When European settlers first arrived in America, one of the gifts of the land they discovered was the bayberry shrub, growing in profusion along the coast. Necessity may be the proverbial “mother of ...

With the Christmas season upon us, I’m reminded of an old poem that goes something like this: “This bayberry candle comes from a friend so on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve burn it down to the end.

Christmas at Fort Hunter is currently underway in Harrisburg and you can experience Victorian traditions while visiting. Today we got a lesson in bayberry candle making and how the sweet smelling ...

WESTPORT — “Tradition holds that when one receives a bayberry candle as a gift from a friend, then burns the candle on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve (allowing the candle to burn itself out), they ...