Rolling Lit Candlesticks

I use candlesticks from Ikea. I bought the bulk pack of 48 or 60. Yes, it lasted a while. The bottom of the candlestick would not fit into candlestick holders. To get them in, I forced them in by pushing. I did that to the last two. And other candlesticks are fluted. And these are not.

I had them on the kitchen counter. I lit them. They were all pretty ablaze. Well, both candles fell out of the candlestick holder, and lit, they rolled across the counter.

I was near, and I grabbed them. On fire, I took them to the breadboard. I used a knife, and I cut the flute into the candle, and I put it back in the holder. I did this for both. And then, they were fine. I should have started cutting the flute into them at the first.

Had it not happened on the counter, things might have turned out differently.

Two lit rolling candlesticks going across my counter. Can you see it?

When you have fire, you must tend the fire. I was tending the fire.

It appears to me that Ikea no longer carries these types of candlesticks. If they do, I will remind them of the value of the flute on the bottom end of the candle.

When I would use muscle to get the candlesticks into holders, it would scrape and peel up the sides, and reduce the candlestick base most of the time. It was never fully satisfactory. I prefer fluted bottoms on candlesticks.