One of the advantages of dark nights and snow is that we can use living fire outdoors to make the evening look festive. Instead of the giant size tea lights in tins we had a home made, traditional light called jätkänkynttilä, lumberjack's candle. It is a piece of tarry log, old wood, sawn crosswise almost through the length. Chips of wood are used for making the fire that can last up to 4 hours.
That was our Independence Day outdoor decoration, and this is what was left of it next morning. It burned on a concrete tile without falling in the wind.
How interesting...a lumberjack's candle certainly seems nicer than those metal outdoor torches that use oil and wick.
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