Unity Wedding Candles

There has been a pretty recent addition to the tradition of weddings, and this is known as unity candles. Having unity candles for the wedding is something that a lot of people are starting to do, and it is very popular right now in the United States. So how does the wedding candle unity work? Usually the mother of the two getting married (so the mother on the brides side and the mother on the grooms side) walk up and light what are called taper candles. After the bride and groom say their vows, they then take the taper candles and use them to light the unity candle in the middle.

 Unity Wedding Candles 2011

Unity Wedding Candles 

The wedding candle unity can be decorated a number of different ways. It really is up to the bride and groom to decorate the unity candles for the wedding as they see fit. However, some very popular choices right now are, of course, with an invitation to the wedding as well as a picture of the couple getting married. Of course, the great thing is that there are no set rules to what the wedding candle unity is suppose to look like