||<tablestyle="float:right;" colspan="2">'''Candlenights'''||
||<colspan="2">''holiday''||
||<style="font-size:48px;line-height:100%;" colspan="2">🎄||
|| observed || December 21 - January 1<<BR>>~-(annually)-~||
|| associated figure || [[HollyClaus]] ||
'''Candlenights''' is a winter holiday celebrated annually from the winter solstice (typically December 21) to the start of the new year, January 1. [[PrincessJeanette]] famously described Candlenights as "a celebration of diversity, tenacity, and found family."
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== Candlemas traditions ==
=== Holly Claus ===
A mysterious wintry [[MagicalGirl]] known as '''[[HollyClaus]]''' travels the world every year for Candlenights, delivering gifts to children (and adults, too, I guess) alongside her mascot fairy, '''Jingle the Cardinal'''.
