This tradition is simple and obvious. It's the darkest time of the year, making it the perfect time to appreciate candlelight. And if you decide to eat dinner by candlelight, it's a fairly foolproof way to disguise vegetables (and to set fire to the combustibles glued to the base of your child's candle holder --aagh!). My eight-year-old ate a squash curry the other night with nary a complaint. You can't object to what you can't see, I suppose. Perhaps that's why pioneer children ate more vegetables. They did, right?
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