Check Your Candle Status

Thirty or so years ago, my now-husband brought me a glass snow globe back from Sweden, in which to hold a tea candle. Every winter for thirty or so years, I have lit candles in the pretty little thing. Last year, with company in the house (of course), I tried unsuccessfully to light the candle in the snow globe. When I complained to my hubby, he responded that he'd replaced the wax candle with one of the new battery candles which flickered. Now our fake candle has an authentic black-charred tip.