What old Christmas tradition signals to people passing by that the residents of a house are Christian?
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Putting candles by the window was the old Christmas tradition that was mainly aimed at signaling to the people passing by that the residents of a house are Christian.
This was aimed at helping the people to show their faith to the residents and to the neighbors.
"A candle in the window.” This mainly is an Irish tradition. They had been following this since time immemorial.
The youngest daughter of the house usually lights the candle on the window.
It's just not the part of lighting, but it's the way of expressing the hospitality, and the idea of inviting all the strangers, priests, and every other people on the Christmas Eve to celebrate and join them, the way of encouraging the people for the celebration with an open heart and pure mind.