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A growing wedding trend, particularly in the United States, is the lighting of a unity candle. A unity candle ceremony begins with two representatives from the bride and groom’s families (usually the mothers) lighting two taper candles. Later in the ceremony, the bride and groom use the taper candles to light a pillar candle, the unity candle, together, symbolizing their unity and that of their families.
The taper candles are almost always white, and the unity candle is generally decorated with a wedding invitation, a picture of the couple, or some other memento to signify the day. The unity candle holder is an important selection in the wedding process, and one that accents the candle should be chosen. And in some cases, the bride and groom save the unity and relight it on anniversaries.
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