Wedding Unity Candles

The unity candle symbolizes the very essence of the wedding ceremony. Two smaller candles, representing the couple as individuals or members of separate families, are used to light a single center candle as a visible symbol of their commitment to each other. There are many variations on the ceremony and the individual details are completely up to you. Here are some ideas to help you as you plan your ceremony:

Before the ceremony begins, place the unity candle on a small table near the place for the ceremony. It can be useful to have a small tealight already burning before the ceremony commences so that there would be no need to be lighting matches when the time for lighting comes.

There are several popular options for lighting your smaller candles. You can have your parents come forward to light the them as a symbol of your two families coming together as one. At this point, some couples choose to present their mothers with a rose. Or, you may light the small candles yourselves from a tealight.

Subsequently, the bride and groom come forward and light the unity candle from the two smaller candles.

Often the celebrant will announce what is about to happen, and then the lighting takes place as gentle music plays.

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