Gingerbread and North Pole) – and eagle eyed readers may remember
me sniffing my way through the cabinet in July along with some ‘Christmas in
July’ features.
So here is
the rough plan (subject to availability, change and weather!) in order from
morning – afternoon – evening each day :
Day 1 – Cherries
On Snow, Macintosh Spice, Mandarin Cranberry
Day 2 – Christmas Rose, Cinnamon Stick, Pinecone And
Lime
Day 3 – Christmas Wreath, Sparkling Cinnamon, Apple And Pine
Needle
Friday 20th
(1st day off) – Winter Wonderland, Red Berry And Cedar, Gingerbread
21st –
Sparkling Snow, Christmas Cookie, North Pole
Sunday 22nd –
Snow In Love, Sugared Apple, Christmas Fir
23rd – Red
Apple Wreath, Christmas Cupcake, White Christmas
Christmas
Eve – Welcome Christmas, Cranberry Ice, Christmas Tree, Christmas Eve
Christmas
Day – Happy Christmas, Holiday Home Sweet Home.
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