If there was ever a time to succumb to pomp and circumstance, it’s at a wedding. Guests have come to expect extravagant decadence from a wedding ceremony, and much of that is because of time-honored traditions. We’re all familiar with the bride tossing her bouquet to a hopeful bridesmaid, symbolizing that it will be her turn to marry next. And of course the bride and groom are usually showered with rice on their way out of the chapel.
But one of the most important traditions – the lighting of the unity candle – takes place during the ceremony proper. Unity candle sets feature three candles, two of which are smaller than the third. The bride and groom each hold the smaller candles and light the larger one to symbolize the new life they are creating as a married couple.