Candles

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Candles have been used for light and to illuminate man's celebrations for more than 5,000 years, yet little is known about their origin.

It is often written that the first candles were developed by the Ancient Egyptians, who used rushlights or torches made by soaking the pithy core of reeds in melted animal fat. However, the rushlights had no wick like a true candle.Nation Candle Association WebSite LINK

This article basically tells you how candles are mostly used for celebration and lighting. I think candles are important for celebration because I think it just gives the final ouch to the mood. I also think they are important because when there was not any electricity people would use candles and torches to light up their houses and the streets.

I chose this article because I think candles are really cool. I think the fact that you can make candle the way you want just by using your imagination is really cool. I also think that candles are so fun to work with science. I also chose this article because we are doing candles in science and I am having a ton of fun.