Real candles on Christmas tree

In the 50s we had brass clip on holders for candles. They looked very pretty but were only lit once on Christmas Eve. I think my Mum took fright. Pretty but not practical.

DH’s family lived in a big old farmhouse with no electricity, they had paraffin lamps and candles well into the 1980’s.
Their ‘real’ Christmas tree always had candles on it.
A fire risk, but I suppose the whole house was.

My sister has little clear baubles which she puts tea light candles in on a real Christmas tree in her dining room, nothing else on the tree, it looks stunning.

Berkshire, early 1960s. They were never lit, came out every year. Spiral patterned, I think.

We had them as children in the 1950s. It was lovely seeing them lit at night. Then one night the whole tree went up in flames, and after that we had electric ones.