Glow for It

Set a cozy mood with a squat pillar of soft, warm light.

(Photo by Joel Benjamin)

They look like ice sculptures lit from within but are actually candleholders ($24) hand-carved from a crystal called selenite. Though each 4-inch-high cylinder is illuminated only by a tea light, it can cast a spell big enough to warm up any cold, wintry night.

Abodeon
1731 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617-497-0137