Light up your holiday season with these 25 Christmas candles that fill your home with warmth, joy, and festive cheer.
For any candle-obsessed person, Christmas is truly the most wonderful time of the year . When it's time to shop for Christmas candles , it's all about finding scents like balsam , pine , peppermint , and more. There’s something magical about shopping for a Christmas candle that captures the spirit of the holiday. Whether you’re in a spacious home decked out in holiday cheer or a cozy studio apartment with limited decor, lighting a festive candle is the easiest way to set the holiday mood.
To make it easy for you to pick out your favorite Christmas-inspired scents and Christmas-themed candles this season, we've carefully curated a list of the 25 best candles . Be sure to stock up now to guarantee your favorite candles are still in stock. From scent preferences to budget-friendly options , we’ve got something for everyone!
1. Voluspa Noble Fir Garland Glass Jar Candle
I’m a fan of Christmas candles that are decorated to look over-the-top Christmasy, like this Voluspa candle that is made to look like a Christmas tree itself. You can save the jar long after use to house Christmas candies, matches, or anything you can think of. The Art Deco style will keep on giving for years to come.
2. Harlem Candle Company "Holiday" Nightclub Map Candle
This candle is inspired by Billie Holiday, who toured in Harlem singing in the 1930s. The scent in this candle is inspired by the perfume she used to love, Emeraude, an aromatic green blend of fresh Winter spruce, pine needles, mint-infused eucalyptus, fir balsam, and spicy cedarwood developing into a feminine heart of ethereal blue hyacinth. Today, this candle makes a unique twist on celebrating the (Billie) holidays.
3. Jo Malone London Ginger Biscuit Candle
This is a pricier spend, but the strong scents of ginger, hazelnut, and tonika bean will be so enticing, it’ll be worth it. This option is perfect for anyone who thinks of sweet Christmas cookies and desserts when they think of the holidays. The sweet scent will make you feel like *someone* has been in the kitchen baking all day long. Santa, maybe?
4. Thymes Frasier Fir Pine Needle Candle
The Thymes Frasier Fir Pine Needle Candle is a crowd favorite for its remarkably crisp scent. This Christmas candle's refreshing notes of fir needles, cedarwood, and sandalwood are a near-exact scent match for an evergreen tree. Plus, if you're a fan of pretty votives, this one is accented with minimalist pine sprigs.
5. Snif Old Saint Wick 4-Wick Christmas Scented Candle
There are few things cozier than a roaring fire at Christmastime, and thankfully, the Oprah-approved Snif Old Saint Wick Christmas-Scented Candle smells of fresh-cut pine, balsam, and apple-blossom wood any of without that “down through the chimney” smokiness.
The emerald-green wax and glass votive will also complement your Christmas garlands gorgeously.
6. Literie I Have A Cabin Upstate Candle
Transport yourself to the deep-woods cabin of your dreams by sparking the Literie “I Have a Cabin Upstate” candle. This Christmas candle brings the hygge like no other: Its smoke and pine notes smell just like a fire crackling away in the hearth ... sans all of the stoking and poking you have to do for the real deal.
7. diptyque Holiday Scented Candles
Every holiday season, Diptyque launches a limited-edition candle trio that's perfect for gifting ... or keeping all to yourself (don't worry, we don't judge).
Diptyque's holiday 2023 candle trio includes three all-new, super cozy scents that pair perfectly with any mood. They are Sapin (Pine Tree), Délice (Delight), and Coton (Cotton), and the three of them lit at once create instant holiday-atmosphere perfection.
8. Yankee Candle Winter Night Stars Candle
The Yankee Candle Winter Night Stars scent is heartwarming and even a little bit fancier than you'd expect. At first sniff, this new Christmas candle is cool and clean, pairing eucalyptus with citrus, but the unexpected rose, amber, and musk notes deepen the fragrance and leave a lovely lingering perfume in the room.
9. Illume Balsam & Cedar Vanity Tin Candle
This Christmas candle smells just like a tree farm, with its fresh pine-needle notes and airy, camphorous scent. If you're not really the outdoorsy type, lighting Illume's Balsam & Cedar candle can be your way of enjoying the great, snowy outdoors this season while staying warm and all tucked in.
10. Homesick Latkes and Lights Candle
Prepare your space for an olfactory Hanukkah feast by sparking the Latkes and Lights candle from Homesick. After all, one of the best parts about celebrating any holiday is the food that goes along with it. Even if you’re not going for a full feast this year, this candle will make you feel like you were cooking all day long.
This candle has notes of butter, pomegranate, pound cake, and musk that evoke the applesauce-dipped latkes and sufganiyot (jelly donuts). They are the essential — and best — parts of the traditional dinner.
11. Boy Smells Holiday Votive Trio Candles
No candle brand does naughtiness better than Boy Smells, and this trio of Christmas candles has just the right amount of it. The Incensorial, Broken Rosary, and Spiritous scents each have their own intoxicating scent bouquet, spiked with just a hint of something mysterious that you can't quite put your finger on.
12. Paddywax Library Collection Charles Dickens Candle
Honor Christmas in your heart with this fan-favorite Christmas candle from Paddywax's Library Collection, inspired by the works of Charles Dickens — specifically his story A Christmas Carol.
Its juicy tangerine, herbaceous juniper, and spicy clove are a feast for the senses. We think this candle makes a nice Christmas gift for teachers , too.
13. Outdoor Fellow No.1 Fireplace and Clove Candle
This is the kind of Christmas candle we love to light, even in the off-season. (Think of it as a fire-pit candle, then.) The Outdoor Fellow No. 1 candle evokes the comforting smell of a crackling woodstove with its warming notes of bergamot, cedarwood ashes, clove buds, and juniper berries.
14. Scentsicles O Christmas Tree Scented Ornaments with Hooks
This set of scented sticks and ornament holders from Scentsicles provides a more family-friendly alternative to a lit Christmas candle. You can hang them by their included hooks high up on your artificial Christmas tree to enjoy the instantly recognizable smell of balsam fir, juniper berries, and clementine rind all season long.
15. Apotheke 25-Day Candle Advent Calendar
Now, this is our kind of advent calendar ! Apotheke's 25-Day Advent Calendar features 16 2.5 oz scented candles, two 5 oz candles, two 1.5 oz alcohol-free diffusers, a candle trimmer, a candle snuffer, a candle centerer, a stunning coaster, and a match set. It’s a candle lover’s dream!
Some of the scents are ideal Christmas candles, like Firewood and Charred Fig, while others like Sea Salt Grapefruit and Hinoki Lavender are evergreen favorites to enjoy any time.
